Auditions for Jane Austen comedy, new queer bar Amy’s Place, ‘Road to Rising Star’ at The Bistro: Central Illinois Dailies for 4-14-26
“The Road to Rising Star” kick-off Wednesday, the new Amy’s Place queer bar in Champaign, and auditions for a comedy based on Jane Austen’s writings are today’s Central Illinois Dailies.
‘The Business of Fancydancing’ at FilmScene, housing help in Johnson County, Boone Pride festival Saturday: Iowa Dailies for 4-13-26
The Business of Fancydancing tonight at FilmScene, renewed housing assistance in Iowa City, and Boone Iowa Pride this Saturday are in Iowa Dailies for 4-14-26.
Rainbow Cafe Scavenger Hunt seeks sign-ups, proposal to regulate chatbots, Galena poetry slam coming: Illinois Dailies for 4-14-26
Sign-ups are sought for Saturday’s scavenger hunt in Carbondale with Rainbow Cafe. A bill would regulate chatbots in Illinois. And Galena Public Library encourages poets to sign up for its upcoming poetry slam at Miss Kitty’s Grape Escape. It’s Illinois Dailies for 4-14-26.
Women’s jazz orchestra headlines, nonprofit NEST Cafe turns four, former mayor at History on Tap: Quad Cities Dailies for 4-12-26
NEST Cafe’s anniversary, Putnam’s History on Tap with Mark Schwiebert, and a special performance by the Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra are in Quad Cities Dailies for 4-12-26.
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Ben Greene, ‘transgender Mr. Rogers,’ brings message of cultivated joy to Mount Pleasant, Iowa City
Learn about Ben Greene, author of “My Child is Trans; Now What?” and a public speaker on transgender joy who is appearing at The Belle Center in Mount Pleasant and Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City Sunday.
