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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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Veteran Peoria actor Tim Wyman suggested the play for Heartland's season — and wound up playing the only part.
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Co-professors Eric Wesselmann and Stanford Carpenter's honors seminar on Black horror films was well-received by students and the public. The Normal Theater pressed them to mix up a new course focused on 1970s blaxploitation films.
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Maria Alejandra Rodriguez moved to Bloomington-Normal in 2022 looking for a fresh start. She met Brazilian guitarist Jose Emilio Gobbo, premiering at Jazz UpFront as a four-piece combo with Max Beckman and Jay Ferguson.
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Community Players Theatre presents an adaptation of the acclaimed 1957 Reginald Rose film "12 Angry Men" for two weekends in Bloomington.
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The final story in our Welcome Home series is aimed at a key question new Twin City residents had: how to make friends.
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Bryant pioneered string programs in Unit 5 schools and led the Bloomington-Normal Youth Symphony for three decades. She recently stepped down and will conduct her final piece with BYNS Saturday at the Illinois Symphony's Holiday Pops in the Heartland.
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After a busy harvest season, Rader Family Farms isn't slowing down yet. This weekend marks the 80-acre farm and recreation area's first annual "Christmas on the Farm." Santa will be there, plus seasonal crafts, performances and lots of Rader's legendary pumpkin donuts.
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Woo was unable to visit due to a family emergency. Guillén leads the orchestra in her first of two programs, with works by Mozart, Beethoven and Caroline Shaw.
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Drummer Mike Felumlee of the Chicago rock band Smoking Popes moved to Bloomington three years ago. The band recently met at a West Bloomington recording studio to lay down tracks for a new album. Smoking Popes plays the Castle Sunday — the band's first Twin City show since 2019.