hannibal arts council

The Hannibal Arts Council will host a free Casual Classics concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec.6 at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S Main St. The concert will feature the HLGU String Orchestra. Admission is free and open to the public and is part of the Historic Hannibal Marketing Council’s Victorian Festival of Christmas.

Children ages 5 to 12 will have a jolly time creating holiday gifts at the Hannibal Arts Council’s popular annual event Holly Jolly Hands-On Holiday Workshop to be held on Saturday, Dec. 5. Two time options will be offered this year to accommodate busy schedules and an increased number of participants. Participants may choose to attend either a two-hour workshop beginning at Noon or beginning at 3

Concert pianist Mark Laverty will present a performance at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 1 at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 South Main Street. Laverty will play selections by Bach and Chopin. The performance is $5 for the general public and free for Hannibal Arts Council and Hannibal Concert Association members. The performance is sponsored by Frank and Ann Miller, Ann Nagy, Wade Stables, PC and

Enjoy a Fall drive and discover the 50 Miles of Art and the gallery and studio tour in Hannibal, Louisiana, and Clarksville, Missouri.

All roads lead to northeast Missouri and western Illinois this weekend, with no less than four marquee events taking place simultaneously in the area.

The Autumn Historic Folklife Festival in Hannibal has become one of the most loved annual events in the region. The festival is nearly 40 years old. Vendors, performers, residents and visitors will all converge on Hannibal's Main Street for the 2015 edition of the Folklife Festival October 17-18.

Second Saturday Gallery Night takes place every month in Hannibal. It gives the public a chance to enjoy an evening along Main Street, see new and special art exhibits, and maybe even win a prize. Michael Gaines, the executive director of the Hannibal Arts Council, gave us some behind the scenes info on this monthly tradition at Hannibal's art galleries.

The Hannibal Arts Council Children’s Program Committee invites children to attend First Friday Art Adventure from 4-6 pm September 4 where they will view the current exhibit in the gallery, titled AVIARY, to get inspired to create their own bird drawings. The project will be led by local artist and HAC volunteer Jean Meyer.

The Hannibal Arts Council’s next two Arty Party programs will be again led by local artist Brenda Beck Fisher.

The Hannibal Concert Association kicks off its 2015-2016 concert season on September 25. HCA brings a variety of world-class performances to the Hannibal area and has been doing so since 1945. The upcoming season includes a Grammy Award-winning folk music group, an internationally acclaimed trombone quartet, a former “Phantom” on Broadway, an actress/singer who starred in the television show Matlo