Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts

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.

On Monday, the Bloomington City Council OK’d a $1.5 million contract with G.A. Rich & Sons, Inc. to handle chemical system improvements at the facility.

The women's storytelling event will expand to other states next year, with the national director telling WGLT she tested the Champaign-area event in Bloomington-Normal to see if it had traveling potential. Turns out, it did.

The Illinois Symphony Orchestra (ISO) will change venues this fall, moving its main concert series in the Twin Cities to Illinois State University’s Center for Performing Arts after nearly two decades at the downtown Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.

Bloomington's city manager said a search for a director of both the arena and the Center for the Performing Arts is taking longer than hoped, and it might be time for a new approach.

This year’s lineup features the musical acts, Lonestar and Sara Evans (on acoustics), as well as "Madagascar the Musical" to finish off the season.

In 1974, in the wake of the Stonewall Riots, a few ballet enthusiasts formed Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, a satirical ballet company born out of New York City’s drag scene. Lovingly known as the Trocks, the company’s hilarious takes on classic ballets are performed en travesti, with men dancing all the roles and donning tutus, tights and very large pointe shoes.

The Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts has lost three of its top staffers this year.

Bessie. Billie. And Nina. As dynamic vocalists, these women were pioneers on several fronts, and their legacies are taking center stage in the show "Bessie, Billie, & Nina - Pioneering Women in Jazz," which will be coming to the Bloomington Center for Performing on Wednesday night.

Bessie. Billie. And Nina. As dynamic vocalists, these women were pioneers on several fronts, and their legacies are taking center stage in the show "Bessie, Billie, & Nina - Pioneering Women in Jazz," which will be coming to the Bloomington Center for Performing on Wednesday night.