By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comWhat do Martha Stewart, Maya Angelou, Judy Collins, Beverly Sills, Gene Siskel, and Bill Kurtis have in common? They have all been presenters of Woodstock’s Creative Living Series.The […]
WHS, WNHS will perform ‘Mamma Mia’ in six showsSix presentations of “Mamma Mia” are planned as the spring musical of Woodstock North High School Theatre and Woodstock High School Theatre.Performances […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.com“I was thinking about doing a book about the fabulous dressmaking during the Gilded Age,” said Alison Hawthorne Deming, award-winning poet, essayist and nonfiction author. “I cared about […]
Creative Living speaker weaves fashionable talePoet and essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming will be the next speaker in the Creative Living series at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Opera […]
Firefighter to be hired for fire/rescue districtHiring a full-time firefighter/paramedic will keep the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District staff of full-timers at 40.The Board of Trustees last week directed the Board of […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comWhether it is screenplays, novels, nonfiction, video game scripts, or even business writing, author Jay Bonansinga says there is one thing that never changes, one constant: the story […]
As the AIDS epidemic swept through the United States in the 1980s, news coverage tended to focus on New York City and San Francisco. Largely ignored was the Chicago story, […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comThe Woodstock Fine Arts Association, the oldest resident company of the Woodstock Opera House, has continued its support of the historic theater with its latest donation of $20,000.The contribution […]
On the same day that Zac Bleicher took the stage of the Woodstock Opera House to conduct audience members on a virtual tour of Chicago’s Glasner Studio, the Woodstock Fine […]
Celebration of Earth Day public event on April 23Earth Day will be celebrated at Prairieview Education Center in Crystal Lake from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 23.The free event […]
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