No need to travel this weekend as Kewanee’s got it all, starting with the Prairie Chicken Arts Festival that runs both Friday and Saturday. The days are jam-packed with activities and fun for the whole family. For a complete listing of events and times, see “See what’s new at the Prairie Chicken Arts Festival this year”.
Also on Friday evening is the St. Peter’s Ice Cream Social at 119 S. Grove St. The social takes place from 4:30-6 p.m. For just $10, receive barbecue, chips, pie or cake, ice cream and a drink. Take the night off from cooking, get out of the heat and enjoy a good meal in the process.
Also, this weekend, the Kewanee Shop Small Business Crawl wraps up. Shop at any participating business and receive a punch on supplied cards. Receive 12 or more punches and you will be entered into two drawings for Shop Crawl Dollars. Participating businesses include Baysingar’s Antiques, Blissful Branch, Blooms by Heartfelt, Breedlove’s Sporting Goods, Co Co’s, Country Morning Coffee, Empire Bookshop, Gallery on Second, Goods Furniture, Hillside Florist, Jessie’s Closet, Johnson’s Appliance, Johnson’s Hub, Prairie Chicken Haus, Say Less and Walter’s Jewelry.
There are also some great events on next week’s horizon. Crossroads Cultural Connections will present the Kris Lager Band at Ca d’Zan Porch Concerts in Cambridge on Wednesday evening. There will be a community potluck at 6 p.m. with the concert at 7 p.m.
Then on Thursday, the Kewanee Chamber of Commerce Concerts in the Park Series will present Now and Zen from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Veterans Park. The food stand opens at 5 p.m.
Also on Thursday evening, the Cambridge Community Theater presents an original comedy, “The Tragedy (Sort of) of Romeo and Juliet,” at 7 p.m. in College Square Park in Cambridge.
Friday, July 17
Shop Small Business Crawl at participating Kewanee businesses
Kewanee Public Library video games for young adults, 1–4 p.m., lower level
Prairie Chicken Arts Festival – chalk art competition, flea market and vendor show, kids activities, Sneak Peek Art Show, 5–7 p.m., Hog Festival Building, 306 N. Main St., Kewanee; Santa’s Jingle Mingle DJ Dance for kids, 7–9 p.m., Rotary Tent
Prairie Players presents Cinderella at 7:30 p.m., Prairie Players Theater, 160 S. Seminary St., Galesburg
St. Peter’s Ice Cream Social, 4:30–6 p.m., 119 S. Grove St., Kewanee
Saturday, July 18
Kewanee Farmer’s Market, 8 a.m.–noon, Berrien Park
Geneseo Farmer’s Market, 8 a.m.–noon, Geneseo City Park
Shop Small Business Crawl at participating Kewanee businesses
Prairie Chicken Arts Festival – chalk art competition, flea market and vendor show, kid’s activities, art show, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Hog Festival Building, 306 N. Main St., Kewanee; Tiny Chicken Scavenger Hunt for kids, 10 a.m.–noon, starts at Rotary Tent; dunk tank, pedal carts, antique fire truck rides, caricature artist and balloon artist
Prairie Players presents Cinderella at 7:30 p.m., Prairie Players Theater, 160 S. Seminary St., Galesburg
Sunday, July 19
St. Peter’s Church bingo at 2 p.m., 119 S. Grove St., Kewanee
Prairie Players presents Cinderella at 2:30 p.m., Prairie Players Theater, 160 S. Seminary St., Galesburg
Levitt AMP Concerts presents The Rebels and Stillhouse Junkies, 6–8:30 p.m., Wiley Park, Galva
Looking ahead to next week
Wednesday, July 15
Crossroads Cultural Connections presents Kris Lager Band at Ca d’Zan Porch Concerts in Cambridge; community potluck at 6 p.m., concert at 7 p.m.
Kewanee Farmer’s Market and food trucks, 4–8 p.m., Berrien Park
Thursday, July 16
Kewanee Public Library preschool story time, 11:15 a.m.–noon, Children’s Room, ages 0–5
Kewanee Chamber of Commerce Concerts in the Park Series presents Now and Zen, 6:30–8 p.m., Veterans Park; food stand opens at 5 p.m.
Kewanee Public Library – Barry Cloyd presents “Benjamin Franklin: The Kite, the Key and Other Tales,” 6:30–8 p.m., Community Room
The Tragedy (Sort of) of Romeo and Juliet at 7 p.m., College Square Park, Cambridge; freewill donation
Tuesday, July 21
Kewanee Public Library preschool story time, 11:15 a.m.–noon, Children’s Room, ages 0–5
