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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.
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For the first time since 2015, University Galleries hosts an open call alumni exhibition, featuring 182 artworks from alumni spanning graduation dates from 1968-2023.
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Reginald Lewis comes from jazz music royalty: His grandfather and teacher Robert "Bootsie" Barnes was a staple of Philly's jazz scene for decades.
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The Peoria-based roots pop band Way Down Wanderers brings its 10th anniversary tour to Bloomington's Castle Theatre on Dec. 16. In the last decade, the group has put out three albums and a couple EPs, hit nearly every state in the U.S. and played in Canada and the U.K.
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Street fairs come in many forms and you've got three options this weekend.