Arts and Culture

Art collectors in central Illinois have a rare opportunity. The agriculture business Growmark is selling off its art collection. Appraisers valued the more than 60 works at more than $90,000.

The holiday season is officially here! We've got a few recommendations for family-friendly ways to celebrate.

Inside Art is WGLT's new video series, featuring central Illinois artists and their craft. The first episode showcases Bloomington musician Nick “Maestro” Jones.

Woo was unable to visit due to a family emergency. Guillén leads the orchestra in her first of two programs, with works by Mozart, Beethoven and Caroline Shaw.

Drummer Mike Felumlee of the Chicago rock band Smoking Popes moved to Bloomington three years ago. The band recently met at a West Bloomington recording studio to lay down tracks for a new album. Smoking Popes plays the Castle Sunday — the band's first Twin City show since 2019.

The long weekend has more than turkey in store for folks clamming to get out there.

For those of you who plan to spend a lot of time in the kitchen on Thanksgiving, the Highway 309 team has you covered.

Illinois State University music professor Justin Vickers' new CD includes world premiere recordings of Benjamin Britten's "Epilogue," and the English translation of "The Poet's Echo," transposed by tenor Peter Pears — Britten's muse and life partner.

The Shuckin' Awesome Holiday Art Market was held Saturday and Sunday at Funk Farms Premium Beef, featuring works by more than 30 artists.

Painter Tracey Frugoli spent decades honing her technique in landscapes and portraiture. Feeling stuck by the pandemic, she leaned on her art therapy training to go a whole new direction. She'll be featured at McLean County Arts Center's Holiday Treasures.

Shirley, Atlanta and McLean, IL teamed up to present a weekend of fun along the Mother Road, anchored by an art fair in Funks Grove.

Experimental musician Stephen Holliger embraces a blossoming collaboration with Stefen Robinson and Nate Hahn, blending piano, electronics, bass clarinet and pedal steel guitar to create a sound he calls "sad cosmic country."