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IT Picks | Thursday, April 25,2013

Keen on green

By Anita Stienstra
Celebrate Earth Day with the City of Springfield at Earth Fair on Saturday, April 27. Activities will be held downtown this year at Union Station Museum and Park just west of the Abraham Lincoln Presi
IT Picks | Thursday, April 18,2013

Transparent watercolors

By Anita Stienstra
The Skip Watts Memorial Exhibit and opening reception, April 20, from 2-4 p.m. at Watts Copy Systems, stands out as a milestone event for Springfield and the Sangamon Watercolor Society. Some of
IT Picks | Thursday, April 18,2013

Enchanting ensemble

By Anita Stienstra
Celtic Woman comes to Sangamon Auditorium, UIS on Sunday, April 21, for an afternoon show at 3 p.m. A sensational musical treat, the popular all-female adult contemporary singing group from Dublin, Ir
IT Picks | Thursday, April 18,2013

Celebrity soiree

By Anita Stienstra
Springfield Art Association’s Personalities Paint, April 20 from 6-9 p.m., is a fun party for a good cause. Art exhibit openings are always a blast, but at this one you can rub elbows with some
IT Picks | Thursday, April 18,2013

Six-string master

By Anita Stienstra
Springfield Classical Guitar Society concludes its 2012-2013 concert season with prize-winning and world-touring classical guitarist Zane Forshee. Forshee will perform music by Albeniz, Scarlatti, Bel
IT Picks | Thursday, April 11,2013

Memory traces

By Anita Stienstra
Springfield’s oldest home, Elijah Iles House, has a new exhibit about Camp Butler that includes artifacts from soldiers who were at the camp. A few of the items on display are photographs, unifo
IT Picks | Thursday, April 11,2013

Friends forever

By Anita Stienstra
Roxy Theatricals presents the Always ... Patsy Cline, April 12-14, 18-21, at The Legacy Theatre. The musical is based on the true story of Cline’s friendship with Houston fan Louise Seger.
IT Picks | Thursday, April 11,2013

Notable rhymester

By Anita Stienstra
Mary Jo Bang, poet and English professor at Washington University in St. Louis, will speak in Brookens Auditorium at the University of Illinois Springfield. Bang has authored six books of poems, inclu
IT Picks | Thursday, April 11,2013

Vibrant virtuosos

By Anita Stienstra
Boundary breaking violinist Nicolas Kendall of Time for Three, ensemble-in-residence with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, plays with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, April 13 at Sangamon Auditori
IT Picks | Thursday, April 4,2013

Buddhist teacher

By Anita Stienstra
Arjia Rinpoche returns to Springfield to expand on his well-received presentation here last year about escaping from Tibet, chronicled in his book, Surviving the Dragon. The Buddhist teacher will spea