Monmouth NewsLocal news for Monmouth, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Meet the new Buchanan Center for the Arts Executive Director- February 28, 2008 A community wide reception for Ms. Susan Twomey, the new Executive Director of the Buchanan Center for the Arts, has been scheduled for Sunday March 9, 2008 from 1 - 4 pm in the main gallery of the Center on the public square in Monmouth, IL. Refreshments will be served and all members of the public are invited to stop by to greet her and welcome her back to her old Western Illinois stamping grounds. The Buchanan Center for the Arts was founded in 1989 by a generous gift from the estate of...http://www.topix.net/city/monmouth-il/2008/02/meet-the-new-buchanan-center-for-the-arts-ex... Van Kirk Schuytema Show Opens Strong- February 24, 2008 Over seventy people attended the opening of the latest Buchanan Center for the Arts exhibition Friday evening Feb. 22nd. They were treated to stunning photographs by John Van Kirk and remarkable ceramic creations by Mary Schuytema. The show will run in the Buchanan Center gallery on the square in downtown Monmouth, IL until March 20, 2008 and can be viewed free of charge T-Sat from 9-5 and Sat from 10-2. Most of the items are available for purchase.http://www.topix.net/city/monmouth-il/2008/02/van-kirk-schuytema-show-opens-strong?fromrss... BUCHANAN CENTER IN MONMOUTH HIRES SUSAN TWOMEY AS NEW DIRECTOR- February 7, 2008 The Board of Directors of the Buchanan Center for the Arts in Monmouth, IL is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Susan Twomey as the Center's new Executive Director. She will begin her duties on March 1, 2008. Ms. Twomey has long ties to Monmouth and western Illinois and has recently returned to the community. For the past three years she has been creating artwork and designing displays for Trader Joe's in the Chicago area. Prior to that she has been a homemaker, a professional caterer.http://www.topix.net/city/monmouth-il/2008/02/buchanan-center-in-monmouth-hires-susan-twom... OFTA Hosts Prof. Jim Betts of Monmouth College- February 1, 2008 You won't have to sing along, but you will probably recognize some of the tunes if you attend the Wednesday, February 13th OFTA (Old Friends Talk Arts) program at 10:00 am at the Buchanan Center for the Arts in downtown Monmouth, IL Professor Jim Betts of the Monmouth College Music and Education departments will give a presentation titled "Musical Migrations." He will be looking at some the fascinating paths that are taken when songs and musical themes are transported across time, culture, and..http://www.topix.net/city/monmouth-il/2008/02/ofta-hosts-prof-jim-betts-of-monmouth-colleg... |