IT Picks | Thursday, July 19,2012

Musical folktale

Enjoy outdoor theater as Once On This Island is performed at The Muni July 20-22, 25-29. The story follows Ti Moune, a young peasant girl from a poor village on a small island. Her life is uprooted wh

IT Picks | Thursday, July 19,2012

Pick of the crop

By Anita Stienstra

The Chatham Jaycees always put on one of the most enjoyable festivals in central Illinois. This year’s two-day fest with corn and a host of other morsels, entertainment and games and nightly mus

IT Picks | Thursday, July 19,2012

Capital humor

By Anita Stienstra

Tara McClellan McAndrew’s The Lighter Side of Springfield History comes to the Hoogland Center for the Arts for two weekend performances in July. The multi-media comedy that uses quick vignettes

IT Picks | Thursday, July 12,2012

Fish and tips

By Anita Stienstra

The Land of Lincoln Water Gardening Society presents Parade of Ponds Saturday, July 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy a self-guided tour of eight Springfield-area ponds and gardens. Homeowners will be o

IT Picks | Thursday, July 12,2012

Civil liberties

By Anita Stienstra

Springfield-area American Civil Liberties Union and Liberty Brew & View host a free showing of the powerful new documentary, Better This World, on Tuesday, July 17. UIUC Law Professor Steve Becket

IT Picks | Thursday, July 12,2012

Visual virtuosos

By Anita Stienstra

The Pharmacy shines again. Go swiftly into the good July 14 night, and get absorbed in the third art exhibition in The Pharmacy’s warehouse on Pasfield Street. On display will be the work of Pha

IT Picks | Thursday, July 12,2012

Showing resolve

By Anita Stienstra

Roxy Theatricals presents nine performances of the Legally Blonde – The Musical. Based on the popular movie with Reese Witherspoon, college sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods, played by

IT Picks | Thursday, July 5,2012

Ghost writer

By Anita Stienstra

Local songwriter, guitarist and singer, Tom Irwin, performs a one-night show outside at Theatre in the Park, Kelso Hollow in Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site, on Saturday, July 7, at 8 p.

IT Picks | Thursday, July 5,2012

Grave matters

By Anita Stienstra

Illinois State Museum Paul Mickey Science Series returns with a lecture July 11 at the Research and Collections Center on Ash Street. The program features Guy Sternberg from Starhill Forest Arboretum,

IT Picks | Thursday, July 5,2012

Capital cuisine

By Anita Stienstra

Downtown sizzles the weekend after the Fourth of July and not just from the heat. The popular two-day festival, Taste of Downtown, runs Friday and Saturday, featuring the cuisine of over 20 city resta