Time: Saturdays at 8:34 AM and
Sundays at 7:34 AM
Host: Laura Kennedy, GLT Arts Reporter
Each weekend, Laura Kennedy uses the GLT Datebook to highlight a wide variety of events and personalities certain to be of interest to GLT listeners throughout central Illinois.
Tune in Saturday or Sunday mornings for interviews and behind the scenes stories about new art exhibits opening, charity events, new plays in production, new CDs from local artists, community events like The Sugar Creek Arts Festival in Normal, Erin Feis in Peoria, Pioneer Days in Chillicothe and more.
Air Dates: Jan. 3 & 4, 2009
McLean County Arts Center curator Alison Hatcher guides us through an exhibit of paintings by Gerard Erley. http://www.mcac.org/
Air Dates: Dec. 27 & 28, 2008
Artist Herb Eaton discusses his latest work.
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Air Dates: Dec. 20 & 21, 2008
Kristin McKenzie from Lakeview Musuem in Peoria discusses the Picasso, Matisse, Chagall exhibit. http://www.lakeview-museum.org/
Air Dates: Dec. 13 & 14, 2008
Jazz pianist Tim Green talks about his new CD.
Air Dates: Dec. 6 & 7, 2008
Ron Frazier details the upcoming, first-ever Christmas Around the Mansion Tour of Homes. http://djna.org/
Air Dates: Nov. 29 & 30, 2008
Ron Keiswetter previews the upcoming concert by the vocal ensemble Cantus Novus.
Air Dates: Nov. 22 & 23, 2008
Tina Sipula from The Clare House talks about the shortages at the food pantry.
The Festival of the Trees (mp3)
Air Dates: Nov. 15 & 16, 2008
Pete Moore from the Baby Fold previews the upcoming holiday-themed fundraiser.http://www.thebabyfold.org/fot/index.html
Air Dates: Nov. 8 & 9, 2008
Sandra Zielinski, director of The Clean House at Heartland Theatre, discusses the play.
Air Dates: Nov. 1 & 2, 2008
Retired ISU music professor David Williams describes his new multi-media project.
Air Dates: Oct. 25 & 26, 2008
Magician Matthew Holtzclaw talks about why magic should be scary.
Air Dates: Oct. 18 & 19, 2008
Tom Marko from the ISU School of Music describes the upcoming jazz concert.
Air Dates: Oct. 11 & 12, 2008
Eric Jome from ISU's Media Relations discusses a number of the upcoming events during ISU's homecoming week. http://www.ilstu.edu/
Hunter Oaks Equestrian Competition (mp3)
Air Dates: Oct. 4 & 5, 2008
Sandy Mercier of Hunter Oaks Equestrian Center http://www.hunteroaksfarm.com/ gives an inside look at the sport of Eventing prior to the upcoming competition.
Air Dates: Sept. 27 & 28, 2008
Candace Summers from the McLean County Museum of History http://www.mchistory.org/ in Bloomington reveals how the dead live again on the Evergreen Cemetary Discovery Walk.
Air Dates: Sept. 20 & 21
Hear how the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is raising funds this fall. http://www.lightthenight.org/
Air Dates: Sept. 13 & 14, 2008
A new art gallery in downtown Bloomington has a twist. Take a tour and discover it. http://www.maingallery404.com/
Spirits of Bloomington Tour (mp3)
Air Dates: Sept. 6 & 7, 2008
FInd out just how haunted downtown Bloomington is with the hosts of the Spirits of Bloomington http://www.spiritsofbloomington.com/ tour.
Air Dates: August 30 & 31, 2008
Hear how an upcoming fundraiser will help the Sumatran Tigers at Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington. http://www.cityblm.org/department.asp?dep_id=3038&menuid=2801
Air Dates: August 23 & 24, 2008
The Datebook charts the trajectory of rising jazz star and Twin Cities native, Adam Larson. http://www.adamlarsonjazz.com/
Air Dates: August 16 & 17, 2008
Hear how bulldozers can raise funds for the Community Cancer Center. http://www.cancercenter.org/
Air Dates: August 9 & 10, 2008
Jeff Machota previews the upcoming concert at the Canopy Club in Urbana. http://www.canopyclub.com/canopy.php
Air Dates: August 2 & 3, 2008
Taste of Peoria http://www.peoriaevents.com/ chair Becky Cassidy previews the upcoming food-centric event.
Home Sweet Home Fundraiser (mp3)
Air Dates: July 26 & 27, 2008
Sabrina Burkiewicz of Home Sweet Home explains their new fundraising event. http://www.hshministries.org/
Air Dates: July 19 & 20, 2008
ISU's own Tom Marko discusses his upcoming concert.
Air Dates: July 12 & 13, 2008
Kymberly Harris http://www.kymberlyharris.com/ talks about her acting school, TheatresCool.
Poetry Crawl (mp3)
Air Dates: July 5 & 6, 2008
Poet Kathleen Kirk talks about the poetry crawl she's leading through the Sugar Creek Arts Festival.
"Curiouser and curiouser" (mp3)
Air Dates: June 28 & 29, 2008
Curator Alison Hatcher describes the new exhibit at the McLean County Arts Center in Bloomington.
Deb Alley, Illinois Shakespeare Festival (mp3)
Air Dates: June 21 & 22, 2008
Hear about the new Shakespeare Season from Illinois Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director, Deb Alley.
Glorious Garden Festival (mp3)
Air Dates: June 14 & 15, 2008
Tour Sarah Davis' historical garden at the David Davis Mansion.
Jonathan Konya (mp3)
Air Dates: June 7 & 8, 2008
Meet Jonathon Konya from the band The Belleville Outfit
TAPS Fundraiser (mp3)
Air Dates: May 31 & June 1, 2008
Hear how rock music is at the center of the next TAPS animal shelter fundraiser.
Junction City Art Festival (mp3)
Air Dates: May 24 & 25, 2008
Get a preview of the upcoming Junction City Art Fest in Peoria.
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