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30th Anniversary Season of Spirit of Christmas Programming on WCSF Starts Thanksgiving Day

Joliet, Ill. – Starting at noon on Thanksgiving Day (Thurs., November 23, 2023) and running through 12 p.m. CST on January 2, 2024, University of St. Francis (USF) radio station WCSF-FM 88.7 switches over from its regular programming to the 30th anniversary season of the Spirit of Christmas, a 24-hour, commercial-free, season-long holiday format.

“As we enter our 31st season, I’d like to express how grateful we are for the support of the Spirit of Christmas program and WCSF Radio from our many listeners and the local sponsors which help pay the bills.  We work tirelessly to bring you the highest quality and most variety in Christmas music and programming available anywhere in the world, all commercial-free.  We even have listeners across the country and around the world either finding us online or taking a bit of home with them to the office or wherever they travel through stfrancis.edu/spirit.  This being our 30th anniversary season, we hope to bring a little extra magic this year to celebrate. We hope you and your family will continue to join us at 88.7FM for the Spirit of Christmas,” said Don Burke, director of programming for the Spirit of Christmas.

Spirit of Christmas features a variety-filled rotation of over 4,000 songs, including multiple versions of holiday classics, so you’ll never get tired of hearing the same songs over and over again. One special program that airs nightly at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. during Spirit of Christmas is the classic 1937 radio series, The Cinnamon Bear. Relive the story of Judy and Jimmy Barton and their adventure to an enchanted world alongside Cinnamon Bear, a stuffed bear with button eyes and a green ribbon around his neck, to recover the missing silver star from their Christmas tree. The Cinnamon Bear starts at 6 p.m. CST on November 29 and continues through Christmas Eve.

Tune in to FM 88.7 to listen to the Spirit of Christmas on your radio in the Joliet area or livestream the station at stfrancis.edu/spirit.

Area businesses are also invited to promote themselves through special sponsorship opportunities that air during Spirit of Christmas programming. Sponsorships start at $250 and are a great way to promote your business or extend holiday wishes to the Joliet community and beyond.

For more information about sponsorships, please call 815-740-5047.

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The University of St. Francis, in Joliet, Ill., serves close to 4,000 students nationwide and offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs in the arts and sciences, business, education, nursing and social work. There are over 53,000 USF alumni across the globe. For information, call 800-735-7500 or visit stfrancis.edu.

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JSO “Revitalize” Concerts Set for December 9 and 10

Joliet, Ill. – The Joliet Symphony Orchestra (JSO) is pleased to announce the second concert series of its 2023-2024 Season with newly appointed Artistic Director & Conductor, Dr. Sean Paul Mills, leading a program featuring works by Edward Elgar, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. French horn soloist Emily Whittaker is the featured guest artist on this concert set.

Titled “Revitalize”, the JSO will be performing Edward Elgar’s “Froissart Overture”, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “French horn Concerto No. 3”, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)” on Saturday, December 9, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 10, 2023 @ 4:00 p.m. Both performances will take place in Sexton Auditorium which is located in the Harold & Margaret Moser Performing Arts Center on the University of St. Francis campus at 500 Wilcox Street in Joliet.

New to the JSO this season is a series of FREE pre-concert discussions titled “Noteworthy.” These discussions will take place 45 minutes prior to each performance and provide audience members with an opportunity to learn more about the composers, selections, orchestra, and soloists as well as ask questions and interact with the conductor and guests.

Tickets for JSO concerts are available through the JSO website at www.jolietsymphonyorchestra.org, the Music at Moser website at stfrancis.edu/music-at-moser/, and at the door beginning one (1) hour before each performance. Adults are $10; seniors, alumni & non-USF students are $5; USF students, music dducators, and youth (18 & under) are FREE with a current ID.

Please join us as we continue a season of exploration and discovery featuring both familiar and new works for symphony orchestra. We will present our annual Family Concert on January 20. This will be followed, in February, by our next concert set which will feature a celebration of American music with works by Aaron Copland, Florence Price, Leonard Bernstein, and John Knowles Paine. Our Season Finale in April will feature trumpeter Gilmar Cavalcante as soloist in Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s trumpet concerto along with works by Ferdinand Herold and Antonin Dvorak.

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The University of St. Francis, in Joliet, Ill., serves close to 4,000 students nationwide and offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs in the arts and sciences, business, education, nursing and social work. There are over 53,000 USF alumni across the globe. For information, call 800-735-7500 or visit stfrancis.edu.

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USF Music at Moser Series Welcomes “Illinois & Michigan Night” on November 28

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Joliet, Ill. – The University of St. Francis (USF) welcomes singer/songwriter trios Crooked Tails and The Rebel Eves for “Illinois & Michigan Night,” on Tuesday, November 28, at 7 p.m. as part of the University’s Music at Moser series. The concert will take place in the Sexton Auditorium, which is located on the University’s main campus in Joliet (500 Wilcox Street, Joliet, Ill., 60435).

