Music Director Steven Larsen and the Rockford Symphony Orchestra present its final concert of the season - with a symphony selected by our community - on Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. This concert is part of the ComEd Classics Series.

In celebration of Earth Month and Arbor Day, the Rockford Park District’s City of Gardens program will host a series of story hours at four locations on Saturday, April 25, 2009. Each family attending the story hour will receive a free copy of the book If I Were a Tree, by Dar Hosta and a free seedling. Books and seedlings will be available on a first-come first-served basis while supplies last.

The Rockford Symphony Youth Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Alison Gaines, presents their final concert of the 2008/09 season at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 24 at the Coronado Performing Arts Center.

Two world premieres, a romantic comedy, and a little Dickensian magic make up the sixth season of professional theater at Artists’ Ensemble, the professional theater in residence at Rockford College.