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TASTING: Indulge in a delightful evening of decadence at the chocolate wine tasting and decide for yourself how the two go together at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, at The ....
PEORIA After a lot of wrestling and sweating by work crews, a massive and infamous painting has been maneuvered to a new home. Nymphs and Satyr, the risque artwork that almost got whacked by Carrie Nation s hatchet, is now on display at WTVP, 101 State St., Peoria s Public Broadcasting Service station. The move of the cumbersome piece brings the 9- by 12-foot painting back into the public eye after years of oft-darkness. I m just thrilled we have the space to put it up, said Lesley Matuszak, CEO of the station. It s enormous. So is its value as a curious and bawdy chunk of Peoria history. ....