Contact Us
RAAC Profile
RAAC Board of Directors
   
   Membership
   Annual Report
   Calendar
   Artist Director
   Grants
   Family Arts Festival
   Arts Place
   Fall ArtScene
   Spring ArtScene
   State of the Arts
   Totally Arts
   Education/Programs
   Arts Organizations
   Grants for Schools
   Project Full House
   Home

"ARTS FOR EVERYONE CHALLENGE!"

1. Upload video of your artistic abilities to YouTube. (follow YouTube's guidelines)

2. Click the "Share" button and email a link of your video to us at info@artsforeveryone.com

3. All videos will be reviewed and uploaded to the RAAC's YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/rockfordarts

4. Join us at Cliffbreakers, Wednesday, October 6th at RAAC's State of the Arts and Mayor's Arts Awards, tickets are just $40 for members and $45 for non-members.

 

 "Curtain Up!"
Rockford Arts and Entertainment 2010-2011 Season Kickoff Event

The Rockford arts community is pleased to present "Curtain Up!" a
new kickoff event for Rockford's arts and entertainment organizations'
2010-2011 season. The event will take place on Thursday, September 16 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. Admission is free.
   

At "Curtain Up!, the Rockford community can discover all that their local arts and entertainment organizations have to offer for the 2010-2011 season.  Attendees can talk to representatives from the various organizations and purchase season subscriptions and single tickets.

The event will include free appetizers, cash bar, live music, and ticket giveaways.  Attendees will have the opportunity to attend a portion of a Rockford Symphony Orchestra rehearsal from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The local arts community will also take this opportunity to welcome SMG to the Rockford area.  SMG will begin managing the Metro Centre in early September.

Presenting organizations include Artists' Ensemble Theater, Bach Chamber Choir, Charlotte's Web for the Performing Arts, Coronado Performing Arts Center, Kantorei, the Singing Boys of Rockford, Land of Lincoln Theatre Organ Society (LOLTOS), Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center, Metro Centre, River District Association, Rockford Area Arts Council, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford Coronado Concert Association, Rockford Dance Company, Rockford Symphony Orchestra and The Element.

For further information, contact Anne O'Keefe at the Rockford Area Arts Council by phone at 815-963-6765 or by e-mail at a.okeefe@artsforeveryone.com


Ticket Prices
Click here to
check out our
Artist Directory
 
Featured Artist
Mike Jackson
09/10
Bryan Bowers
JustGoods Listening Room
09/10
Rockford Idol Auditions
Coronado Performing Arts Center
09/11
Rockord College Regents Ball "We are Center Stage"
Rockford College
09/12
Woodsong Concert featuring Libido Funk Circus
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden
09/14
Art Song Project
Emerson House
09/14
Music on Main "A Chopin Celebration"
Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center
09/15
Northern Illinois Woodturners Meeting
Flodin Boys and Girls Club
09/16
"Curtain Up!" Rockford Arts and Entertainment 2010-2011 Season Kickoff Event
Coronado Performing Arts Center
09/16
Aviator Bessica Midlar Raiche Centennial Celebration
Midway Village & Museum Center
09/17
Music on the Mall featuring Miles Nielsen
Edgebrook
09/18 - 09/19
Greenwich Village Art Fair
Rockford Art Museum
09/18 - 09/19
Rockford Art Guild 39th Annual Rockford Artists' Fair
Beattie Park
09/18
RSO Classic Series "Opening Night with Jeffrey Biegel"
Coronado Performing Arts Center
09/18
Salsa Dance Class
Montague Branch Library
09/19
Celebration of Latin Culture
Ethnic Heritage Museum
09/19
Doug Macleod
JustGoods Listening Room
09/19
Rockford Writers' Guild Monthly Meeting
Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum
  © 2005 - Rockford Area Arts Council      Site design and programming: Studio Fyra, Inc./Beetcafe.com