Clybourne Park, RV Show, Rivermen, Working, Team Dance and Irish Tales
Published: Thu, 02/27/14
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The Garish but Green and Pink Garden Show
will take place at Luthy Botanical
Garden (located at 2520 N. Prospect Rd.
in Peoria) through Sunday from 10 am -
5 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays and Noon
- 5 pm on Sundays. Admission is $2.50
for adults (ages 13 and up): children 12
and under and Garden Members are free.
For more information, call 309-686-3362
or visit www.peoriaparks.org
The Paisley Convertible continues
tonight (Thursday) at the Barn 2 Dinner
Theatre in Goodfield and runs through Sunday. On Thursdays, Fridays &
Saturdays, doors open at 6 pm, buffet is
at 6:30 pm, and the show is at 8 pm. On
Sundays, doors & the buffet open at noon
and the show is at 1:30 pm. Prices are
$33 for Thursdays, $35 for Fridays and
Sunday brunch and $37 for Saturdays. For
more information, call 309-965-2545 or
go to www.barn2.com Find a
Coupon for $5 Off Per Couple on Peoria-Deals.com!
Girl
Scouts of Central Illinois will host
Desserts First at the Embassy Suites
(located at 100 Conference Center Drive
in East Peoria) tonight (Thursday) from
6 - 9 pm. The event features Girl Scout
cookie-inspired desserts from area
chefs, as well as dinner stations,
raffles and more. Tickets are $40 per
person. For more information, call all
309-282-0809 or visit www.girlscouts-gsci.org
The
Frogs, a modern take on an ancient
Greek classic where characters and
puppets perform in an over the top
circus romp on stage, will be presented
by the Eureka College Theatre Department
at Pritchard Theatre on the Eureka
College campus tonight (Thursday)
through Saturday beginning at 7:30 pm
and Sunday beginning at 2 pm. Tickets
are $5. For reservations, call the box
office at (309) 467-6363.
The
Bradley University Theatre Department
will present Clybourne Park at
Hartmann Center for the Performing Arts
tonight (Thursday) through Saturday
beginning at 8 pm and Sunday beginning
at 2:30 pm. Tickets are $14 for adults,
$7 for students, and $12 for Bradley
faculty and staff, students and senior
citizens and are available at the
Bradley University Theatre Box Office,
by calling 309-677-2650 or online at
http://www.bradley.edu/academic/colleges/cfa/tickets.dot
Josh
Blue will perform at the Jukebox
Comedy Club tonight (Thursday) at 8 pm
and Friday & Saturday at 8 pm & 10:30
pm. Tickets are $16 for the Thursday and
Friday late shows and $19 for all other
shows. For more information and to
reserve seats, call 309-673-5853 or
visit
www.jukeboxcomedy.com
The
Peoria RV Show will take place in
the Peoria Civic Center Exhibit Hall
from 2 - 7 pm on Friday from 10 am - 7
pm on Saturday and from 11 am - 4 pm on
Sunday. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3
for children ages 6 - 12 and ages 5 &
under are free. Featuring RV's, boats,
ATV's, motorcycles, campgrounds from
three states, RV products, and RV repair
dealers, for more information, visit http://www.eventsltd.org
Live
at the Five Spot at the Contemporary Art
Center will feature Ed & Judy Howard
beginning on Friday at 5:30 pm.
