APRIL 2009
April 3
SONGS WITH AND WITHOUT WORDS: A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Court Street United Methodist Church, 215 North Church Street, Rockford
Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847 is among the most popular compers of the Romantic Era. This program by Mendelssohn Performing Artists explore Mendelssohn's piano and vocal music.
815-964-9713
www.mendelssohnpac.org
APRIL 2008
April through Mothers Day
SPRING CLEARANCE SALE AT BEAVER CREEK POTTERY
Beaver Creek Pottery, 10000 Beaver Valley Road, Belvidere
Spring clearance sale now through Mothers' Day. Weekly specials. Open 10am to 5pm, seven days a week.
815-547-6723
April 3
SONGS WITH AND WITHOUT WORDS: A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Court Street United Methodist Church, 215 North Church Street, Rockford
Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847 is among the most popular compers of the Romantic Era. This program by Mendelssohn Performing Artists explore Mendelssohn's piano and vocal music.
815-964-9713
www.mendelssohnpac.org
April 1
SKILLET: COMATOSE TOUR, WITH THOUSAND FOOT CRUTCH
Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 North Main Street, Rockford
A live performance by Christian rockers Skillet, with opening act Thousand Foot Krutch.
815-968-0595
April 6
AT THE CORONADO: FOUR BITCHIN' BABES - HORMONAL IMBALANCE
Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 North Main Street, Rockford
A mood swinging musical revue.
815-968-0595
April 4
FIRST FRIDAYS GALLERY WALK
Downtown Geneva
Spring out of the winter doldrums and come join us from 6-9 pm for Downtown Geneva's First Fridays gallery walk.
630-232-6060
www.artgalleriesgeneva.com
April 4
ROCK RIVER RAPTORS VS FORT WAYNE FREEDOM
The Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, Rockford
We'll rip you apart! Rockford's indoor football team, member of the United Indoor Football League, in its 2008 season.
815-965-7000
www.raptorsindoorfootball.com
April 5
THE ART OF BARBEQUE
Mt. Carroll
This class will be taught by Chef Michael Staver, Chef Instructor at Kendall College in Chicago. Chef Staver has won numerous awards for his barbeque throughout the country. Dinner and tour of an organic beef farm are also included. The class will be held from 5 - 9pm.
866-240-1650 or contact@learngreatfoods.com
www.learngreatfoods.com
April 11
AT THE CORONADO: THE FRESH AIRE MUSIC OF MANHEIM STEAMROLLER
Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 North Main Street, Rockford
World-acclaimed multi-media concert blending classical and pop elements into one lavish performance.
815-968-0595
April 11-12
SPRING ArtSCENE
Downtown Galleries, 713 East State Street, Rockford
Downtown art galleries open their doors to showcase some of Rockford's finest artists in this annual celebration of Rockford's ARTScene. Contact the Rockford Area Arts Council for a listing and map of the participating galleries.
815-963-6765
Apirl 11-18
WORLD PREMIERE OF THE MICHELANGELO PROJECT
Golan Lieberman Contemporary Art Gallery, 2209 East State Street, Rockford
For one week only, view the first public showing of a series of 6 bronzes cast directly from Michelangelo's study models. These unique pieces, authenticated by the Casa Buonarroti Museum in Florence, are made with a state-of-the-art scanning and casting process from Michelangelo’s early models of famous sculptures.
815-316-2645
April 12
CABARET
Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center, 415 North Church Street, Rockford
Felix's Cabaret is like no other fundraiser. The talented singers of the Mendelssohn Center, along with celebrity performers, will serve as waiters and entertainers for the evening. Delicious hors d'oeuvres, fine wines and the extraordinarily talented singing waiters will entertain guests cabaret-style at the Rockford Country Club.
Silent auction items include two round-trip tickets to Fort Lauderdale, a week-long condo stay in Key West, art classes, area event tickets, gift baskets and more.
