Who says there’s nothing to do in Springfield? Not anyone who reads the weekly IT calendar section, for sure. And if that weren’t enough, the IT special edition guides – fall, summer

My first sojourn to Europe was with the U of I Concert Choir. We gave concerts, attended a two-week Renaissance music symposium, and did a lot of sightseeing. But there was something else I was determ

There weren’t many of them. Maybe six or eight pods in the tiny saucer in front of me. The setting (my first-ever sushi restaurant) and the simple, elegant Japanese porcelain saucer seemed exoti

Ah, the Illinois State Fair – the highlight of my childhood summers. From about the third grade on, I sold produce from my grandparents’ organic farm from a makeshift stand at the end of o