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A Christmas Carol Monmouth College & BCA Production
2021-11-18 - 2021-11-21
Tickets are available for A Christmas Carol online at www.monmouthcollege.edu/box-office or at the Wells Theatre box office on Monmouth College campus M-W-F 3-4pm and T-TH 2-3pm. Performances are Thursday, November 18-Saturday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, November 20-Sunday, November 21 at 2 p.m. Once again, the Department of Theatre teams up with The Buchanan Center for the Arts(opens in a new tab) to present a large-scale community production of the holiday classic. Directed by Senior Theatre Major Melanie Delbridge. At the Wells Theater

Stronghurst Christmas Open House
2021-11-19 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
Kick off your Holiday season by visiting downtown Stronghurst for the annual Christmas Open House. Our little town is sure to be merry and bright that night! Visit local businesses, sample free food and drinks, visit Santa, take a wagon ride, enjoy holiday music, buy a ticket for a 50/50 raffle, participate in a scavenger hunt, and just enjoy the atmosphere! Please follow this event for more details!

Stronghurst Christmas Walk
2021-11-19 17:00 - 19:00
Get in the holiday spirit during the annual Stronghurst Booster Club Christmas Walk in downtown Stronghurst.

Special Olympics Friday Night Lights
2021-11-19 17:30
Dinner and auction fundraiser for Special Olympics of Illinois Region F. Kick off is at 5:30 pm featuring a steak dinner and appetizers prepared by M&E Catering. Tickets are $30 or $280 for a reserved table. The event will be held at Meks on Main, 201 North Main. For more information, call 309-734-5903.

Warren County Health Department COVID Vaccination Clinic
2021-11-22 08:30 - 16:00
Held at the 1st Christian Church, 514 North Sunny Lane in Monmouth. Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will all be available. Boosters are currently available if you have previously received Pfizer or Moderna more than 6 months ago. Johnson & Johnson boosters are available if you received you initial dose at least 2 months ago. Appointments must be scheduled prior to receiving vaccine by calling 309-734-0823 during regular business hours.

Galesburg Area Chamber 43rd Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon
2021-11-22 11:30 - 13:00
Held at the Cedar Creek Hall in Galesburg. Event includes the presentation of the Thomas B. Herring award. Reserve your table of 8 or individual tickets by calling 309-343-1194.
Virtual tickets remain available:
Individual Virtual with Meal Delivery (in city limits)
Virtual Only (no meal)

Henderson County Health Department Flu Vaccine Clinic
2021-11-24 08:00 - 10:00, 2021-12-01 08:00 - 10:00
It will be a walk-in clinic from 8-10am every Wednesday morning through December.

Please bring your Medicare or Medicaid card with you.

With out insurance, it will be $35 for regular Flublock and $55 for the over age 65 Fluzone HD.

Oquawka Strom Center BINGO
2021-11-24 13:00 - 15:00
Each person is allowed up to 4 cards for free and each additional card is 25 cents. Refreshments will be served during the afternoon. Feel free to bring your own lunch to enjoy before BINGO at 12:15.

10th Annual Good Hope Turkey Trot
2021-11-25 08:00
10K run at 8 am, 5K run/walk at 8:30 am, 1K kids fun run at 9 am. Race day registration begins a half hour prior to start time. Registration is $30 and $35 the day of race. Packet pick up is at the Good Hope-Sciota Firehouse on November 24th from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Race location begins at the Good Hope Fire Station, 145 West Main Street. Funds benefit the Good Hope-Sciota Fire Protection District.

Community Thanksgiving Dinner
2021-11-25 12:00 - 13:30 | American Legion Monmouth IL, 1110 North 11th Street, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Highpoint Church will host a Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the Monmouth American Legion, 1110 North 11th Street. Dine in from noon to 1:30 pm. Delivery begins at 11:30 am and takeout starts at 11:45 am. For deliveries, contact 309-536-3242 by Nov. 24th. For more information or to volunteer, email areynolds@highpoint.church.

Small Business Saturday
2021-11-27
Think big and shop Small Business Saturday in Monmouth as local businesses will offer specials, discounts, giveaways, and more including Alfano’s Pizza, Dame Fine Coffee, El Merkadito, Flowers are Us, Market Alley Wines, Maude Specklebelly’s, Meks on Main, Patton Block, Reworks, and the Tin Cup. See it here. Buy it here. Eat it here. Keep them here.

Holiday Sip & Shop
2021-11-27 09:00 - 13:00
Join for a day of shopping and socializing at Meks on Main in Monmouth. Local vendors will have cash and carry items for your holiday gift needs. Enjoy a drink and shop with friends! There will be something for everyone including raffles, giveaways, cash bar, and more! Make it Monmouth and shop local!

Galesburg Knights of Columbus Pancake and Sausage Breakfast
2021-11-28 08:00 - 12:00
The Galesburg Knights of Columbus will be hosting a pancake and sausage breakfast fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Galesburg to help the local Father Deus raise money to complete high eighth church that is being constructed in Tanzania.

Representative Swanson hosts Farmland Assessment Meetings
2021-11-29
8:30am-10:30am (Knox) Carl Sandburg College, 2400 Tom L. Wilson Blvd., Galesburg
1:00pm-3:00pm (Henry) Lavender Crest Winery, 5401 US Highway 6, Colona
5:00pm-7:00pm (Bureau) Bureau County Metro Center, 837 Park Avenue West, Princeton
All farmland owners or farm managers are invited to attend, residency in the three host counties is not required.
To accommodate seating and materials, please pre-register with the Knox County Farm Bureau (309) 342-2036, Bureau County Farm Bureau (815) 875-6468, or Henry County Farm Bureau (309) 937-2411.
74th District residents can learn more about state legislative issues at Representative Swanson’s website at repswanson.com.

