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Keg Grove Brewing Co. partnered with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra for a blended event.
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Organizers with the McLean County Museum of History cited rising costs, limited actor availability and changing audience needs among the challenges facing the 30-year-old outdoor theater program.
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In transferring the scary movie 'Carrie' to the stage, as a musical, there are some challenges. Like that one scene near the end when, in a horribly cruel prank, Carrie White gets splattered with pig blood at a high school homecoming.
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Uptown will be full of art—inside and out, with a new exhibition at University Galleries during Sugar Creek Arts Festival. And the Midwest Toy and Comic Fest moves to Parke Regency for its second year.
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Fairgoers have chowed down on various forms of copi, better known until last year as Asian carp, the invasive fish that has wreaked havoc on Illinois ecosystems. Copi rangoon, sliders or empanadas, anyone?
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It's said that good writing is the soul of radio. A Bloomington-Normal boy made good exemplifies that adage.
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In honor of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop on Aug. 11, Highway 309's latest Spotify playlist features music from several genres that have been sampled in hip-hop.
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John P. O’Rourke sailed to victory in 1923, only to later be disqualified on a technicality. Today, his descendants are driven to clinch their own win.
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WGLT's Sounds of Summer series visits Franklin Park for one of the final summer band concerts.
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Good Morning Bedlam has come a long way since its first EP in 2015. You can hear it in the evolution of the recorded music, the increasingly engaging live show, and the willingness to take musical and personnel chances. It’s one thing to be young and excited to hit the road. It’s another to sustain that energy.
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emily the band is the opener for Highway 309 LIVE presented by CEFCU on June 12. Band members Abbey Haste, Cami Proctor, and Emily Antonacci talk about how the band wants to be perceived by its audience, and about being based in Peoria.
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Union Avenue is a Bloomington-Normal based vintage rockabilly trio. Frontman Christopher Myers says vintage is both personal taste and a mission. That includes releasing their debut EP on vinyl only.