To Japan and back

Frank Lloyd Wright’s influence explored in documentary

Untitled Document One need only look at the roof of the Dana-Thomas House, with its upturned corners, to see Japan’s influence on architect Frank Lloyd Wright. ̶

Hot dogs

Illinois Humane raises funds with motorcycle enthusiasts

Untitled Document Illinois Humane hosts the Hogs for Dogs dice run for the second year in a row on Saturday, June 16. Money raised at the run “goes directly to animal care

Grin and bear it

A dental mission trip to Jamaica turns into an adventure

Untitled Document Larry Harnly, a retired State Journal-Register sports editor, was part of a group of 32, about half from Springfield, who spent one week in Jamaica on

Fashionable holiday fizz

Versatility makes sparkling wines a great choice to have on hand

’Tis the season to be toasting, and, according to experts, it’s the perfect time to raise a glass with some sparkle. “The wine is alive,” says Charles Stanfield, sparkling-wine

Party time, excellent

Wake up to 2007 without a hangover - but wth many happy memories

Untitled Document Don’t get caught stuck to a barstool in lieu of ringing in the new year. The last day of 2006 is a time for changes. Make this year the year you actually remember singing

From the land of the Gullah

You may only be "haa'dly'kin" (barely able) to understand Anita Singleton-Prather and the Gullah Kinfolk, but you won't want to "tek'e foot een 'e han" (to run, or to leave quickly) once you hear the

Strange Weather Lately

The author recalls two "country boys from Middle America"--Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln--in a lecture presented at the Mark Twain House.

The following was adapted from a Clemens Lecture presented in April for the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut. It originally appeared in the Chicago-based political magazine In These Times.

We aren’t the world

American culture is not dominating the globe

In the mid-1990s, French filmmaker Claude Berri warned that without protection from the products of the American media, "European culture is finished." He had plenty of pessimistic company. French Cul

Paranoid pop

Music and modernization in the Arab world