Admission is $7 for members, $10 for
non-members, $6 for student & senior
members and $9 for student & senior
non-members. For more
information, on any of these events, call 309-674-6877 or visit http://www.peoriacac.org
The Beehive Design Collective will be
held at the Sunbeam Building (located at
935 N. Sheridan Rd. in Peoria) on Friday
from 7 - 9 pm. The one night exhibit of
Beehive Design Collective artwork
entitled "The True Cost of Coal," will
include an artist-led discussion of the
exhibition and is part of a nation-wide
tour, of which Peoria is one of only two
towns in Illinois where it will be
stopping. For more information on the
Collective or to view the graphics,
visit www.beehivecollective.org
The Peoria Rivermen will take on the
Louisiana IceGators at the Peoria Civic
Center Arena on Friday & Saturday
beginning at 7:15 pm. Tickets are $17
and $20 for lower bowl tickets and $10
and $12 for upper bowl tickets and are
on sale now at the Peoria Civic Center,
all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at
309-676-1040 or online at www.Ticketmaster.com For more
information about the Rivermen, visit www.Rivermen.net
Working
is a musical that fills you with hope
and inspiration through monologues and
song that will be presented by the ICC
Theatre Department at the ICC Performing
Arts Center beginning at 7:30 pm on
Friday & Saturday and at 2:30 pm on
Sunday. Tickets are $7 for the general
public and $5 students and senior
citizens and are available at the ICC
Box Office, by calling 309-694-5136 or
online at http://www.artsaticc.com
Learn
about native fish species in the
Illinois River Encounter with the
Peoria Riverfront Museum's
400-gallon fish tank where you can watch
experts feed the fish on Saturday beginning at 3 pm. Learn
about "fishy" behavior and what fish
like to eat. Free to members and with
regular paid admission. Admission is
free to members or $11 for adults, $10
for seniors citizens 60+ or $9 for youth
3-17 plus Peoria county residents
receive a 15% discount. For more
information, call 309-686-7000 or visit http://www.peoriariverfrontmuseum.org
Craig
Morgan and guests Chad Warrix and Anthony Billups will perform at the
Limelight Eventplex (located at 8102 N University St. in Peoria) on Saturday
beginning at 8 pm. Tickets are $26 and are available at the Limelight Eventplex
box office Monday - Friday from 10 am to 4 pm or online at
http://www.limelighteventplex.com
Team
Dance 2014 will take place at the
Peoria Civic Center Arena on Sunday
beginning at 11 am. Admission is $10 for
ages 5-10, $15 for ages 11+. All
spectators age 5 and over will not be
permitted into the event without a
wristband. Wristbands will be available
for purchase at the ticket booth in the
Grand Lobby of Carver Arena through the
day of the event. This Grand
Championship event will feature youth,
JV and varsity dance and guard teams who
competed at various different regional
competitions between December and
February.
The 25th Annual Illinois Downs Syndrome
Assoc. Spaghetti Dinner will take
place at the Itoo Hall (located at 4909
W. Farmington Road in Peoria) on Sunday
from 11 am - 6 pm. Dinners are $7 for
adults (ages 13+), $5 for children and
free for ages 3 and under. Take out
orders will also be available. A raffle,
bake sale and entertainment will also
take place during the event. For more
details, visit http://www.hoidsa.org/index.php?events
"Irish
Tales: Lives and End Times of the
Shelton Brothers" will be presented
by the Peoria Historical Society at the
historic Flanagan House Museum (located
at 942 NE Glen Oak Ave. in Peoria) on
Sunday from 1 - 4 pm. Learn how the
Shelton Brothers Played in Peoria as
they dominated the bootlegging and
gambling trade during the 1930's and
40's. Admission is $7 for adults or $3
for kids. For more information, visit www.peoriahistoricalsociety.org
Goitse, a young music quintet from Ireland, will perform in concert at
the Gateway Building (located at 200 NE Water St. in Peoria) on Sunday beginning
at 6 pm. Advance tickets are $18 per person and are available by calling
309-692-8937 or $20 at the door.
Find Peoria area events and entertainment by visiting
our Events Calendar any time!
The Garish but Green and Pink Garden Show
will take place at Luthy Botanical
Garden (located at 2520 N. Prospect Rd.
in Peoria) through Sunday from 10 am -
5 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays and Noon
- 5 pm on Sundays. Admission is $2.50
for adults (ages 13 and up): children 12
and under and Garden Members are free.
For more information, call 309-686-3362
or visit 
Girl
Scouts of Central Illinois will host
Desserts First at the Embassy Suites
(located at 100 Conference Center Drive
in East Peoria) tonight (Thursday) from
6 - 9 pm. The event features Girl Scout
cookie-inspired desserts from area
chefs, as well as dinner stations,
raffles and more. Tickets are $40 per
person. For more information, call all
309-282-0809 or visit 
The
Frogs, a modern take on an ancient
Greek classic where characters and
puppets perform in an over the top
circus romp on stage, will be presented
by the Eureka College Theatre Department
at Pritchard Theatre on the Eureka
College campus tonight (Thursday)
through Saturday beginning at 7:30 pm
and Sunday beginning at 2 pm. Tickets
are $5. For reservations, call the box
office at (309) 467-6363. 
