Feb March 2017 Arts Quincy Magazine

LOVING ALL THE ARTS

VISUAL ART, MUSIC AND THEATRE’S BIG SEASONS

SHAKESPEARE’S VISION

SYMPHONY TO FEATURE YOUNG MUSICIANS

QUINCY’S DR. EELLS HOUSE

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD feb mar

2017 Quincy Society of Fine Arts, America’s 1st Arts Council, Established 1947

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staff Executive Director Laura Sievert Office Manager Dawn Reckers Cover Photo By Adam Duesterhaus Arts Quincy Quincy Society of Fine Arts 300 Civic Center Plaza Suite #244 Quincy, IL 62301 (217) 222-3432 artsquincy.org

sponsors The Arts Quincy Magazine is made possible by the individual and business members of Arts Quincy, National Endowment for the Arts ART WORKS, the Illinois Arts Council and our advertisers.

board members Executive Committee: Kellie Henke Mark McDowell Mariann Barnard Danielle Fleer Michaela Fray At Large: Holly Cain Chris Daniels Carlos Fernandez Alana Flynn Elisha Freiburg Lee Lindsay Daniel McCleery Frankie Murphy Giesing Raquel Piazza Michael Smith Jennifer Teter Laura Wright

special thanks

Thanks to Adam Duesterhaus for photographing this issue’s cover and most of the photos in the feature story. Thanks to Dennis Williams and the students from Teen REACH, plus Mike Smith, Dave Oakley, Mett Morris and WT Johnson for participating in the photo shoot as well!

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LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: DR. EELLS HOUSE

11 HUMANITIES

WWI On the Home-Front

A New Point of View on Mary Todd Lincoln

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ARTS EDUCATION

JWCC Spring Fever

Quincy Public Library

Quincy Woodworkers Guild

ARTS QUINCY EVENTS!

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VISUAL ARTS

So Much to Love at QAC Spring Art Crawl

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19 EXHIBITIONS 20 CALENDAR 22

MUSIC

QSOA Shakespeare’s Vision QHS Showcase of Excellence QND Pep Band Festival Quincy Concert Band MROC Once Upon a Time QCMA Vienna Boys Choir Quincy Area Youth Orchestra Young People’s Concert

Symphony Chorus Pops Concert

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QCT Tarzan, Sweeney Todd and More!

C-SC Theatre: The Good Body Golden Windmill Follies QHS Winter Play: The Hollow

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DONOR SPOTLIGHT

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BUSINESS DONORS

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LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Dear Art Patrons: As I’m writing this letter to you, a light rain is falling outside my window and it reminds me that I need my umbrella today! And you know what? The arts community needs its umbrella every day!

You see, Arts Quincy was conceived 70 years ago Laura Sievert and Mike Smith at as America’s first arts the Dr. Eells Underground council and an umbrella Railroad Home organization for ALL the arts.

It’s a collaborative arts council that’s now made up of nearly 60 nonprofits and is committed to building partnerships with creative people throughout the community. We work every day to connect every single resident of Quincy and the surrounding area with opportunities in visual arts, music, theater, history, literacy, and so much more.

How are we doing it? We start with communicating through as many forms of media as possible. Of course, there’s Arts Quincy Magazine, but we’re also online at artsquincy.org, at facebook. com/ArtsQuincy.QSFA and on Twitter @artsquincy. You can catch Arts Beat Live on the radio every Wednesday morning on WGEM News-Talk 105, 97.9 KICK-FM, Y101 and WTAD’s Mary Griffith Show. We’re also on KHQA’s Live at 5 each Thursday, and you’ll often see us in print in the Quincy Herald Whig, Q-Magazine and Maine Street Magazine.

We’re a part of collaborative teams all over town because we know that a culture of arts doesn’t happen without great planning and hard work behind the scenes. This includes the Quincy Public School’s 21st Century Program, the Chamber of Commerce’s Diversity Outreach Committee, the City of Quincy Strategic Plan Advisory Board and more.

Arts Quincy is especially proud to bring the fine arts to our public and private schools. This school year we funded over $15,000 of arts activities which will impact 7,500+ students!

We’re also a part of lots of outstanding events in Quincy. In the past year, our Arts Dollars program provided funds for 25 events with over 47,000 attendees!

On pages 36-38 you’ll see a special listing of individuals and businesses who value the umbrella that Arts Quincy provides.

We sincerely thank them for this support, because nothing we do is possible without these generous people. If you’re not a member, we invite you today to sign up at artsquincy.com/ becomeamember and be a part of the umbrella that supports arts for everyone in this community!

Your Partner in the Arts,

Laura Sievert, Executive Director

partner organizations • All Wars Museum • American Association of University Women • American Guild of Organists • Big River Harmonizers • Chaddock • Community Foundation • Culver-Stockton College • Dollhouse Museum • Friends of the Castle • Friends of the Dr. Richard Eells House • Friends of the Historic Woodland Cemetery • Friends of the Log Cabins • Friends of the Washington Theater Commission • Golden Historical Society • Great River Artisans • Great River Economic Development Foundation • Great River Genealogical Society • Great River Watercolor Society • Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County

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• Jackson-Lincoln Swimming Complex • John Wood Community College • Mark Twain Boyhood Museum • Mid-Mississippi Muddy Water Blues Society • Moberly Area Community College • Muddy River Opera Company • Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce • Quincy Area Convention & Visitors Bureau • Quincy Art Center • Quincy Artists Guild • Quincy Civic Music Association • Quincy Community Theatre • Quincy Concert Band • Quincy Conservatory/Illinois State Music Teachers Association • Q-Fest (formerly Midsummer Arts Faire) • Quincy Family YMCA • Quincy Humane Society • Quincy Museum • Quincy Notre Dame High School • Quincy Park Band

• Quincy Park District • Quincy Preserves • Quincy Public Library • Quincy Public Schools Fine Arts Department • Quincy Sister City Commission • Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association • Quincy University • Quincy Woodworkers Guild • Quincy Writers Guild • Quinsippi Needleworkers • Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center • St. Peter School Fine Arts • Sunday Music Series • Teen REACH • The District • Transitions of Western Illinois • Trees for Tomorrow • Women’s City Club • WQEC/PBS Quincy

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Underground Railroad:

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teenagers held in rapt attention while someone gives a history lesson, but sitting in the Dr. Eells Underground Railroad Home, Board Member Dave Oakley painted a compelling picture for the visiting students from the Quincy Teen REACH program.

In 1842, Quincy had only been incorporated as a city for 2 years. Missouri was nearly the wild-western frontier of major settlements in the US. A strong tension had already gripped the nation and would eventually boil over into Civil War in the years that followed. Nowhere was this tension more palpable than in Quincy, a major river hub at the time, which sat at the border of the slave state of Missouri and the free state of Illinois.

One hot summer night that August, a slave from Monticello, Missouri known only by his first name, Charley, stepped onto the Missouri side of the Mississippi shoreline and began a swim for his life.

On the other side of the river, a physician named Richard Eells and his wife Jane were inside a stately, 2-story brick Greek-revival style home on what is presently 4th and Jersey St. Dr. Eells had been educated at Yale University and then moved to Quincy from Connecticut. He had established a successful medical practice, adopted two children, and built on an addition to his home by 1842. He was a well-respected member of the community and was a trustee of the Congregational Church of Quincy.

As Charley dove into the mighty flowing river that night for a dangerous nearly milelong swim, few would have suspected that his intended destination would be the home of this prominent physician.

However, Charley would, as hundreds of slaves before him had, head for that doorstep with the hope that it would be the first stop on his way to freedom.

Of course, Charley wasn’t the only one taking a major risk that night. Each time Dr. Eells took in a runaway slave, gave them provisions or moved them on to the next location on the Underground Railroad, he was risking his life and livelihood for a stranger.

Another student, Jacob, offered, “That’s crazy what the doctor did. He already had his life right and he could have just been making money and living life but he chose to help.”

The doctor was taking a major risk by helping the runaways, but helping free individuals from slavery was the original motivation for Richard and his wife moving to Quincy. While he was in school out East, he became interested in the abolitionist movement, and as he learned more, he knew he had to take action to help.

He could have just been making money and living life, but he chose to help.

It’s important to remember that merely making the swim to Illinois was not enough to grant Charley or other runaways their freedom. Though Illinois was a state without slavery, the law of the time demanded that any slaves in Illinois must be returned to slaveholders in Missouri (or other states) or the person found harboring them could face prosecution and fines. Charley’s longterm goal was to travel the Underground Railroad all the way to Canada, where he would finally be able to live a free life.

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“So he just swam across the whole river?” interjects a teen audience member named Aleirra. “Wasn’t that dangerous?”

Indeed, it was dangerous, explained Oakley. In fact, there are no accurate records of the numbers of people who may have set off across the river by swimming or even by small boat and never made it to the other side. However, with many escaped slaves arriving on the banks exhausted and hungry, and with the fast-flowing currents of the Mississippi, it’s not hard to see that Charley was already taking an enormous risk just setting off for Illinois.

At this point, one of the younger students listening to the lecture started looking all around the room at the floors before he finally asked, “So where are the tunnels?”

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house expect a tunnel system to be inside the house. Instead, the word “Underground” is in reference to the secrecy that surrounded the safe houses and transportation methods.

Railroad terms like “station” were used to describe the safe places that the travelers could stop, rest, and replenish their supplies on their way north to Canada. Known nearby stations beyond Quincy included stops in Mendon, Meredosia and Pittsfield. Many slaves of the time were unable to read, so the “railroad” was constantly innovating different types of communication that would signify to escapees which houses were safe to enter along their route.

(Please see the next page for an inset on how quilts may have been used to facilitate this travel.)

Dr. Eells and his wife are credited with helping several hundred slaves escape to continue their journey on the railroad, but the night Charley swam across the river, they were not so lucky.

Eells provided Charley a new set of clothes and some provisions, then tried to take him by carriage to a second stop on the railroad called the Mission Institute, but slave catchers working for Charley’s owner intercepted them both. Eells yelled at Charley to run, but he was soon captured by the posse of men. Eells escaped the group and arrived back to his home, but the sheriff wasn’t far behind. The sheriff used the fact that Charley’s wet clothes were in the carriage and Eells’ horse was sweaty and lathered from running as

evidence that Eells had been the one trying to help Charley.

