Following the format of the popular live storytelling event produced by The Moth, “Off Night Stories: Winter Holidays” will feature a series of true stories about the holiday season, told live on stage in front of an audience. The show will include performances from new and well known artists, including Steve Scott, Greta Lind, Darrell Anne Stone and Richard Crowe.

“Off Night Stories: Winter Holidays” will be performed concert-style, with a live band (lead by Ben Jackson) providing original underscoring and interludes based on popular holiday music. Audiences can look forward to stories ranging from the heartfelt to the hilarious. You’ll hear about ambitious holiday cooking projects. You’ll learn what it’s like to travel cross country during the holidays with two toddlers when absolutely everything that can go wrong does go wrong. You’ll experience the magic of Mexico’s “ La Posadas,” and feel a family’s joy when their father appears unexpectedly on their doorstep on Christmas eve. From finding the strength to forgive, to finding the strength to leave, the stories in this production are a testament to the ways in which the holidays can bring out the best in all of us.

“There’s a theme across the foundational stories of all winter holidays,” director Aubrey Seader remarks, “which is that we can endure any season of darkness by finding light and hope in love and community. We think that during this time of year, no matter which holidays you celebrate, we can all benefit from hearing stories that share that common thread of love, community, and resilience.”

Learn more about the show, and the storytellers involved, by following Off Night Productions on Facebook. Subscribe to our newsletter at www.onptheatre.weebly.com.

Will-call for Sunday 12/10, and Monday 12/11 will be available for pick up at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater box office until 4pm on 12/9. Tuesday 12/12 will call will be available in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater box office until 4pm on 12/12. After those times all unclaimed will-call will be available at the Waldron Arts Auditorium (122 S Walnut) when doors open for each event. Doors open 30 minutes before each performance.

If the performance is not sold out, tickets will be available to purchase at the door. Cash will be accepted. There will be a 15 minute intermission at each performance.

“Easily the standout musical of the decade” – Sunday Times

Celebrate the wondrous films of Hayao Miyazaki in a 5-film series at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

We regret to inform you that the SteelDrivers concert has been RESCHEDULED for February 2, 2024 at 7:30 due to illness in the band. All tickets for the original show on Friday September 8 will be moved to the same seats for the rescheduled date in February. Current ticket holders will be reached out to via email and or phone with further instructions.

What began as a casual jam session over a decade ago has become one of today’s leaders in the Americana/Bluegrass music world. The venerable Rounder Records immediately signed the band and released their eponymous debut in 2008 that scored their first GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group w/ Vocal for the song Blue Side Of The Mountain. Again in 2010, the group’s sophomore effort “Reckless”, received two more nods for Best Bluegrass Album and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, courtesy of the universally popular hit Where Rainbows Never Die. The group’s star continued to rise with the release “Hammer Down” that debuted at #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Charts. Their accomplishments continued with the highly anticipated 2015 “The Muscle Shoals Recordings” that also won a GRAMMY for Best Bluegrass Album, as well as three IBMA nominations for Album, Song, Songwriter (Tammy Rogers) and Liner Notes (Peter Cooper) of the Year honors. In 2018 the group made Grand Ole Opry history as the quintet was joined by superstars John Prine and Bill Murray on the revered stage to perform. Other accolades include a cameo in the Murray flick “Get Low,” music placement in various TV and movies including the popular drama “Yellowstone,” and special recordings with the military group Six String Soldiers. In 2020, Tammy Rogers, Michael Fleming, Richard Bailey, Brent Truitt and Kelvin Damrell (his first project as lead vocals) released the chart-topping “Bad For You” to both industry and media aplomb. 2021 brought the latest member on board, lead singer Matt Dame. The quintet tours an average of 75 dates annually while continuing to bring world-class music to people.

Kade Puckett will open the show!
Spontaneous, magical, and honest, Kade Puckett's live performance is both engaging and entertaining. He is the 2013 Indiana State Fingerstyle Guitar champ, his song 'Timmy Jo' was chosen as the theme song for WTIU's (PBS) show The Weekly Special, and in high school he helped build the world's largest guitar -- which was later purchased by Dick Clark. Puckett, also an award-winning songwriter, performs all genres of music and can be seen in a variety of venues across the United States.

Remembering Lil BUB: A Celebration of History’s Most Magical Space Cat!

