Find Your Space: Raffle prizes worth up to $1,750 to be drawn at Happy for No Reason Spring Luncheon April 14

By Gale Ketteler Womanspace Program Coordinator & Marketing Specialist Time is nearly out to get tickets for our five fabulous raffle
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Photo: Roy Orbison tribute garners five standing ovations

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RAMI Cocktail Party, Awards Ceremony April 13

Staff Report The 21st Rockford Area Music Industry (RAMI) Cocktail Party and Awards Ceremony is set for Friday, April 13, at
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Consignment sale April 5-7 at Rockford’s Tebala Shrine Temple

Staff Report One-hundred thirty families will have their new and gently-used items for sale during the April 5-7 Just Between
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Red Mango in Machesney Park to give away free frozen yogurt April 7

Staff Report Red Mango is giving away free frozen yogurt from 2 to 6 p.m., Saturday, April 7, as part of
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Community Egg Hunt set for April 7

Staff Report The free Rockford Park District Community Egg Hunt will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 7, at Anna Page
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Kalie Grable recipient of Gary S. Wilmer Memorial Scholarship

Staff Report Kalie Grable, daughter of David and Valerie Grable, is the recipient of this year’s Rockford Area Music Industry (RAMI)
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Noah Karvelis awarded RAMI Youth Charity Jam Scholarship

• Pecatonica High senior organizer of the band The Sasparillas Staff Report Noah Karvelis, son of John and Gina Karvelis, is this
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More fantasy GOOD!: Interview ‘realing’ Roy Orbison

Recommended by Mr. Idea Factory A “Co-laughrative Commemorative” John Bishoff and Ron Holm (Between Planes, Emery Christiansen), Rockford veteran performers and composers,
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Great-great-grandson of serial killer to speak, sign books March 31 at Tinker

Staff Report Jeff Mudgett, the great-great-grandson of serial killer Herman Mudgett (a.k.a. Dr. H.H. Holmes) will give a short talk
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NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents ‘Mrs. Packard’

Staff Report DEKALB, Ill. — Elizabeth Packard’s name may be obscure to students of local history, but her fight for women’s
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Theater Review: Fireside’s ‘9 to 5’ — a musical version of the comic movie

By Edith McCauley Theater Critic Currently playing at The Fireside Theatre in Fort Atkinson, Wis., Dolly Parton’s hit Broadway musical, 9
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Tube Talk: ‘Whitechapel,’ ‘The Killing’: Two very different murder mysteries

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer If you like complex murder mysteries that last several episodes, or even spill into a second season,
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Applications for ArtsPlace youth apprenticeship program due April 30

• Program for ages 14-18 runs June 18-Aug. 9 at Rockford College Clark Arts Center Staff Report Rockford Area Arts Council is
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‘Menopause The Musical’ at Coronado April 1

Staff Report Menopause The Musical will play two shows at Rockford’s Coronado Performing Arts Center at 4 and 7:30 p.m., Sunday,
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American Watercolor Society on exhibit at Freeport Art Museum

• Traveling show features 40 paintings by artists from across the United States Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Freeport Art Museum welcomes
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Literary Hook: Celebration signing, reading of new book April 2 at Womanspace

By Christine Swanberg Author and Poet I want to personally invite you to a celebration signing and reading of my new book,
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Egg Art Show March 24-25 at Rockford’s Midway Village

Staff Report Rockford’s Midway Village Museum will host the Rockford Egg Art Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday
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Theater Review: ‘Collected Stories’ — the interpretation of a writer’s dilemma

By Edith McCauley Theater Critic Two of the outstanding actresses of the entire region have given us the gripping tale of
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Rockford Dance Company presents ‘Cinderella’ March 24-25 at Coronado

Staff Report Rockford Dance Company (RDC) will present Cinderella Saturday and Sunday, March 24-25, at the Coronado Performing Arts Center,
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Local horror film ‘Hand of Glory’ earns festival nominations

• Film will premiere March 25 at Indie Horror Film Fest in Chicago Staff Report CHICAGO — Hand of Glory, filmed in
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Tube Talk: The ad man returneth

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer If it feels like ages since there was a new episode of AMC’s award-winning drama Mad Men,
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Photo: Daybreak wins RAMI’s 2012 Youth Charity Jam

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Dana and Susan Robinson at Emerson House March 23

Staff Report Charlotte’s Web for the Performing Arts welcomes Dana and Susan Robinson to the stage at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March
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California Guitar Trio to perform at Veterans Memorial Hall March 30

Staff Report The last Friday in March brings the return of the incredible guitar fusion trio of Paul Richards, Bert
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Celebrate NanoDays at Rockford’s Discovery Center Museum March 24

