Alex Harrison Photography Kali Shine and her husband, Zach, got married at the Ewing Cultural Center last summer. The couple split up their wedding into a small ceremony with close family and friends, followed by a larger party with their full 125-person guest list to keep loved ones safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic forced many couples to cancel or postpone their wedding days. Wedding season is ramping back up as safety guidelines ease and couples get tired of waiting. Ceremonies still might look different than they did before, but those walking down the aisle are OK with that.
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Last year, the Illinois Shakespeare Festival was obliged to pull the plug on its season due to the pandemic.
The hope was the already-planned 2020 season could be simply transferred to 2021, once the virus subsided. But with restrictions still in place, that plan was not to be. But the festival is forging ahead with a new plan for a season like no other.
“The season will look different,” explained Festival Artistic Director John Stark. “We’ve had to streamline and rethink things. Given all the restraints and restrictions that COVID-19 has brought upon all of us in the world, we’re moving ahead with the season and plan to be within the restrictions that are within Phase 4 of the Illinois plan.”
PEORIA â In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called âthe beginning of the endâ of the pandemic.
The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United States. Early studies have shown that after two doses that are given 21 days apart, the vaccine is 95% effective in preventing the disease.
PEORIA â In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called âthe beginning of the endâ of the pandemic.
The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United States. Early studies have shown that after two doses that are given 21 days apart, the vaccine is 95% effective in preventing the disease.