Datebook

The Normal Theater has shown thousands and thousands of films since it opened 88 years ago. But one galactic trilogy has never graced the iconic Uptown marquee.

The concert concludes Logan Campbell's second full year on the podium after decades of leadership by Deanne Bryant. Campbell sought to keep the positive culture of the youth orchestra — while upping the rigor and repertoire.

A plethora of Easter egg hunts are on tap for the weekend, plus the tail end of Heartland Theatre's living room comedy 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.'

Photographer and filmmaker Jason Lindsey first started sugar making during the pandemic as a way to get over the winter-spring hump. The centuries' old practice is threatened by climate change — capturing in his short film, 'It's Time.'

Ecology Action Center has organized two service days this Earth Month cleaning up plastic waste in McLean County. The first is this Saturday at ISU Farm in Lexington.

Music was on the back burner for the Redbird goal-tender until a few years ago. Jenny Scara is now all in, forging a career in Chicago.

It's been a busy year for ISU bands. Their latest collaboration invites a Chicago mariachi band onstage with the Wind Symphony for Sunday's concert.

Through a partnership with Illinois Libraries Present, you can stream a documentary on the workplace equity movement that inspired the feature film 9 to 5.

For the second year in a row, Nomad Theatre Company has created mini pop-up performances depicting historic female icons.

"You survive because you're interested in surviving," said Suzanne Vega, a Grammy-winning platinum recording artist who has navigated some of the music industry's most consequential inflection points—including starting her own label. Vega performs at the Castle Theatre in Bloomington on March 20.