Holidays

Two Bloomington-Normal high schoolers are inviting you to participate in one of their Indian culture’s most important celebrations – Holi, the Festival of Colors.

The Illinois Symphony's popular "Holiday Pops in the Heartland" comes to Illinois State University's Concert Hall Saturday with a combined orchestra, joining players from Bloomington-Normal Youth Symphony, Springfield Choral Society and more.

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.

We need your help! WGLT is trying to create an interactive map showing the best holiday decoration and lighting displays in Bloomington-Normal.

Sarah Nannen says that grief and celebration are not incompatible.

The unscripted HBO show, “We’re Here” documents LGBTQ people and their allies in small towns. It recently aired an episode with Pastor Craig Duke, who put together a drag show church service in Evansville, Ind. Three weeks later, the church relieved Duke of his duties. Hope United Methodist Church in Bloomington Normal put on an advent service in drag, in part, as a response to the Indiana incident.

Here is a photo gallery of some of the best holiday lights displays in Bloomington-Normal for 2021. You can help us find even more great displays around the community, which we'll add to our interactive map.

An agreement between the Town of Normal and Santa Claus’ North Pole Headquarters is bringing phone calls from Santa for children in the community.

Even though travel restrictions eased earlier this month, many international students at Illinois State University say they won't be going home for the holidays.