The
Bradley University Theatre Department
will present Clybourne Park at
Hartmann Center for the Performing Arts
tonight (Thursday) through Saturday
beginning at 8 pm and Sunday beginning
at 2:30 pm. Tickets are $14 for adults,
$7 for students, and $12 for Bradley
faculty and staff, students and senior
citizens and are available at the
Bradley University Theatre Box Office,
by calling 309-677-2650 or online at
Josh
Blue will perform at the Jukebox
Comedy Club tonight (Thursday) at 8 pm
and Friday & Saturday at 8 pm & 10:30
pm. Tickets are $16 for the Thursday and
Friday late shows and $19 for all other
shows. For more information and to
reserve seats, call 309-673-5853 or
visit
The
Peoria RV Show will take place in
the Peoria Civic Center Exhibit Hall
from 2 - 7 pm on Friday from 10 am - 7
pm on Saturday and from 11 am - 4 pm on
Sunday. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3
for children ages 6 - 12 and ages 5 &
under are free. Featuring RV's, boats,
ATV's, motorcycles, campgrounds from
three states, RV products, and RV repair
dealers, for more information, visit 
Live
at the Five Spot at the Contemporary Art
Center will feature Ed & Judy Howard
beginning on Friday at 5:30 pm.
Admission is $7 for members, $10 for
non-members, $6 for student & senior
members and $9 for student & senior
non-members. For more
information, on any of these events, call 309-674-6877 or visit 
The Beehive Design Collective will be
held at the Sunbeam Building (located at
935 N. Sheridan Rd. in Peoria) on Friday
from 7 - 9 pm. The one night exhibit of
Beehive Design Collective artwork
entitled "The True Cost of Coal," will
include an artist-led discussion of the
exhibition and is part of a nation-wide
tour, of which Peoria is one of only two
towns in Illinois where it will be
stopping. For more information on the
Collective or to view the graphics,
visit 
The Peoria Rivermen will take on the
Louisiana IceGators at the Peoria Civic
Center Arena on Friday & Saturday
beginning at 7:15 pm. Tickets are $17
and $20 for lower bowl tickets and $10
and $12 for upper bowl tickets and are
on sale now at the Peoria Civic Center,
all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at
309-676-1040 or online at 
Working
is a musical that fills you with hope
and inspiration through monologues and
song that will be presented by the ICC
Theatre Department at the ICC Performing
Arts Center beginning at 7:30 pm on
Friday & Saturday and at 2:30 pm on
Sunday. Tickets are $7 for the general
public and $5 students and senior
citizens and are available at the ICC
Box Office, by calling 309-694-5136 or
online at 
Learn
about native fish species in the
Illinois River Encounter with the
Peoria Riverfront Museum's
400-gallon fish tank where you can watch
experts feed the fish on Saturday beginning at 3 pm. Learn
about "fishy" behavior and what fish
like to eat. Free to members and with
regular paid admission. Admission is
free to members or $11 for adults, $10
for seniors citizens 60+ or $9 for youth
3-17 plus Peoria county residents
receive a 15% discount. For more
information, call 309-686-7000 or visit 
Craig
Morgan and guests Chad Warrix and Anthony Billups will perform at the
Limelight Eventplex (located at 8102 N University St. in Peoria) on Saturday
beginning at 8 pm. Tickets are $26 and are available at the Limelight Eventplex
box office Monday - Friday from 10 am to 4 pm or online at
Team
Dance 2014 will take place at the
Peoria Civic Center Arena on Sunday
beginning at 11 am. Admission is $10 for
ages 5-10, $15 for ages 11+. All
spectators age 5 and over will not be
permitted into the event without a
wristband. Wristbands will be available
for purchase at the ticket booth in the
Grand Lobby of Carver Arena through the
day of the event. This Grand
Championship event will feature youth,
JV and varsity dance and guard teams who
competed at various different regional
competitions between December and
February. 
The 25th Annual Illinois Downs Syndrome
Assoc. Spaghetti Dinner will take
place at the Itoo Hall (located at 4909
W. Farmington Road in Peoria) on Sunday
from 11 am - 6 pm. Dinners are $7 for
adults (ages 13+), $5 for children and
free for ages 3 and under. Take out
orders will also be available. A raffle,
bake sale and entertainment will also
take place during the event. For more
details, visit 
"Irish
Tales: Lives and End Times of the
Shelton Brothers" will be presented
by the Peoria Historical Society at the
historic Flanagan House Museum (located
at 942 NE Glen Oak Ave. in Peoria) on
Sunday from 1 - 4 pm. Learn how the
Shelton Brothers Played in Peoria as
they dominated the bootlegging and
gambling trade during the 1930's and
40's. Admission is $7 for adults or $3
for kids. For more information, visit 
Goitse, a young music quintet from Ireland, will perform in concert at
the Gateway Building (located at 200 NE Water St. in Peoria) on Sunday beginning
at 6 pm. Advance tickets are $18 per person and are available by calling
309-692-8937 or $20 at the door.