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IT Picks | Thursday, December 22,2011

Flower power

By Anita Stienstra
The festive holiday floral show at the Washington Park Botanical Garden Conservatory must come down. What do they do with all those seasonal blooms? The Springfield Park District gives them away. The
IT Picks | Thursday, December 22,2011

Country collections

By Anita Stienstra
Journey the short distance to Clinton and enjoy Candlelight Tours for two more Friday nights during the holidays at the DeWitt County Museum in Clinton. The restored C.H. Moore Victorian Mansion and F
IT Picks | Thursday, December 15,2011

Holiday hijinks

By Anita Stienstra
Two performances of Second City’s Dysfunctional Holiday Revue are slated for audiences in the LRS Theatre at the Hoogland Center for the Arts on Saturday, Dec. 17. Don’t miss the mark as t
IT Picks | Thursday, December 15,2011

Glorious glow

By Anita Stienstra
One of the best times to see the Dana-Thomas State Historic Site is during the holidays and especially at the popular Luminaria Evening, set for Sunday, Dec. 18, from 4-8 p.m. The recently remodeled h
IT Picks | Thursday, December 15,2011

Festive flicks

By Anita Stienstra
The folks at The Legacy Theatre cooked up a Christmas film treat for the people of Springfield this weekend. Instead of watching your two favorite holiday classics on your television at home, come out
IT Picks | Thursday, December 15,2011

Vintage vocals

By Anita Stienstra
Up-and-coming Nashville-based singer/songwriter Nora Jane Struthers comes to the Hoogland Center for the Arts stage Saturday, Dec. 17. Struthers calls her style of music “Classic Americana,&rdqu
IT Picks | Thursday, December 8,2011

Excavating the past

By Anita Stienstra
Local authors Kenneth Farnsworth, Dr. John Walthall and Robert Mazrim sign copies of their recently published books in The Museum Store. Farnsworth and Walthall’s book, Bottled in Illinois: Embo
IT Picks | Thursday, December 8,2011

Festive footwork

By Anita Stienstra
Springfield Ballet Company performs the holiday classic, The Nutcracker, at Sangamon Auditorium, UIS on Dec. 10 and Dec. 11 with two performances on Saturday. The production features a cast of 130, in
IT Picks | Thursday, December 8,2011

Seditious holiday humor

By Anita Stienstra
Jolly good seditious holiday fun fills up the Hoogland Center for the Arts Club Room as New York actor Jay Randall stars in The Santaland Diaries for three performances. Written by the renowned humori
IT Picks | Thursday, December 8,2011

Glorious oratorio

By Anita Stienstra
A performance you won’t want to miss, The Springfield Choral Society conducted by Marion van der Loo, performs Part I of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah with an effort to do so as Handel