815-964-9713
www.mendelssohnpac.org
April 12
THE STEEPLES OF SYCAMORE
Various locations throughout Sycamore
Guided tours of 6 beautiful, historic churches in Sycamore. Includes a stop at the Sycamore Historical Museum for refreshments and a pictorial display of the 20 churches within Sycamore.
815-895-5762
www.sycamorehistory.org
April 12
SWISS NEW GLARUS FESTIVAL CELEBRATION
Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum, 411 Kent Street, Rockford
There will be Swiss entertainment provided by Alphorn musicians and yodelers, as well as Swiss art demonstrations, cheese and wine samples and more.
815-964-2424
www.tinkercottage.com
April 12-13
HEARTLAND INTERNATIONAL TATTOO
NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb
The Heartland International Tattoo will have a special music selection written for a tribute to the Northern Illinois University Students who were part of the tragic ordeal that happened on February 14, 2008. The third annual Heartland International Tattoo Music & Dance Festival, is the only musical Tattoo of its kind in the Midwest. This traditional Tattoo is an event that honors all U.S. and Canadian military music units as well as international civilian entertainers. Patterned after the great Edinburgh Music Tattoo in Scotland, the show will dazzle spectators with more than 250 musicians, singers and enterainers that includes both military and civilian brass bands, Drum and Bugle Corps, wind bands, Bag Pipe Bands, drill teams, flag corps and an array of dancers. The Tattoo performance, based on an ancient military and old world tradition will feature a vast array of international military and civilian acts.
815-756-1263
www.heartlandtattoo.org
April 13
SUNDAY SCIENCE SERIES: WITCHCRAFT, ORACLES, AND MAGIC IN TRADITIONAL BELIEF SYSTEMS
Midwest Museum of Natural History, 425 West State Street, Sycamore
Belief systems and how they are integrated with other aspects of society will be the focus of the presentation.
815-895-7777
www.mmnh.org
April 15
EGGCELLENT EASTER ADVENTURE & PARADE
Downtown Antioch
Enjoy this exciting springtime parade in Antioch's Historic Downtown and participate in an Easter Egg Hunt and games.
www.antiochchamber.org
April 18
JIM BRICKMAN
Raue Center for the Arts, 26 North Williams Street, Crystal Lake
Jim Brickman returns to the Raue Center to present his revolutionary sound of adult contemporary music with his pop-style solo piano
815-356-9212
www.rauecenter.org
April 18
TRIPLE PLAY
Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center, 415 North Church Street, Rockford
815-964-9713
www.mendelssohnpac.org
April 18-27
PEC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE PRESENTS THE UNINVITED
314 North Main Street, Pecatonica
Famous as a novel and a film and written by Tim Kelly, based on the novel by Dorothy Macardle, the play is a haunting story of a brother and sister who move into a house with a murderous past and find that an evil spirit still inhabits the home.
815-239-1210
www.pecplayhouse.org
April 18 - May 4
RIVERFRONT MUSEUM COMPANY PRODUCTION: 43 PLAYS FOR 43 PRESIDENTS
Clock Tower Resort, 7801 East State Street, Rockford
A chronological, biographical survey of the lives and presidencies of each of the 43 men who have held the office so far. After the play ends, audience members are left to consider their own roles in shaping the history they have just witnessed and to ponder where the presidency has gone since its fall from paradise, and where it will go next; written by by Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Genevra Gallo, Chloe Johnston, and Karen Weinberg.
815-965-0400
www.riverfronttheatre.org
April 19
THE ART OF BARBEQUE
Mt. Carroll
This class will be taught by Chef Michael Staver, Chef Instructor at Kendall College in Chicago. Chef Staver has won numerous awards for his barbeque throughout the country. Dinner and tour of an organic beef farm are also included. Class will be held from 5 - 9pm.
866-240-1650 or contact@learngreatfoods.com
www.learngreatfoods.com
April 19
AMERICAN ENGLISH BEATLES TRIBUTE
Egyptian Theatre, 135 North Second Street, DeKalb
American English is the best Beatle show on the planet. They are the Beatles incarnate. Hear Beatles music from their early years on Ed Sullivan to their final years.
