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On Friday Nov. 6th, National Endowment for the Arts chairman Rocco Landesman will visit Peoria to see how "Art Works" in our area. He will tour the warehouse district, attend a roundtable discussion on arts in the Peoria Area and attend the special performance of RENT at Eastlight Theatre. To help promote Mr. Landesm...an's "Art Works" campaign, local artists have complied a FANTASTIC video to show that the arts start and work here.Read More
Produced by Zach Hoesly and Adam Sitton. Script by George H. Brown. A piece featuring the wonderful talent of the Peoria Arts community. Actors, Musicians, Dancers and leaders in the arts.
Length:1:35
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau If you love Halloween and crawling around like a zombie, don't miss the 1st Annual Save the Bowen Foundation Zombie Crawl!!! Saturday October 24th at the old Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville.
Source: www.peoria-asylum.com
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Lots of ladies from the PACVB are heading out to the East Peoria Chamber of Commerce's annual Oktoberfest Expo starting in 30 minutes at Par-a-Dice Casino and Hotel - East Peoria, Illinois. Stop by the booth and say "Hi!" and meet the new Membership Manger. See you there!!!
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Come be a part of 100 years of Caterpillar in East Peoria!
Source: www.peoria.org
The event commemorates the first step in the eventual founding of Holt Caterpillar in February 1910. Bring a blanket and have fun at this old-fashioned family picnic event in East Peoria, IL at Riverfront Park on October 25, 2009 from 2:00 to 6:00 PM
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Have you reserved your space in the 2010 OFFICIAL Peoria Area Visitors Guide? Space is going fast and rates are GREAT! It is a beautiful full-color guide distributed to over 80,000 people annually... plus you get to be in the VIRTUAL guide on-line! Contact Lelonie at lluft@peoria.org to get your space and check out the virtual VG here:
Source: www.peoria.org
In addition to the 80,000 paper copies distributed, the virtual guide has been viewed over 4,000 times this year!
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
News 25 anchor, Gina Morss, along with WEEK, Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment, and Joy Miller & Associates welcome you to the celebration on Saturday, October 24 from 9 am to 4 pm. The 2009 Women's Lifestyle Show marks our 18th year of bringing you a day of festivities centered on you!
Join us for entertainment, educ...ational and intriguing seminars, and numerous contests and door prizes as our show takes advantage of the expanded floor space of the new Peoria Civic Center! You will find over 300 exhibitor booths with favorites you love to visit, and dozens of new vendors to excite and enhance this years expanded exhibit hall. We'll be packing in the vendors to capacity, and you'll love what we'll do. There will be hand outs and free samples, and you can partake in various healthcare screenings and enjoy makeovers and more.
Visit http://www.womenslifestyleshow.com/ for complete details!Read More
Join us for entertainment, educ...ational and intriguing seminars, and numerous contests and door prizes as our show takes advantage of the expanded floor space of the new Peoria Civic Center! You will find over 300 exhibitor booths with favorites you love to visit, and dozens of new vendors to excite and enhance this years expanded exhibit hall. We'll be packing in the vendors to capacity, and you'll love what we'll do. There will be hand outs and free samples, and you can partake in various healthcare screenings and enjoy makeovers and more.
Visit http://www.womenslifestyleshow.com/ for complete details!Read More
Central Illinois LARGEST show with EVERYTHING for Women!
Time:9:00AM Saturday, October 24th
Location:Peoria Civic Center
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Come out and get stacking at the 2010 IL Sport Stacking Championships. This fun filled activity is great for the whole family! Check out http://www.peoria.org/sport-stacking/
Sport Stacking (also known as cup stacking or speed stacking) is an individual and team sport that involves stacking specialized plastic cups in... specific sequences in as little time as possible. Participants of sport stacking stack cups in pre-determined sequences, competing against the clock or another player. Sequences are usually pyramids of three, six, or ten cups. Proponents of the sport say participants learn cooperation, ambidexterity and hand-eye coordination.Read More
Sport Stacking (also known as cup stacking or speed stacking) is an individual and team sport that involves stacking specialized plastic cups in... specific sequences in as little time as possible. Participants of sport stacking stack cups in pre-determined sequences, competing against the clock or another player. Sequences are usually pyramids of three, six, or ten cups. Proponents of the sport say participants learn cooperation, ambidexterity and hand-eye coordination.Read More
Time:9:00AM Saturday, February 27th
Location:Crossroads UMC
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Don't you just love Central Illinois in the fall? The 42nd Annual Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive starts this weekend! Miles of arts and crafts and wonderful fall scenery!
Source: www.spoonriverdrive.org
The Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Associates invites you to come to Fulton County, Illinois and enjoy the natural wonders of the Spoon River Valley. Spoon River has carved a wide scenic valley through ...
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau HAPPY MONDAY! Did you go to the Fine Art Fair this weekend? We'd love to see your pics. Simply upload them here and we'll make a picture album of Fine Art Fair 2009!
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Fine Art Fair this weekend! Don't miss the 150+ artists original works of art in jewelry, painting, printmaking and drawing, photography and digital art, ceramics, wood, glass, mixed media, metal, leather and fiber. Attending artists come from 24 states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, New York, Texas and Wisconsin, including 34 artists from Illinois!
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Theme: "Christmas in the Pumpkin Patch"
Home of the Nestlé/Libby's pumpkin packing plant, Morton is proud to say that over 80% of the world's canned pumpkin is processed right here. Each September, in celebration of the pumpkin canning season, Morton hosts the Morton Pumpkin Festival. This year's event will be the fe...stival's 43rd year.
From opening day ceremonies to the giant festival parade, the Morton Pumpkin Festival is a Central Illinois attraction. In fact, the festival draws over 60,000 people each year to downtown Morton. Read More
Home of the Nestlé/Libby's pumpkin packing plant, Morton is proud to say that over 80% of the world's canned pumpkin is processed right here. Each September, in celebration of the pumpkin canning season, Morton hosts the Morton Pumpkin Festival. This year's event will be the fe...stival's 43rd year.
From opening day ceremonies to the giant festival parade, the Morton Pumpkin Festival is a Central Illinois attraction. In fact, the festival draws over 60,000 people each year to downtown Morton. Read More
Pumpkin Capital of the World's Annual Festival!
Time:5:00PM Wednesday, September 16th
Location:Morton, IL
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Peoria Players theatre presents: South Pacific Shows this Thurs-Sun. For more info follow the link!
Source: www.peoriaplayers.org
Celebrating our 91th Season The 2009-2010 Season has been announced & tickets are on sale now! Click HERE to read more.
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Pekin Marigold Festival is this weekend... have you been looking for the Marigold Medallion? Get the scoop and all the medallion clues here http://www.pekin.net/MarigoldFestival.ht
Source: www.pekin.net
Pekin Marigold Festival The 2009 Marigold Festival will be September 11th, 12th, and 13th. It's always the weekend after Labor Day.
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau 2009 Erin Feis is this weekend. Make sure to come down to the RiverFront to get the BEST reuben sandwich ever from Paddy O'Flaherty's!!! http://www.erinfeispeoria.com/
Erin Feis Peoria (Home): Peoria Irish Fest - Central Illinois Irish Festival Erin Fest - Irish Event
Source: www.erinfeispeoria.com
Welcome to Erin Feis Peoria, an exciting Irish Fest celebrated in Central Illinois. Sponsored by the Saint Patrick Society of Peoria and the Peoria Park District, Erin Feis Peoria is held on the Peoria RiverFront. Bring friends and family to downtown Peoria for an awesome Irish time every August!
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