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Through Aug. 26, 60 artists and more than 70 artworks are part of an eclectic exhibit at the McLean County Arts Center. At first, they might not appear to go together, but the pieces that make up “The Painter’s Pedagogy” all have a connection to Harold Gregor.
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An art exhibition by East Peoria painter Shahrbanoo Hamzeh enters its final week at the McLean County Arts Center, a collection of 15 paintings in the Center’s Brandt Gallery. For her first solo show in Bloomington-Normal, Hamzeh draws from multilayered meanings for the word “home.”
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The Next to Normal Story Slam makes its return to the McLean County Arts Center on Friday the 13th with the theme of Luck.
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Illinois arts organizations lost, on average, 31% of their revenue to the pandemic in 2021, according to recent data from Arts Alliance Illinois, and they are on pace to match those losses over the first six months of 2022. WGLT surveyed area arts leaders with one main question: Are the arts doing OK?
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The Sugar Creek Arts Festival has been a summer staple in Uptown Normal since 1984—that is, until the pandemic forced the esteemed annual art fair and street fest online last year. The live version returns Oct. 9-10, moving to sweater weather for the first time after decades in sweltering July heat.
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DatebookFor many of us, the pandemic has been a time of fear, uncertainty, stress, boredom, and a slew of other rather unpleasant emotions.
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Central Illinois digital artists are watching the format’s rapid rise in popularity, with some joining in.
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DatebookIn 1927, Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic. President Clavin Coolidge announced he would not run for re-election.…
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DatebookA venerable member of the Bloomington-Normal theater community is branching out with a new role that, on its surface, seems like something brand new. But…
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DatebookAn exotic gift from a kind stranger...an eccentric and formidable grandparent...the jaw-dropping riches of another culture... These are the memories that…