By Jacob Roushia, Beloit Daily News – March 28, 2022 BELOIT—After a welcome return to an in-person film festival, Beloit International Film Festival (BIFF), is kicking off BIFF Year-round on April 6. It will continue to take place every Wednesday, in April, showing different films each week. The cost will be $6 for Read more…
By Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News – March 20, 2022 BELOIT—“Bargain shopping is cheaper than therapy.” That’s what The Cozy Bin Store owner Dollee Magarotto said about the rush customers feel when scooping up items at slashed prices. Lots of bargain hunters were seeking such therapy on Saturday morning. The store already Read more…
By Bill Barth, Beloit Daily News – March 15, 2022 Proposed projects continue successful makeover of Beloit City Center district. Two recent plans promise continued improvements in Beloit’s dynamic downtown redevelopment. Not surprisingly, the improvements will be the result of the commitment to the central commercial district by the Hendricks organization. Judging Read more…
Special to the Daily News – March 14, 2022 BELOIT—His extensive career in Minor League Baseball had Zach Brockman working in coast-to-coast points of the country. Now, he’s embraced the chance to build success near his Midwest hometown. Brockman, 39, who grew up in Homewood, Ill., about 120 miles from Beloit, has Read more…
By Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News – March 7, 2022 BELOIT—2022 will be the year of a full resurgence of Downtown Beloit Association events if you ask DBA Executive Director Shauna El-Amin as small businesses prepare for another bounce back year heading into the spring schedule. The DBA spent 2020 and 2021 helping Read more…
By Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News – March 6, 2022 BELOIT—The credits rolled on the 2022 Beloit International Film Festival, marking a successful year that saw the fest return in full-force after a pandemic-stricken 2021 event. Filmmakers, producers and special guests gathered at Velvet Buffalo in downtown Beloit on Saturday for the annual Read more…
By Austin Montgomery, Beloit Daily News – March 3, 2022 BELOIT—The Beloit International Film Festival wraps up this weekend and organizers say this year’s festival has been a return to form for the popular event as crowds once again came out to support independent filmmakers. BIFF Executive Director Greg Gerard told the Beloit Read more…
By Lynda Wallis, Beloit Daily News – March 3, 2022 BELOIT—Liquid Chef magician Levi Andersen serves up transformative experiences in a glass. “The name 5Bar began as a typo,” Andersen explains while petting Lady Corgi, his adorable 14-month-old bar pup. “I had been joking with a friend about buying a dive bar. The Read more…
By Neil Johnson, Adams Publishing Group – February 27, 2022 BELOIT—As a pileup of a dozen last-minute moviegoers tried to wedge past the will call booth at an already sold-out show at the weekend kickoff of the Beloit International Film Festival, two festival volunteers tried to man the fort in the lobby of Irontek Read more…
By Clint Wolf, Beloit Daily News – February 21, 2022 BELOIT—Films will be showing at seven downtown Beloit venues, offering a wide selection of drama, documentaries, horror and other genres during the 17th Annual Beloit International Film Festival. The film festival, commonly called BIFF, will run from Feb. 25 through March 6. Read more…