Staff Report Rockford’s Discovery Center Museum will host NanoDay with special demonstrations and activities from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday,
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Notebook Entertainment: a new local film production company

By Susan Johnson Copy Editor Wyatt Elliott is a local film producer who started his own company, Notebook Entertainment. He identifies himself
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Artists’ Ensemble Theater holds auditions for 2012-2013 season March 24

Staff Report Rockford’s Artists’ Ensemble Theater will hold general auditions for its 2012-2013 season from 10 a.m. to noon and 1
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Literary Hook: A ‘list poem’ about what to give up for Lent

By Christine Swanberg Author and Poet For some of us, Lent means a time of discipline. Once, when I was trying to
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A new season and reason to celebrate women in March

Staff Report Wisdom And You (WAY) Enterprises will embrace the new season of spring and recognize March as National Women’s History
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‘Collected Stories’ opens at Artists’ Ensemble March 16

Staff Report Celebrated writer Ruth Steiner teaches at NYU but would much rather spend her time holed up in her
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Youth Charity Jam March 16

Staff Report Rockford Area Music Industry’s (RAMI) Youth Charity Jam is set for Friday, March 16, at Tebala Shrine Temple, 7910
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Theater Review: ‘The Laramie Project’ — an intense drama at Auburn

By Edith McCauley Theater Critic Rockford Auburn Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) brings to the stage the story of a town’s
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Photo: ‘Annie’ a fine production at Rockford Lutheran

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Find Your Space: Discover Margaret Fuller and true happiness

By Gale Ketteler Womanspace Program Coordinator & Marketing Specialist Who was Margaret Fuller? Come discover what was left out of the
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Regional Poetry Out Loud winners advance to state competition

Staff Report Two area high school students will represent northern Illinois in the State Poetry Out Loud Competition in Springfield,
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Winners named in RAM’s ‘71st Young Artist Show: High School Division’

Staff Report Award winners were named in Rockford Art Museum’s (RAM) 71st Young Artist Show: High School Division during the show’s
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Occupy Rockford Art Show set for March 10

Staff Report An Occupy-themed art show will be held at North Main Studios, 2500 N. Main St., Rockford, from 3
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Todd Rundgren to play two shows with Rockford Symphony Orchestra

Staff Report American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer Todd Rundgren will perform two shows with the Rockford Symphony Orchestra at
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Doug MacLeod performs March 10 at Emerson House for Charlotte’s Web

Staff Report Doug MacLeod was first introduced to Charlotte’s Web by Mark Thompson of Crossroads Blues Society. He made his debut
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Rockford Lutheran Theatre presents ‘Annie’ March 9-11

Staff Report Rockford Lutheran Theatre Department’s production of Annie will be Friday-Sunday, March 9-11. Show times are 7:30 p.m., Friday; 2
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Theater Review: NIU production of ‘The Ascent of F6’ presents a challenge

By Edith McCauley Theater Critic Puzzles are my passion, and the recent production of The Ascent of F6 produced at Northern
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Theater Review: AgeQuake Theatre Company presents ‘Aging IS Refreshing!’

By Edith McCauley Theater Critic AgeQuake Theatre Company, founded by joan e. kole six years ago, brings together a group of
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‘71st Young Artist Show’ opens March 4 at Rockford Art Museum

Staff Report Rockford Art Museum’s (RAM) 71st Young Artist Show begins from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, March 4, with
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Sparky & Rhonda Rucker at Mendelssohn March 2

Staff Report Charlotte’s Web for the Performing Arts kicks off National Arts in Education Month: March for the Arts with Sparky
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Winners named in Chandler Starr Miller Scholarship Competition

Staff Report Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center has announced the winners of the 51st Annual Chandler Starr Miller Scholarship Competition, which took
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Tube Talk: ‘Mental Mobius strip’: ‘Awake’ debuts March 1 on NBC

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer It’s no secret NBC needs a hit. Soon. Yes, The Voice has brought NBC consistently higher ratings
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‘Debussy, le magnifique’ March 2 at Court Street United Methodist Church

Staff Report Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center will present its next season concert, “Debussy, le magnifique,” at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 2,
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‘The Odd Couple’ opens March 2 at Woodstock Opera House

Staff Report WOODSTOCK, Ill. — Neil Simon’s Tony Award-winning comedy, The Odd Couple, which introduced the memorable characters of Felix Ungar
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‘Los Angeles! … Is Underwater’ opens March 1 at NIU School of Theatre and Dance

• Shows run March 1-4 in the Stevens Building Corner Theatre on the DeKalb campus Staff Report DEKALB, Ill. — The West
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