Juneteenth

Organizations from throughout the City of Peoria gathered at Freedom and Remembrance Memorial Park Thursday to announce a slate of Juneteenth celebrations.

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois chats with Ray Flacko, one of the founding members of Peoria's Juneteenth Fest, about the 2025 event taking place Saturday, June 14 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at John H. Gwynn Park.

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois chats with Ray Flacko, one of the founding members of Peoria's Juneteenth Fest, about the 2025 event taking place Saturday, June 14 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at John H. Gwynn Park.

In honor of Juneteenth, a CityLink bus sporting a new wrap celebrating diversity and Black culture in Peoria will soon be driving around the River City.

On this episode of Out and About, producer Daniel Musisi sits in for host Jenn Gordon and is joined by Contemporary Art Center of Peoria executive director William Butler to discuss its Juneteenth Celebration.

The day that marks the anniversary of the day in 1865 when some of the last enslaved Americans learned that they had been freed is now an official state holiday in Illinois.