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Get Ready for the Holidays with the 2007 Peoria Area Holiday Events & Entertainment Guide today! To access the guide, Click HERE.

The Opera Illinois League presents its annual Yule Walk through five beautiful homes professionally decorated for the holidays by area businesses Today from 10 am to 9 pm. Shuttle bus transportation between the houses is available starting at the Metro Center, 4700 N. University in Peoria.

The Barn II Dinner Theartre production of Two Into One begins tonight at 6 pm. The show will continue through December 31 and productions include Thursday-Saturday nights at 6 pm and Sunday matinees at noon. Tickets are $29 for Thursday, $31 for Friday, and $33 for Saturday and Sunday. Admission includes dinner. For more information, call 965-2545.

Tonight is opening night of the Tennessee Williams’ show The Night of the Iguana at Bradley University’s Harmann Center for the Performing Arts beginning at 8 pm. The production also runs Friday and Saturday night at 8 pm and Sunday at 2:30 pm, Tickets are $14 for the general public, $12 for faculty, staff, and seniors, and $7 for students. For more information, call 677-2650.

Rudy Currence performs tonight at the Cafe Bradley from 7 pm – 8 pm. She is a singer-songwriter-musician with Mike Chek Entertainment. For more information, call 677-3063.

Saturday night Reel-to-Real Focus on Film presents Nowhere in Africa, a German film directed by Caroline Link in 2003, at 7pm in room 126 of the Caterpillar Global Communications Center on the Bradley Campus. Tickets are $5 and $4 with a student ID. For more information, call 677-2587.

Sunday David Burgess will perform as a part of the Music Scholarship Concert Series at the Bradley University Dingeldine Music Center at 3 pm. Admission is $5 for the general public and free for students. For more information, call 677-2650.

The Peoria Rivermen will continue their hockey season Friday night at 7 pm by playing the Iowa Stars at the Civic Center Arena. The Rivermen will also play the Rockford Icehogs on Saturday night at 7 pm. Tickets are $10, $13, and $18 and are available at the Civic Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, or by phone at 676-3200.

Comedian Carlos Mencia will appear at the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Friday at 7 pm. Tickets are $39.50 and $44.50 and are on sale at the Peoria Civic Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, or by phone at 676-8700.

The Underpants opens Friday night at 7:30 pm at Illinois Central College and continues Saturday night at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2:30 pm. Tickets are $7 for the general public and $5 for students and senior citizens. For more information, call 694-5136.

Also on Friday night, My Way, a musical tribute to Frank Sinatra opens at Peoria Players Theartre. Performances are 7:30 pm Friday and Saturday night and 2:30 pm Sunday afternoon. Tickets are $16 for adults and $11 for children 18 & under. For more information, call 688-4473.

Italian American Reconciliation opens also on Friday night at 7:30 pm at Corn Stock’s Winter Playhouse. It continues on Saturday at 7:30 pm and at 2:30 on Sunday. Admission is $10 for the general public and $7 for students. For more information, call 676-2196.

The Junior League’s Julep’s Closet sale takes place at the Riverplex this weekend. Friday is Twice the Price Night from 5 – 8 pm. Admission is $1 but the prices are doubled. Saturday from 9 am – 3 pm admission is $1. Sunday from 11 am – 1 pm admission is $1, and from 1 – 3 pm is the Bag Sale. Fit as much as you can in a $3 or $10 bag with free admission.

Teen Mystery Theatre: Trouble at the Talent Show will play at the Apollo Theatre on Friday and Saturday night at 7 pm. Tickets are $14 and prices include dessert. For more information, call 681-2859.

Enjoy a Homemade Chicken Noodle Dinner at St. Bernard’s School Gym at 512 E. Kansas Ave. Peoria from 2 pm to 8 pm on Saturday. Prices for dinners are $6.50 for adults and $4 for children. Carryout dinners or quarts of chicken noodles are $6.50. There will be raffles for prizes & cash too. For more information, call Jo Ann at 678-6069.

Exorna, a musical trio from Ireland & England, will perform Saturday at 7 pm at Forest Park Nature Center. Tickets are $7 and are available at the door. For more information, call 686-3360.

In Honor of the Native Americans who helped the first settlers, Wildlife Prairie Park will host Remembering Day Saturday from Noon – 3 pm. There will be demonstration dancing, sampling of various Native American cuisine, and crafts. Admission is $5.50 for adults, $3.50 for children 4 – 12, and free for members or children under 3.

Woodcraft will host the Central Illinois Woodturner’s Turning from 8:45 – 5 pm. Members of CIW will demonstrate techniques and host hands on sessions on how to make bowls, boxes, vases, ornaments and other items from wood using a lathe. Participation is $20 and includes lunch and a t-shirt. For more information, call 256-1247.

A short documentary film on David Halberstam’s The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War, will premiere on Sunday at the Apollo Fine Arts & Entertainment Center at 2 pm. After the movie, Korean War veterans will give brief talks and refreshments will be provided. Admission is free and for more information call 673-4343.

The Central Illinois Jazz Society presents Jane Hartman and the CIJS House Band at the Radisson Hotel Sunday from 6 pm – 9:30 pm. Admission is $7 for general public, $5 for members, and free for children 14 and under. For more information, call 691-3259.

On Wednesday the Peoria Civic Center will present Beethoven Lives Upstairs, a live stage show featuring the Peoria Symphony and a traveling tour from Classical Kids Entertainment. Shows are at 10 am and 11:30 am. Tickets are $7.50 and are on sale at the Peoria Civic Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, or by phone at 676-8700.

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