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<strong>Jerusalem Marketplace, </strong>10 a.m. to noon April 7, First Evangelical Covenant Church, 316 Wood Road, Rockford. Free admission. Explore authentic marketplace shops, sample food and discover more about life when Jesus walked the earth. Shops change every year. 815-398-4247; <u><strong><a href="http://firstcovonline.org">firstcovonline.org</a></strong></u>.</p><p>
<strong>Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra and Massed Choirs &#8212; &#8220;Songs of the World,&#8221;</strong> 7:30 p.m. April 27, Court Street United Methodist Church, 215 N. Court St., Rockford. Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra and Music Director Stephen Squires will join with soprano Jonita Lattimore, baritone Robert Sims, and singers from the Mendelssohn Chorale, Rock Valley Children&#8217;s Choirs, and Belvidere High School Choir, to present the world premiere of renowned composer Donald Fraser&#8217;s choral and orchestral song cycle &#8220;Songs of the World,&#8221; based on folk music from around the globe. Cost is $25, $5 for students up to age 25; 815-964-9713; <u><strong><a href="http://mendelssohnpac.org">mendelssohnpac.org</a></strong></u>.</p><p>
<strong>StepCrew, Irish and Canadian stepdancing and tap, </strong>accompanied by fiddling and presented by the Rockford Coronado Concert Association, 7:30 p.m. April 20, Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 N. Main St., Rockford. Cost is $30, $15 for full-time students. 815-968-0595; coronadopac.org.<br />
	Rockford Symphony Orchestra&#8217;s Symphonic Dances, 7:30 p.m. April 21, Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 N. Main St., Rockford. Cost is $18 to $56, $6 for students. 815-965-0049; <u><strong><a href="http://rockfordsymphony.com">rockfordsymphony.com</a></strong></u>.</p><p>
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<strong>Great American Cleanup in Winnebago County, </strong>April 28. As volunteers sign up, Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful assigns them to work in areas and communities near them. Last year, nearly 1,700 volunteers collected more than 100,000 pounds of litter and debris in the area and cleaned up 208 miles of streets and roadways. Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful will also make available gloves and trash pickup bags for volunteers. Call 815-637-1343 to register your efforts and for more information, and visit <u><strong><a href="http://knib.org">knib.org</a></strong></u>.</p>
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	We&#8217;re sharing a few here today. For hundreds more activities for the next several months, go to the Events Calendar at rrstar.com/go. There, you also can add your group&#8217;s events.<br />
	<br />
	<strong>&#8220;Menopause The Musical,&#8221;</strong> will be at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 N. Main St., Rockford. The comedic musical is set to tunes from the 1960s to the 1980s. Tickets cost $47 and $42. They are available at 815-968-0595, <u><strong><a href="http://coronadopac.org">coronadopac.org</a></strong></u> and the box office.<br />
	<br />
	<strong>Paris Bennett Live, with special guests Cameron and Fatally Unique, </strong>featuring the &#8220;American Idol&#8221; finalist with Rockford ties, and &#8220;America&#8217;s Got Talent&#8221; semifinalist dancers Fatally Unique of Rockford, 7 p.m. April 5, Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 N. Main St., Rockford. Free. Also making guest appearances will be Rockford dance group iiNFAMOUS, dance teams from Auburn and Freeport high schools, Josh Napert, Demooris &#8220;Nuce&#8221; Flannigan. 815-962-9117; <u><strong><a href="http://coronadopac.org">coronadopac.org</a></strong></u>.<br />
	<br />
	<strong>Jerusalem Marketplace, </strong>10 a.m. to noon April 7, First Evangelical Covenant Church, 316 Wood Road, Rockford. Free admission. Explore authentic marketplace shops, sample food and discover more about life when Jesus walked the earth. Shops change every year. 815-398-4247; <u><strong><a href="http://firstcovonline.org">firstcovonline.org</a></strong></u>.<br />
	<br />
	<strong>Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra and Massed Choirs &#8212; &#8220;Songs of the World,&#8221;</strong> 7:30 p.m. April 27, Court Street United Methodist Church, 215 N. Court St., Rockford. Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra and Music Director Stephen Squires will join with soprano Jonita Lattimore, baritone Robert Sims, and singers from the Mendelssohn Chorale, Rock Valley Children&#8217;s Choirs, and Belvidere High School Choir, to present the world premiere of renowned composer Donald Fraser&#8217;s choral and orchestral song cycle &#8220;Songs of the World,&#8221; based on folk music from around the globe. Cost is $25, $5 for students up to age 25; 815-964-9713; <u><strong><a href="http://mendelssohnpac.org">mendelssohnpac.org</a></strong></u>.<br />
	<br />
	<strong>StepCrew, Irish and Canadian stepdancing and tap, </strong>accompanied by fiddling and presented by the Rockford Coronado Concert Association, 7:30 p.m. April 20, Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 N. Main St., Rockford. Cost is $30, $15 for full-time students. 815-968-0595; coronadopac.org.<br />
	Rockford Symphony Orchestra&#8217;s Symphonic Dances, 7:30 p.m. April 21, Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 N. Main St., Rockford. Cost is $18 to $56, $6 for students. 815-965-0049; <u><strong><a href="http://rockfordsymphony.com">rockfordsymphony.com</a></strong></u>.<br />
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	<br />
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