Eells was later brought to trial and found guilty by Judge Stephen A. Douglas, who, several years later, would debate Abraham Lincoln just a block from the Eells home, in what is now Washington

Fast forwarding over 150 years to 2015, former Quincy Mayor Chuck Scholz and former President of the Dr. Eells Home John Cornell proposed the idea of gaining a pardon for Eells. The local team, along with Lt. Governor Sheila Simon and Governor Pat Quinn

The Dr. Eells Open House Sunday, February 19 1 4 pm, 415 Jersey St. Admisson is free; donations are appreciated.

Park. Sadly, Charley was returned to Monticello and Dr. Eells was fined $400 - about $12,000 in today’s money.

The Eells prosecution and subsequent appeals all the way to the US Supreme Court were followed closely by Quincy’s Whig newspaper, and because of the notoriety of the case, Eells became president of the Illinois Anti-Slavery Party in 1843. He also became a candidate for the Liberty Party for the presidential election of 1844 and for the gubernatorial election in 1846.

The case, however, drained Eells both emotionally and financially, and he died while traveling back East on the Ohio River in 1846, having never been cleared of the charges.

worked together to facilitate a wideranging clemency action which formally pardoned Dr. Eells and two other 19thCentury abolitionists who had been convicted of assisting escaped slaves.

“It’s important for all of us to remember heroes who spoke up and acted at great risk to themselves for what was right, even when they knew it was not what the law would support,” said Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon* in the Chicago Tribune. “I think we need more reminders of that.”

Today the Dr. Eells Underground Railroad Home is preserved by a small group of dedicated volunteers. The home is open for tours on Saturdays from 1-4 pm from April - November and groups can schedule tours by appointment by calling 217-223-1800.

The annual Open House at the Dr. Eells House will be held this year on Sunday, Feb. 19th from 1-4 pm. Admission is free; donations are appreciated.

Special thanks to Dennis Williams and the students of Quincy Teen REACH who attended a tour and allowed us to take photos for this Arts Quincy feature article. To learn more about the important work that Teen REACH is doing here in Quincy, please visit www. facebook.com/QuincyILTeenREACH. Donations are accepted at Quincy Teen REACH P.O. Box 708, Quincy, IL 62301. *Source credit: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinoisunderground-railroad-clemency-met-20141231-story.html

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Communication on the Underground Railroad

Mett Morris and WT Johnson will be giving presentations during the Open House.

Many of the escaped slaves traveling on the Underground Railroad would have been unable to read or write, so different methods were used to hide messages for them in plain sight. Storytellers Mett Morris and WT Johnson, pictured above, will be at the Dr. Eells Open House telling stories of some of the people who may have traveled on the railroad and how they communicated with each other.

One well-known method stations used to communicate was to hang visual clues on or near their homes. One interesting idea that many believe was used to give directions and signify safe houses was hanging coded quilt squares on a clothesline or in a window.

Quilts have long been used to tell stories, and it’s easy to see how they could be used to communicate messages when you look at the examples below. From left to right, the first square could represent that the next part of a journey would be by boat, and that the escapee should prepare for water travel or meet at the boat docks. The next square is called “The Monkey Wrench” and could symbolize that the person should pack up their knife and shelter tools because the next part of the journey could require them. The checked pattern on the last square is called “Crossroads” and was thought to represent the city of Cleveland, OH, which was at the intersection of many different routes to freedom in Canada.

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HUMANITIES

WWI on the Home-Front: Over Here, Prepping for Over There HSQAC DISCUSSION ON WWI Saturday, Feb. 25 at 2 pm History Museum at 332 Maine St. DINNER WITH THE AUTHORS Tiramisu at 5 pm following lecture The Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County invites you to discover history and revisit the “Great War” at an afternoon program with Dr. Chris McDonald and Dr. Ross Kennedy.

The discussion will be in an interviewstyle to maximize the conversation and audience participation. There will be an opportunity to meet the WWI authors and hear inspiring and moving music of the “Great War” period.

Dr. McDonald is a senior political science professor at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois. He is the author of Three Lying or Four Sitting: From the Front in a Ford, which details the combat experience of Kent Dunlap Hagler of

Springfield, Illinois. Dr. McDonald spent extensive time reviewing the letters of Mr. Hagler and offers a very personal wartime account of a young man from Central Illinois in war-torn Europe.

McDonald has a Ph.D. in political science and government from the University of Georgia and was named a Pearson Master Teacher at Lincoln Land Community College in 2001.

Dr. Ross Kennedy is a professor of History at Illinois State University in Bloomington, Illinois. He is the awardwinning author of The Will to Believe: Woodrow Wilson, World War I, and America’s Strategy for Peace and Security. Dr. Kennedy is also an editor of A Companion to Woodrow Wilson published in 2013. He has done extensive research on World War I, U.S. foreign policy, and international history from 1914-1965. He was awarded the Scott Bills Prize for Best Book in Peace History in 2010 for his work on Woodrow Wilson. Dr. Kennedy has a Ph.D. in History from the UC, Berkley.

Dr. Chris McDonald and Dr. Ross Kennedy

A brief performance of music from the WWI era will follow. Dr. McDonald’s and Dr. Kennedy’s books will be available and the authors will conduct a book signing at the History Museum to conclude the event.

The Historical Society is hosting a dinner with the authors at Tiramisu at 137 North Third Street in Quincy at 5 pm following the event. Seating is limited so please call the Historical Society’s office at (217) 222-1835 to purchase tickets. Tickets are only $20 each or $35 for couples and includes dinner and nonalcoholic beverages.

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A New Point of View on Mary Todd Lincoln AUTHOR LECTURE: MARY TODD LINCOLN Sunday, March 12, 2 pm History Museum at 332 Maine St. Mary Todd Lincoln was born into a large, wealthy, slaveowning Kentucky family. The life of Kentucky gentry afforded Mary a childhood of comfort and ease. She had an extraordinary formal education in philosophy, music, art and dance, which was unheard of for women in the early 19th century.

Her father encouraged Mary to think freely and follow her passions. She became proficient in social refinement and could speak fluent French, but her real passion was politics.

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The Todds were devout Whigs and admirers of Henry Clay, who was a friend of the Todd family.

This relationship gave Mary knowledge and direct insight into party politics of the 1800’s. This upbringing also helped Mary forge a toughness which her detractors regularly fail to acknowledge.

The smart, tough and compassionate aspects of Mary Todd Lincoln’s personality are often overshadowed by the fragility of her psyche. The intensity of her devotion left her constantly worrying about her family. In some cases, this inspired hostilities and pettiness toward those Mary viewed as enemies. Critics have pounced on the negative aspects of her character and presented a dichotomy of a kind, intellectual, compassionate Abraham Lincoln and a hateful, deceitful and unlikeable Mary Lincoln.

It is this widespread perception that motivated Dr. Stacy Pratt-McDermott, author of Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern Woman to first defend Mary and to dedicate herself to writing a biography on the controversial first lady.

Dr. McDermott states, “I set out to write a biography that illustrates the richly human qualities or historical experience through the eyes of a woman who, like all of us, was flawed.”

Dr. McDermott decided to combat the venom directed at Mary Lincoln by studying the 600 letters written by the former first lady. The letters revealed a complex and misunderstood woman.

The letters revealed her intellect, heart and her soul. She was fragile, high-strung and extremely complicated, but Dr. McDermott makes it clear that Mary Todd was not insane.

Dr. McDermott shed the historical imagery of Mrs. Lincoln to reveal her humanity, and doing so she reveals the parts of Mary that are in all of us.

She posits, “Sometimes her efforts exceeded even her own expectations, sometimes they were just good enough, and sometimes they were devastatingly insufficient.”

Mary Todd Lincoln’s history is often dominated by her marriage to Abraham Lincoln, but she was not just a wife.

She was a daughter, student, mother, sister, friend and widow. She was a Southern girl and a Northern woman, and her story is a human story.

Dr. Stacey McDermott was the Assistant Director for the Papers of Abraham Lincoln.

She is currently the Assistant Editor of The Jane Addams Papers and is a consultant for the University of Illinois-Springfield’s Institute for Abraham Lincoln Studies.

Dr. Stacey McDermott She has a Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois. She has written several books and publications, including The Jury in Lincoln’s America and Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern Woman.

Dr. McDermott will be the featured speaker for Women’s History Month at the History Museum at 332 Maine St. on Sunday, March 12 at 2 pm. The event is sponsored by HSQAC and Arts Quincy.

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JWCC Spring Fever!

John Wood Community College is offering several unique and creative experiences this spring in their exciting line-up of community education courses.

the instructor is Greg Leuckenhoff from Adam Florist.

Floral Design II will be held on Thursdays, February 23, March 2, 9 and 16, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Students will create a fresh floral arrangement, a door arrangement, a grouping arrangement and a topiary. Students must supply a knife, wire cutters and floral tape.

Cost is $85 and the instructor is Greg Leuckenhoff from Adam Florist.

Floral Design III will be held on Thursdays, March 23 and 30 and April 6 and 13, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Students will create a corsage in week one, an Asian-inspired arrangement in week two, a wreath in week three, and end the class with a tour of Adam Florist in week four. A supply list will be provided the first night of class. Cost is $85 and

Spring Advanced Floral Design will be held Tuesday and Thursday, April 18 and 20, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Students will go beyond the basics and get a taste of high style design. Learn to create an arrangement following the Hogarth curve, learn to use an armature, and more. Students must supply a knife, wire cutters and floral tape. Cost is $90 and the instructor is Greg Leuckenhoff from Adam Florist.

Spring Fever Painting Party will be held on Friday, April 21, from 5:30 to 8:30 pm at Four Winds Farm, located at 3729 N. 36th Street in Quincy. Get creative and experience the beauty of the season with this painting party.

Learn how to create a painting using the outdoors as inspiration, enjoy snacks and bring your own drinks. Leave with a unique, individual piece of artwork

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Fairy Garden Party will be held on Friday, April 28, from 5:30 to 8:30 pm at Four Winds Farm, located at 3729 N. 36th Street in Quincy. Create your very own decorative fairy garden, enjoy snacks and bring your own drinks. All supplies will be provided.

This will make the perfect girls night out activity. Cost is $45 and the instructor is A Fairy Garden. Photo provided by JWCC. Susan Daggett.

