IT Picks | Thursday, April 11,2013

Notable rhymester

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

IT Picks | Thursday, April 4,2013

Moving drama

By Anita Stienstra

UIS Theatre presents six performances of the 1933 play Awake and Sing by Clifford Odets April 5-7 and 11-13 in the Studio Theatre. Originally produced in 1935 by the revolutionary theatre company know

Visual Art | Thursday, April 4,2013

Photo contest winners: Images of Illinois

Prairie Art Alliance contest yields impressive regional talent

By Anita Stienstra

Digital cameras that are affordable and easy-to-use, including those cameras and image-sharing apps in our smartphones, have sparked a photo craze. Who could have predicted that so many Americans woul

IT Picks | Thursday, March 28,2013

Star bards

By Anita Stienstra

Two local college writing professors, one retired and one not, playfully post on their book-signing invitation “Two Poets Journey to The Holy Land.” You’re invited to this journey wh

IT Picks | Thursday, March 28,2013

Four-legged fun

By Anita Stienstra

Ani-mall Pet Expo and Mega Adoption is being held at the Expo Building within the Illinois State Fairgrounds Saturday, March 30. This is a packed four-hour event with adoptions by the Animal Protectiv

IT Picks | Thursday, March 28,2013

Neotraditional country

By Anita Stienstra

Traditional Country music’s new-guy-in-town debuted in 2009. And he’s coming to our town to show you what he’s got at the Prairie Capital Convention Center on Saturday, March 30. Is

IT Picks | Thursday, March 28,2013

Sweet search

By Anita Stienstra

Brought to you by Springfield’s downtown merchants and Downtown Springfield, Inc., the first annual Old State Capitol Easter Egg Hunt promises to be a fun place to bring the youngsters, ages 1-1

IT Picks | Thursday, March 21,2013

Rockin’ songster

By Anita Stienstra

Minneapolis’ Kevin Bowe and the Okemah Prophets will rock the Hoogland Center for the Arts March 22 for the next WUIS Bedrock 66 Series concert. Known as an accomplished songwriter, Bowe wrote f