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Where were you when it happened? That is what Normal Public Library is asking McLean County residents as the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches. An immersive exhibit is on public view in the library’s gallery from Sept. 7-30.

Gamma Phi Circus is returning to the Sweet Corn Circus Festival this weekend in Uptown Normal.

The new play, "The Hologram in the Mirror," premieres Friday evening in central Illinois and runs through Sunday. It posits artificial intelligence will disrupt the arts.

Booze and jazz music are common bedfellows. Rarer is the pairing of jazz with craft beer in a family-friendly environment. Saturday in Uptown Normal, Medici revives its popular street festival dedicated to all three with live bands, craft brews, food and fun for the whole family.

Illinois Art Station's new facility at 101 E. Vernon Ave. in Normal opens in September, with plans for a Pop Into IAS artmaking event and grand opening celebration and fundraiser.

Illinois Art Station's new facility at 101 E. Vernon Ave. in Normal opens in September, with plans for a Pop Into IAS artmaking event and grand opening celebration and fundraiser.

"The Barber of Seville" has been popular for 300 years give or take. The play was in 1775. Mozart did it and then Rossini did it in 1814. Now, MIOpera is doing it in Bloomington-Normal on Aug. 7 at Heartland Community College's Astroth auditorium.

A four-woman rock band from New Jersey hits it big in the 1960s. A Baltimore teen realizes his dream of dancing on the Corny Collins show. Don’t worry, Broadway fans — we know that’s not the way "Jersey Boys" and "Hairspray" are traditionally cast.

Sisters Amber Rutledge and Alicia Bunting love bees. And they’re hoping after paying a visit to their honey farm in Heyworth, you will, too.

The David Davis Mansion in Bloomington marks 25 years of sharing the best of gardens and gardening in McLean County with the Glorious Gardens Festival July 16-17.