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Quincy Public Library QPL Kiosk Branch, Secondhand Prose Bookstore, Black History Month, and Author Visit!

Quincy Public Library’s Kiosk Branch, located in the café at County Market at 48th and Broadway, allows easy check outs, returns, and requests for library material, in a convenient 24/7 location.

With a valid QPL card, patrons may check out books (for all ages), movies, return items, and request items to be delivered to the hold lockers for pick up.

A computer on the kiosk displays the library catalog and allows easy access for browsing eBooks and other digital offerings.

Tuesday – Saturday, from 10 am to 4 pm. The store accepts donations of gently used books. A collection area for donated books is set up directly outside the shop.

Secondhand Prose Bookstore

The new QPL Kiosk at 48th St. County Market.

Secondhand Prose Bookstore, operated by the Friends of Quincy Public Library, offers great bargains on gently used hardback and paperback books, including children’s and young adult books. All proceeds from Secondhand Prose are returned to the Quincy Public Library to support library services and programs. Secondhand Prose is open

During February, QPL will highlight Black History Month with a special program at the library. Local area musicians will perform at A Joyful Noise: Songs of Praise, Yesterday and Today, on Saturday, February 11 at 1 pm. Enjoy this exciting performance!

QPL partners with the Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County in the display of a timeline of Black History and local Black History items and artifacts. The items can be viewed at the Visitor’s Center at John Wood Mansion, Tuesday through Friday, from 10 am to 4 pm and Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm.

Author visit: QPL is pleased to welcome bestselling author George Hodgman on Saturday, March 25 at 2 pm.

Hodgman, author of the New York Times bestseller Bettyville, an eloquently written memoir of the challenges and triumphs of a gay son caring for his aging mother in their hometown of Paris, MO, will talk about his book, his mom, and his hometown. A question and answer session will follow.

Quincy Public Library offers a wide variety of classes and events, from children’s story times, to adult tech tutoring and discussion groups, each week. Library programs are free and open to the public. To see a complete list of library programs and services, visit quincylibrary.org.

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First Monday of each month quincywoodworkersguild@ gmail.com for information Gary Gibson, a US Air Force veteran, lives in Edina, MO, and is a member of the Quincy Woodworkers Guild.

His woodworking interests include bowl and vase turning. Most of his items are segmented, meaning that depending on the wood pattern, he will start with 150 to 350 individual pieces, glue them

together then will turn them on a lathe to create a stunning finished product.

Gary uses about 40 different species of wood, including walnut, maple, cherry, hickory, oak, pecan, purpleheart, yellowheart, and zebrawood. It takes anywhere from 5 to 10 hours to make each bowl depending on how many pieces and the pattern involved, and he has about 20 bowls and vases in various stages of gluing at any time.

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UNITED WAY FAMILY PLAY NIGHT Friday, Feb. 17 from 5–7 pm Quincy Community Theatre ARTS QUINCY HOSTS CHAMBER BUSINESS BEFORE HOURS Thursday, Feb. 23 from 7–8:30 am Upstairs at the Oakley-Lindsay Civics Center An important part of Arts Quincy’s mission is to collaborate with community partners to encourage participation and appreciation of the arts, and there are 2 great opportunities to see those partnerships at work coming up in February!

United Way Family Play Night Arts Quincy and the Quincy Community Theatre are excited to invite you and your entire family to a fun Family Play Night at the Quincy Community Theatre!

The event is Friday, February 17th from 5–7 pm and is FREE to attend!

Kids of all ages are welcome to attend and will be divided into groups based on age. Then, they’ll rotate through fun theatre activities including acting games, a choreography workshop and a full backstage tour of the Quincy Community Theatre! A healthy snack and drinks will also be provided.

Parents can expect to find great information from the United Way and Adams County Health Department on how to encourage a healthy lifestyle for their children. Arts Quincy and the Quincy Community Theatre will also have information for parents available describing arts education opportunities for kids coming up in 2017.

offices on the 2nd floor of the OakleyLindsay Center on Thursday, February 23 from 7–8:30 am.

The Adams County Health Department in collaboration with the United Way of Adams County introduced Friday Family Play Nights in 2015 as a part of the “5-2-0-1 Get Up and Move” initiative.

The nationwide project encourages kids to start healthy habits that include 5 or more fruits and vegetables each day, 2 hours or less of recreational screen time, 1 hour or more of physical activity and 0 sugary drinks with more water and low-fat milk.

Arts Quincy Executive Director Laura Sievert will present a brief program at 7:30 describing Arts Quincy’s role as an umbrella organization for the entire fine arts community. Local Artist Ann Miller Titus will also present a mini-exhibition of her artwork and will give remarks about her process and how Arts Quincy works to support local artists every day.

The Business Before and After Hours events from the Chamber are designed to help area business leaders make connections with each other in a laidback social setting.

For more, visit artsquincy.org and find United Way’s Facebook page 5210GetUpAndMoveAdamsCounty.

Arts Quincy will offer attendees at the event a one-time new membership special of half-price business or family memberships! You must be in attendance to take advantage of this special offer.

Arts Quincy Hosts QACC Business Before Hours The staff and board members of Arts Quincy are happy to invite Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce members to our first Business Before Hours Event at our

The Chamber of Commerce will also have their monthly drawing where members in attendance have the chance to win a cash prize! For more information, visit artsquincy.org or quincychamber.org

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So Many Visual Arts to Love at Q Exhibitions, Classes, Events and more at QAC

Offerings include ceramics, drawing, painting, fibers, and mixed media classes. Full youth scholarships are available for those who receive free or reduced lunches or have a written recommendation letter stating their need from a teacher, principal, or mentor. To apply for a scholarship, please turn in a copy of the child’s free or reduced lunch status with their class registration form.

To register for a class or find out more information, visit quincyartcenter.org, call 223-5900, or stop in for a visit at 1515 Jersey St. Quincy, IL. Regular hours are Monday through Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm.

Family Day Activities at the Quincy Art Center will be held on the second Saturday of each month and will feature different fun visual arts experiences. Photo provided by Quincy Art Center

Fall in love with the visual arts at the Quincy Art Center this February and March! QAC will feature an exciting line-up of classes for all ages, family activities, exhibitions and community events. Find the entire Quincy Art Center calendar including detailed class descriptions at quincyartcenter.org.

Family Day Activities Quincy Art Center is introducing a new monthly “Family Day” event which will be held on the second Saturday of each month from 10am–1pm. Advanced reservations are not required.

Make memories with your family while exploring, learning, and creating handson art projects for all ages. Enjoy a

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different art project with a new fun theme every month.

For private party information, please email Steven Stoll at sstoll@quincyartcenter.org.

Family Day Activities are Free for members and $5 per family for nonmembers.

Paint Your Own Pottery is also available during the second Saturday of each month in the QAC studio. Pottery pieces are individually priced at $5 and up depending on size. Glazes, paints and paint brushes are provided at no additional charge.

Winter Classes, Plus Student Scholarships Available!

Winter classes are here for preschool aged-students through adults!

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THREE QAC EXHIBITIONS Opening reception Fri. March 17 from 6–10 pm, Gallery talk at 7:30 pm. Through May 5 BDWY HYVEE SATELLITE EXHIBIT: ANN MILLER TITUS FIBER ART Jan. 11–March 24 QUINCY MEDICAL GROUP SATELLITE EXHIBIT: AMBER SMITH BAUER Feb. 8 through April 4 Three great exhibitions will be opening at the Quincy Art Center on Friday, March 17th. These include the Mini & Massive Glass Exhibition, The 3rd Annual Students & Instructors of the Art Center Exhibit, and Joan’s Journey in Watercolor Exhibition.

The Mini & Massive Glass Exhibition will be in the Katherine Gardener Stevenson Gallery and feature established and emerging Midwest glass artists. The exhibit will showcase small-scale and large-scale artworks that shrink or enlarge the subject matter.

Eight glass artists will be featured. This exhibit was co-curated by Jennifer Teter and Elizabeth Rankin.

The 3rd Annual Students of the Quincy Art Center Exhibit will be in the Elizabeth M. Sinnock Gallery and features artwork made by students of all ages who were inspired by the classes and workshops at the Art Center. It is

open to students who have taken a class or workshop within the past 3 years. Artists may enter one artwork they have produced in any medium that was made in or inspired by a Quincy Art Center class, workshop or program.

Joan’s Journey in Watercolor Exhibition will be featured in the Jack W. Boge Library & Conference Room from March 17 through April 15, 2017.

Joan Cook’s artwork features a variety of subjects including landscapes, flowers, and barns. She has studied with numerous artists, some local and others outside the Quincy area. Cook is a member of the 12th Street Artists, Great River Watercolor Society, and Quincy Artists Guild. ­ The Opening Reception for all three exhibits will be Friday, March 17 from 6—10 pm with gallery talks at 7:30 pm and is open to the public and all ages are welcome. Appetizers, beverages and live music are provided. There is no admission cost, but donations are appreciated. The opening reception will coincide with the Spring Art Crawl.

Ann Miller Titus of Quincy, IL is currently featured in the Quincy Art Center’s satellite location at the Broadway Hy-Vee Market Café and Bar. The exhibit will be on view through March 24, 2017. Ann Miller Titus has been stitching since she was a little girl. She began making wall quilts, then started to experiment with a wide

variety of surface design techniques.

She uses fabric discharge, disperse dyes, image transfer, and felt to create artworks focused on color, shape, line and texture. Ann is a member of the Great River Artisans and the Hannibal Alliance Art Gallery. Her work has been exhibited throughout the region and won numerous awards. ­ Local artist, Amber Smith Bauer will be featured in the Quincy Art Center’s satellite location at the Quincy Medical Group Gastroenterology Center at 1118 Hampshire St. This exhibit is open to the public on February 8, 2016 and will be on view through Tuesday, April 4.

Bauer received her Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art from Culver-Stockton College and is the owner of Rosewood Custom Framing & Gallery. Bauer specializes in watercolor and enjoys painting a variety of subject matters. She is member of the Alliance Art Gallery in Hannibal, Mo.

Detail of a larger work by Ann Miller Titus

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Quincy Art Center Spring Art Crawl SPRING ART CRAWL Friday, March 17 6–10 pm The Quincy Art Center is coordinating another exciting Art Crawl this St. Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17, from 6–10 pm! Eleven local venues are participating and each will be featuring local artists on display. Some will also offer unique programming and/ or entertainment. This event was developed to promote tourism and provide support for local artists, galleries and museums.