Coming together to celebrate the Science and Magic of BUB.

More than four years after her untimely departure, we have finally managed to reschedule BUB’s memorial event in her hometown of Bloomington, IN. In addition to celebrating BUB’s impact on our lives and the lives of millions of people and pets worldwide, “Remembering Lil BUB” will be 2024’s primary fundraising event for Lil BUB’s Big FUND for Special Needs Pets. Your ticket purchase is a donation and includes a weekend full of BUB-honoring events and activities.

The main memorial event will take place on Saturday afternoon, where you’ll get to revisit her incredible life through photos, videos, and stories from guest speakers and friends from all over the country, as well as hear about the important work she’s inspired through Lil BUB’s Big FUND, including firsthand accounts from the field.

After a short dinner break, Saturday evening’s activities will include theater screenings of some of BUB’s greatest accomplishments, including the award-winning documentary Lil BUB and Friendz, Lil BUB’s Special Special (as seen on Animal Planet), and some more special surprises.

Sunday afternoon will be a day of celebration with live music, storytelling, and the opportunity to meet BUB’s Space-Brother, Mister Marbles.

We can’t wait to come together with all of BUB’s biggest supporters and celebrate the biggest and kindest soul to visit our planet.

There will be haze, potentially flashing lights. This is a family friendly event.

A Valentines Day Special showing! Use code TWOHEARTS for 2 tickets for $14.

The Notebook is based on the 1996 best seller written by Nicholas Sparks. The story is centered around a relationship spanning over five decades through uncertain beginnings, the onset and conclusion of World War II, and the joys and agonies of long romantic love.

Starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. Rated PG-13 for some sexuality.

TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30TH!

Over the Rhine's 15th studio album marks the duo's 30th continuous year of writing, recording and touring together. In that time, singer songwriters/ multi-instrumentalists Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler (who've been married for 22 years) have built a vivid, emotionally-charged body of work that has won them a deeply devoted following and critical acclaim. Like its predecessors, Love & Revelation showcases the pair's timeless songcraft and understated yet soulful delivery. Those qualities are prominent on such memorable new songs as "Los Lunas," "Let You Down," "Broken Angels" and "Making Pictures," whose insistent melodies and striking lyrical imagery haunt the listener long after the music fades.

With The Hurting Kind, John Paul White has crafted a stunning album that draws on the lush, orchestrated music made in Nashville in the early 1960s. Yet these songs retain a modern feel, whether he’s writing about overwhelming love, unraveling relationships, or fading memory of a loved one.

White grew up in tiny Loretto, Tennessee, and now lives in Florence, Alabama, not far from Muscle Shoals. He has cultivated a music career in Nashville for two decades, first as a songwriter for a major publisher, then half of The Civil Wars – a groundbreaking duo that won four Grammy Awards before disbanding in 2012.

Because The Civil Wars were so hard to categorize, White has earned a fanbase among indie rock listeners, folk audiences, Americana outlets and AAA radio. So, what will happen if people hear The Hurting Kind and call it country? “Well that doesn’t scare me in the least,” he says. “As a matter of fact, it kind of thrills me.”

Escape to the countryside with Dvorak’s 8th Symphony.

Antonín Dvořák found inspiration, respite, and sheer joy in the forests surrounding his country home. Biographer Hanz-Hubert Schönzeler observed, “When one walks in those forests surrounding Dvořák’s country home on a sunny summer’s day, with the birds singing and the leaves of trees rustling in a gentle breeze, one can virtually hear the music.”

Also on the program, French composer Gabriel Pierné’s delightful Concertstück for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 39, and Jessie Montgomery’s moving orchestral tribute to the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner, entitled Banner.

Symphony No. 8 in G, op. 88 – Dvořák
Concertstück for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 39 - Pierné
Banner – Montgomery

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An intimate evening with legendary guitarist Leo Kottke

Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11.

After adding a love for the country-blues of Mississippi John Hurt to the music of John Phillip Sousa and Preston Epps, Kottke joined the Navy underage, to be underwater, and eventually lost some hearing shooting at lightbulbs in the Atlantic while serving on the USS Halfbeak, a diesel submarine.

Kottke had previously entered college at the U of Missouri, dropping out after a year to hitchhike across the country to South Carolina, then to New London and into the Navy, with his twelve string. "The trip was not something I enjoyed," he has said, "I was broke and met too many interesting people."

