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IT HOT Picks of the week
New crop
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Harlem swing
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In the groove
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Blues bash
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Film - Chuck Koplinski

The Artist, a lovingly rendered homage

By Chuck Koplinski

Along with Hugo and Drive, also 2011 releases, Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist is a film steeped in the history of American cinema. With nods towards A Star is Born, Citizen Kane and Singin&rsqu

Film - Chuck Koplinski

Inspired cast and clever twists elevate Contraband

By Chuck Koplinski

From the 1930s through the 1950s, double features were common in American cinemas and the film that played on the lower part of the bill was referred to as a B-movie. These were exercises in narrative

Film - Chuck Koplinski

Intelligent Tinker rewards patience

By Chuck Koplinski

With its labyrinthine plot, shifting narrative threads and myriad characters, Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John le Carre’s classic spy novel, Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, may be initially

History

The man behind Sears’ success got his start here

By Tara McClellan McAndrew

Springfield is known as the home of Abraham Lincoln, but a man from Lincoln’s neighborhood gets short shrift in our city’s legacy. Julius Rosenwald was born a block from Lincoln’s ho

Performing Art

A winter full of fine Springfield theater

By Phil Funkenbusch

The new year begins with exciting theater in Springfield, with the now-playing Chess, a musical by Benny Anderssen and Bjorn Ulvaes (of ABBA fame) with lyrics by Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, Evit