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  • Veteran Los Angeles Lakers' announcer Chick Hearn pauses in his broadcast booth "high atop the western skyline" at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., March 24, 1987, where he has been the voice of the Lakers since 1961. With tonight's play-by-play against the Phoenix Sun in Phoenix, Ariz., Hearn will mark his 2,011 consecutive broadcast...a streak that began in 1965. (AP Photo/Alison Wise)
    Former WEEK newsman recalls Channel 25 personalities
    While familiar faces were common on Peoria TV stations, media talent would flow through this market—not just at 25 but on other local TV stations.
  • Summertime with the Peoria Municipal Band
    On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with Dr. David Vroman, conductor of the Peoria Municipal Band, about their summer concert series.
  • On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois chats with local musician Barry Cloyd about a series of must-see upcoming performances.
    Local musician Barry Cloyd brings Celtic solstice celebrations to Peoria
    On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois chats with local musician Barry Cloyd about a series of must-see upcoming performances.
  • 'Transformative Manifestations' to be unveiled at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
    On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with professional artist and designer Heather Ford about her upcoming exhibition Transformative Manifestations, taking place July 5-August 16 at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria.
  • Under the sea with the Community Children's Theatre
    On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with the Community Children’s Theatre about their upcoming show, The Little Mermaid, with director Kayla Harvey.
  • Corine Jamison
    42)Corine Jamison & Community Healing Centers
    On this episode of Mother's War on Violence, Corine Jamison and host Yolanda Wallace talk about Community Healing Centers. What are they, and what programs do they offer?
  • 'A Semblance of Reality': The art of Duffy Armstrong Farrell
    On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with artist Duffy Armstrong Farrell about her work over the years — including her latest exhibition, A Semblance of Reality, which is on display now through August 2 at Exhibit A Gallery in Peoria Heights.
  • Film meets art in latest film series at the Peoria Riverfront Museum
    On this week's episode of Out and About, WCBU's Jody Holtz sits in for Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright to talk about Frame to Frame: Film Meets Art, the Peoria Riverfront Museum’s first ever series that pairs film with art from PRM's exhibition FRESH: New Directions in Contemporary Art.
  • Out and About - The Transformative Art of Trash
    The Transformative Art of Trash
    On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with artist, environmentalist and community advocate Jessica Thomas McGhee about her upcoming exhibition, "An Unblighted Area." You can see it at Heartland Community College Aug. 15 through Oct. 11. They talk about McGhee's local mural work, her use of trash in artwork, as well as her advocacy work with unhoused people — and how it all ties together.
  • Peoria Irish Fest takes over the Riverfront at the end of August
    On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks about Peoria Irish Fest with the festival’s entertainment chair Tom McConnaughay.
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