News | Thursday, May 12,2005

Taking it to the street

People from all over Springfield plan to meet this Saturday morning at Laurel United Methodist Church, at the corner of Walnut Street and South Grand Avenue. They won’t

News | Thursday, May 12,2005

Green connections

By Job Conger

Soon after Tim Davlin took office as mayor, his administration created a new organization, Springfield Green, to promote city beautification. The private-public partnership started as a c

Music | Thursday, May 12,2005

music 5-12-05

By Job Conger

The last time Marita Brake played Springfield was in 1967, and the location was the Something Else Coffeehouse, located in an old brownstone on the northeast corner of Fourth and Capitol.

Visual Art | Thursday, May 5,2005

art seen 5-5-05

By Job Conger

Oh the Places I’ve Been, the newest exhibit at Prairie Art Alliance, features paintings by Springfield artists Tiffany Beane, Shirley Caldwell Smith, and Leonard Gaither. I visited wit

Visual Art | Thursday, April 21,2005

art seen 4-21-05

By Job Conger

Over the past decade, Robert Sill began noticing a trend that disturbed him: Gallery spaces had grown, and large-scale works tended to dominate shows. But bigger isn’t always better, a

Visual Art | Thursday, March 24,2005

art seen 3-24-05

By Job Conger

Michael Dunbar still has a problem with his early school years: “When you know what you’re going to do and you have to listen to teachers and figure out ‘Ho

Visual Art | Thursday, March 10,2005

art seen 3-10-05

By Job Conger

Quincy philanthropist John Willis Gardner accomplished two goals in one stroke when he founded the Gardner Museum of Architecture & Design in 1977, preserving important pieces of Quincy&

Visual Art | Thursday, February 24,2005

Remembrance of things past

By Job Conger

The Springfield Art Association shows off part of its outstanding collection of early-20th-century paintings at a special exhibit that continues through March 19. The show includes the fir

Visual Art | Thursday, February 10,2005

Two for the show

By Job Conger

Visiting the art gallery on the second floor of the Illinois State Museum is comparable to discovering a cookie factory in your neighbor’s garage, two doors away. It ma

Visual Art | Thursday, January 27,2005

Feats of clay

By Job Conger

Call it destiny: Small-town girl or boy seeks fame and fortune in the big city and falls for an uptown opposite number, and the couple lives happily ever after. Lady Luck dea