Great Value Jesus band leader Noah Renken-Kapatos says the borderline gaslighting of fundraising emails from former President Donald Trump inspired the name of the Bloomington band's new album.
“Grease” is the word, or, at least, that’s the title of the Town of Normal’s high school theater program this year, running weekends through July 2 at the Connie Link Amphitheatre. The program marks a milestone this summer by celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Thousands of Corvettes will fill the Illinois State University campus this weekend as Bloomington Gold returns to its hometown for its 50th anniversary.
Folk-rocker (and WGLT Summer Concert headliner) Lilli Lewis writes about the homeless people and others she describes as "invisible" on her new album "Americana." She said these are the folks who helped picked her up when she was nearly homeless after running away from home.
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival opens this weekend and fulfills a long-awaited promise with the return of “The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged).” The festival favorite, originally scheduled for 2020, finds ISF veterans Thomas Quinn and David Kortemeier batting the Bard’s witty banter around one last time, this time with ISF newbie Adonis Perez-Escobar as their trusty side kick.
Americana singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton once defined professional success as selling out concert venues. That definition changed when success grew into something different and far richer than she had imagined.