Windy City Times

SUMMER DANCE SPECIAL Unusual offerings heat up summer by Joanna Furnans Dance this summer starts with a bang and ends with a slow, satisfying burn. Front load your dance card in June, take a beach break in July and return for some glitz, glamour and guts in August. Here are the top picks for Chicago dance this season: —The Pivot Arts Festival on Chicago’s North Side returns for its sixth season with a stellar lineup of local and visiting dancer/performers. First, catch Corey Smith’s “The New Prairie School at the Colvin House” ( Saturday, June 2, 7 p.m.; Sun. June …

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Visit Grand Rapids

by Victoria Bradford I recently drove over 4,000 miles up and down the Mississippi River with my mother. We didn’t kill each other. In fact, I think I came to know my home so much better, as we journeyed physically toward it—en route from Minnesota to Louisiana, the state where I grew up. Along our path, we stopped in Grand Rapids, MN to connect with a group of local citizens who are invested in the river and the water issues of the area. We stopped in over 100 towns and cities, but our experience in Grand Rapids was like a …

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Eudora Enterprise

Really of Voices: Artists who are part of the Great River Run will make an overnight Stop in Eudora Special to the Spectator/Enterprise The 2019 Relay of Voices: The Great River Run for six talented dancers will make an overnight stop in Eudora. Four female artists and two males, acting both as relay runners and support person­nel, are training for the approximately 3000 mile run. Victoria Bradford, a New Orleans native, made a 30 day drive on the Great River Road developing the relay. While visiting in Eudora, Bradford met with locals as she planned the route and reviewed the …

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June 2018