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Sunday Funday Music Bingo
2023-08-20 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-08-27 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-03 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-10 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Forgottonia Brewing, 324 N. Lafayette St., Macomb
Date: Every Sunday unless otherwise noted.
Time: 3-5 PM
Cost: Free to play
How it works: Each week will have a musical theme.
The host will describe what pattern of bingo (standard, letter X, 4 corners, etc.) is being played that round.
A playlist from that theme will randomly play 45 seconds of each song.
You mark off the band’s name if they are on your bingo card.
The round ends when someone yells BINGO! and is verified by the host.
4 rounds of musical bingo will be played each week.

Andréa Keys Connell "Hold On"
2023-08-22 08:00 - 2023-09-20 17:00 | Western Illinois University Art Gallery, 1 University Cir, Macomb, IL, 61455
Andréa Keys Connell “Hold On”

August 22 – September 20, 2023
University Art Gallery
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois
North Carolina artist Andréa Keys Connell will have her solo exhibition, “Hold On”, on display August 22 through September 20 at the Western Illinois University Art Gallery.
A reception for the artist will be held Wednesday, September 20, 4:30-6:00 p.m. The artist will speak about her work at 5:00 pm.
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information about the Gallery, visit wiu.edu/artgallery.
Andréa Keys Connell is an Associate Professor of Ceramics in the Department of Art at Appalachian State University. She is a former Fountainhead Fellow and served as the Head of the Clay Area in the Department of Craft/Material Studies at VCU from 2010-17.
Andréa’s work has been featured in a number of national and international publications and she has widely exhibited her work. She has had 19 solo exhibitions in various galleries and museums since 2009, including The Florida Holocaust Museum and The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. Andréa also works on large-scale public art commissions such as the See Also endowment commission with the Cleveland Public Library.
Along with exhibiting her work and teaching at App State, Andréa has taught workshops on figure sculpting at various craft schools across the country including Penland, Haystack, Arrowmont, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.

Wednesday Wine Run/Walk
2023-08-23 18:00, 2023-08-30 18:00, 2023-09-06 18:00, 2023-09-13 18:00 | The Wine Sellers
Meet at The Wine Sellers at 6:00 pm and go for a group run. You can run any distance at any pace – walkers are welcome too. End your run/walk at TWS and enjoy a beverage with your running friends.
This will be a weekly event – weather permitting.
Let’s get outside and run!

Rock 'N' Robins Record Night
2023-08-23 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-08-30 19:00 - 22:00 | Forgottonia Brewing, 324 N. Lafayette St., Macomb
Come enjoy a beer and rock out with us!
Bring in your vinyl records and we will play an entire side.
* First come first served, records will be played until closing.

Macomb Farmers Market
2023-08-24 08:00 - 12:00, 2023-08-31 08:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-07 08:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-14 08:00 - 12:00 | Macomb Downtown Square, 1 Courthouse Square, Macomb, IL, 61455, United States
The Macomb Farmers Market provides a place for vendors to sell their products. A variety of products are available from week to week.

Macomb Farmer's Market
2023-08-26 08:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-02 08:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-09 08:00 - 12:00, 2023-09-16 08:00 - 12:00 | Macomb Downtown Square, 1 Courthouse Square, Macomb, IL, 61455, United States

Randolph Street Rendezvous
2023-09-01 19:00 - 22:00 | Glenwood Park, 1400 N Randolph St, Macomb, IL, 61455, United States
Get ready for the return of the Macomb Park District’s summer Randolph Street Rendezvous!
1406 N Randolph St, Macomb, IL 61455, USA

Live Music: The Ex-Bombers
2023-09-02 20:00 | Forgottonia Brewing, 324 N. Lafayette St., Macomb
The Ex-Bombers are a psychedelic blues duo consisting of an 8-string bass & drums performing their take on an eclectic range of cover songs and original music.
http://www.theexbombers.com/

Kait Steward "Here Nor There"
2023-09-05 08:00 - 2023-09-28 17:00 | Western Illinois University Art Gallery, 1 University Cir, Macomb, IL, 61455
Kait Steward “Here Nor There”
September 5 – September 28, 2023
ANNEX Gallery, Heating Plant Annex
Department of Art and Design
Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois
Carbondale, IL artist Kait Steward will have her solo exhibition, “Here Nor There”, on display September 5 through September 28 at the ANNEX Gallery.
A reception for the artist will be held Thursday, September 28, 4:30-6:00 p.m. The artist will speak about her work at 5:00 pm.
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information about the Gallery, visit wiu.edu/artgallery.
Kait Steward is an emerging artist located in Carbondale, Illinois. She recently completed her Masters of Fine Arts at Southern Illinois University (2023) after completing her Bachelors of Fine Arts at Murray State University (2019). Her work has been exhibited both regionally and nationally. She often instructs introductory art courses with the Commonwealth Honors Academy at Murray State University, and currently works as a Program Assistant for Artspace304, a local arts non-profit in southern Illinois. You can find more information at her website: www.kaitsteward.com

