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Retired Heartland Community College professor Tom Clemens talks to WGLT about his longtime obsession with Scandinavian painting, and a recent foray into landscapes. Clemens' painting, Trout Stream, appears in the 97th annual amateur exhibition at McLean County Arts Center, which opens this weekend.
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Artist David Dow created sculptures in his signature style blending reclaimed materials, modeling clay and thousands of beads placed by hand for Perennial Optimism. The theme centers six women's stories of resilience.
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Catch the tail end of two art exhibitions, the next candidate up for the Illinois Symphony directorship and a panel discussion exploring Twin Cities jazz musicians and spaces.
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Percussionist Jon Mueller and guitarist Share Parish team up with experimental musician Stefen Robinson on a pair of albums out this month.
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Playwright Sarah DeLappe's celebrated debut script is on stage at Illinois Wesleyan University — the perfect project for theater director and soccer superfan Christopher Connelly.
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The former Rockette and star of Broadway, small and silver screens Chryssie Whitehead is on tour with her one-woman show about her mother's death and learning to live with bipolar disorder. She shares her story hoping to normalize conversations about mental health.
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Illinois State University physics professor Matt Caplan wants to raise public awareness about the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons, efforts to disarm the nine countries who have them and accountability for harm caused by radioactive fallout.
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Canadian conductor Tania Miller is the third of four finalists vying for the symphony's top job.
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"We're All Buying Into A Dream" includes three previously-released singles: "Lottery," "Flashes" and "Dying Wish." The six-song EP drops Friday.
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Veteran Peoria actor Tim Wyman suggested the play for Heartland's season — and wound up playing the only part.