Location 600 North East Street Bloomington, IL 61701 Phone (309)434-2787

The Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts is the centerpiece of the city's Cultural District. The fastest growing performing arts venue in downstate Illinois, features a 1,200 seat auditorium and a multipurpose ballroom. It also includes a festival park and a forthcoming creativity center for arts education. This is where more than 400 performances and community events take place each year. The building is a newly-renovated historic building with the best lighting and sound equiptment. The Center for the Performing Arts also plays host to an annual season of nationally acclaimed touring artists. A group comes every year to perform the passion play. This is also home to over 20 area performing arts ensambles.

The Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts was known as "the Temple". It was first built in 1921. It was home for the american passion play. The ballroom could seat 1,000 diners as well as a 1,320-seat theatre which featured the largest stage west of New York. For the first six decades, the center for the performing arts was the centerpiece for artistic and social life. By 2000 they were working to restore the old building