The concert, showcasing the talented trios’ original songs, stories and harmonies, features Illinois’ Crooked Tails, a collaboration of noted songwriters Brian Motyll, Allison Flood and John Condron, all of whom have enjoyed artistic success and audience popularity with their individual band projects.  Joining Crooked Tails is Michigan trio The Rebel Eves, recently named a “Band to Watch” in their home state. The “Eves” boast award-winning credentials as individual artists. Grace Theisen, from Kalamazoo, won “Best Americana Video” (2022) at the Michigan Music Awards. Ann Arbor-native Katie Pederson’s composition “The Landing” won “Best Country Song” in the International Songwriting Competition (2018), and Jilian Linklater, from Grand Rapids, has amassed more than 5 million Spotify streams of her solo work. Together since 2022, the Rebel Eves have toured extensively during 2023, and next year, will release their first album and be featured showcase performers at the 2024 Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City.

Tickets cost $15 each (USF students are admitted free of charge with valid USF ID). Visit stfrancis.edu/music-at-moser to purchase tickets.

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The University of St. Francis, in Joliet, Ill., serves close to 4,000 students nationwide and offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs in the arts and sciences, business, education, nursing and social work. There are over 53,000 USF alumni across the globe. For information, call 800-735-7500 or visit stfrancis.edu.

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USF Fall 2023 Student Art Fair on November 15

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Joliet, Ill. – The University of St. Francis (USF) Art and Design Department will host its fall 2023 Student Art Fair on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Marian Hall Abbey Lounge (604 Taylor Street, Joliet, IL 60435). The free event, which is open to the community, is centered around student-produced items that will be for sale, including photography prints, screen prints, crochet items, tote bags, clothing, paintings, jewelry, stickers and more. Fourteen students from a variety of departments will participate. The items are modestly priced, so come out and support students in this preholiday season.

For more information, please contact professor Michael “Chester” Alamo-Costello, MFA, at mcostello@stfrancis.edu. For more information on the USF Art and Design Department, visit stfrancis.edu/art-design.

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Roger Carlson: INNOCENT DAWN Opens at USF Art Gallery

Joliet, Ill. – The University of St. Francis (USF) Art Gallery presents Roger Carlson: INNOCENT DAWN, which will run from October 25 through November 30. In his series, INNOCENT DAWN, Carlson attempts to use imagery and words to create a visual understanding of eternity and an afterlife.

The USF Art Gallery is located at 25 E. Van Buren St. in downtown Joliet, and is open to the public every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information on the exhibition or the USF Art Gallery, contact Jennifer Moore, gallery director, at jmoore@stfrancis.edu.

About Roger Carlson

Artist Roger Carlson ‘06, combines both traditional and digital media to create reverse paintings on plexiglass. Carlson’s technique begins with creating digital artwork. The digital works are then painted using a reverse painting technique in which the image is painted on plexiglass using acrylic paint, spray paint, paint marker and ink.

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USF Music at Moser Fall 2023 Concert Series

Joliet, Ill. – The University of St. Francis (USF) College of Arts & Sciences is proud to offer exciting musical performances to the Joliet and Will County communities through the Music at Moser Fall 2023 Concert Series. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit stfrancis.edu/music-at-moser.

This fall’s lineup includes:

Illinois-Michigan Night: Crooked Tails and The Rebel Eves
Talented trios Crooked Tails and The Rebel Eves (pictured), from the Land of Lincoln and the Great Lakes State respectively, will magnify your sense of the world with their soulful songs and beautiful harmonies.

Date/Time: Tuesday, November 28 – 7 p.m.
Location: Sexton Auditorium (Moser Performing Arts Center)
Ticket Pricing: $15 per person  |  Free for USF Students with ID

Claritas Chorale: Christmas at the Motherhouse
Join Claritas Chorale, USF’s community choir, in a celebration of one of our most sacred and cherished seasons: Christmas!

Date/Time: Friday, December 1 – 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, December 2 – 1 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph Chapel (Motherhouse)
Ticket Pricing: Free for All Guests with Reservation

Joliet Symphony Orchestra: “Revitalize”
French horn soloist Emily Whittaker and the JSO explore music that revitalizes us in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s challenging “Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major.” Also on the program are the stirring “Froissart Overture” by Sir Edward Elgar and Max Bruch’s masterful “Symphony No. 2 in f minor.” This program will delight and surprise as the JSO and audiences journey together through some familiar and unfamiliar musical landscapes. Enjoy a FREE pre-concert discussion 45 minutes prior to the performance.

Date/Time: Saturday, December 9 – 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 10 – 4 p.m.
Location: Sexton Auditorium (Moser Performing Arts Center)
Ticket Pricing: $10 Adults  |  $5 Seniors, Alumni & Non-USF Students  |  Free for USF Students/Staff & Music Educators with ID

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The University of St. Francis, in Joliet, Ill., serves close to 4,000 students nationwide and offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs in the arts and sciences, business, education, nursing and social work. There are over 53,000 USF alumni across the globe. For information, call 800-735-7500 or visit stfrancis.edu.

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