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ArtsPlace Provides Teens Skills For Art - And Beyond

By • Aug 5, 2016
Rockford Area Arts Council

The Rockford Area Arts Council’s ArtsPlace wraps up this weekend at Riverfront Museum Park.  Dance pieces, interdisciplinary performances and short films, all created by the students at ArtsPlace, will be presented in several shows. Students’ artwork has also been put on display and for sale.  

Sharon Nesbit-Davis is Education & Community Engagement Director for the Rockford Area Arts Council. She says the summer arts apprenticeship program offers a unique opportunity for area teens.  

Sessions From Studio A - Taboo Blah Blah

By Carl Nelson • Aug 4, 2016
Carl Nelson

Sessions From Studio A features Taboo Blah Blah, a Rockford-area band that recently won a couple awards from the Rockford Area Music Industry.

Taboo Blah Blah performs "Checks" in Studio A:

Taboo Blah Blah performs "Woods" in Studio A:

Songs We Love: Lubomyr Melnyk, 'sunset'

By • Aug 1, 2016

Slowly but surely, Lubomyr Melnyk is getting noticed. This summer, the enigmatic Ukrainian-born pianist, who looks like Rasputin's doppelgänger, released illirion on Sony Classical.

In The Sounds Of Jason Bourne's World, A Story Of Creation And Loss

By Tim Greiving • Jul 30, 2016

Jason Bourne is back, though it might seem like he never went away. The character created by best-selling author Robert Ludlum has populated 12 novels, a made-for-TV movie, and now five big-screen adventures. In four of the five Bourne features, the music underlying the action has been the work of British composer John Powell.

Eclectic Finnish Composer Einojuhani Rautavaara Dies At 87

By • Jul 28, 2016

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