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Staff / WGLT The Normal Theater resumes in-person screenings this week, starting with the film “Little Fish” — which so happens to be about a global pandemic. In this case, what is effectively an airborne form of Alzheimer’s. Town of Normal Civic Arts Manager Adam Fox said the film unintentionally comments on the COVID-19 era. “The film is told from the perspective of just one couple. One of the members in the relationship ends up losing some of their memory a little bit,” said Fox. “And they're trying to figure out how to now navigate this new world with these symptoms. As...

America is polarized. For evidence of that, look no further than … well, everywhere. But sometimes, a good old-fashioned disagreement can be fun. Like, John McClane or George Bailey? Clark Griswald or Buddy the Elf? The Normal Theater is running an online Holiday Film Face-Off leading up to Christmas. Movie fans are voting for their head-to-head favorites in a five-round, 32-film March Madness-style tournament. You can vote in each round on Normal Theater’s Twitter account, and updates are available on the theater’s Facebook Page. “We were excited to follow a trend that’s been happe...

PEORIA — In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called “the beginning of the end” of the pandemic. The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United States. Early studies have shown that after two doses that are given 21 days apart, the vaccine is 95% ...

PEORIA — In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called “the beginning of the end” of the pandemic. The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United States. Early studies have shown that after two doses that are given 21 days apart, the vaccine is 95% ...