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‘Music in the Park’ band concerts playing weekly in Gibson City
GIBSON CITY, Ill. (WCIA) — Starting Thursday, the Gibson City Community Band will offer an evening of music every week in June. “Music in the Park” will take place each Thursday at the North Park Pavilion. All concerts will last from 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. — except for the June 6 concert, which will […]
Community Spotlight: Cissna Park Shop the Park and Zip Code Day
CISSNA PARK, Ill. (WCIA) — Cissna Park’s annual “Shop the Park” is back for its fourth summer. And one of its planned dates falls near a unique date for the town. Shop the Park is held the second Saturday of June, July and August. 30 vendors will be selling merchandise like flowers, food and crafts […]
Flyover Film Studios is an economic game-changer for Central Illinois
By now, most of us have heard that Flyover Film Studios has set up shop in part of the former Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul. Back in February, it was announced that Governor Pritzker was awarding $10 million in grants for soundstage and film studio development in the state. While The Fields in Chicago is getting the lion’s share of the development funds, Flyover Film Studios is poised to change the artistic and economic landscape here in East Central Illinois.
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