On May 1, the Sterling High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Shauna Snyder, will be the featured performers at First ...

Saxophones, other instruments and tour memorabilia are among the items being offered at auction by the daughters of Alto Reed, sax player for Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band. They say their ...

Theater owners are preparing for a very merry Christmas season. This holiday might not be one for the record books, but the lineup of films offers something important — a range of genres and styles — ...

The adult stunt queen — one of the most searched people of 2025 — survived a legal ordeal in Bali. Now she's ready to get back on the horse: "There's days I don't have sex, which is probably shocking ...

Rockford Urban Ministries will host its fourth annual Blue Christmas service Dec. 22 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockford, honoring lives lost to opioid overdose. The event will begin at ...

Tired of hearing the same holiday jazz playlist every December? This year, Jazz Night in America is doing Christmas differently. We're handing the reins to the ultimate crate-digger: Don Was, ...

Acclaimed vocal ensemble Blue Heron returns to CitySpace for a celebration of Christmas in 16th-century Spain, featuring mystical motets by Cristóbal de Morales, vivacious villancicos by Francisco ...

Elvis knew it. You may as well. Holidays are hard after experiencing losses. Dating back to the 1990s, but especially over the last 15 years, the idea of a Blue Christmas service has its earliest ...

A Sea Scout loads Christmas trees onto a forklift at the Sea Scouts’ Christmas tree lot next to Middlefield Ballpark in Palo Alto on Dec. 10, 2025. Photo by Seeger Gray. At the Palo Alto Christmas ...

The holiday season continues across the Blue Water Area with concerts, markets, Santa visits, parades and family activities scheduled through mid-December. From brunches and trolley tours to craft ...

AT 5 P.M. NOW, THE HOLIDAYS CAN OFTEN BE HARD FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING GRIEF OR OTHER COMPLEX FEELINGS. SOME CENTRAL IOWA CHURCHES ARE OFFERING SPECIAL SERVICES TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND TO PROVIDE ...