On this week’s episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois speaks with artist Qingjun Huang, joined by translator Liu Yang, about the exhibition "In Her Silence, God" now on display at The Foster Gallery in Peoria.

Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin told a crowd of about 1,200 people at Illinois Wesleyan University on Monday night that Bloomington-Normal favorite son Adlai Stevenson II was her commencement speaker the year she graduated college.

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois chats with Duncan Katlack about Fest in the Garden

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with Jennifer Davis of Peoria Public Library. Davis discusses the library’s wide array of programming this autumn that will be a perfect fit for falling temperatures and cozying up with a book.

On this week’s episode of WCBU's Out & About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks to Cheryl Langley, general manager of The Book Nook, about the first-ever Readers and Writers Rendezvous event, taking place Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Peoria Civic Center.

Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, forever known for whispering to President George W. Bush in a Florida classroom on the morning of 9/11, says the famous image stands as a call to honor the lives lost that day.

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with David Commanday, conductor of the Heartland Festival Orchestra, about "Sitar and Symphony."

A plan to use a charitable gift to develop an $11 million amphitheater along the Illinois River in Peoria has gained enthusiastic support from city leaders.

A big weekend of dedications and celebrations is in store for public art lovers and activity seekers in downtown Peoria.

East Peoria Community Foundation President Sue Portscheller joined a host of other community and civic leaders for a soft opening and ribbon cutting at Levee Park.

On this week’s episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois chats with Susanne Nestory, gallery consultant for Bradley University’s Department of Art and Design, about “MAKE | BELIEVE” — a dynamic group exhibition curated by Marcella Hackbardt.

This year’s Peoria Labor Day parade will take a new path, starting in lower Laura Bradley Park and heading west along Farmington Road in West Peoria.