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This week on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it’s Soft Tempo Lounge. That next step in lounge and easy listening that blended the rhythms of bossa nova with bits of cool…

Tuesday night September 23 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on “W-I-L-L Classical” it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio…

On this week’s episode of Prairie Performances, we celebrate the music of rising classical artists

Today marks 40 years since the first Farm Aid concert took place in Champaign in 1985. The Spurlock Musuem of World Cultures in Urbana is presenting an exhibit on both the…

The 21st took a look back at one of the biggest concerts in Illinois history. September 22, 2020 marked the 35 year anniversary of the first annual Farm Aid concert…

Today is the 40th anniversary of Farm Aid, the mega-concert that took over Champaign, Illinois’ Memorial Stadium in 1985.  Farm Aid was prompted by a crisis in…

Season three of "Prairie Fire" begins with brothers Bob and Bill Odenkirk stopping by to talk about their Illinois roots, their professional relationship and their…

We take a tour of the Danville Public Library's joint collaboration between the Vermillion County Master Gardeners and East Central Illinois Master Naturalists. 

This year’s State of Change — Illinois Public Media’s annual environmental special hosted by Tinisha Spain — will focus on aquatic creatures,…