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Boogie Wonder Band brings disco to BCPA this weekend
Boogie Cindy is her name, and boogying down tonight is her game -- never mind that the game in question peaked some 30 years ago.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
GO! Calendar 11/19/09
GO! searching: IWU's big fall musical tonight through Saturday in McPherson Theatre is "Pippin," the tuneful saga of a young man's quest for the meaning of life.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Review: IWU 'Pippin' phenomenal
Somehow I never saw "Pippin" before. I missed this delightful musical in the '70s when it originally ran on Broadway, directed and choreographed by the great Bob Fosse. Running now through Sunday this dazzling production at Illinois Wesleyan University proves that something of value is we…
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
It's a jolly good time for local holiday events
'Tis the weekend before Thanksgiving, and a slew of the big holiday season events are here, ready or not.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Local fans to pack midnight screenings of 'Twilight' sequel
BLOOMINGTON — Thousands of midnight showtimes for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” are selling out across the country, but local die-hard fans Susan Rapp and Rebecca Spears aren’t worried.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Review: Christmas gets hometown spin at area theater
There's an honest winsomeness in "We Need a Little Christmas," now playing at Conklin's Barn II Dinner Theatre. Along with the laughs and funny bits, there's a warm intimacy in this, their first-ever holiday revue.
Nov 17, 2009 | 2:15 pm | Loading…
Brad Paisley's Coliseum show sells out within an hour
BLOOMINGTON -- Tickets for Brad Paisley's "American Saturday Night Tour" stop Jan. 24 at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum sold out in less than one hour Saturday, with just standing room only tickets remaining, according to the Coliseum.
Nov 16, 2009 | 6:35 am | Loading…
Tracking the big Northwest moose
Mary Brucker of Bloomington couldn't just run to a grocery store when the meat from a moose she bagged last year ran low.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Outdoor 411 11/15/09
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Vacation aids wildlife park
Here's a way to take a great vacation and help Wildlife Prairie State Park at the same time. The park and Collette Vacations are promoting a nine-day tour of Arizona, Utah and Nevada in March. A portion of the proceeds will benefit park programming.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Hunt is on: Firearm season starts Friday
BLOOMINGTON -- White-tail hunting in Illinois is a deer-hunter's dream because the state has big deer and lots of them.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Review: Less is more in ISU's 'Much Ado About Nothing'
The Illinois State University School of Theatre paid homage to The Bard with a delightful, "free will" presentation of "Much Ado About Nothing," this week.
Nov 13, 2009 | 6:55 am | Loading…
D'oh! 'MacHomer' a mix of Bill and 'The Simpsons'
The joke's on us, literally, in "MacHomer," a one-man interface between Bill Shakespeare's 12-character "Macbeth" and Matt Groening's 50-character "The Simpsons."
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Sam Shepard, reindeer poop may be in Robin's cross hairs
For his first-ever Central Illinois show, comedy legend Robin Williams is expected to do what he does along every stop on his "Weapons of Self-Destruction Tour": bring his manic comedy style down to our level. Literally.
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Vienna ... by way of Cincy
Meet our new good buddy, Noah Markowich.
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
GO! Calendar 11/12/09
GO! stockpile: Stuff stockings via the Country Christmas Craft Sale, Saturday, McLean Co. Farm Bureau; Uptown Normal's Holiday Open House, Saturday-Sunday; and Shop for a Hope and a Cure, Sunday, Doubletree Hotel.
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Comedian Rodney Carrington coming to Coliseum
BLOOMINGTON -- Comedian and actor Rodney Carrington will be appearing at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in February.
Nov 11, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Mining disaster in Cherry was one of nation's worst
CHERRY -- Ernest Romanelli's work schedule kept him out of the mine at Cherry on Nov. 13, 1909, but his future wife's brother had to dig coal that day.
Nov 08, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
World War I veterans get their due
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Dozens of brown wool jackets worn by United States soldiers hang in rows in a glass case. Beneath each one is a card that identifies the man who wore it during World War I.
Nov 07, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Starved Rock falls flowing
Water, water everywhere is not so good for farmers trying to harvest crops. But the water is making waterfalls flow at Starved Rock State Park.
Nov 07, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Review: Players' actors fine in 'Pajama Game'
For 87 years, Community Players has been showcasing the skills of talented volunteers who devote a good eight weeks of their busy lives to bring quality entertainment to this community.
Nov 06, 2009 | 7:00 am | Loading…
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