Pat Gaik proposed The Baker's Wife as Prairie Fire Theatre's summer production. Once they heard it, they couldn't say no.

After a decade as the Normal theater company's artistic director, Rhys Lovell has announced he'll step down at the end of next season.

The Bloomington Public Library got the idea to create a 2025 time capsule after finding one from 1977 during the library's renovation project.

Nashville collagist David Wilson hasn't had a solo show in Bloomington-Normal since his MFA thesis at Illinois State. But the community remains an important touchstone of his quarter-century career since then.

Adam Wainwright, a former St. Louis Cardinal, retired in 2023 as the third-winningest pitcher in franchise history. Now, he's a rising country artist who has already debuted at the Grand Ole Opry.

The civic organization Strong Towns BloNo will host a screening of the 2023 documentary based on Harvard University professor Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone."

Normal Public Library officially reopened Friday after a 16-month renovation that added an all-ages makerspace, nursing lounge, and other improvements.

McLean County's namesake town likely has the highest arcade-to-people ratio in the world. And Arcadia is still growing.

The festival's three productions—The Importance of Being Earnest, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet—run in rotation through Aug. 2.

It’s the end of an era for Illinois Wesleyan University’s School of Theatre Arts, which housed a bodiless Aphrodite head on top of their building for more than two decades.

The inaugural event is part of Parks & Recreation Month, a nationwide campaign celebrating active lifestyles in community green spaces.

The theater said a COVID-19 outbreak prompted the cancellation. Ticketholders are encouraged to call the box office after 6 p.m. Thursday to reschedule.