Datebook

You can celebrate art, music, theater, and dance at the annual Gala at the Gallery fundraiser.

Kite Fest 2018 on Sunday, May 6, combines family fun with raising awareness of nonprofits in the community.

Community Players in Bloomington is staging a biting comedy/drama of family relations.

The Golden K Kiwanis organization is planning a fundraiser to help kids on our community.

The 10th annual Illinois State University Bring It Back To Normal event allows students and members of the community to forge new ties.

The Central Illinois Figure Skating Club welcomes national champions for the upcoming spring show.

Photographer Rana Young is currently showing her work at the University Galleries in Uptown Normal. "The Rug's Topography" navigates intimacy and separation in the face of transitions.

Artists and audience members will engage in an afternoon of conversation, poetry, music and more in @Salon.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of McLean County is hosting a fun fundraiser that helps kids in our community.

The local choral group Cantus Novus mixes seldom-heard classical music with contemporary pieces in their upcoming spring concert.

The senior photographer at Illinois State University focuses on campus life in a new show up at the Joe McCauley Gallery.

Normally, dashing pell-mell into a lake in the middle of February would be considered simply bonkers. Not so when it's for a good cause.

The works by faculty members of the Illinois State University School of Art are on currently on view at the University Galleries.

Storytelling and loving to hear a story is just in our blood. That's according to a storyteller that's coming to the Bloomington Public Library.

Two Normal Community High School juniors are organizing a benefit concert for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico and learning the benefits of civic engagement.

The humble cookie can build confidence, teach leadership and help girls around the world.

Alissa Palmer and Whitney Johnson share a visual vocabulary ... and now share gallery space in their exhibition, "Sensing Synonyms."

Community Players in Bloomington takes 37 Shakespeare plays, adds three actors, a little audience participation and comes up with a hilarious romp for a cold, winter's night.

The GLT Psych Geeks have contributed to a new book that delves into the psychological underpinnings of a popular TV show.

The Humane Society of Central Illinois (HCI) is fighting the pet over-population problem with a series of spay/neuter clinics. Plus its doors are open to young people who want to help out by volunteering.

Bloomington resident Matt Erickson has planted seeds in a food desert and hopes to grow interest from the public with a special offer.

The Sound of Illinois Chorus—80 men strong—not only have a new Christmas CD that's just been released, but they're holding a free Christmas concert for the community, as well.

The true spirit of Christmas can have a dark side.

Children's Home and Aid hopes to make this a Merry Christmas for local families with the annual Adopt-a-Family program.

Operation Santa is hard at work making sure active service members overseas have a merry Christmas.

Artist Gary Justis is showing a new collection of his work at the Ramp Arts Gallery in Bloomington.

Following her sister's Dungeons and Dragons map leads a young woman on an epic voyage of discovery in the play "She Kills Monsters."

Community Players in Bloomington is staging the musical "Sister Act," which is based on the popular film starring Whoopi Goldberg.

Illinois State University celebrates Homecoming week Oct. 16-22, with a variety of events to engage the whole community.

The works of Richard Maltby and David Shire take center stage in the revue, "Starting Here, Starting Now."