Datebook
Saturdays and Sundays at 8:35 a.m. and 9:35 a.m.
Datebook features interviews and behind-the-scenes reports about new art exhibits, music releases and live performances, theater productions, and other community and charity events taking place throughout the listening area.
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Latest Datebook stories
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The American Idol finalist who dazzled Uptown Normal returns for her official Castle Theatre debut. -
Indoors or out, there's plenty to do over the long weekend. -
Playwright Tracy Letts' "The Minutes" centers on a single city council meeting in small town America — asking the biggest, hardest questions there are. -
In bringing James and the Giant Peach to life for Community Players, director Ashleigh Rae-Lynn had to think outside the box—just like James. -
Nearly 35 hot air balloons take flight over Lincoln this weekend. A companion art fair, now in its fourth year, convenes artists to sell their wares. -
Delta blues band Mississippi Heat and smooth jazz trio 3 Central headline Jazz UpFront's annual block party. -
Keg Grove Brewing Co. partnered with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra for a blended event. -
Inside Out Accessible Art and a variety of community organizations offer art projects inspired by nature at an interactive festival in Miller Park. -
The five-piece band, led by brothers Russell and Everett Moore and Ken Anderson, makes its Twin City debut on Aug. 17 as co-headliners with Chicago's Mississippi Heat. -
Downtown Bloomington will be bustling this weekend with First Friday and Pridefest. And Deep End Tap at Eastland Suites hosts comedian Ryan Singer for this month's pop-up comedy club, The Cackle Shack.
