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The Next Picture Show Community Arts Center The Next Picture Show (TNPS) is a non-profit fine arts center located in the heart of Dixon, Illinois

๐Ÿท ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„'๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€!Five wines. One blind tasting. A little friendly competition. And a...
10/16/2026

๐Ÿท ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„'๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€!

Five wines. One blind tasting. A little friendly competition. And a whole lot of fun!

๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช, ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜. ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ at The Next Picture Show for a relaxed evening of sipping, sampling, and discovering new favorites.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ $65 per person | 21+
๐Ÿท Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Make your Pour Decision tonight!
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ https://swiy.co/PourDecisions

**eTasting

10/08/2026

๐ŸŒพ ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ โ€” ENTRY DEADLINE OCT. 17!
๐™๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™—๐™š๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™š!

The prairie is more than wide-open spaces. It's wildlife, wildflowers, native grasses, changing skies, intricate details, and endless artistic inspiration.

The Next Picture Show Community Arts Center invites artists to explore these possibilities in ๐Ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ž, our upcoming juried exhibition celebrating the prairies of the Midwest.

๐ŸŽจ It's not just about landscape painting! We welcome original 2-D and 3-D work, including photography, sculpture, mixed media, and more. ๐™‹๐™ก๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ are especially encouraged to enter!

๐Ÿ“… Entry deadline: OCT. 17
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Exhibition: Oct. 28โ€“Nov. 14
๐Ÿ“ The Next Picture Show | Dixon, IL

Artists, show us YOUR interpretation of the prairie!

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScECF4genk2rmlAl2xjhkWFg19rt6sKA3bjiOTtFo1J4lgWCQ/viewform

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๐Ÿท ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ?Join us Saturday, Oct. 17 for TNPSโ€™ 5th Annual W**e Tastingโ€”a relaxed night featurin...
09/26/2026

๐Ÿท ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ?
Join us Saturday, Oct. 17 for TNPSโ€™ 5th Annual W**e Tastingโ€”a relaxed night featuring five wines from around the world, a fun blind tasting, refreshments and a little friendly competition.

Find a favorite? Featured wines will also be available to order at reduced prices for holiday entertaining and gift giving.

๐ŸŽŸ $65 per person | 21+ | Limited seating
๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜: swiy.co/PourDecisions

Visit Lee County **eTasting Discover Dixon

๐ŸŒพ ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ | "๐™Š๐™‰ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™‹๐™๐˜ผ๐™„๐™๐™„๐™€"Big skies. Tall grasses. Wildflowers. Changing light. What does the prairie inspire...
09/20/2026

๐ŸŒพ ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ | "๐™Š๐™‰ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™‹๐™๐˜ผ๐™„๐™๐™„๐™€"

Big skies. Tall grasses. Wildflowers. Changing light. What does the prairie inspire you to create?

The Next Picture Show Community Arts Center is calling for original 2-D and 3-D artwork inspired by prairie landscapes throughout the Midwest for our upcoming On the Prairie Art Exhibition.

๐ŸŽจ Plein air painters are especially encouraged to enter! Work created on location or back in the studio is welcome, along with painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media and more.

๐Ÿ“… Application deadline: Oct. 17, 2026
๐Ÿ–ผ Exhibition: Oct. 28โ€“Nov. 14
๐Ÿ“ The Next Picture Show | Dixon, IL

๐‘จ๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’”, ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’–๐’” ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’“๐’Š๐’†. Apply here: https://swiy.co/OnThePrairie

Enjoy Illinois

๐ŸŽจ ๐๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ!TNPS offers ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ญ-๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ sessions: ๐‘ถ๐™ž๐’/๐‘จ๐™˜๐’“๐™ฎ๐’๐™ž๐’„ ๐’˜๐™ž๐’•๐™ ๐™Ž๐’•๐™ช๐’‚๐™ง๐’• ๐‘น๐™ค๐’…๐™™๐’š on Tuesday evenings and ๐™’๐™–๐™ฉ...
09/20/2026

๐ŸŽจ ๐๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ!

TNPS offers ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ญ-๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ sessions: ๐‘ถ๐™ž๐’/๐‘จ๐™˜๐’“๐™ฎ๐’๐™ž๐’„ ๐’˜๐™ž๐’•๐™ ๐™Ž๐’•๐™ช๐’‚๐™ง๐’• ๐‘น๐™ค๐’…๐™™๐’š on Tuesday evenings and ๐™’๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™š ๐™Ž๐™๐™š๐™™๐™ค๐™จ๐™ ๐™ฎ on Saturday mornings.

And hereโ€™s the good part: your six classes donโ€™t have to be consecutive. Miss a week or two? Come back and pick up where you left off!

$99 TNPS members | $125 non-members
๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ & ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: https://www.nextpictureshow.org/classes/

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๐ŸŽจ ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† โ€œ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’Ž ๐‘ฐ ๐’…๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ?โ€ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’„.Join Sue Shedosky for a flexible 6-class watercolor sessions are now u...
09/19/2026

๐ŸŽจ ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† โ€œ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’Ž ๐‘ฐ ๐’…๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ?โ€ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’„.

Join Sue Shedosky for a flexible 6-class watercolor sessions are now underway! Let's get signed up. ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐™€๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข 10 ๐™–.๐™ข. ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฃ. Not signed up yet and want to be part of the class today? Pay when you come in. Not a problem!!!

๐Ÿ’ง 6 classes
๐Ÿ’ง $99 TNPS members | $125 non-members
๐Ÿ’ง ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ + ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€: swiy.co/SueShedosky

Come paint. Sue will help with the rest.

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We are proud and grateful to have the Lee County Farm Bureau as the sponsor of our upcoming ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป...
09/15/2026

We are proud and grateful to have the Lee County Farm Bureau as the sponsor of our upcoming ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป! ๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŽจ

This partnership provides valuable support for artist cash awards, publicity, live entertainment, and more.

๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ, Lee County Farm Bureau!

๐Ÿ† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป!Congratulations to ๐—•๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ of Morrison, Illinois, whose oil painting "๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต" has bee...
09/10/2026

๐Ÿ† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป!

Congratulations to ๐—•๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ of Morrison, Illinois, whose oil painting "๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต" has been selected as the Peopleโ€™s Choice Award winner for ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ! ๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŸ

Thank you to everyone who visited the exhibition and cast a vote for a favorite. And congratulations again to Bill and all of this yearโ€™s award-winning artists!

๐™’๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™š๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก?
Meet all the ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ award winners at:
https://www.nextpictureshow.org/news/tnps-announces-all-the-worlds-a-stage-award-winners/

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๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŽถ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!Artists, friends and gallery guests filled TNPS for the opening reception of ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ...
09/09/2026

๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŽถ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

Artists, friends and gallery guests filled TNPS for the opening reception of ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, and it was wonderful to see the gallery buzzing again.

A big thank-you to everyone who joined us, to our sponsor The Dixon: Historic Theatre, to exhibition ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, and to ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ โ€” Kathy Cecchetti and Nichole Miller โ€” for providing the eveningโ€™s live music. And, of course, thank you to all of the artists who filled the gallery with such a terrific variety of work.

๐Ÿ“ธ Here are a few scenes from the evening!

Havenโ€™t seen the show yet? All the Worldโ€™s a Stage continues through Sept. 19, Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is freeโ€”and ๐™‹๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐˜พ๐™๐™ค๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ.

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113 W. First Street
Dixon, IL
61021

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Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

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