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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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,… -
After the atrocities against people of color in 2020, Chicago-based experimental sound artist Allen Moore wanted to find a way to mark the moment.“I think…
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Don't lower your expectations for this year’s Gamma Phi Circus home show just because it’s virtual. Actually, Circus Artistic Director Ivan Stoinev thinks…
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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.…
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A Chicago-based artist ventured into the wild to gather inspiration for her latest exhibition. Plumbing the depths of lakes around the world,…
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It’s brutally cold outside. There’s a foot of snow adding to the misery. Oh, and the pandemic. Charming. But one local artist steadfastly has embraced an…
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A venerable member of the Bloomington-Normal theater community is branching out with a new role that, on its surface, seems like something brand new. But…
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Last year, the Illinois Shakespeare Festival was obliged to pull the plug on its season due to the pandemic.The hope was the already-planned 2020 season…
