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IT Picks | Thursday, March 11,2010

Starry stroll

By Anita Stienstra
Star gazers and animal enthusiasts get two for the price of free at Lincoln Memorial Garden March 12. Trek the trails with two UIS science professors and learn about the night sky and night animals. D
IT Picks | Thursday, March 11,2010

Downtown addition

By Anita Stienstra
Prairie Art Alliance has a new downtown gallery, Gallery II, located in the old Serendipity shop across from Maldaner’s. The opening day will be March 15. If you’ve seen the original galle
IT Picks | Thursday, March 11,2010

Amazing collectables

By Anita Stienstra
Families can learn all about collections -- how to start a collection and how to keep it in great shape – and explore the collections of Springfield area kids and teens March 13 from 1-3 p.m. at
IT Picks | Thursday, March 11,2010

Green scene

By Anita Stienstra
Don’t get pinched. Put on your green attire and march out to downtown Springfield where the Paddy’s Day parade kicks off at noon. The procession of floats, walking units and bands makes it
IT Picks | Thursday, March 4,2010

Statewide goods

By Anita Stienstra
The Illinois Products Expo is a great way to discover and sample the goods of some of our local and regional producers. More than 70 Illinois food companies, and a few non-food companies, will exhibit
IT Picks | Thursday, March 4,2010

Twin city urbanscapes

By Anita Stienstra
New striking images of Minneapolis and St. Paul by Midwestern photographers Chris Faust and Michael A. Shapiro will be on display at the SAA Gallery of Art. Faust’s photographs, popular with col
IT Picks | Thursday, March 4,2010

Altering environments

By Anita Stienstra
Dr. Eric Grimm, Illinois State Museum botany chair, presents a free lecture, “Global Warming: Past, Present, and Future -- Why Florida Should Care about Greenland.” His talk examines major
IT Picks | Thursday, March 4,2010

Buffy-like Lincoln

By Anita Stienstra
Best-selling author Seth Grahame-Smith appears at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum Union Theater as one of the first stops on the release tour for his new book, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
IT Picks | Thursday, March 4,2010

Diehard love

By Anita Stienstra
Award-winning Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company join together for a national tour with a co-production of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy of innocent young lovers who fall victim to family h
IT Picks | Thursday, February 25,2010

Impersonation farce

By Anita Stienstra
Over the Moon Productions presents a play reading of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night on Feb. 27 in downtown Springfield. The romantic comedy is all about mistaken identity, as the shipwrecked Viola