Album sales plunge, digital downloads up

Music sales have continued to slump in 2008 as the increased number of downloads of digital tracks failed to make up for a plunge in the sale of compact discs.
Year-end sales figures released Wednesday by The Nielsen Co. show total album sales, including album equivalents made up of single digital tracks, fell to 428.4 million [...]

On the Air: Add media to list of ailing

So who got the worst of it in 2008: The U.S. auto industry or U.S. media?
We know about the Big Three auto makers and all the bailouts but it was also the year that the Christian Science Monitor announced the end of a print edition (in spring, 2009) and the Chicago Tribune declared bankruptcy.
On the [...]

What’s going on…

Stock up on ‘SPAM’
"Monty Python’s Spamalot" will be at the Peoria Civic Center Jan. 13-18, and through Jan. 5 you can purchase a second balcony seat for $20.09, for all shows except Friday and Saturday night performances. Show dates are 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13, 14 and 15; 8 p.m. Jan. 16 and 17; 2 p.m. [...]

‘Spanish Twelfth Night’ features medieval, Spanish composers

Music by medieval and Renaissance Spanish composers will be featured in "A Spanish Twelfth Night," a concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph.
Performing are members of the Peoria Early Music Ensemble led by S. Blake Duncan. A free will offering will be taken.
Twelfth Night is a holiday in [...]

A thrilling year

A push for a professional theater school in Princeton. A renewed push for a Downtown museum in Peoria.
Long overdue recognition of a hidden chapter of Peoria’s past. And some fascinating experiments with technology and theater.
These were some significant trends of 2008.
End game for museum
The proposed $137 million dollar Peoria Riverfront Museum and Caterpillar visitors center [...]

Going out to the square

Shannon Moore thinks everyone can use a taste of summer in the throes of a harsh winter.

‘Outside the Square’

• What: An indoor street fair featuring art, crafts and music.
• When: 2 p.m. to midnight Jan 3.
• Where: Venue Art Gallery and Wine Social, 112 N. Main St., Washington, above Portrait Life photography studio on the [...]

Outside the Square!

this show is part of an all day Art Event that starts at 2pm and goes to midnight! It’s All Ages and features tons of local artists and musicians all day. They will be serving $2 Beers and Wine to those 21+. It’s BYOFood or $5 Lunchboxes if you wish! The cover is ONLY $2 [...]

Actor’s death brings back movie memories

The recent report of the death of actor Van Johnson brought back memories of Academy of Our Lady high school days during the four years of World War II when he became one of our favorite bobby-soxer "heartthrobs."
The movies during those four years were chiefly war-oriented, as we began our freshman year just before Pearl [...]

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