If you can sing along to “Let’s Do The Time Warp Again,” then this Friday is when to start. The starring track in the cult-classic Rocky Horror Picture Show is the perfect kickoff to this year’s “Fall Throwback Series” at the McHenry Outdoor Theater, where against all odds, owner Scott Dehn has kept the Hollywood-Meets-Motor-City … Continue reading McHenry County Keeps Drive-In “Time Warp” Alive

Next Sunday, August 5th, the Woodstock Opera House will host the continuation of one of its best and most time-honored traditions – formerly known as the Woodstock Mozart Festival, Midwest Mozart will mark the 32nd year of live classical performance held by a professional symphonic orchestra in Woodstock’s historic downtown. Zach Dylan, president of the … Continue reading From the Danube to the Fox: Woodstock’s Mozart Festival Turns 32

On Friday, June 8, the City of Woodstock and Classic Cinemas unveiled the final piece of the Woodstock on Film and Stage Mural project. Before the mural itself was conceived, Woodstock artist Bobby Joe Scribner set himself on a mission – in 2015 he met Croatian actress Oja Kodar, at the centennial celebration of her … Continue reading Woodstock hosts America’s first statue to its “Greatest Director”

This May fourth through the eighth, Australia commemorates what is close to a national holiday. Many Americans don’t remember it, but seventy-six years ago this Friday a naval battle, the Battle of the Coral Sea, determined the fate of the Pacific country. The small town of Woodstock, Illinois had its own part to play in … Continue reading For 76th Anniversary of Battle, Woodstock Seaman’s Aircraft Carrier Found

On March 18th, as part of the celebrations for the State of Illinois’s 200th anniversary, Woodstock Celebrates will host historian Charles Balesi at the Woodstock library for a talk on “When Illinois was Louisiana: The Forgotten French Face of the Illinois Bicentennial.” Charles is a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, whose family … Continue reading Woodstock Hosts French-American Historian For Bicentennial