Rebecca Butler, owner of The Budding Artist, sees the event as a great partnership for the arts and businesses.

“Being a stop on the Spring Art Crawl is a win for all involved. It promotes local businesses, but more importantly, it gives local artists a chance to show off their work to the community.”

A map of Art Crawl stops is available at the Art Center, on the Art Crawl

Community members enjoying artwork during the 2016 event at The Budding Artist. Photo QAC.

Facebook page, or at quincyartcenter. org. Each venue will also have a list and a map of all the stops on Art Crawl as well as a sign at their entrance to identify them as an official stop.

Venues in Quincy, IL are Quincy Art Center, 605 Hampshire, The Budding Artist, Heath Center Art Gallery at JWCC, ONE Restaurant and Bar,

Potter & Vaughn, Rosewood Custom Framing, Quincy History Museum, and Steven Stoll & Elizabeth Rankin Studio.

The venues in Canton, MO are Fourth Street Warehouse and the Mabee Art Gallery at Culver Stockton College.

Community partners include GREDF, Arts Quincy, The District, and Quincy Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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EXHIBITIONS QU Gray Gallery

Bruce Thorn Works on Paper Jan. 30–Feb. 24 John Sevigny: Tropicalisimo Feb. 27–March 24 Annual Juried Art Exhibition March 27–April 21

History Museum Edward Everett Art Gallery through April 2017

JWCC Heath Gallery Gregg Boyer, Jan. 23–Feb. 24 Tricia Dietrich, March 6–April 7

C-SC Mabee Gallery “Colorado Columbines” by Amber Smith Bauer, owner of Rosewood Custom Framing, will be featured at the QAC Satellite Exhibit at Quincy Medical Group Gastroenterology Center from Feb. 8 to April 4

All Wars Museum 1707 N. 12th St.,

quincyivh.org/museum, 217-222-8641, Tues–Sat: 9 am–12 pm & 1–4 pm, Sun: 1–4 pm Doll House Museum Taylor Furniture Store, 123 N. 4th St., 217-228-0088, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 11 am–4 pm, Wednesdays by appointment Dr. Richard Eells House 415 Jersey St., 217-223-1800, Sat: 1–4 pm Friends of the Log Cabin Quinsippi Island Park, logcabinvillagequincyil.com Gray Gallery Brenner Library at Quincy University, 1800 College Ave, 217-2285432 ext. 3150, Mon–Thurs: 8 am–11 pm, Fri: 8 am–4:30 pm, Sat: closed, Sun: 1–11 pm

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High School Art Exhibition Jan. 27–Feb. 23 Julie D. Nelson Exhibit Jan. 27–March 3 Priya Kambli: Color Falls Down Jan. 27–March 3 the mARkeT Exhibit Feb. 25–March 3 The Mini & Massive Glass Exhibition March 17–May 5 Students of the Art Center Exhibit March 17–May 5 Joan’s Journey in Watercolor March 17–April 15 Satellite Exhibit at Quincy Medical Group Gastroenterology Center: Amber Smith Bauer, Feb. 8–April 4

A Professor’s Influence: The Sperry & Thompson Collection, African American Art Collection Feb. 10–April 20

Satellite Exhibit at Broadway Hy-Vee: Ann Miller Titus, through March 31

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Mills Rd., Golden, IL, 217-496-4678, goldenwindmill.org Sat–Sun: 1–4 pm Heath Gallery The Paul Heath Community Education and Fine Arts Center at John Wood Community College, 48th & Harrison History Museum 322 Maine St., 217222-1835, hsqac.org Tues–Sat: 10 am–2 pm John Wood Mansion 425 S. 12th St., 217-222-1835, hsqac.org Tues–Fri: 10 am–4 pm, Sat: 10 am–2 pm Mabee Art Gallery Herrick Foundation Center at Culver-Stockton College, Canton, MO, 573-288-6368, Mon–Fri: 9 am–4 pm

120 N. Main St., Hannibal, MO 573-2219010, marktwainmuseum.org 9 am to 5 pm daily, 7 days a week Quincy Art Center 1515 Jersey St., 217223-5900, quincyartcenter.org Mon–Sat: 9 am–4 pm Quincy Museum 1601 Maine St., 217224-7669 REOPENS FOR SEASON APRIL 5, 2017 quincymuseum.org Villa Kathrine 532 Gardner Expy., 217224-3688, villakathrine.org Mon–Sat: 9 am–5 pm, Sun: 1–5 pm

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February 1 - 4 Saturday, Feb. 4th QU-Annual Clarinet Day 8:30 am- 4 pm, N. Campus 217-228-5432 ext. 3159

Ongoing Exhibit Gregg Boyer Exhibit John Wood Community College Through Feb. 24 217-641-4997

Ongoing Exhibits Julie D. Nelson, Priya Kambli Quincy Art Center Through March 3rd quincyartcenter.org

Ongoing Exhibit Bruce Thorn Works on Paper Quincy University Through Feb. 24 217-228-5371

Wednesday, Feb. 8th Big River Swing Machine Jazz at One Restaurant, Free Admission 7:30 pm, jschneid93@gmail.com

Thursday, Feb. 9th Quincy Community Theatre: Tarzan®, 7:30 pm Feb. 9-11 at 7:30 pm Feb. 12 at 2 pm, 1qct.org

Saturday, Feb. 11th QPL-A Joyful Noise 1 pm, Quincy Public Library quincylibrary.org

Sunday, Feb. 12th Quincy High School Percussion Recital 6:30 pm, Baldwin School QHS Music 217-224-3774

Wednesday, Feb. 15th Quincy Civic Music Assoc.

Vienna Boys Choir 7:30 pm, Morrison Theater quincycivicmusic.org

Thursday, Feb. 16-18th Quincy High School Winter Play 7:30 pm QHS Theatre 217-224-3774

February 5 - 11 Monday, Feb. 6th C-SC-Annual JazzFest 4 pm, Alexander Campbell Auditorium, culver.edu

February 12 - 18 Sunday, Feb. 12th Quincy Symphony Orchestra Shakespeare’s Vision 3 pm, Morrison Theater qsoa.org or 217-222-2856

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February 12 - 18 Cont.

Thursday, Feb. 16-18th C-SC “The Good Body” 7:30 pm Sunday at 3 pm, Culver-Stockton Mabee Little Theatre, culver.edu

Saturday, Feb. 18th QSOA Encore, Fairy Tale Tea 1 pm & 3:30 pm, Spring Lake Country Club fairytaleteaquincy.com

Sunday, Feb. 19th Eells Open House 1-4 pm 415 Jersey St. 217-257-7647

February 19 - 26 Cont.

Saturday, Feb. 25th Quincy Art Center, mARketT Artwork Revealed 7-10 pm, quincyartcenter.org

Sunday, Feb. 26th Sunday Music Series: Machold & Finley- Jazz Influence 4 pm, QU-North Campus 217-228-2866

Friday, Feb. 24th Quincy Museum Mardi Gras 6-8 pm, 1601 Maine St. 217-224-7669

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March 5 - 11

March 1 - 4 Thursday, March 2nd QJHS Instrumental Contest 6:30 pm, Morrison Theatre 217-224-3774

Saturday, March 4th Quincy Symphony Chorus 7:30 pm, Salem Church qsoa.org or 217-222-2856

March 5 - 11 Cont.

March 12 - 18

Saturday, March 11th QHS Showcase of Excellence 8 am-11 pm, QHS QHS Music, 217-224-3774

Sunday, March 12th Quincy Concert Band 2:30 pm, Morrison Theatre thollinger@culver.edu Free Admission

March 12 - 18 Cont.

Saturday, March 18th QND Pep Band Festival 7-9 pm, Quincy Notre Dame Gym 217-223-2479

Wednesday, March 8th Big River Swing Machine Jazz One Restaurant, Free Admission 7:30 pm, jschneid93@gmail.com

Sunday, March 12th Quincy Area Youth Orchestra 7 pm, Kroc Center qsoa.org or 217-222-2856

Friday, March 17th QAC: Art Crawl 6-10 pm Quincy Art Center quincyartcenter.org

March 19 - 25 Saturday, March 18th C-SC Chamber & Concert Choirs, 7:30 pm, CulverStockton, culver.edu

March 19 - 25 Friday, March 24th QSOA Young People’s Concert 11:30 am, Baldwin School qsoa.org or 217-222-2856

Sunday, March 5th QHS Orchestra Concert 2 pm, QHS Theatre QHS Music, 217-224-3774

Wednesday, March 22nd QCMA Russian National Ballet: Cinderella, 7:30 pm, Morrison Theatre, quincycivicmusic.org

Thursday, March 23rd QCT: Sweeney Todd, 7:30 pm March 23-25 & 31 at 7:30 pm March 26 at 2 pm, 1qct.org

March 26 - 31 Saturday, March 25th QPL: George Hodgman 2 pm, Quincy Public Library quincylibrary.org

Sunday, March 26th District Choral Festival Quincy Junior High School QHS Music, 217-224-3774

Sunday, March 26th Sunday Music Series: Robert March Piano & Friends 4 pm, Unitarian Church 217-228-2866

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Shakespeare’s Vision Quincy Symphony to Feature Outstanding Young Musicians SHAKESPEARE’S VISION CONCERT Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 pm Quincy Junior High School The Quincy Symphony Orchestra (QSO) will feature three of the area’s most talented high school musicians in the Shakespeare’s Vision concert at 3 pm Sunday, Feb. 12 at Quincy Junior High School. The QSO and the young artists are under the baton of Music Director Bruce Briney.

The soloists, winners of the 62 annual Young Artists Competition, are Drake Bailey (marimba), Tori Tyler (clarinet) and Mengzhu Wang (violin). The Young Artists Competition provides outstanding high school musicians the opportunity to perform as a concert soloist accompanied by a symphony orchestra. Such a performance can be a springboard for a young person to choose a lifelong commitment to the arts. Each student will perform excerpts from masterworks. nd

Mr. Bailey, a student at Quincy Senior High, will perform “Concerto No. 1 for Marimba & Strings” by Ney Rosauro.

Miss Tyler, also a student at Quincy Senior High, will perform “Concerto No. 1 in F Minor” by Carl Maria von Weber.

