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Bob Waldmire’s farewell tourExhibition: Inspired photographs of poverty and hope in AfricaThe blacksmith as artistThe Third Thursday artistsA show of haunting beautyMaster of illusionSpringfield’s universities co-host Russian artist’s American debutFinding FogelArtist to paint a five-story mural in pursuit of ArtPrizeStranger in Paradise
History | Thursday, February 10,2005
{after 1st article on article listing} The speed demon’s green dragon
One hundred years ago, automobile racing came
to the Illinois State Fair dirt track for the first time when the
Springfield Automobile Club sponsored a meet at which the feat
History | Thursday, January 20,2005
When the drugstore served the best drinks in town
At the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Edwards Street is a two-story building
with a "For Lease" sign in the front window of the vacant first story. Until
recently, the location served as a
History | Thursday, January 6,2005
You never know where a job here might take you
Like most other capital cities, Springfield has always had a certain transient
population whose ebb and flow are governed not by the moon but by the rising
and falling tide of work necessary to
History | Wednesday, November 10,2004
For many veterans, the sacrifices never ended
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work --
I am the grass; I cover all.
And pile them high at Gettysburg
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
History | Thursday, October 28,2004
Still waters
Who has not gazed upon picture-book renderings of Ephesus, Rome, Tyre, Machu
Picchu, Stonehenge, and other fantastic sites of archaeological remains and
not wondered about the civilizations tha
History | Thursday, October 14,2004
Plain’s folks
If you're like me, maybe you've wondered about the derivation of the "Aristocracy
Hill" designation given to the historic neighborhood bounded by South Grand
Avenue and Jackson, Second, and Eig
Feature | Thursday, September 23,2004
Homecoming
Like many native Springfieldians, Jim Pendergrass of south Springfield moved
back to his old hometown after long making his residence elsewhere. In and of
itself, that fact is hardly worth ment
History | Thursday, September 16,2004
“NO MEAT, NO VOTES”
The cloud of fear and uncertainty that gripped the United States during the
years of World War II began to lift with the defeat of Germany and Japan in
1945, but Americans felt the war's afters
History | Thursday, July 29,2004
Springfield puts on a show for the Hoovers
With all the hyperbolic and near-hysterical rhetoric flying around Springfield
like so much chaff at a threshing party ("Is Springfield ready?"), one might
be excused for thinking that never be
History | Thursday, July 15,2004
The Stratton Building’s midlife crisis
Just west of the Capitol complex, new markers have sprouted from street signs, identifying the area as the Pasfield House Historic District. The city-sanctioned designation honors the memory of one of
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