Archive for November, 2014

Get To Know Your Neighbor – Brian and Sarah Gruber

November 2, 2014 / Comments Off on Get To Know Your Neighbor – Brian and Sarah Gruber / Posted in: Meet Our Neighbors, November Newsletter 2014

Get to Know Your Neighbor-GruberStreet:
Moss Ave

Children:
Lydia (5) and Max (2)

Where were you born:
Brian was born in Peoria and Sarah in Lafayette IN

Who was the most influential person to you:
Brian – My grandparents Sarah – My parents

What type of music are you listening to now:
We both love all genres of music and you could find everything from country to alternative rock to jazz and classical in our music collection!

What was your first job:
Brian – paper route Sarah – check-out clerk at a grocery store

What accomplishment are you most proud of:
We are proud to be contributing members of our community and supporters of many local nonprofit and civic organizations.

What is special about where you live:
We love the culture in our neighborhood. We have met so many wonderful neighbors that have made us feel especially welcome.

We had our eye on the property long before we purchased the house and when a friend recently asked if it felt like home yet, our response was that it felt like home before we ever moved in.

I think that is truly a remarkable quality of our neighborhood and we love it here!

The Latest from St. Mark School

November 2, 2014 / Comments Off on The Latest from St. Mark School / Posted in: November Newsletter 2014, St. Mark School

The storied St. Mark Stunt Show returns on Nov. 14 & 15! Come see our show of skits centered around the theme of “Happy” by Pharrell Williams.

Performances are on Fri. 11/14 at 7 p.m. and Sat. 11/15 at 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Dinner is also available at Saturday’s evening performance with the doors opening at 5 p.m.

Tickets to the show are only $5 for adults and children, $20 for a family, and $1 for seniors. Tickets for the dinner show are $10 a person with kids under five eating for free.

The talented women of St. Mark have put together a show that will have you laughing and singing along! Don’t miss it!

On October 2nd the Maggie Bertram Foundation presented Saint Mark School School with a check for $1,000 to further the Art and Music programs. Maggie was tragically killed in a car accident in 2012.

Supporting the Arts through the foundation allows Maggie’s love of the fine art to live on and grow in the Peoria area. Maggie was an accomplished dancer, artist, and musician.

This grant will allow our excellent art and music programs to explore innovative projects with our students.

We are very grateful to Maggie’s family and the foundation and are honored to receive this grant in her memory.

The Central Illinois Jazz Society

November 2, 2014 / Comments Off on The Central Illinois Jazz Society / Posted in: November Newsletter 2014, The Central Illinois Jazz Society

Submitted by: Dick Marsho, President

The Central Illinois Jazz Society
Serving Central Illinois Since 1978

Illinois Central Jazz Train at 6:00 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.

Sunday, November 16, 2014
The Starting Gate Banquet Room, located in Landmark Recreation Center
3225 N. Dries Lane, Peoria
(Parking is available in Landmark lot and across Dries Lane)

It’s November, so it must be time for the Illinois Central Jazz Train to make an appearance at Landmark for a CIJS Show. As always, this is a highlight on our performance schedule. We will be playing both sets on this concert. Members of the CIJS House Band will be featured prominently in the first set. The selections

will include Bluesette, There Is No Greater Love, Bugle Call Rag and What Is This Thing Called Love? The second set will showcase music from Indianapolis Jazz Legends Freddie Hubbard and Wes Montgomery. New arrangements of Montgomery’s Road Song and West Coast Blues and Hubbard’s The Intrepid Fox and Sky Dive will be included. We also have a couple of Gordon Goodwin’s compositions, a Maynard Ferguson romp, Louie Bellson’s Peaceful Thunder, and a beautiful new arrangement of Over the Rainbow featuring trumpeters Dale Rideout and CIJS board member John Cheek.

You will want to be sure to catch this excellent group at the following upcoming performances:

Dec. 1 – Peoria Pizza Works 7:00-10:00 pm

Dec. 16 – ICC Performing Arts Center (Christmas Concert Benefit for the American

Cancer Society – this is with the Original Skazz Band) 6:30 pm

The Central Illinois Jazz Society (CIJS) House Band will play during the first set, under the leadership of Larry Harms. The CIJS House Band features outstanding jazz musicians from the area. They will entertain you with a mixture of jazz styles. For more information call 692-5330 or visit www.peoriajazz.com. For more information about our location, visit www.landmarkrec.com. Food and beverages are available for purchase at this live jazz program.

Admission:  $5.00 Members     $7.00 Non-Members     Students are free

Upcoming Events: January 25

St. Mark Church

November 2, 2014 / Comments Off on St. Mark Church / Posted in: November Newsletter 2014, St. Mark School

“Built in 1891 in the neo-gothic style, this church features elegant stained glass windows and are modeled sanctuary featuring the original marble alter. St.Mark has maintained a strongpresence in the neighborhoodsince its founding.”

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Message from Councilman Chuck Grayeb

November 2, 2014 / Comments Off on Message from Councilman Chuck Grayeb / Posted in: Chuck Grayeb, November Newsletter 2014
chuck-grayebMy friends: It is vitally important to your elected representative that we maintain amicable relations with our great friends atWestminster Church. We are part of the same community of interests. I certainly hope that reason prevails and that MBRA leaders and Westminster Church leaders resolve the sign issue once and for all. I would hope that this matter does not need togo to the HPC for evaluation. Surely, there is a better way!We must complete the great infrastructure upgrades before the snow flies and we will continue to do traffic enforcement on theWest Bluff. Over 400 citations have been issued to motorists.We are living through a time of momentous change. The upgrade and redesign of our aging infrastructure on almost 20streets is altering our social and cultural fabric. I also allocated money to redesign and transform the ugly and dated CityParking Lot behind the businesses on West Main. We will have a strong application calling for park areas intermixed with a new permeable EPA favored parking surface. I want to thank Council members Jensen, Akeson, Spain and City Staff for helping to move this along.

I want to thank Councilman Turner for visiting Main Street Liquors–a business which now has a City approved plan of operation. I would encourage the operators to get more involved in all the positive and energetic changes sweeping our District and the West Bluff. Also, I want to thank all of you for your understanding and support during this time of great renewal and change. MBRA is on the cutting edge because of its leaders and members. The Mayor and the entire Council share my excitement about the opportunities ahead for all of us.

Westminster Church Concert Series to Begin

November 2, 2014 / Comments Off on Westminster Church Concert Series to Begin / Posted in: November Newsletter 2014, Westminster Presbyterian Church

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1420 West Moss Avenue, Peoria, is pleased to announce the renewal of the Gretchen Iben Concert Series for the 2014–2015 season.   A schedule of four events is planned with the opening one taking place on Sunday afternoon, December 7 at four in the afternoon.

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols will be presented by the Westminster Choir,assisted by singers from the greater Peoria area as well as brass instrumentalists to bring a special festive note in the singing of favorite carols by the congregation. The Festival is designed in the manner of that done at Kings’s College, Cambridge,England, and broadcast around the world every Christmas Eve.  It is an event thattouches the heart in a special way at Christmas.  The event is under the direction ofJoshua Hearn, organist of Westminster Church.

The entire community is invited to join us as we kick off the Christmas festivities with this beautiful musical event.  Admission is free, and child care will be provided foryoung children.  Further information will be forthcoming in the next edition of thispublication. Plan now to make this one of the highlights of your Advent–Christmas celebration!

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