Plenty to see and plenty for free in East Central Illinois
By Melissa Merli
Thursday July 17, 2008
Vanda Bidwell/The News-Gazette
Rosie Ledet and The Zydeco Playboys play at a free concert July 11 at the University of Illinois Research Park. The park will host two more free concerts this summer.
With the cost of gas, airfare, food and everything else going north, many Americans are staying put and spending less on entertainment.
That doesn't mean, though, that you have to park yourself in front of a television set. There are plenty of things to do for free in East Central Illinois, among them concerts that would carry a pretty hefty ticket fee in most cities.
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