Miss Wang, a student at Macomb Senior High, will perform “Concerto No. 3 in G Major” by Mozart.

L-R: Drake Bailey (Marimba), Mengzhu Wang (Violin) and Tori Tyler (Clarinet) to perform with Quincy Symphony Orchestra in February’s Shakespeare’s Vision Concert.

The QSO will host the Quincy Area Youth Orchestra (QAYO) for the concert opener, sharing a side-by-side performance of Dvorak’s “Slavonic Dance No. 1, Op. 46.” QAYO Conductor Dr. Rich Cangro will conduct the joint orchestras for this lively selection.

The entire QSOA Season showcases “Program Music,” which is music that tells a story or describes a particular scene. This concert includes two such examples centered around the story of Romeo and Juliet. Characters and incidents from the play are represented by different musical themes.

The Quincy Symphony Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture.” This musical interpretation of the story features a love theme with English horn representing

Romeo and a flute as Juliet. The drama unfolds in a musical adaptation of the couple’s love and vanquished hopes.

The QSO will also perform selections from Sergei Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet.” While Tchaikovsky’s overture was written for listening, Prokofiev’s version was written for ballet and lends another dimension that captures the tenderness and fury of the tragic story.

Tickets available at the door or may be purchased in advance from the Symphony office at 200 N. 8th, at Quincy Hy-Vee stores, or from Sturhahn Jewelers. The cost is $18 for adults and $15 for seniors. Children 18 and under are admitted free to all QSO concerts thanks in part to support from the Tracy Family Foundation and the Community Foundation.

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Showcase of Excellence

Quincy High School Celebrates 25 Years with Jazz, Show Choirs and More SHOWCASE OF EXCELLENCE Saturday, March 11, 8 am–11 pm Quincy Senior High School The Quincy Public Schools have a fine tradition in music performance. In the Spring of 2017, students, organizers and music lovers will celebrate a milestone of one of its premiere events: The Showcase of Excellence. The 25th Anniversary event will be on Saturday, March 11th, 2017.

For the past quarter century, the annual Showcase of Excellence competition attracts high school jazz bands and show choirs from across the region to showcase their musical talents. All proceeds support music education at all grade levels in the Quincy Public Schools.

According to QPS Director of Music, Kathi Dooley, “It is humbling to experience the energy and enthusiasm

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achieved by the Showcase of Excellence over the past 25 years. I began the festival in response to a need to raise much-needed funds for our music and fine arts departments after a series of severe budget cuts in the school district. With the help of Janie Fischer, Tina Evans and Kathy McNay, we put together a show of 12 visiting schools that participated during the inaugural event. Hundreds of our parents and alumni volunteers have helped grow the event to what it is today. The educational experience that the participating students receive is priceless!”

The public is invited to enjoy a day full of performances at Quincy Senior High School, 3322 Maine Street, on Saturday March 11th, 8 am–11 pm.

Single admission tickets are available at the doors and are $10 for adults and $8 for students. Tickets are good for all performances. Visitors can come

and go throughout the day and enjoy performances by talented jazz bands in the QHS gym, and show choirs in the QHS Theatre. The day will culminate with awards and a grand finale with performances by the QHS jazz bands and show choirs.

The Showcase of Excellence is made possible through the hard work of many volunteers, students, and the Friends of the Performing Arts. Proceeds help support music programs at all grade levels and in all schools throughout the Quincy Public School system.

Volunteer parents and friends will provide a variety of food and beverages for sale in the cafeteria. Volunteers and donations are welcome! More information is available by calling the QHS Music Department at 217-224-3774.

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QND Pep Band Festival

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QND PEP BAND FESTIVAL Saturday, March 18 at 7 pm QND Gymnasium The 2017 QND Pep Band Festival will be held on Saturday, March 18th at 7:00 in the Quincy Notre Dame Gymnasium.

This year’s festival commemorates the 25th anniversary of the event. Pam Potter began the festival 25 years ago in memory of her husband, Wayne Potter. The funds from the festival are used in a scholarship fund awarded to a QND junior or senior each year. This popular event is open to the public and admission is $3.00 Pep Bands project a sound so rousing, so compelling, that the audience can’t refrain from tapping their toes, singing along, and even dancing to the music!

The Pep Band Festival originated in 1991 and has been filling the QND gymnasium to capacity each year since.

Music performed by the bands represents the pop music scene of the past five decades. The festival is a favorite activity for the musicians because it provides an outlet to perform pop music. It is also a very popular event for audiences as the upbeat music and energetic performers provide a musical electricity experienced throughout the gym.

School Spirit is the main theme of the pep band festival. Each band completes their program with their school song while the audience and the other bands stand and cheer along.

Camraderie engulfs the “pit” as all the bands show support for one another throughout the evening.

This year’s festival will include high school pep bands from Quincy and the surrounding community. Because of the 25th anniversary of the festival, an alumni pep band will also be featured. The alumni band will consist of alumni from the Notre Dame of Quincy, Christian Brothers, Catholic Boys and Quincy Notre Dame High School bands.

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Quincy Concert Band shows are free to the public at QJHS Morrison Theater

A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION Sunday, March 12 at 2:30 pm Quincy Junior High School Come join the Quincy Concert Band for a concert celebrating the symphonic traditions and innovations of the wind band; featuring several selections performed at the 2017 Illinois Music Educators Conference (IMEC). Come hear one of the best bands in the state and your nationally recognized band perform on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 2:30 pm in the Quincy Jr. High School Morrison Theater.

“Energetic, bold, powerful, invigorating” all describe Steven Bryant’s 2012 composition Ecstatic Fanfare. Taken from Bryant’s award-winning Ecstatic Waters, this fanfare celebrates the innovation and new direction of the wind band. Commemorating the importance that folk music has had on the band, regional composer William Camphouse’s A Lewis and Clark Celebration is a three movement suite that sets traditional folk tunes from the time period of Lewis and Clark in a contemporary band setting.

A cornerstone of the literature, the band will perform the entire Symphony No. 3

by Vittorio Giannini. This twenty-three minute symphony truly shows off the full emotional power of the wind band.

Joining these three IMEC selections is Philip Sparke’s Sunrise at Angel’s Gate–a beautiful work that takes the listener on a journey around the sights and sounds of the Grand Canyon. This

fabulous concert will end with the iconic The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa, a famous band innovator of his time. “I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Quincy Concert Band’s invitation to perform at the 2017 Illinois Music Educators Conference than with a concert of some of the best music written for bands over the past 100 years. What a wonderful tribute to a great band and a great art form!” proclaimed conductor and musical director Dr. Trent A. Hollinger.

The Quincy Concert Band is a volunteer organization comprised of adult musicians from the greater Quincy area.

Band members range from music educators and professionals to adults who have not played their instrument for years but have returned and regained the joy of playing. The band is open to any adult who has a desire to play their band instrument. While admission is free to concerts, there is a $5 minimum suggested donation. Concerts are made primarily possible through the generosity of our patrons. For information regarding this concert or to join the band, please contact Dr. Hollinger at thollinger@culver.edu or Rick Bybee at 223-7113 or 223-4327. Our motto remains “A Richer, Fuller Life through Music!”

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A Muddy River Opera Fairy Tale for Area Kids!

The Muddy River Opera Company (MROC) celebrates its 28th season with the productions of the children’s opera Little Red Riding Hood in March followed by Bizet’s Carmen in June and the annual Fall Fling later in 2017.

Since its founding in 1989 as a nonprofit arts organization, Muddy River Opera Company’s mission has had two primary goals: to make professional quality opera performance available to the tri-state community, and to foster a love of opera in young people. The MROC works to meet this second goal through the Children’s Opera Outreach program. This program stages tours featuring young professional singers in elementary schools around the area and generally performs well-known classic fairy tales.

In recent years, John Wood Community College (JWCC) has welcomed Muddy River Opera Company performances for elementary students and home schooled students on the JWCC campus in the early Spring.

In 2016, MROC expanded its educational outreach to more closely match the vision of the company’s founding mission by casting not only young professional singers but also regional college musicians in their outreach productions.

The first full collaboration between

Culver-Stockton College, John Wood Community College, and Quincy University (QU) was successfully staged last year and will be a part of MROC Outreach in the future.

This season the Company will again stage several performances at JWCC’s Orr Theatre, but will also bring the show to the Lewis Street Playhouse in Canton, Missouri and to several elementary schools in the area. This will help bring the wonderful world of opera to as many elementary students as possible and engage them with the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood.

Amy Stollberg from Quincy University and Steven Soebbing from John Wood Community College serve as Vocal Directors for Muddy River Opera Company, and Hedy Rothfuss is serving as accompanist. There are 2 full casts from both Quincy University and John Wood Community College.

The role of Little Red Riding Hood will be portrayed by Rachel Reinbeck in the JWCC ensemble and Ann Schuhriemen from QU. The Wolf and Woodsman will

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both be portrayed by Robert Tynan from JWCC and in the QU cast, David Webb will be the Wolf and Samuel Durst will be the Woodsman. Mother and Grandmother will be played by Maranda Seckman from JWCC, and Annie Weiler is Mother and Casey Pigg is Grandmother for the QU cast.

Performances will be March 2,3, 6 and 7. Schools interested in bringing the opera to their venue or attending a performance at JWCC should contact Kae Blecha at 217-224-4981 or 217-617-1616.

Mark your calendars: June 9 & 10 MROC will present Carmen at John Wood Community College. This beloved opera will be presented in English with a full cast and orchestra.

For more information on individual or corporate memberships or sponsorships, contact Gary Blickhan at (217) 222-0304.

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On Wednesday, February 15th, at 7:30 p.m. at the Morrison Theater (Quincy Jr. High), the Quincy Civic Music Association presents the Vienna Boys Choir. This, the world’s most beloved choir has been thrilling audiences for over 500 years, through 1,000 tours in 97 different countries. They return to Quincy by popular demand!

If you walked by 1228 South 22nd on any day of the week, you would probably see a steady stream of musictoting children. Learning and enjoying music was an everyday occurrence at the Mary Ann Middendorf piano and vocal studio with private and group lessons through all times of the year. During the day Mary Ann was busy with lesson plans, parent conferences, or ordering cookies for the upcoming recital until the summer of 2016. After a brief illness, Mary Ann passed away August 18, 2016.