Discharged in 1964, he settled in the Twin Cities area and became a fixture at Minneapolis' Scholar Coffeehouse, which had been home to Bob Dylan and John Koerner. He issued his 1968 recording debut LP Twelve String Blues, recorded on a Viking quarter-inch tape recorder, for the Scholar's tiny Oblivion label. (The label released one other LP by The Langston Hughes Memorial Eclectic Jazz Band.)

After sending tapes to guitarist John Fahey, Kottke was signed to Fahey's Takoma label, releasing what has come to be called the Armadillo record. Fahey and his manager Denny Bruce soon secured a production deal for Kottke with Capitol Records.

Kottke's 1971 major-label debut, "Mudlark," positioned him somewhat uneasily in the singer/songwriter vein, despite his own wishes to remain an instrumental performer. Still, despite arguments with label heads as well as with Bruce, Kottke flourished during his tenure on Capitol, as records like 1972's "Greenhouse" and 1973's live "My Feet Are Smiling" and "Ice Water" found him branching out with guest musicians and honing his guitar technique.

With 1975's Chewing Pine, Kottke reached the U.S. Top 30 for the second time; he also gained an international following thanks to his continuing tours in Europe and Australia.

His collaboration with Phish bassist Mike Gordon, "Clone," caught audiences' attention in 2002. Kottke and Gordon followed with a recording in the Bahamas called "Sixty Six Steps," produced by Leo's old friend and Prince producer David Z.

Kottke has been awarded two Grammy nominations; a Doctorate in Music Performance by the Peck School of Music at the U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; and a Certificate of Significant Achievement in Not Playing the Trombone from the U of Texas at Brownsville with Texas Southmost College.

From London’s West End to Bloomington, MANIA the ABBA tribute is headlining the the Buskirk-Chumley Theater!

In an exhilarating, two-hour recreation of one of ABBA’s most memorable concerts, MANIA brings to life the flamboyance of the ‘70s. This includes all of the uplifting, dance-inducing and sometimes heart-breaking songs from the iconic Swedish band, with fantastic costumes, staging, lighting and effects.

MANIA recently toured the United States for the 10th time with an impressive 37-date national tour, selling over 50,000 tickets and visiting 18 states.

For lifelong ABBA fans, as well as new generations who never had the opportunity to see the band live, MANIA provides the perfect excuse to party, relive memories and simply feel entertained with the best music ever.

So dig out those platforms, dust down those flares and enjoy all your favorite hits, including “Mamma Mia,” “Voulez Vous,” “Dancing Queen,” “Winner Takes It All,” “Waterloo,” “Fernando,” “Super Trouper” and many more.

This event was originally scheduled for October 8th. All tickets for the original show have been moved to the new date and ticket holders have been contacted via email with more details.

A Michael Jackson Tribute Band starring America's #1 Michael Jackson impersonator Danny Dash Andrews. Be a part of this incredible concert experience that pays tribute to the life and legacy of The King of Pop. A show for all ages, this live two hour non stop high energy show will take you on a breathtaking magical musical journey that spans Jackson's four decade career. Our extraordinary production features state of the art concert lighting and sound that truly captures the essence of Michael Jackson's worldwide concerts.

VIP tickets include a Meet & Greet after the show, Front Seating Rows 1-3,  Autograph 8x10 poster and a photo with Michael Jackson from your personal device.

Bloomington Symphony Orchestra's season finale takes us on an emotionally-charged tour of Paris. From Lili Boulanger’s tragic, intimate musings on her own small world to the grandiose excesses of Berlioz’s exploration of obsessive love, this will be a program to remember!

Lili Boulanger is often overlooked compared to her better-known sister, Nadia, however she was also a groundbreaking composer in her own right. D'un soir triste (Of a Sad Evening) is shrouded in dark orchestral colors and pushes the boundaries of conventional harmonies for its time. This personal and expressive sonic exploration was completed only a few months before Lili died at the young age of 24.

The shocking originality of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique goes well beyond the programmatic to enter the realm of the psychological. Its exploration of an unstable, drug-addled mind spills into hallucinations, and is both disturbing and enervating. We hope you’ll join us for this very special, thought-provoking program.

Program:
Symphonie fantastique - Berlioz
D'un soir triste – Boulanger

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