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Area Irish pubs are bringing out all the stops for St. Patrick's Day, with beer and whiskey flights, Irish music and dance, corned beef and cabbage and bagpipers galore.
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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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Normal First United Methodist Church music director Nander Novaes will play a solo recital of classical guitar works, starting at 7 p.m. Friday. The concert features Brazilian composers — with cookies to follow.
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Chicago-based journalist Catalina Maria Johnson will use music illustrations as a way of understanding the history, roots, and concerns of Latinos in this land when she appears at the Normal Public Library on Saturday, Aug. 6.
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Lauran Bryant painted the mural of a gnarled and craggy mulberry tree a dozen years ago when Uptown Normal was torn up and in the middle of a revitalization plan.
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The Bloomington-based blues-rockin' band Old Smoke continues its music evolution despite key band member Adam Humphreys moving to Georgia.
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You might not think opera and the #MeToo movement have much in common, but MIOpera director Tracy Koch says the latest production of "Carmen" is about a woman who takes control of her own life. WGLT stopped by a rehearsal to talk to Koch and learn more about opera's sultriest leading lady.
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The Illinois Shakespeare Festival is back to pre-pandemic operations with “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” opening the season in June and, through Aug. 5, a rotation of “King Lear” and “Much Ado About Nothing” — both well worth seeing.
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This year’s lineup features the musical acts, Lonestar and Sara Evans (on acoustics), as well as "Madagascar the Musical" to finish off the season.
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A student group that aims to foster diversity brought artists of all types and from various backgrounds to Uptown Normal for a cultural arts event on Friday night.
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There’s the magic of theater, and then there’s theater about magic. Community Players latest production, “Matilda The Musical,” has both. The production runs through July 31 at Community Players, with antics galore and a few optical illusions that will, above all, remind you of the power kids have.
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Ahead of the Black Dirt Music Festival in Bloomington this weekend, Chris Vos of the Record Company digs into his story growing up on a Wisconsin dairy farm.