Items for the Music and Arts Calendar must be received in writing 10 days before publication. Releases must include your name and daytime telephone number. Send to Music and Arts, c/o Sunday Department, Journal Star, 1 News Plaza, Peoria, IL 61643. Items also may be sent by fax to 686-3296.Theater
“A Prairie Christmas,” rescheduled presentation by Prairie Folklore Theatre and the Schuyler Arts Council, 7 p.m. Dec. 27, Phoenix Opera House, downtown Rushville. Admission: $5/at the door, children 14 and younger, free. Call (217) 322-3065.
“Bedside Manners,” through Dec. 31, Conklin’s Barn II Dinner Theatre, Goodfield. Performances Thursday-Saturday evenings (doors open 6 p.m., show 8 p.m.) and Sunday afternoons (doors open noon, show 1:30 p.m.); also Wednesday evenings in December. Tickets: $27.50-$31.50. Call 965-2545.
Music
Aesthetic Underground open mike, 2:30 p.m. Jan. 7, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, 305 SW Water St. Free; donations welcome. Call 674-6822.
Live at the Five Spot, featuring music by Preston Jackson and Friends and the Scarf it Up scarf auction and fashion show, 5:30- 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, 305 SW Water St. Admission: $7/CAC members, $10/nonmembers (reduced prices for seniors, students and children). Call 674-6822
Auditions
Auditions for “Autobahn,” 1 p.m. Jan. 6-7, Corn Stock Theatre Center, upper Bradley Park, 1700 Park Road. Call 676-2196.
Auditions for “Disney’s High School Musical,” a Corn Stock for Kids production, 1 p.m. Jan. 13-14, Corn Stock Theatre Center, upper Bradley Park, 1700 Park Road. Call 676-2196.
Exhibits
“Untelling,” oil paintings by Heather Brammeier, Dec. 29-Feb. 10, Preston Jackson Gallery, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, 305 SW Water St. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Reception: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 6. Gallery walk: 1:30 p.m. Jan. 20. Call 674-6822.
Group Glass Exhibit, through Dec. 30, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, 305 SW Water St. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Call 674-6822.
“Images From The Cinque Terre, Italy,” through Dec. 30, Picture This Gallery, 4610 N. Prospect, Peoria Heights. Call 681-1865.
“Gravity,” fiber artwork by Michelle Sales, Jan. 6-Feb. 24, Gallery 3R, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, 305 SW Water St. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Reception: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 6. Gallery walk: 1:30 p.m. Feb. 24. Call 674-6822.
“Hedley Waycott: Peoria’s Premier Painter,” through Jan. 7, Lakeview Museum, 1125 W. Lake Ave. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $6/adults, $5/seniors, $4/children 4-17. Call 686-7000.
“Marigolds and Mallards in Pekin: Selections From the Permanent Collection,” through Jan. 14, Lakeview Museum, 1125 W. Lake Ave. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $6/adults, $5/seniors, $4/children 4-17. Call 686-7000.
Paintings of Connie Hanselman of Dayton, Ohio, through Jan. 15, Gates of Eden Gallery, 1218 W. Bradley Ave. Hours are 11 a.m. -3 p.m. Monday-Friday or by appointment. Call 497-0149.
IAL Prairieland Watermedia Society Exhibit, through Jan. 18, Illinois Art League Gallery, 4610 N. Prospect Road, Peoria Heights. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.
“Revealing the Elemental Spirit: The Sculpture of Warren E. Ostrom,” through Jan. 28, Lakeview Museum, 1125 W. Lake Ave. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $6/adults, $5/seniors, $4/children 4-17. Call 686-7000.
“Classic Images by Ansel Adams,” through March 4, Lakeview Museum, 1125 W. Lake Ave. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays-Saturdays; 10 a.m.-8 p.m Wednesdays; noon-5 p.m. Sundays. Closed Mondays. Admission: $6/adults, $5/seniors, $4/children 4-17. Call 686-7000.
“Presence, Pride and Passion: A History of African Americans in McLean County From 1840 to the Present,” featuring artifacts from the museum’s Bloomington-Normal Black History Project Collection, through May 24, 2008, McLean County Museum of History, 200 N. Main St., Bloomington. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesdays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Call 827-0438.
Opera
“Mad About Mozart - Scenes From ‘Amadeus,’” presented by Opera Illinois, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 and 3 p.m. Jan. 28, Northwoods Community Church, 10700 Allen Road. Tickets: $30. Call 673-7253.
