Open Microphone at Knudson Park Marseilles IL
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Knudson Park Marseilles, IL, 135 Washington St, Marseilles, IL 61341
Open Microphone Host Peter Hall
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May 31 5 to 8:30 PM
June 7 5 – 8:30 PM
June 14 5 – 8:30 PM
June 21 5 – 8:30 PM
July 5 1 – 8:30 PM
July 12 5 – 8:30 PM
July 19 5 – 8:30 PM
July 26 5 – 8:30 PM
Aug 2 5 – 8:30 PM
Aug 9 5 – 8:30 PM
Aug 16 5 – 8:30 PM
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Knudson Park Marseilles, IL, 135 Washington St, Marseilles, IL 61341
Open Microphone Host Peter Hall
Knudson Park Marseilles, IL, 135 Washington St, Marseilles, IL 61341
Michael Charles - Blues Band Join us for the concert by Grammy elected Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Australian born artist Michael Charles and His Band will take you on a guitar driven journey through thirty-nine years and forty releases of original music. The precision and level of energy will leave you astounded by the driving force, the contemporary blues, rock, and the soulful ballads of Michael Charles. Michael Charles' musical pilgrimage started over six decades ago in his birth place Melbourne, Australia. While enjoying a successful musical crusade of touring, recording, and numerous television and radio appearances in his homeland, Michael received an invitation from Buddy Guy’s management to appear at the infamous Legends in Chicago, Illinois USA. Graciously accepting the honor, Michael Charles traveled the twelve thousand five hundred miles and took the stage with Mr. Buddy Guy. After numerous trips back and forth, Michael Charles made the monumental and life changing decision to make America his home. Charles worked the whole Chicago blues circuit performing with Mr. Buddy Guy, Phil Guy, James Cotton, Eddy Clearwater, Junior Wells, George Baze, as well as touring with blues legend, Jimmy Dawkins. Through the next twenty years, and now a nine times Grammy elected artist, Michael Charles enjoyed being featured in numerous television and radio broadcasts and several music magazines, along with gracing countless stages and pages including Chicago Blues Fest, Philadelphia Jazz and Blues Fest, Windy City Live Television, WGN TV, JBTV, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, and The College Music Journal. In In 2015 Michael Charles received the extreme honor of an induction into the Blues Hall of Fame. Michael has received endorsements from Vertex and LR Baggs and in Canada from Godin / Seagull Guitars. Michael Charles’ discography is comprised of thirty-eight releases including a double CD thirty year anthology released in 2014 and the live CD “Concert at the Nest”, released in the winter of 2015. In 2016 Australian film producer started work on a documentary chronicling the musical career of Michael Charles. The Documentary was released in March of 2018 and the DVD in 2019. "Soundtracked", the CD soundtrack to the documentary was also released in 2019. In 2020 Moonlight Label released “The Early Years" , a CD of the complete 45 r.p.m. singles released 1984-1988 by Michael Charles in Australia before he moved to the U.S.A. in 1990. Also, in 2020 “19”, the downloadable album of all the Alone and Acoustic songs recorded during the pandemic became available. In August of 2021 and partially sponsored by the Illinois Arts Council Association a 2 CD and 1 DVD Box set chronologizing the entire pandemic experience from the recording studio was released and 2022 saw the singles of “Key To The Highway” and Charles’ new original song “Silenced”. In 2023 Michael Charles released his version of Wichita Lineman, paying homage to one of his guitar heroes.
Come enjoy the Farmers Market, Food Vendors, and Artists Market!
Marseilles council hears tourism, city identity suggestions
Not-for-profit Here and Again provides council food for thought
December 21, 2023 at 2:34 am CST
If you theme it, they will come.
The Marseilles City Council on Wednesday heard a presentation from the non-profit group Here and Again Inc. and received plenty of suggestions, examples and food for thought in regard to helping create the city’s identity and to make it a tourism destination.
Here and Again founder Katie Troccoli and director DeAnna Carlson provided a power point presentation that highlighted things done in other communities to help them attract tourists, businesses and jobs to their cities and their regions and suggestions of how Marseilles could do the same
In it, they drew attention to the city’s assets, such as access to Interstate 80, the downtown business district, the lock and dam, Illini State Park, the Illinois and Michigan Canal, the Illinois River access and the Middle East Conflicts Memorial Wall. It also touched on the amenities available and strong community organizations.
They also cited the need for a central theme around which to build an identity. Carlson cited several examples of what she called “big art,” first showing photos of murals that have enhanced the attraction of storefronts in Streator, Lincoln and other communities.
That moved into even bigger art on grain silos around the state, including the corn mural that painted on the grain elevator bin in Mendota. Others depicted a patriotic theme with the Statue of Liberty and Abraham Lincoln, while others showed an Indian chief and even a droid from “Star Wars,” leading to a chat about a potential outer space theme.
Carlson added being so close to the intersection of Interstates 80 and 39 brings 1.4 million people to the area and that the proximity to Starved Rock means access to 2.2 million people annually.
In all, it provided the commissioners with quite a bit to mull over in the coming months.
“I liked it. I saw the presentation for the first time like we all did and I was impressed,” said Marseilles Mayor Jim Hollenbeck. “I think we need to develop a long-term plan, lay out the guidelines and work towards it. I also like the idea of a theme. As we’ve been known as ‘A City of Remembrance,’ I like the patriotic theme idea.
“There were some very good thoughts and ideas and it’s something we can work towards, knowing there are grants available. Now it’s up to the council to kick those ideas around and decide what direction to go.”
Hollenbeck, who also noted the city has already taken several steps toward improving facades in the downtown area, added the Middle East Conflicts Memorial wall has been somewhat under utilized as an attraction.
“We do need tourism. We do need to market the Middle East Conflicts memorial better. There are a lot of people who just don’t know it’s there,” Hollenbeck said. “Part of my plan for that is to reach out to the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars magazines to try and get some articles and pictures of the wall displayed regionally, if not nationally … In my opinion, that would be a very good place to start.”
Oct 31, 2023
When we read together, we broaden our imaginations and understanding of our world, our neighbors, and ourselves. Join a book group and read alongside other NEA Big Read groups across Illinois and the nation.
JOIN A BOOK GROUPUPCOMING EVENTS
Illinois Humanities is proud to partner with the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest to present this year’s statewide book group series, The NEA Big Read: Reconsidering the American Dream. Free book groups and events will be centered around two books: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh, and Infinite Country by Patricia Engel. Receive these titles for free by signing up with Here And Again Inc 501c3 – WRWO 94.5 FM Ottawa Community Radio.
Contact DeAnna Carlson 815-488-6611 or Katie Troccoli 815-228-2058