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Spring blooms are fleeting—catch them while you can on a walk led by ParkLands Foundation naturalists.
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The four-day celebration of creativity called ReggieCon begins Saturday at Illinois State University, featuring creators and creative thinkers from campus and beyond.
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Alejandro Gómez Guillén replaces Naomi Woo, who withdrew her candidacy to focus on other professional opportunities.
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Composer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Henderson aimed to capture the diversity and complexity of the Midwest while in residence at the University of Iowa — starting with a star-studded 1959 music tour riddled by a national tragedy.
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The title track to Olustee is inspired by cross-generational wildfires near JJ Grey's northeast Florida home.
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Gamma Phi Circus presents The Magic of Musicals, and the spring edition of Record Store Day includes a Coffeehound pop-up at Waiting Room Records in Uptown Normal.
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With thousands of hours in front of live audiences, the instrumental trio Inktrail settled on nine original songs for their debut titular album.
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Tickets sold out in 48 hours to the former SNL star's comedy tour, set to land in Bloomington on June 14.
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India Nicole Burton's Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation was praised in Chicago, where Myesha-Tiara directed the immersive play in a converted office space. Now, Tiara sets the play in a church rec room with local actors.
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Music director candidate Tania Miller leads the Illinois Symphony for her second of two engagements. And Eureka College tackles a Pulitzer-nominated Sarah DeLappe play done recently by Illinois Wesleyan.
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This year marks the 10th anniversary of Normal's flagship music fest, Make Music Normal.
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The Project XV Museum had hoped to be open by now. Saturday's gala is aimed at raising funds to continue making progress on 4,000 square feet of exhibit space, including David Strother's historic barber shop.