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Lauren Warnecke/WGLTMatt Jagitsch draws lifelike portraits and wildlife using white-on-black technique called reverse drawing. Rick Decorie takes his camera to Midwest junk yards in search of old cars and architectural artifacts. Both spent decades in different fields. Their concurrent solo shows at their McLean County Art Center prove any time is the right time to kick-start an art career. -
Heartland TheatreDirector Tom Dzurison debuts "The Lifespan of a Fact" at Heartland Theatre Company on Feb. 2. The play, based on a 2012 book of the same name, is about an overzealous "essayist" and the fact-checker of a struggling publication assigned to review his not-quite-true article.
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Community Players Theatre presents the company premiere of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Sweat." The production runs Jan. 6-15 in Bloomington. -
Looking for last-minute gift ideas? Two new poetry collections by Bloomington-Normal artists may be just what you need for a cozy holiday at home.
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The Illinois Symphony's popular "Holiday Pops in the Heartland" comes to Illinois State University's Concert Hall Saturday with a combined orchestra, joining players from Bloomington-Normal Youth Symphony, Springfield Choral Society and more.
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Lexington sculptor talks community-supported art, a scrap metal elephant — and running for presidentWe caught up with Kasey Wells, a Lexington scrap metal artist who campaigned for president in 2020 toting a large scrap metal elephant sculpture around the U.S.
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As a young rocker known for his searing guitar solos, Bloomington native Matthew Curry opened for some of rock music’s GOATs like the Steve Miller Band and Peter Frampton. His 2019 album “Open Road” marked a shift toward songwriting as Curry immersed himself in Nashville’s music scene. He plays Friday night at the Castle Theatre in Bloomington.
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The holidays are officially here, and two long-standing Twin City traditions are just the thing to take your family’s ho-ho-ho to the next level. WGLT's Lauren Warnecke visited Community Players and the Bloomington Center for the Arts as they made final preparations for their holiday revues.
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With a third work, Jacques Ibert’s 1956 “Hommage a Mozart,” Saturday evening's concert creates a chronology of three generations of canonical composers.
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It has almost been a year since Stephen Sondheim passed away, which makes Illinois Wesleyan's production of "Sunday in the Park with George" very timely.
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Heartland Theatre Company's latest production tells the story of four women who made waves during the French Revolution — and paid the ultimate price. Lauren Gunderson's dark comedy, "The Revolutionists," is being performed through Nov. 19 in Normal.
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Guest conductor Rei Hotoda leads the Illinois Symphony in “Virtuosic Voices,” kicking off the 2022-23 season Oct. 15 at Illinois State University’s Center for the Performing Arts. The engagement is the first since Ken Lam's departure and a move to Illinois State University after nearly two decades in downtown Bloomington.
