Festival of Trees, Eric Church, Festival of Lights Parade, Peoria Symphony, Turkey Trot & Bradley Basketball
Published: Thu, 11/20/14
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The
Nature Art Show & Sale continues at Forest Park Nature Center
(located at 5809 N. Forest Park Dr. in
Peoria Heights) featuring a diversity of
media created by local artists. Find nature-related photographs,
woodcarvings, paintings, jewelry and
more. Hours are 9 am - 5 pm Monday
through Saturday
and 1 - 5 pm on Sunday. For more
information, visit 
Sky
Harbor (located at 1321 N Park Rd. in
West Peoria) and the Friends of Rocky
Glen will offer a free Holiday Wine
Tasting Party and Silent Art Auction
from 5 - 9 pm tonight (Thursday) to
benefit Rocky Glen Park. A full menu
will be available, along with wine
samples, craft beers and live music.
Reservations are recommended. For more
information, call 309-573-2354 or visit 
The 6th Annual Festival of Trees
kicks off tonight (Thursday) from 5:30 -
8:30 pm at First Federated Church of
Peoria's Life Together Center (formerly
the Great Central Insurance Building
located at 3625 N. Sheridan Rd. in
Peoria) and continues Friday & Saturday
from 10 am - 8 pm and on Sunday from 10
am - 5 pm. The Festival of Trees is a
community-wide event with 80 beautifully
decorated trees and wreaths,
centerpieces and other holiday decor
items on display and available for
bidding on to take home. Other
highlights from the weekend will include
a holiday marketplace, an out-and-about
gift certificate tree, a snack shop, a
Saturday fun day, on-going family
friendly entertainment and more. All
proceeds benefit Crittenton Centers.
Admission for the Thursday Jingle &
Mingle cocktail party is $35 and for the
rest of the festival is $6 for adults,
$3 for senior citizens and children aged
3 - 14 and free for kids aged 2 and
under. For more information, call
309-674-0105 or visit 
Peoria
County's recycling educator will present
"Sustainability for the Entire
Community" at the ICC North Campus'
Hickory Hall (located at 5407 N
University St. in Peoria) tonight
(Thursday) from 6 - 7 pm. For more
information, call 309-672-6918 or visit 
ISU
Redbird Hockey will take place at
the US Cellular Coliseum (located at 101
S Madison St. in Bloomington) tonight
(Thursday) beginning at 7 pm. Student
tickets are $5 and adults are $10.
Purchase tickets at the U.S. Cellular
Coliseum Box Office, all Ticketmaster
outlets including ISU's Braden Box
Office, online at 
Clayton
Anderson will perform at the
Limelight Eventplex (located at 8102 N.
University in Peoria) tonight (Thursday)
beginning at 7 pm. Tickets are $7 in
advance $10 day of show and are
available at the Limelight Eventplex box
office or online at 
The
Shape of Things will be presented by
the Corn Stock Winter Playhouse at the
Corn Stock Theatre Center tonight
(Thursday), Friday &
Saturday beginning at 7:30 pm and on
Sunday at 2:30 pm. Tickets
are $10 for adults and $7 students and
are available at the Corn Stock Box
Office, by calling 309-676-2196 or
online at 
When
You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? will be
presented by the ICC Theatre Department
at the ICC Performing Arts Center Studio
Theatre beginning at 7:30 pm tonight
(Thursday), Friday &
Saturday and at 2:30 pm on Sunday.
Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for
students and senior citizens and are
available at the ICC box office, by
calling 309-694-5136 or online at 
Proof continues at the
Hartmann Center for the Performing Arts presented by the Bradley University
Theatre Department beginning at 8 pm tonight (Thursday)
through Saturday and at 2:30 pm on Sunday. Tickets are $14 for adults, Bradley
faculty & staff and senior citizens are $12 and students are $7 and are
available at the Bradley University Box Office or by calling 309-677-2650. For
more information, click 
Ms.
Pat will perform at the Jukebox
Comedy Club tonight (Thursday), Friday
and Saturday at 8 pm and Friday &
Saturday at 10:30 pm. Tickets are $12
except for the Friday & Saturday 8 pm
shows, which are $15. For more
information and to reserve seats, call
309-673-5853 or visit 
Live
at the Five Spot at the Contemporary Art
Center will feature the Robin Crowe on Friday beginning at
5:30 pm. Admission is $8 for members,
$12 for non-members, $7 for student &
senior members and $11 for student &
senior non-members. 