The choir combines the pure, angelic voices of youth with the power and polish of seasoned professionals. They delight music-lovers with their exceptionally beautiful singing in a repertory of favorite classical pieces, popular and contemporary songs, and lively folk music.

The enormously popular chorus is comprised of four separate ensembles of 23 - 26 boys each, sopranos and altos, totaling 100 choristers at the Vienna Boys Choir’s school at any given time - all of them between the ages of 10 and 14. The four choirs are of equal standing, and the Vienna Boys Choir’s tours, concerts in Vienna and audio and video recording projects are shared among them. Each choir has a choirmaster and two tutors who travel with the boys.

“The mix of purity and lung power, childlike simplicity and mature command of breath control and phrasing, is what this ensemble is all about,” declares The Washington Post. The Vienna Boys Choir delights audiences young and old.

Tickets are $25 in advance ($27 at the door) at QCMA ticket outlets: Hy-Vee Broadway and Harrison Streets; Kirlin’s downtown and at the Mall; Brown Drug; Quincy Steamboat; Second String Music; Quincy School Music Center; and Java Jive (Hannibal), and by mail (QCMA, Box 1165, Quincy 62306) or through www.quincycivicmusic.org.

Students through high school are admitted free as are many college students. For information, please go to the QCMA website above, or call 224-5499. Follow QCMA on Facebook!

Mary Ann made many contributions in the Conservatory with faculty performances or serving as president, secretary, or chairman of one of the many committees. Her favorite events were the annual Ensemble Festival or Achievement in Music auditions. She gave an enormous amount of energy to organize student master-classes, Piano Games Day, and teacher workshops over the years.

Mrs. Middendorf touched hundreds of young vocal and piano student’s lives promoting a love of music with her well-known Masquerade, Christmas or Spring recitals in the Art Club during the year. The faculty of the Conservatory has established the Mary Ann Amen Middendorf Scholarship Fund in her memory to promote music education.

Contributions can be sent to Peg Holzgrafe, QCM Treasurer, 2214 North Wilmar Drive, Quincy 62301. Checks can be made payable to the Quincy Conservatory of Music (QCM) with Middendorf Scholarship Fund in the memo. The Quincy Conservatory is a 501 (C)3 non profit organization.

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Quincy Area Youth Orchestra QAYO SPRING CONCERT Sunday, March 12 at 7 pm Ray and Joan Kroc Center The Quincy Area Youth Orchestra will present their Spring Concert at 7 pm Sunday, March 12 at the Ray and Joan Kroc Center at 405 Vermont St. The orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Rich Cangro, will perform a variety of works from master composers.

Pieces include Three Dances from Shakespeare’s Henry VIII by Edward German, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 by Edvard Grieg, Nimrod from Enigma

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Variations by Edward Elgar as well as pieces by Tchaikovsky and Dvorak. The group will also perform a fun pep band/ wind ensemble piece arranged by the students.

The 2016 QAYO consists of 45 talented musicians from across the tri-state area.

Each of the members was selected for the orchestra based on an audition held in October. The student musicians rehearse together weekly. Their first performance will be Feb. 12 with the Quincy Symphony Orchestra. The QAYO is partially supported by the QSOA, Encore! Symphony Volunteer

Council, a grant from the Community Foundation from the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund and the Tracy Family Foundation. Additional support provided by the Alan L. & Mary Ellen Stiegemeier Fund, the Jayne & Leroy Boeckelman Fund for Young Musicians and the Green-Humphrey Family Fund for Music of the Community Foundation.

Admission to the concert is free but donations encouraged. For more information on this and other youth programs of the QSOA, visit www.qsoa.org or call 217-222-2856.

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Dance Party!

46th Annual Young People’s Concert introduces youth to orchestra through dance music throughout the years!

In conjunction with the Quincy Public Schools, the Quincy Symphony Orchestra will present Dance Party, their 46th annual Young People’s Concerts on Friday, March 24 at Baldwin Intermediate School. Both students and adults will enjoy this concert conducted

by Dr. Bruce Briney. The 11:30 am performance is free and open to the public—and at about 45 minutes, it’s perfect for a lunch break.

Dancy Party! showcases the wide variety of dance music spanning hundreds of years. From entertainment in royal courts to ballroom waltzes to modern hip-hop, dance continues to evolve, often spurred by musical changes. Children and adults will recognize many of the dance themes

throughout this concert and the pieces will serve as a background for introducing the instruments of the orchestra to students and members of the community. Over 3,400 children from 30 area schools will be attending these concerts during the school day.

“Although the style of dance music has changed dramatically over the centuries, the energy, youth and sense of fun is a recurring theme,” Briney said. “As we introduce orchestral music to another generation, we convey to children their connection to the artistic world. The experience of this art form involves not only the composer, conductor and musicians, but also the dancers (audience) who feel the music.”

Marianne Peters on Oboe at last year’s Young People’s Concert.

Admission is free in fulfillment of the QSOA’s mission to bring fine symphonic orchestral and choral music to the region while encouraging young people to foster an interest in live music.

The concerts are made possible by support from QSOA’s generous donors.

Call 217-222-2856 or visit www.qsoa.org for more information.

Songs of Our History country’s diversity of style. Selections include “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “This Land is Your Land” and “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat.”

Medleys focusing on the highlights of musical genres include “100 Years of Broadway,” “Civil War Medley,” “Disney Spectacular” and “Old West Medley.”

Take 4 Women’s Quartet. Photo credit QSOA

QSC SPRING POPS CONCERT Saturday, March 4 at 7 pm Salem Evangelical United Church Songs of our History, the Quincy Symphony Chorus Spring Pops Concert, will be under the direction of Dr. Phyllis Robertson and held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4 in Salem Evangelical United Church of Christ.

The choristers will perform songs that trace American music traditions through several eras while showcasing our

(baritone), Chacey Rembecki (lead) and Melissa VanHousen (tenor).

Tickets will be available at the door or in advance at Quincy Hy-Vee stores and Sturhahn Jewelers. The cost is $18 for adults and $15 for seniors.The concerts are made possible by support from QSOA’s generous donors.Call 217-2222856 or visit www.qsoa.org.

Special guests, Take 4, a female a capella and barbershop quartet, will also perform.

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Lights! X Camera! Action!

Quincy Community Theatre’s Engaging Spring Line-Up DISNEY’S TARZAN® February 9–12 (Thurs.- Sat. at 7:30 pm, Sunday at 2 pm) Quincy Community Theatre Two worlds are becoming one family this February at Quincy Community Theatre thanks to a new interpretation of the hit Broadway musical, TARZAN®.

The story is one that has captivated generations. A young family washes ashore along the African coast after surviving a shipwreck. Despite their efforts, they succumb to the dangers of the jungle, leaving their small child an orphan in a dangerous new world.

Tarzan, as he comes to be known, is found and raised by a troop of gorillas, coming to know life only from their eyes.

Yet, when the young explorer Jane enters the jungle and Tarzan discovers strangers like himself, love and family conflict as the two worlds collide.

At its heart, TARZAN® is a story of communication, a point emphasized by one of its most iconic moments: when Tarzan meets Jane. The pair are from two different worlds, completely

The cast of QCT’s Disney’s Tarzan production.

unable to communicate; and yet, they understand one another. Despite their differences, they use the common language of love to find acceptance and join their families—gorilla and human— into one.

Those ideas of oneness and communication that are so central to the story prompted director Kelsey Celek to approach TARZAN® in a new way. Instead of simply presenting the show as written, Celek obtained permission to make special changes to the script in order to integrate American Sign Language (ASL) into the dialogue, choreography, and the Phil Collins songs featured in the show.

The end result is a production completely unique to QCT. Staged in collaboration with Quincy University’s Interpreter Studies Program, the production team created two worlds separated by a lack of shared communication; the human characters communicate audibly and the jungle characters communicate using ASL. Looking to innovative theatre companies such as Deaf West as inspiration, each primary character was then cast with a double to provide either voice or ASL interpretation during the production—allowing all audience members to enjoy and understand the production every step of the way.

Jeri Conboy and Grace Schell during a rehearsal for Tarzan®. Photo courtesy Kelsey Pigg.

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“To me, TARZAN® is a story about communication,” said Celek. “The way

we interact and share information with each other can differ drastically, but there are some things – love, trust, family – that have the same value to us all. As Phil Collins says in song, ‘Although we’re different, deep inside us we’re not that different at all.’ This collaboration with Quincy University will allow us to explore many facets of communication and how, even in different languages, we can still come together.”

Ambitious, energetic, and stunning, QCT’s unique adaptation of TARZAN® delivers a powerful message: we may be from different worlds, but we are all one family.

Featured in TARZAN® are 38 adults and students representing 12 area schools.

TARZAN® is under the direction of Director of Student Theatre Kelsey Celek, with music direction by Jessi Sparks, and choreography by Drew Quintero and Holly Schell. Jane Meirose serves as the ASL Interpreter Lead and Ashley Kenady and Cindy Crist serve as the stage managers.

Tickets are $14, For tickets, to volunteer backstage, or to serve as an usher, visit 1qct.org or call the QCT Box Office at (217) 222-3209.

February 9-12 SWEENEY TODD March 23–26 and March 31–April 2 (Thurs.- Sat. at 7:30 pm, Sun. at 2 pm) Quincy Community Theatre Revenge is a dish best served in a piping hot meat pie—and it’s on the menu this March at QCT for Stephen Sondheim’s thrilling musical masterpiece, SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. On the dreary docks of London, two men arrive from the same ship: a young sailor named Anthony and a man whom he has rescued at sea, Sweeney Todd.

Anthony is filled with wonder by the city; Sweeney, with a dark and brooding rage. As Anthony falls in love with a mysterious young woman, Sweeney learns of his wife’s untimely demise and daughter’s abduction. With revenge on his mind, the baker Mrs. Lovett at his side, and a twisted plan in the oven, Sweeney Todd conspires to save his daughter and destroy those that tolerated that injustice.

