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IT Picks | Thursday, May 3,2012

Guitar great

By Anita Stienstra
Springfield, take note. Joe Bonamassa rocks Sangamon Auditorium, UIS, Tuesday, May 8. Only B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan have more number one blues albums than Bonamassa. In fact, he opened for blu
IT Picks | Thursday, April 26,2012

Creativity uncovered

By Anita Stienstra
Breath in fresh air and creativity at Lincoln Memorial Garden at its popular Art in the Garden Saturday, Apr. 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The day includes artists painting who welcome visitors to chat an
IT Picks | Thursday, April 26,2012

Go global

By Anita Stienstra
Were you tucked inside your house on Earth Day? Show this ole globe you give a care and head out this Saturday, April 28 to Erin’s Pavilion at Southwind Park for the Earth Awareness Fair. You an
IT Picks | Thursday, April 26,2012

Modern marvels

By Anita Stienstra
Modern dance troop, Pilobolus turns Sangamon Auditorium, UIS upside down, and all around, with usual and spectacular movements Sunday, April 29. A work of art on two-and-twenty legs, this creative dan
IT Picks | Thursday, April 26,2012

Poetic spellbinder

By Anita Stienstra
Some music you like instantly at first listen. Such is the sound and lyrics of Jeffrey Foucault. Check it out for yourself on his website. Better yet, hear Foucault in person Saturday, Apr. 28 at the
IT Picks | Thursday, April 19,2012

Refined design

By Anita Stienstra
Saturday, April 21, the Springfield Art Association congratulates this year’s group of locals who created art for its annual fundraising exhibit and reception. This year as the program went gree
IT Picks | Thursday, April 19,2012

Monsterly marvelous

By Anita Stienstra
The musical comedy Young Frankenstein, from the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers, comes to Sangamon Auditorium, UIS Saturday, April 21. Based on Mel Brooks’ hilar
IT Picks | Thursday, April 19,2012

Wedded bliss

By Anita Stienstra
Gus Gordon and Cynda Wrightsman play Michael and Agnes in the musical comedy, I Do! I Do! The story of a couple’s 50-year marriage runs for six performances at the Hoogland Center for the Arts o
IT Picks | Thursday, April 19,2012

Large on laughter

By Anita Stienstra
One-of-the most popular and beloved comedians in the country pounds into Sangamon Auditorium, UIS this Friday, April 20. Ralphie May is on his Too Big to Ignore tour. Don’t ignore this show. Aft
IT Picks | Thursday, April 19,2012

Word masters

By Anita Stienstra
Poetry and slam poetry lovers will not want to miss two significant visits this week by two important men in each genre. Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein (pictured right) reads at the Vachel Lindsay