WIU Mega Reunion
2023-09-08 - 2023-09-10 | Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle , Macomb, IL, United States
#WIUMegaReunion – Coming to Macomb Illinois. Who is ready to come back for some nostalgia like only we could bring to Macomb? This will be THE reunion of reunions to attend. We are making an official Guinness World Record attempt for Largest Reunion in the world on the Saturday of #Mega weekend. https://www.wiu.edu/alumni/megareunion.php

Park N' Cruise
2023-09-08 18:00 - 21:00 | Chandler Park, Macomb, IL, 61455, United States

Chew Toy
2023-09-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Forgottonia Brewing, 324 N. Lafayette St., Macomb
Loud, quirky, catchy as heck indie rock
If you know, you know, and if you don’t then you better get yourself to this show and find out!
Chew Toy will be rocking out in the beer garden starting at 8:00 PM.

Gazebo Art Festival
2023-09-09 09:00 - 16:00 | Chandler Park, Macomb, 61455, United States
Artists offering unique and original items in Ceramics, Fused Glass Art, Painting, Photography, Stained glass, and Woodworking. All items are individually Handcrafted. Food trucks from The Phoenix Food Shack and Hillbilly Haven will be available from 11 -2; and Face Painting will be provided by the Macomb Junior High Thespians. There will also be fundraising for the new carpeting in the Macomb Arts Center; and the ever-popular Book Sale from the Friends of the Macomb Public Library.

Michael K Paxton "Interpolated"
2023-09-12 16:30 - 18:00 | Western Illinois University Art Gallery, 1 University Cir, Macomb, IL, 61455
Michael K Paxton “Interpolated”

September 12, 4:30-6:00
University Art Gallery
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois
Chicago artist Michael K Paxton will have his solo exhibition, “Interpolated”, on display September 12 through October 19 at the Western Illinois University Art Gallery.
A reception for the artist will be held Tuesday, September 12, 4:30-6:00 p.m. The artist will speak about his work at 5:00 pm.
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information about the Gallery, visit wiu.edu/artgallery.
Michael K. Paxton a well-established Chicago fine artist who is also a sixth generation West Virginian with a career that now spans fifty years. His awards include a grant from the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc., New York; Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Visual Art Award and two Professional Development Grants; Fellowships with both Air le Parc, Project and Research Center, Pampelonne, France and Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, Wyoming; a Marshall University Alumni Award of Distinction; Individual Artist Program Grant, DCASE, Chicago; six Professional Development Grants from Columbia College, Chicago; two CAAP Grants, Chicago, IL; Open Studio Residency, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL and a Purchase Prize, fom the Chicago Federation of Labor, Chicago, IL.
He as an MFA in Drawing and Painting from The University of Georgia, 1979 and B.A. in Art from Marshall University, 1975; he retired from the Faculty of Columbia College Chicago in Art and Art History and Design Departments in 2021.

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania - Movie in the Park
2023-09-15 19:30 | Veteran’s Park, Macomb, IL, 61455, United States
Movies in the Park returns this summer to Veterans Park!
Bring your camping chairs and picnic blankets to enjoy a family favorite, Hotel Transylvania FREE under the twinkling stars!
Free popcorn and drinks provided by First Bankers Trust Company, NA and Refreshment Services Pepsi!
See you September 15th – – Movie starts at 7:30 PM!
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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania – Rated PG
Van Helsing’s mysterious new invention transforms Drac and his pals into humans, and Johnny into a monster. With their new mismatched bodies, Drac and the pack must find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent.

Walk to End Alzheimer's
2023-09-16 08:00 - 11:00 | Chandler Park, Macomb, IL, 61455, United States
Across the nation, the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is full of flowers, each carried by someone committed to ending this disease. Because like flowers, our participants don’t stop when something’s in their way. They keep raising funds and awareness for a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.

Dirty Bird Mud Run
2023-09-16 08:00 - 17:00 | IL
https://www.raceentry.com/dirty-bird-mud-run-macomb/race-information