Jamieson Center Angel Tree
2021-11-30 - 2021-12-03
Spread Christmas Cheer to local children in need. Angels can be selected off the tree at Midwest Bank in Monmouth. In addition to gifts, cash donations to purchase a $20 gift are also being accepted. All gifts and donations must be received by Friday, December 3rd.

Coffee With CASA
2021-12-01 15:00 - 16:00
Join CASA of West Central Illinois for a Volunteer Open House! Stop by to learn more about becoming a Court Appointed Special Advocate and enjoy a coffee on us! At Innkeeper’s Coffee in Galesburg.

21st Annual Freezing for Food Community Food Drive
2021-12-02 10:00 - 14:00, 2021-12-03 10:00 - 14:00
Join members of the community at Save A Lot Food Store in Monmouth in collecting cash donations for the Jamieson Community Center Food Pantry and the Roseville Helping Hands Food Pantry.

22nd Annual Festival of Trees
2021-12-02 17:00 - 21:00
At the Discovery Depot in Galesburg. Doors open at 5. Complimentary food and drinks. Live and silent auction. Tickets are $40 in advance and $45 at the door.

OSF Holy Family Auxiliary Bake Sale
2021-12-03 08:00 - 11:00
In the Wellness Classroom at OSF Holy Family Medical Center. Enter from the Specialty Clinic’s north parking lot. In addition, they will be taking orders for Rada Knives and Cutlery.

WCHD 12+ COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
2021-12-03 09:00 - 12:00
Held at the Warren County Health Department, 240 South Main Street in Monmouth. Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson and Johnson will all be available. Pfizer and Moderna booster vaccines are also available. To schedule an appointment, call 309-734-0823.

Little Sprouts at the Lakeside Nature Center
2021-12-03 10:30 - 11:30
Join the monthly preschool-age nature program for the theme of “Animals in Winter.” Class will be held inside the Lakeside Nature Center. Cost is $5 per child.

Monmouth Chamber's 4th Annual Christmas on the Square
2021-12-03 17:00 - 20:00
SAVE THE DATE because we need EVERYONE’S help. Rumor has it that the GRINCH is coming to Monmouth to try and steal our CHRISTMAS. Join us Friday December 3rd from 5:00-8:00 pm. This is a FAMILY event you will NOT want to miss. So many details will be released soon… but until then… get your calendar’s marked for a FUN-FILLED evening no one will soon forget!!

Stronghurst Lighted Christmas Parade
2021-12-03 17:30
The lighted Christmas parade will be this Friday, December 3rd. Parade starts at 5:30 pm. This year the route will begin at the Fairgrounds, will head North on Hwy 94, will turn onto Main Street, turn at Fishers/Bank of Stronghurst onto Broadway Street and will head towards the park. The park will be the end of the parade allowing floats/parade participants to continue straight back to the fairgrounds. Stop by the park after the parade to visit with Santa and Mrs. Clause and have the littles make a bag of reindeer food to take home!

United FFA Alumni Dinner and Auction
2021-12-03 18:00
The United FFA Alumni Dinner and Auction will be held on Friday, December 3, 2021 at United High School in the old gym.
A locally-catered dinner will begin at 6:00 pm. Cost is a free will donation.
The auction will begin at 7:00 pm. All items are provided by local businesses and students.

Dickens on the Square in Macomb
2021-12-03 18:00 - 21:00, 2021-12-04
A Magical Holiday Event featuring living windows, Santa Claus, light shows, carolers, children’s shopping mall, horse drawn trolley rides, Victorian characters, Reindeer sleigh rides, Festival of Trees, and so much more!

Holiday Light Show at Chandler Park in Macomb
2021-12-03 18:20
City of Macomb Downtown Development announces the grand opening
holiday light show ceremony at the Gazebo in Chandler Park on Friday, December 3, 2021
at approximately 6:20PM to kick off Dickens on the Square in Downtown Macomb. The
show was implemented and designed by Macomb resident, Monte Colley. Join us at the
Gazebo to officially turn on the lights to the show for the season. The Holiday light show
will go from 5:00PM-10:00PM Daily until January 1, 2022.

The Outsider Performed in Burlington
2021-12-03 19:30 - 2021-12-04 19:30
Players Workshop will open the hilarious political satire The Outsider by Paul Slade Smith on the first weekend in December at Players Workshop Theater, 1431 Grove St., Burlington.
The Outsider, which “skewers politics and celebrates democracy,” will have audiences rolling as it shares the story of Ned Newley, possibly the worst candidate to ever run for a political office—unless, of course, people are looking for the worst person ever to run for political office! According to its review in Broadway World it is an “insightful, witty satire about modern American politics. Funny, timely, and – dare we say – entirely possible . . . .”
The Outsider will be performed on December 3-4 and 9-11 at 7:30 p.m., and on Dec. 5 and 12 at 2:00 p.m. The box office opens at 7:00 p.m., except for matinees, when the box office opens at noon. The play is produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com).
Masks will be required for audience members entering the theatre, and social distancing will be maintained as much as possible. PW highly recommends audience members remain masked for the entirety of the performance.
For more information call 753-6623, go to the Players Workshop Facebook page, or visit the PW website at www.playersworkshoptheater.com. Players Workshop is a 501(c)3 organization.
