Heartland Theatre Company brings Venus in Fur, by David Ives, to Bloomington-Normal for its 39th season opener. Kathleen Kirk directs the play, a comedy with a sharp message about gender equality.

Waiting Room Records is hosting its 4th annual free music fest, 'We’re Just Trying to Do Something Nice, Okay?' at the Connie Link Amphitheater at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30. The show will raise donations to support Clover’s Cat Club, an animal rescue service in Normal.

The Sunflower Days Festival at Rader Family Farms in Normal is for the community to admire, take photos and pick their favorite flowers.

Jen Bervin's first career survey was stunted by the COVID-19 pandemic. University Galleries has decided "Shift Rotate Reflect" deserved another chance. The show runs Aug. 15 to Dec. 10.

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

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.

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.

MIOpera returns to Bloomington-Normal for its first full-length performance in the Twin Cities in two years. "Nunsense" exemplifies the company's desire to be more "portable," bringing opera to several communities across Central Illinois.

Bloomington-based rapper and hip-hop artist Darīus will showcase new music at Make Music Normal later this month. Ahead of the show, Williams talks to WGLT about his journey in music.