Datebook
Saturday 8:34AM and Sunday 7:34AM
WGLT's Breanna Grow highlights a wide variety of events and personalities certain to be of interest to listeners in central Illinois. The program 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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Musical theater fans are no doubt eager for the return of live performances. In the meantime, Prairie Fire Theatre Artistic Director Bob Mangialardi suggests Bloomington-Normal residents give opera a try. -
Unless it’s Black History Month, or she’s been invited to an exhibition about being a person of color, Brenda Pagan usually discovers she’s the only Black artist in a show.
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It’s been two years since The Honey Chasers last played before a live audience.
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Dust off your top hat and fire up the airship: Cogs & Corset—A Central Illinois Steampunk Happening, is happening June 4-5 in downtown Bloomington.
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The weather is getting warmer. The days are getting longer. The pandemic seems to finally be turning a corner. Maybe you’re thinking of getting back out there and finding something new and exciting to kick off the summer.
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Starting June 1, the works of 53 of Stefen Robinson’s students at Normal Community High School will be featured at University Galleries in Uptown Normal.
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When the pandemic hit, Twin City artist Jim Neeley needed a place to escape to. And he found one.
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At first blush, a pandemic doesn’t sound like a great time to open a gallery. But if there is such a thing as a silver lining when it comes to COVID-19,…
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At first blush, a pandemic doesn’t sound like a great time to open a gallery. But if there is such a thing as a silver lining when it comes to COVID-19,…
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Artistic inspiration can spring from many things, including very difficult questions. The community art show, “What’s So Good About Good Friday?” explores…
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The small details of everyday domestic life never escape artist Ashley Jude Jonas. Her appreciation of delicate objects, fleeting light, and momentary…
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In 1927, Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic. President Clavin Coolidge announced he would not run for re-election.…