Salsa
at the Contemporary Art Center will
feature a dance lesson from 8:30 - 9:30
pm on Friday and open dancing to DJ Ed
Caballero from 9:30 pm - 12:30 am. A
cash bar will be available. Admission is
$4 for members or $7 for non-members. For more
information on either event, call 309-674-6877 or visit 
Enjoy
a Candlelight Walk through the
Pointsettia Show at Luthy Botanical
Garden (located at 2520 N. Prospect in
Peoria) on Fridays and Saturdays through
December 20th from 6 - 9 pm. The walk
takes you through the Poinsettia Show at
night, under the warm glow of hundreds
of candles, while enjoying live
performances of holiday music. The
Pointsettia show runs throughout the
days also from 10 am - 5 pm and is
closed on Mondays. Admission is
waived during the holidays, although
donations are accepted. For more
information, call 309-686-3362 or visit 
Eric
Church's The Outsiders World Tour
will perform at the Peoria Civic Center
Arena on Friday beginning at 7 pm. The
show's opening act is Dwight Yoakam and
the rock group Halestorm. Tickets are
$59.50, 39.50 and $25 and are available
at the Peoria Civic Center Box Office,
by calling 800-745-3000, at all
Ticketmaster outlets or online at 
The Bloomington Thunder will play at
the U.S. Cellular Coliseum (located at
101 S. Madison St. in Bloomington) on
Friday & Saturday beginning at 7 pm.
Tickets are $27, $18, $15, $10 with
discounts for children 2-12, senior
citizens and the military and are
available at the US Cellular box office
or by calling 309-434-2980 or online 
Wine
& Cheese Under the Stars will take
place at the Dome Planetarium at the
Peoria Riverfront Museum on Friday from
7 - 9 pm. Relax under the stars while
sampling wines from Willet's Winery and
gourmet cheese from The Creek on State.
Planetarium Curator Renae Kerrigan will
take you on a guided tour of the
Universe and share the latest news from
space in the state-of-the-art Zeiss
Dome. Admission is $25 for Museum
members or $30 for the general public
and advance registration is requested.
Register by calling 309-686-7000. For
more information, visit 
The
Central Illinois Gobbler Games will
take place at CrossFit309 (located at
704 E. War Memorial Drive in Peoria
Heights) beginning at 9 am on Saturday
and a Kids Exhibition will take place
beginning at 1 pm on Sunday.
Registration for the Saturday event is
$60 per team and $25 for the Sunday
event. Admission for spectators is free.
A portion of the proceeds will go to the
Midwest Food Bank's Tender Mercies
Program and all competitors and
spectators are asked to bring in food
items for the Midwest Food Bank's
Backpack Program. For more information,
visit 
On
Beyond Genealogy: Sharing Family Stories,
a workshop on researching and writing
your family history with Brian "Fox"
Ellis, will be held at the Bishop Hill
Welcome Center on Saturday from 10 am -
2 pm. Cost for the workshop is $25 for
adults and $15 for students and includes
lunch. Advanced registration is
required. For more information, email
A
Signing of the book
"Little Twig" will take place at
Forest Park Nature Center (located at
5809 North Forest Park Drive in Peoria
Heights) on Saturday beginning at 10 am
with a "tree talk" mini lesson. Children
can create their own "Little Twig" craft
plus there will be a special reading and
book signing by "Little Twig" author
Sandy Miller and illustrator Lisa
Garber. For more information, visit 
The 30th Annual Festival of Lights Parade
will take place on Saturday in East
Peoria beginning at 5:45 pm. The parade
covers three miles of Washington Street
starting on one side of the city and
ending just past downtown featuring
floats shaped entirely from LED lights
including Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer, the chopper motorcycle, a
70-foot long float of the famous
Clydesdale horse team pulling a delivery
wagon, Frosty the Snowman, the starship
Enterprise illuminated with 48,000
lights and the 95-foot-long
smoke-spewing China dragon. For more
information including a map of the
parade route, visit 
The
Peoria Symphony will present
"Nature's Majesty" at the Peoria
Civic Center Theater on Saturday
beginning at 8 pm. Tickets range from
$26 to $71 and are $11 for students and
are available at the PSO Box Office, by
calling 309-671-1096 or online at 
Peoria's
oldest running race, the 44th Annual
Turkey Trot, will take place at
Detweiller Park on Sunday at 1 pm. Rain,
sun or snow, the 4-mile run and the 1/2
mile youth fun-run that will take place
immediately before, awards a trophy and
a turkey to the top two finishers in
each division. Registration is available
at the Noble Center (located 1125 W.
Lake Ave. in Peoria) for $16 through
today (Thursday) or $18 after and $2 for
the Youth Fun Run and all entrants
receive a t-shirt. For more information,
call 309-681-2866 or email 
The
Bradley Braves will take on North
Carolina A&T at the Peoria Civic Center
on Sunday beginning at 4 pm. Tickets are
$8, $14, $25 and $55 and are available
at the Peoria Civic Center Box Office,
by calling 309-673-3200 or online at 
Mozart's
Grand Mass in C-minor will be
presented at St. Mary's Cathedral
(located at 607 NE Madison in Peoria)
beginning at 4 pm. Featuring the Bradley
Community Chorus, Bradley Chorale and
Bradley Symphony Orchestra, Charles
Ives's Symphony No. 3 will also be
performed. Tickets are $10 for adults
and $5 for students and may be purchased
at the door or by calling 309-677-2650.