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On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with artists John Heintzman and Ann E. Coulter about their joint exhibition 'Friendship on the Line,' on display now through August 27 at the Foster Center Gallery (First United Methodist Church, Peoria).

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with Big Picture Peoria board members Mark and Maggie Misselhorn about the upcoming Big Picture Peoria Street Festival.

On this week's Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with ART, Inc.'s Executive Director Nikki Romain about the organization's upcoming five-year anniversary celebrations on August 5 and 6.

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks about all things Ignite Peoria, taking place August 12 at the Peoria Civic Center.

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland Wright of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks about the Peoria Riverfront Museum’s international exhibition “Violins of Hope,” showcasing Jewish stories of resistance and unity through the power of musical performance.

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

Hannah Alani is a reporter at WCBU. She joined the newsroom in 2021. She can be reached at hmalani@ilstu.edu.

Jess Mador comes to WYSO from Knoxville NPR-station WUOT, where she created an interactive multimedia health storytelling project called TruckBeat, one of 15 projects around the country participating in AIR's Localore: #Finding Americainitiative. Before TruckBeat, Jess was an independent public radio journalist based in Minneapolis. She’s also worked as a staff reporter and producer at Minnesota Public Radio in the Twin Cities, and produced audio, video and web stories for a variety of other news outlets, including NPR News, APM, and PBS television stations. She has a Master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. She loves making documentaries and telling stories at the intersection of journalism, digital and social media.

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