Altona
FOOD & DRINK
Bishop Hill music fest coming June 1
The Bishop Hill Folk Music Festival will be Saturday June 1, 2024, in the village park in Bishop Hill. Performing will be some of the best-known musicians in Illinois, with styles spanning a wide range of folk music including hammered dulcimer, bluegrass, Celtic, and Woody Guthrie songs to name a few. In addition, Mike Anderson, the “Dulcimer Guy,” will have a program about the beauty of the Mountain Dulcimer in the Steeple Building Museum at noon.
Local Young Eagles get a chance to experience ‘the world of flight’
On Saturday, daring youth met with area pilots at the Kewanee Municipal Airport for an opportunity to fly the friendly skies over Kewanee. The flights were offered, as they are each year, by volunteer pilots with Chapter 75, Iowa-Ill. Quad Cities Experimental Aviation Association (EEA). The free flights are all part of the Young Eagles Day, which provides youth an opportunity, maybe for the first time, to go up in an airplane.
Monmouth grads thrilled to hear Sigourney Weaver
On a sunny Sunday at Monmouth College’s Wallace Hall Plaza, its annual commencement featured traditional pageantry of bagpipes, trumpets and choir singers that have characterized the event for decades, as well as unique A-list speakers, actress Sigourney Weaver and her writer/director husband, Jim Simpson. “Oh my gosh, it was...
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments. It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency: our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. We strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation. Join us in shaping the news narrative together.