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  • Community Children’s Theatre flies high with Disney’s Aladdin, Jr.
    On this week’s episode of Out and About, Willis Barber and Jada Davis from Community Children’s Theatre join host Jenn Gordon to talk about their current production Disney’s Aladdin, Jr. based on the 1992 Academy Award®-winning film and the 2014 hit Broadway show about the “diamond in the rough” street rat who learns that his true worth lies deep within. With expanded characters, new songs, and more thrills this new adaptation of the beloved story will open up “a whole new world” for young performers and their audience! Featuring a cast of over 60, the show runs July 6 through July 10 at Peoria Players Theatre. For more information or to purchase your tickets visit cctil.booktix.com
  • With the holidays over, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and more stars flood the pop charts
    Now that most Christmas songs and albums have been packed away into the proverbial attic, the pop landscape of the new year is coming into focus.
  • Shaboozey's hit 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' is No. 1 again, and joins an elite club
    A 10th week at the top of the Billboard pop chart is quite an accomplishment. Before the 2000s, that was the rarest of feats. In the days of streaming though, it's become more common.
  • 'The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' brings a sharp edge to Peoria Players Theatre
    On this week’s episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois is joined by Chip Joyce, director of the upcoming production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Peoria Players Theatre.
  • Promotional graphic for WCBU’s “Out and About” featuring Valencia Davis and her project “V’s Visions: A Year of Inspiration,” with podcast platform icons and sponsor PNC’s logo.
    Valencia Davis of V’s Visions on the one-year anniversary of her Peoria studio
    On this week’s episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners catches up with artist Valencia Davis of V’s Visions as she marks the one-year anniversary of her studio on Sheridan in Peoria.
  • Mark Arehart
    Mark Arehart
    Mark has been a host, reporter and producer at several NPR member stations in Delaware, Alaska, Washington and Kansas. His reporting has taken him everywhere from remote islands in the Bering Sea to the tops of skyscrapers overlooking Puget Sound. He is a diehard college basketball fan who enjoys taking walks with his dog, Otis.
  • Celebrate summer fruit with these berry delicious recipes
    The blueberries are just beginning to morph from green to their stunning purple-blue and August means blackberries will be ripe any day now.
  • Children on the North Cape in Norway live in one of the top countries for kids, according to a Save the Children report. Norway is tied with Slovenia for the top spot.
    The Best And Worst Places To Be A Kid
    A new report delivers familiar — but important — data about the nature of childhood around the world.
  • What it's like to stargaze in Glacier National Park
    Glacier National Park boasts some of the darkest skies in the U.S., so it's a perfect spot for a stargazing party at the top of 6,000-foot-tall Logan Pass.
  • Henry Threadgill's <em>Old Locks and Irregular Verbs</em> was voted the No. 1 jazz album of 2016.
    The 2016 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll
    Critic Francis Davis surveyed the jazz community to determine the best albums of the year. The winner has had a very good 2016.
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