If Alfred Hitchcock is “The Master of Suspense” on the silver screen, there is no doubt that Stephen Sondheim is his equal on the stage. Yet, adapting suspense to the stage is not an easy task. The legend of Sweeney first appeared during the winter of 184647, though it wasn’t until Christopher Bond’s 1973 melodrama that this ominous character took the form we now know. However, the play was far from frightening. Inspired by the way music is used in films to create suspense, Sondheim transformed the play into a truly chilling experience by writing one of the eeriest, most unsettling scores ever imagined. The resulting piece of theatre is a thrill ride for audiences, using the drama of the music to not only tell the story but

March 23-26 & March 31-April 2 to underscore the action and create tension. Sondheim’s goal: to see if you can really scare the audience.

Paying homage to Sondheim’s inspiration, the production team of QCT has set this modern American masterpiece against the bleak backdrop of a 1930’s suspense film. With a Psycho-esque twist, this production utilizes the audience’s imagination to build the horror onstage. To ensure that this complex score chills and thrills in all of the right ways, QCT is working with guest music director Scott Schoonover, Founder and Artistic Director of the critically acclaimed Union Avenue Opera (UAO) in St. Louis. The resulting piece of theatre is a hair-raising treat, whether you’re a musical theatre lover or a fan of suspenseful films.

“SWEENEY TODD is one of my favorite musicals,” said QCT Artistic Director Brandon Thomsen. “In addition to being an incredible story of suspense, it’s a great morality tale: It shows what can happen when our hearts are guided by hate and greed instead of compassion and forgiveness.”

No, SWEENEY TODD is not a bubbly, feel-good piece of theatre. No, it isn’t a production you should bring the children to. What it is, though, is a rare theatrical experience—a psychological thriller unfolding right before your very eyes.

SWEENEY TODD is under the direction of Artistic Director Brandon Thomsen, with music direction by guest conductor Scott Schoonover, guest scenic design by Seth Campbell, and stage management by Max Green.

Auditions March 27-28 DIXIE SWIM CLUB AUDITIONS March 27–28 On Stage May 11–14 and 19–21 QCT is seeking five women ages 40+ to bring love, friendship and laughter to the heartwarming comedy THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB. Their college swim team days are over, but the bond they made there is unbreakable. THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB is the touching and hilarious story of five very different women who meet every August at a beach house to rekindle their relationship. Free from husbands, careers, and kids, their long weekends bring love, challenges, and support, strengthening the connections they made those many years ago. Fans of Steel Magnolias and The Golden Girls will adore this outrageous comedy about friendships that last forever.

THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB is under the direction of Artistic Director Brandon Thomsen. Performances are May 11–14 & 19–21.

Rehearsals will easily work with most schedules as performers may not be called for every rehearsal or for the full length of rehearsal. Those auditioning will be asked to read from the script (available online.) No theatre experience is required. All are welcome. Details at www.1qct.org/on-stage/auditions.

Audition appointments may also be made at 217-222-3209.

Tickets are $22-24. For tickets, to volunteer backstage, or to serve as an usher, visit 1qct.org or call the QCT Box Office at (217) 222-3209. artsquincy | Feb/March 2017

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THEATRE

C-SC Theater Presents NoirStyle Play

Golden Windmill Follies

C-SC THEATER: THE GOOD BODY February 16–18 at 7:30 and February 19th at 3 pm Mabee Theatre The Culver-Stockton College Theatre program presents Eve Ensler’s The Good Body on February 16th–18th at 7:30 pm with a Sunday matinee on February 19th at 3 pm.

This play, by the writer of the awardwinning Vagina Monologues, explores how women view their bodies and how those views affect their lives both in the day to day and in their ultimate chosen life paths. In examining different cultures with different ideals – botox to burqas-- the author, as narrating character, both makes peace with and challenges those ingrained expectations. Humor and shame, exhilaration and sadness… all fall under the scrutiny of Ensler’s razor wit.

Subject and language are timely, but adult in nature.

All performances, directed by Dr. Haidee Heaton, will take place in Mabee Little Theatre/Black Box on the lower level of Brown Performing Arts Center adjacent to Alexander Campbell Auditorium on campus. Call 573-288-6346 for more information.

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Photo courtesy Golden Windmill, Golden, IL

GOLDEN WINDMILL FOLLIES March 31–April 2 and April 7 and 8 Golden Windmill, Golden, IL The Golden Windmill presents its annual Windmill Follies featuring a performance of Nana’s Naughty Kickers, by Kathrine DiSavino.

In this comical production, Bridget and her grandmother are about to become roommates for summer vacation.

However, what Bridget saw as a unique opportunity to stay with her favorite Nana in New York for the summer turns into an experience she’ll never forget.

It seems that her sweet grandma is running an illegal boutique from her apartment, selling hand-made naughty knickers to every senior citizen in the five borough area!

The dialogue in this show is crisp and funny, and the senior citizen’s sexy sideline will have you in stitches!

Friday and Saturday night performances will begin with a meal starting at 6:30 pm. The play will begin about 7 pm and tickets are $22.00 each Sunday matinee performance begins at 1:30 pm with only refreshments. Visit www.goldenwindmill.org for contact numbers and more information.

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Quincy High School Winter Play: The Hollow QUINCY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WINTER PLAY: THE HOLLOW February 16–18 at 7:30 pm Quincy High School Theatre 217-224-3774 Multiple love triangles create an interesting mood one weekend outside of London at The Hollow, the home of Sir Henry (JT Atwood) and Lucy Angkatell (Grace Ruxlow).

Dr. John Cristowe (Jake Inman) is at the center of the trouble when his current wife Gerda (Emily Radkins), ex-mistress Veronica (Meg Stalder), and current mistress Henrietta (Michelle Gough) all show up for the getaway weekend.

Between Dr. Cristowe’s love affairs, an absent minded hostess and a vicious murder, the opportunity for revenge is on everyone’s mind. It is hard to know

who had the motive to kill when all guests appear guilty. Enter Inspector Colquhoun (Trey Ehrhart) and Sergeant Penny (Jack Sassen) to solve the crime.

Agatha Christie’s “The Hollow” will keep the audience guessing as they also try to solve the murder of the dearly departed.

The production is under the direction of Meghan Buckley. Caroline Woodward will serve as student director and Harrison Clarke will serve as the stage manager.

Tickets go on sale February 1 and are priced at $7 for students and $10 for adults. Show dates are February 16, 17, 18, 2017 at 7:30 pm at the QHS Theatre. Tickets may be purchased at the door or by calling the QHS Music Office at 217-224-3774.

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etc... at 7:00pm. New Providence Cemetery Book Review by Rosemary Tenvorde will be the subject of the night.

Rosemary has done an extensive look at the residents of Ursa township and the surrounding areas that were buried at the New Providence Cemetery. The meeting will be held at the Lutheran Church of St. John Family Life Center, 3340 State Street in Quincy. Visitors are always welcome.

Quincy University Clarinet Day

QU Clarinet Day The music department of Quincy University will be hosting its 2nd annual Clarinet Day on February 4, 2017. The exciting day will bring together high school clarinet players from around the area to form a clarinet choir.

Clarinet players between the grades of 9-12 are encouraged to attend. All abilities are welcome. The cost is free and lunch is included. The event will begin at 8:30 am and culminate with a concert at 4:00 pm.

For more information, contact Dr. Christine Damm, Assistant Professor of Music at QU at dammch@quincy.edu or 217-228-5432 ext. 3159.

Great River Genealogical Society The Great River Genealogical Society will meet on Thursday, February 9, 2017

The March meeting will be on Thursday, March 9, at 7:00 pm. Discuss the sites of “Southwestern USA” Travelogue by Joe Newkirk at the Lutheran Church of St. John Family Life Center, 3340 State Street in Quincy.

QU POLIS for Spring Quincy University’s Pursuit of Learning in Society (POLIS) will offer classes this spring including: the Civil War, Breast Anatomy and Breast Cancer, Virtue Ethics in the 21st Century, and poetry by Shakespeare and Wallace Stevens. There are no tests or papers but active conversation and participation are encouraged.

The POLIS speakers encourage all retired people in the Quincy area to attend. Membership is $15 per semester, and each two hour class is $4 to attend. First-time attendees can sample one class for free.

To be added to the POLIS mailing list and receive a brochure describing all spring classes plus a registration form,

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AAUW Speakers Please join members of the Quincy Branch of the American Association of University Women for the monthly AAUW Speaker Series at the Women’s City Club at 1550 Maine St. These presentations are free and open to the general public. General AAUW meetings will precede each program.

The Saturday, Feb. 11 program features Iris Nelson, Retired Research Librarian and Archivist, presenting an intriguing lecture at 11 am on “City of Secrets: Quincy’s Sordid and Infamous Past” The Saturday, March 11 program is also at 11 am and features Dr. Carol Mathieson, Jeanne Johnson and Christie Thomas, members of the AAUW Canton, Missouri branch, discussing “Supporting Women in Higher Education: Then and Now.”

Volunteers Needed at the Villa Kathrine Friends of the Castle have immediate openings for Volunteer Hosts at the Villa Kathrine, 532 Gardner Expressway, Quincy. Built in 1900, the Villa serves as Quincy’s Tourist Information Center.

Duties include greeting and helping visitors, collecting admissions for tours and handling souvenir sales.

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Matter and Growing Up in the 1890’s.

Activities vary with each class, are taught by educational professionals, and are tailored to grade level. Classes cost $1.50 per student for one hour classes and $2 for 90 minute classes.

Villa Kathrine interior. Photo by Lisa Wigoda

This is a great opportunity to “welcome the world to Quincy” as volunteers meet thousands of visitors from throughout the United States and from around the world each year, and learn about Quincy’s many attractions and events.

A full orientation program is provided.

Volunteers work as they are available.

Please call 224-6922 or 224-3688.

For more information, or to schedule your class with the Quincy Museum, please call the museum office at 217-224-7669.

Women’s City Club The Women’s City Club will hold its annual Valentine Buffet Dinner on Saturday, February 11 at 5 pm. The event is open to the public and will be $20 per person, which includes hors d’oeurves followed by a prime rib dinner. Reservations may be made by contacting Shirley Rhodes at 217-223-8492 by February 8.

Quincy Museum Classes Calling All Teachers! Wouldn’t you just love to escape your classroom this winter and take your class on an interesting, educational field trip?

Winter is a great time to schedule an educational class at the Quincy Museum at 1601 Maine Street! Even though the building is closed to the general public, we still offer educational classes for school groups, scouts and similar groups.

