IT Picks | Thursday, October 11,2012

WWI up close

The Illinois State Military Museum hosts a Great War Encampment to tell the story of the First World War.Experience trench warfare and a day in the life of the men who lived in the trenches duri

IT Picks | Thursday, October 11,2012

Top dance

By Anita Stienstra

Savion Glover offers a tribute performance, titled Sole Sanctuary, to the art and legends of tap on Oct. 14 at Sangamon Auditorium, UIS. Dancing great Gregory Hines touted, “Savion is possi

IT Picks | Thursday, October 4,2012

Rockin’ punk-blues

By Anita Stienstra

The next WUIS Bedrock 66 Live! Concert features Libertyville native Ike Reilly. You’ll like Ike. From his critically lauded records to his latest solo offering, “Hard Luck Stories” -

IT Picks | Thursday, October 4,2012

Bones and stones

By Anita Stienstra

The Lincoln Orbit Earth Science Society presents the Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show in the Illinois Building at the state fairgrounds this weekend. Enter a world of all things stony and bony. The show f

IT Picks | Thursday, October 4,2012

Engaging songster

By Anita Stienstra

Singer-songwriter William Fitzsimmons, of Jacksonville, will perform Oct. 6 in the Studio Theatre at the University of Illinois Springfield as part of the UIS Kitchen Sink Series. You might have

IT Picks | Thursday, October 4,2012

Bold prints

By Anita Stienstra

Roger Shimomura, an internationally renowned artist known for his prints, paintings and performance works, talks at the University of Illinois Springfield Oct. 11 at 5:30 p.m. Following the lecture, t

IT Picks | Thursday, September 27,2012

Trial deliberations

By Anita Stienstra

The acclaimed courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men is on the docket for Sept. 28 through Oct. 7 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Adapted by Sherman Sergel and based on the Emmy award-winning televisio

IT Picks | Thursday, September 27,2012

Celebrating camelids

By Anita Stienstra

Families wanting to take their younguns out of town this weekend can experience the world of alpacas at Alpaca Farm Days at Alpacas of Indian Point Hills in Menard County. Your kids can see an alpaca

IT Picks | Thursday, September 27,2012

Green machines

By Anita Stienstra

The 43rd Annual Steam Show and Fall Festival Days in South Jacksonville is Sept. 28-30. Featured tractor this year is the John Deere. Rick Trahan, The Black Smith Express, will give presentations on t

IT Picks | Thursday, September 27,2012

Sweet satire

By Anita Stienstra

Legacy Theatre opens its doors Sept. 28 for A HA! Theatre’s production of Sordid Lives. You’ll be in stitches over this musical-comedy melodrama about a Texas family of assorted quirky cha