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BLOOMINGTON, Ill – Businesses in downtown Bloomington came together once again to celebrate the once a month First Friday event. As the sun set on December 2nd, businesses in Bloomington lit their trees and put on costumes to celebrate this month’s theme of “Once Upon a Holiday”. One such business was La La Boutique, owned […]
NORMAL, Ill. – A monthly event involving comic book and convention-culture is recognizing LGBTQ history in October. October is LGBTQ history month and ReggieCon is ready to tackle this topic. ReggieCon which prides itself on deconstructing gender ethnicity and race through movies and comic books, will be taking a dive into a graphic novel called […]
NORMAL, Ill. – A film festival is coming to the Normal Theater this spring that will give Illinois State University students experience in filmmaking. The Foxtail Film Festival is now accepting submissions to be curated by ISU students for class credit. The course Film Festival Management and Curation sees students view and select movies given […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Big Red Marching Machine will undergo a large change this year as their iconic voice Dave Colee says goodbye. “Dave Colee served as the iconic voice of the Big Red Marching Machine for over 30 years,” said Associate Director of the Big Red Marching Machine Dr. Mack Wood. A member of […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Illinois State University Senior Ali Schrock matched the college’s record for best score in a single round at 68. The last person to score a 68 for ISU women’s golf was Rachel Powers almost exactly ten years ago. The Pontiac, Illinois native is not new to impressive matches. As a Junior, Schrock’s […]
NORMAL, Ill.- The Town of Normal held their first town meeting of the month October 3. Council member Stan Nord began by bringing up concerns with a recent large expense for Wi-Fi, citing lack of proper procedure. City Manager Pamela Reece responded, stating the expense was for the procurement and installation of equipment for uptown […]
Photo provided courtesy of Illinois State University NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State University Planetarium hosted the “Undiscovered Worlds” event this Friday. This event was focused around the discovery of exoplanets; which are planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. Planetarium Director Thomas Willmitch anticipates viewers will learn a plethora of new things about […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The College of Business at Illinois State University hosted the virtual handshake sales and marketing job fair from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. this afternoon. Upon discussing some of the primary aspects and benefits of the event program coordinator and Executive Director of the Professional Sales Institute at ISU, Michael Boehm, elaborated on how […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Soccer on Twitter NORMAL Ill.- The Illinois State University Redbirds soccer team is now on a five-game losing streak, making their record 2-11 on the season. The team’s most recent loss came against Belmont, with the final score being 1-0. Belmont scored early in the first half, and was able […]
Photo provided via Special Olympics Illinois NORMAL, Ill. – Special Olympics Illinois is holding their annual Harley-Davidson raffle sponsored by the Illinois State Chiefs of Police Association. The raffle which has been going on since 1998, is expected to sell around 7,000 tickets this year. That number is lower than years past because of COVID, […]