Biographer and historian Guy Fraker will give a talk about Ann Rutledge, rumored to be Abraham Lincoln's first sweetheart.

The two full-time staff members of the Normal nonprofit hoped to keep their jobs as it transitioned to the town's Cultural Arts Department. Neither was hired.

The Normal Theater has shown thousands and thousands of films since it opened 88 years ago. But one galactic trilogy has never graced the iconic Uptown marquee.

Founders of Nomad Theatre Company preview an upcoming event happening this weekend featuring AI-generated performance prompts.

The Twin City theater company committed to works by, for and about diverse audiences includes its second production of India Nicole Burton's work and a workshop production of Gaby Labotka's Rare Wolves, directed by the playwright.

The concert concludes Logan Campbell's second full year on the podium after decades of leadership by Deanne Bryant. Campbell sought to keep the positive culture of the youth orchestra — while upping the rigor and repertoire.

A plethora of Easter egg hunts are on tap for the weekend, plus the tail end of Heartland Theatre's living room comedy 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.'

Amy Kurzweil's graphic memoir "Artificial: A Love Story" centers around a chatbot built with her father, inventor Ray Kurzweil, to "talk" to her late grandfather. Kurzweil gave Wednesday's keynote at the AI and the Humanities conference at ISU.

Brendan Hunt, one of Illinois State University’s most accomplished theater grads, is back on campus — the place that helped inspire his breakout character on the TV series Ted Lasso.

Illinois Wesleyan University's future Petrick Idea Center had a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday where several guest speakers discussed what the center will provide for the campus and local community.

Photographer and filmmaker Jason Lindsey first started sugar making during the pandemic as a way to get over the winter-spring hump. The centuries' old practice is threatened by climate change — capturing in his short film, 'It's Time.'

Cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities could have a trickle-down effect on Illinois museums, history programs and higher education.