City Life Bloomington

The struggling Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts and Grossinger Motors Arena came under new shared management over a year ago. Director of Arts and Entertainment Anthony Nelson was given a strict mandate to start turning a profit. Recent sellouts at the BCPA are signs of a turnaround.

Andrew Held decided to devote his life to youth outreach after witnessing two troubling incidents in Bloomington during 2011.Shots rang out as Held, then…