On today's episode, the latest Sounds of Summer series features free summer concerts, the Town of Normal marks the site of one of its first Black settlers, a new book tells the story of the Jolliet and Marquette's Mississippi River expedition in 1673, plus a Peoria artist exhibits their textile art at Joe McCauley Gallery.

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