Arts Alive! - March 2004

Peoria Reads! Highlights Importance of Literature
Reading for pleasure is enjoying a resurgence in popularity thanks, in part, to celebrity book clubs and the new crop of mega-bookstores around the country. But the Peoria Reads! project, now in its third year, has a slightly higher calling: bringing together a community through the written word.
Features
Pen & Ink
Exhibit Memories
Central Illinois is privileged to host two extraordinary exhibits this winter. But those two were certainly not all that was scheduled this winter…every weekend could be a "cultural weekend."
Columns
ArtsPartners
First Artistic Welcome Signs, Now Artistic Street Banners
Finale
Community Theaters Find Great Success in Central Illinois
Art & History
Stepping Back to School with Historic Peoria Women
Kids & Kudos
Jazz All-Stars Still Shining in Peoria
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Arts Alive! Arts Calendar
March and April 2004 events