The Quincy Museum offers classes in the following subjects: Native Americans, Magnetism and Electricity, Fossils, Dinosaurs, Rocks and Minerals, Wildlife, Backyard and Ocean Animals,

Regularly Scheduled Organization Meetings American Association of University Women: 2nd Saturday of month, Sept.– May at 10:15 am Women’s City Club, 1550 Maine St. 217-223-6175 Great River Genealogical Society 2nd Thursday of month, Sept.–April at 7 pm Quincy Senior & Family Resource Center, 639 York St. Great River Watercolor Society Last Wednesday of month at 4:30 pm Quincy University Brenner Library, 1800 College Ave. Quincy Artists Guild Mondays at 10 am Quincy Art Center, 1515 Jersey St. gulyas@adams.net Quincy Writers Guild 2nd Monday of month at 6:30 pm JWCC, Room D024, 1301 S. 48th St. quincywritersguild.wix.com/ quincywritersguild Quinsippi Needleworkers 3rd Wednesday of month at 7 pm First Union Congregational Church, 12th & Maine

The Women’s City Club (Lorenzo Bull House) at 1550 Maine St. hosts the AAUW Speaker Series.

Quincy Woodworkers Guild Meets 1st Monday of month quincywoodworkersguild@gmail.com

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Side by Side,” isn’t just a motto for Peoples Prosperity Bank. It’s a guiding philosophy that means every decision we make will enrich our community and form partnerships that elevate all of our lives. We know that when we make the investment in building these partnerships in the community, our community will make an investment in us.

We are proud to be partners with Arts Quincy- an organization that, like Peoples Prosperity Bank, believes that collaboration side-by-side with area partners improves all of our lives. Visual arts, theatre, music and the rest of the fine arts are the cultural touchpoints of our area and contribute to making Quincy a wonderful place to live and work.

Peoples Prosperity Bank is especially proud to offer financial support through our Arts Quincy Business Membership that supports Arts in Education programs in area schools.

Prosperity for the future starts with having opportunities for active and engaged students in many diverse disciplines.

Peoples Prosperity Bank and Arts Quincy: Working for Quincy, Side by Side!

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The arts mean community for our family. They are what makes Quincy special!

– Chris Dye Ever since they were young, Chris and Marion Dye have always loved being a part of the arts community in Quincy- from performing in shows at QCT to fully participating in everything in the arts that local schools offer. Marion was first on the Quincy stage at age 7, and Chris picked up his first instrument at age 10!

The arts have continued to help them both in their “regular” jobs too. Being in real estate Chris, gives community tours to many incoming professionals. “I am always quick to point out the sensational options Quincy has for them and their families from the amazing quality of the Quincy Community Theatre, visual arts, and music opportunities through the multitude of options in the arts for their children throughout the school systems.” he says.

Chris and Marion felt they needed to do more to support the arts and recently decided to become Principal Members of Arts Quincy to ensure their kids would have the same opportunities in the arts that they enjoyed growing up here.

Robert Hanson George & Dinah Harris John Heidbreder Judy & Ray Heilmann Michael & Carole Hennessy Blaine Hill & Burgundy Ramsey John & Linda Hines Nathan & Mindy Holthaus Joe & Linda Huie Dave & Jan Hummel Don & Rita Hummel Bob & Dottie Huseman Robert & Deborah Hutter John W. & Karen Jones Bill & Lynda Keller James & Pamela Keller Norman & Kaye Kemner Jeff & Kim Kennedy Dale & Jacque Kirlin Jr. Myron & Diane Kirsch John & Susan Kissick John & Edna Klingner Mike & Barb Klingner William & Pat Kniel Keith & Sandy Koehler Carl & Gladys Koehser Ken & Anita Laaker Ron & Joan Larner Mike & Karen Lavery Dr. Sheila Laws Deborah Lee Cheryl Loatsch Stefanie C. Longbrake Marsha Madsen Gene & Jackie Mann David & Terri May William & Christine McCleery Jr. Gene & Beverly McClellan Mary Lou McGinnis Joann McLaughlin Mike & Julie McLaughlin Addie Mitchell Ken & Joann Moenning Richard & Jude MollenhauerDuesterhaus Paul & Jane Moody Robert & Sandra Moore Tim & Terry Moore Jeann Morrison Ted & Sandy Morrison Henry & Priscilla Murray Gary & Beth Musholt Brian & Debbie Naught Richard & Barb Newman Alan & Carol Nichols Arthur O’Quinn Robert Orr Tom & Kai Ortbal Gunta Prancane Terry & Jana Priepot James & Martha Rapp Jean Reddington Mary Reeve Pete & Mary Jane Rischar Betty Ann Robinson Ken & Trudy Rollins Dave & Elizabeth Schlembach Harold Schmalfeld Donald & Maureen Schuering Mark A. & Kate Schuering Greg & Connie Scott Terry & Mary Shaw Dan & Pamela Sherman Virginia Slee T.J. & Sally Stadler George Staerker & Sue Allen

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Cathy Brogdon Robert & Carolyn Brown Bill Browning Sheri Busse Margaret Callahan Sandy Callahan Robert & Sandra Casburn Deborah Ann Cashman Armando & Armida Cepeda Phil Chanen Bonnie Clark Larry & Kathie Clark Joan Cook Dr. Gerald & Shirley Crank Lois Crickard Susan Deege Patricia Dillon Martha Disseler Arlis Dittmer Lillian Dittmer Jeff Dorsey Shay Drummond Adam Duesterhaus Dan & Ginny Dugan Jim & Doris Duvendack FRIEND $25+ Karen Eaton Anonymous Randall Egdorf Becky Albert Larry & Reva Ehmen Brian & Jeanne Anderson Clara Ehrhart Lana Anderson Terry Feld-Cary Mrs. Michael Anderson Larry & Tamara Fischer Jeremy & Shelley Arns John Frankenhoff Jen Arrowsmith Mary Ann Freeman Joe & Diane Ary Joan Frey Brent & Patricia Babyak Richard Fry Prudence Backlin Bruce & Jane Gardner Daniel Banner Kathleen Garlisch Blane & Angie Barnes Joe & Donna Goerlich Tim & Connie Barnes Ken & Clare Goerlich Eleanor Barnstead Pat Gore Iona Barry Joan Green Sherry Beckenholdt Joan Groh Clinton Begley Robert Haas Iris Bell Nancy Hadler Matt & Gina Bergman F. Jane Hagan Donald & Roynola Blair Gary & Cheryl Hamilton Mary Kay Blazel E.W. Harder Neal Blickhan Helen Harder Kay Boese Ken & Bessie Heinze Michael Boren Ron & Rita Heubner Jay & Shirley Bower Jeff Hickerson Michael & Carol Brennan Brenda Holton Al & Cindy Brink Sharon Humke Ann Brink Margie Humphreys

Virginia Hunter Merle Jacobs Janet James Joyce Job Debbie Johnson Debby Johnson Richard & Joy Jurrens Lee & Joan Kammerlohr Jeannie Kanauss Richard & Joan Klimstra Velma Klusmeyer Randy & Jan Krutmeier Howard Kuo Mary Lammers James Lawrence Duane & Rebecca Leech Gayle Liebig Judy Litchfield Wayne & Mary Lock Ronald & Linda Lucke Meenal Mamdani Lois Mason Anne Mays Marion McCleery Louis & Diana McClelland Elisabeth McConnell Randy & Jane McFarland Dave & Julie McIntire Ellen McIntyre Barbara Mclean Dave & Joan Miller Richard & Joyce Moore Nita Myers Meg Nagel Victoria Darlene Nasby Annette J. Newquist Janet Nicholas Mary Louise Nichols Jane Nolan Dr. Edward Obrock Barbara Oerly Wanda O’Hara Joanne & John Ortwerth Jerry & Barb Ostermueller Chuck & June Otte Helen Pagel Delores Paley Maxine Paluska Denise Pearcy Gary & Emily Peterson Ann Pfaffe Connie Phillips Pamela Potter Ardath Potts Marvin Purdy Chuck Radel

Jeffrey & Shelly Rasche John & Greta Read Robert Reich Shirley Rhodes Donald & Charlotte Rodenhizer Franklin & Arlene Saeger Bucky & Renee Schlueter Janet Schneeberger Charles & Jamie Scholz Steven Schott Michelle Schwartz Vivian & Michael Schwartz Jean Schweda Debra Scoggin-Myers Peggy Short Dennis & Cathy Shortridge Donald & Patricia Smith Patricia Smith Howard & Ruth Ann Snowden Robert & Sylvia Soule Elizabeth Stanley Karen Steinkamp Kent & Sheila Stevenson Sally Stoermer Barb Strieker Tracey Pat Surface Judy Tarkington Connie Tenhouse Jennifer Teter Margie Thompson Brandon Thomsen Susan Till Mary Lou Timpe Bill Todd Barbara Turi Alan & Judy Vandeboe Mack & Pam Vickrey Michael Walden Ron & Pat Wallace Lee & Jean Walton Jill Washausen Laura Waugh Dick & Robin Wellman Dick & Pat Wentura Robert Winkeljohn Gary & Sue Ann Winking Mike Wolski Ann & Rick Wright Sharon Youell-Morrison

Endowment Arts Quincy has three endowment funds.

The Mercantile Bank Endowment provides support to all AQ programs. Through the Community Foundation, the George M. Irwin Endowment Fund provides funding to Arts-in-Education Programs. The Jack Boge Endowment Fund provides scholarships to worthy students.

GEORGE M. IRWIN ENDOWMENT

Carson W. Kirk Joseph Messina & Mary Ann Klein

In Memoriam ROB DWYER

Jonathan & Mariann Barnard Rochelle Busbey DD & Janie Fischer Bo & Erin Knapheide Hansen-Spear Funeral Home Bill & Sharon Mays Mike & Lucinda McClain Randy & Jane McFarland Susan Niemann Signe Oakley Howard & Ruth Ann Snowden Transitions of Western Illinois

AVRIL MARIE BERNZEN

Edward & Linda Bernzen

DOROTHY DEEGE Susan Deege

GLENN FOSTER Rosie Foster

The Board of Directors and staff of Arts Quincy, along with our 59 partner organizations would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to all who contribute as individual or business members, sponsors or media partners. Your support helps ensure a thriving fine arts community which cultivates cultural and economic opportunities for artists and audiences throughout our region.

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