815-758-1215
www.egyptiantheatre.org
April 19-20
ROCKMANIA - ROCK AND GEM SHOW & SALE
Midway Village & Museum Center, 6977 Guilford Road, Rockford
Displays, demonstrations, and sale of rock and gem-related items and crafts. Special activities for kids
815-397-9112
www.midwayvillage.com
April 19-20
CLASSICS AND CHROME 2008 CAR SHOW
8800 E. Riverside Blvd., Loves Park
A dazzling two-acre, all-indoor car show featuring 100 world-class antique, classic and specialty cars from throughout the Midwest with loads of family activities to add to the excitement of this annual show. Vendors show the latest in automotive accessories. Visitors can vote for their favorite car to receive the People's Choice Award, and buy a chance to win a luxury car in a special raffle. Offering restoration seminars on Saturday. The Indoor Sports Center Skybox Restaurant & Lounge will be open throughout the show.
815-399-8823
www.classicsandchrome.com
April 23
BROADWAY AT THE CORONADO -GYPSY
Coronado Theatre, 314 North Main Street, Rockford
The ultimate show business story of Gypsy Rose Lee .
815-968-5222
April 25
BLUE JEAN BALL
Community Building, 111 West First Street, Belvidere
Join the Heritage Days/Mural Mile Association in this event to help support Mulal Mile activities. There will be music by Silver Creek, dancing, desserts, and paint part of a mural! From 7-10pm.
Tickets available at The Wicked Brew, The Sweetery, and City Hall.
April 26
EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
Spencer Conservation Area, 603 North Appleton Road, Belvidere
Free trees, buy native prairie plants, see live Birds of Prey, children's fishing clinic, nature walks and more.
815-877-6100
April 26
ARBOR DAY TREE SALE
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 2715 South Main Street, Rockford
Enhance your home and outdoor living areas with the Trees of Klehm as you plant a piece of living history and help preserve the legacy of Klehm.
815-965-8146
www.klehm.org
April 26
ROCK RIVER RAPTORS VS SAGINAW STING
The Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, Rockford
We'll rip you apart! Rockford's indoor football team, member of the United Indoor Football League, in its 2008 season.
815-965-7000
www.raptorsindoorfootball.com
April 26
THE ROCKFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CLASSICS SERIES: GERSHWIN - RHAPSODY IN BLUE
Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 North Main Street, Rockford
Works include Hugo Alfven's Midsummer Vigil, Leroy Anderson's Piano Concerto, George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich's Jazz Suite No. 2. The RSO is joined by Gershwin expert Jeffrey Biegel.
815-965-0049
www.rockfordsymphony.com
April 26-27
JEWELRY & ACCESSORY CRAFT FAIRE
Downtown Antioch
Shop under the umbrellas throughout Antioch's quaint downtown for that fashionable "Bling" or browse through jewelry and accessories galore.
847-395-2233
www.antiochchamber.org
April 26-27
THE GATHERING AT MACKTOWN
Macktown Forest Preserve, 2221 Freeport Road, Rockton
Travel back in time to visit with over 100 reenactors at the historic Macktown site. Learn about early American frontier life and Native American cultures of the 1650's through 1850's. Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
815-624-4200
www.macktownlivinghistory.com
April 27 - October 26
SANDWICH ANTIQUES MARKET
Sandwich Fairgrounds, 1401 Suydam Road, Sandwich
Monthly antique show from April to October, open from 8am to 4pm.
815-786-3337
www.antiquemarkets.com
April 28
THE BLUE MAN GROUP
The Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, Rockford
How to Be a Megastar 2.1 Tour. The nationally known group appears at the newly renovated MetroCentre one night only.
815-968-5222
April 30 - May 2, and May 7-9
CIVIL WAR LIVING HISTORY DAYS
Midway Village & Museum Center, 6977 Guilford Road, Rockford
815-397-9112
www.midwayvillage.com
APRIL 2009
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