Connie Shakalis

Plays are written to be staged, but presenting a new play as just a reading can smooth its trajectory. The playwright can hear how the words sound. They also might gauge audience reaction in time to make changes.

Encouraging and nurturing the love of reading is the reason the Bloomington Book Festival was formed. Its first year of events begins Oct. 29.

We hear of the value of asking our elders about our culture before it's too late, before they die along with their troves of historically personal facts.

America’s prog rock band Kansas celebrates its 50th anniversary with its “Another Fork in the Road” tour. Fans at the two shows (Nov. 23-24) at the Brown County Music Center will get two hours of hits, fan favorites and numbers hardly ever performed live. The audience will pretty surely hear "Dust in the Wind" and "Carry on Wayward Son," but there will be loads of other cool songs.

Quincy Jones Jr., a composer, bandleader, songwriter and producer, died earlier this month at 91.

A new season sprouts for Indiana's only Jewish theater company, Jewish Theatre of Bloomington (JTB), as Audrey Heller, its producing artistic director and cofounder, retires Jan. 2, 2025.

Richard Sterban got excited recently as he discussed two topics: The Oak Ridge Boys 'new album, " Mama's Boys," and their upcoming annual Christmas tour, coming to Nashville, Indiana, this month.

Giving someone an experience can top a tangible gift. Here's something that's both: a trip to a 1990s-esque video store that includes renting some movies curated for your recipient.

Three young Bloomington girls find magic performing in Constellation Stage & Screen's \

Three young Bloomington girls find magic performing in Constellation Stage & Screen's "The Wizard of Oz."