Datebook
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Datebook features interviews and behind-the-scenes reports about new art exhibits, music releases and live performances, theater productions, and other community and charity events taking place throughout the listening area.
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Latest Datebook stories
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Bloomington library celebrates Muslims' holiest month with a family-friendly event the day before Ramadan begins.
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Headliner Crys Matthews and opening act Sarah & the Underground have a shared mission, using their music to shed a light on underrepresented stories. Sarah Marie Dillard sits down with WGLT ahead of a Women's History Month live concert at the Normal Theater.
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A trio of art exhibitions open on Friday, with live music at the Castle and Coffeehouse.
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Retired Heartland Community College professor Tom Clemens talks to WGLT about his longtime obsession with Scandinavian painting, and a recent foray into landscapes. Clemens' painting, Trout Stream, appears in the 97th annual amateur exhibition at McLean County Arts Center, which opens this weekend.
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Artist David Dow created sculptures in his signature style blending reclaimed materials, modeling clay and thousands of beads placed by hand for Perennial Optimism. The theme centers six women's stories of resilience.
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Buttermilk goodness, a frosty dip in the lake and a weird space play? Yes, please.
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Catch the tail end of two art exhibitions, the next candidate up for the Illinois Symphony directorship and a panel discussion exploring Twin Cities jazz musicians and spaces.
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Percussionist Jon Mueller and guitarist Share Parish team up with experimental musician Stefen Robinson on a pair of albums out this month.
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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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Canadian conductor Tania Miller is the third of four finalists vying for the symphony's top job.