Arts and Culture

Join The 'Morning Edition' Book Club As We Read 'Fates And Furies'

By editor • Sep 15, 2015

Welcome to the third session of the Morning Edition book club! Here's how it works: A well-known writer will pick a book he or she loved. We'll all read it. Then, you'll send us your questions about the book. About a month later, we'll reconvene to talk about the book with the author and the writer who picked it.

3 Crazy Crazes Of The Late 1800s

By Linton Weeks • Sep 15, 2015

Fin-de-siecle America — in the final years of the 19th century — was fanatical about fads.

"There is something about the end of a century that sets people to thinking about their collective prospects and ultimate destiny," writes historian H.W. Brands in The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s.

And collective thinking can lead to collective compulsive behavior, which can lead to collective fashions and fads and manias. Some of the fads were confined to certain places; others traveled farther. Here is a trio:

Hulu Version Of 'Mindy Project' Doesn't Miss A Beat, Our Critic Says

By Eric Deggans • Sep 15, 2015

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

"The Mindy Project" is the latest show to jump from a broadcast TV network to streaming video. It was canceled by Fox. It debuts on Hulu today. And our TV critic Eric Deggans likes it.

Tino Wallenda Walks the Straight and Narrow

By Mike McCurdy • Sep 10, 2015

People in Uptown Normal will be spending part of their time looking up on Saturday. Way up. WGLT's Mike McCurdy has more on the weekend celebration observing the Town’s 150th birthday and the Town’s circus history. McCurdy talks with someone with a storied history in the circus.

Normal 150: Voices From The Past

By Charlie Schlenker • Sep 10, 2015

The Normal 1-5-0 celebration continues with stories and dramatic presentations this weekend. GLT continues its coverage of the Sesquicentennial here on Sound Ideas. Voices from the Past is presented by the Illinois Voices Theater, which also does the Cemetery Walk for the McLean County Museum of History every year. The show happens three times on Sunday at the Normal Theater. Charlie Schlenker talks with John Kirk and Judy Brown about dramatic moments from the history of Normal including a sketch about the Dillon Stables.

ISU Alum Gets Lead Role In New Play

By Jim Browne • Sep 10, 2015

A new play is being developed about the talented and tormented performer Oscar Levant and the lead role is already filled by Emmy Award-winner, and ISU alum, Sean Hayes. Producers including Beth Williams and Barbara Whitman say a stage biography is in the works about Levant, a pianist who was known for his roles in films such as "An American in Paris" and "The Band Wagon." Levant, who died in 1972, wrote dozens of musical compositions, and did stints as a television talk show host and radio game show panelist, where he earned popularity with his broad knowledge and biting, cynical wit.

Jazz Vocalist Lorraine Feather "Flirts With Disaster"

By Jon Norton • Sep 4, 2015

Jazz vocalist and lyricist Lorraine Feather has been quite busy in the last few years.

Rural Kids Benefit From Rover Art Program

By Laura Kennedy • Sep 2, 2015

The McLean County Arts Center in Bloomington is dedicated not just to displaying art, but helping people create it, no matter where they are. Laura Kennedy has more about a program that doesn't wait for young people to come to art, it takes art straight to youngsters.

Chicago Architecture: A New Look

By Charlie Schlenker • Sep 1, 2015

Buildings shape society as much as society shapes buildings. The American Institute of Architects is out with a new version of its Guide to Chicago. Of course, that's a huge topic. It's hard to cover Chicago comprehensively. WGLT's Charlie Schlenker asks editor Laurie McGovern Peterson about curatorial decisions in looking at the architecture of the Windy City.

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