Arts and Cultural Events
So you decided on southern Illinois for a little getaway. Wonderful choice! Hiking. Check Waterfalls . Everywhere Wine and Sun. Oh ya Zipline Adventure . Down the road Museums, Performing Arts and Entertainment Venues . Of course! The awesomeness of the "off the trail" events and entertainment along the Shawnee Hills Wine country deserves its own blog and we'll take you along to some of our favorites at another time. We're going closer to "town" for this one. Within reach when you stay in southern Illinois is an abundance of top notch staging platforms as a backdrop to local artisans, musical performances, and galleries. Some of the bigger venues are centered around Carbondale and Marion. Carbondale The University Museum at SIU. The museum has been a repository of artifacts since 1874. Not only does it have a beautiful outdoor sculpture garden (sit under the magnolia during spring!), insid...