DANCE | Ice skating United States national pewter medalist, Ryan Bradley, performs as guest skater
in the Springfield Figure Skating Club’s annual Spotlight on Ice this weekend at the Nelson Center in Lincoln Park.
Springfield’s ice show features more than 100 club members performing solo and group skating
numbers to musical ice versions of Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Snow White, Aladdin and Sleeping Beauty.
Spotlight on Ice
Saturday, Mar 28
2pm and 7pm
Sunday, Mar 29
2pm
Nelson Center, Lincoln Park
1601 N. Fifth St.
753-2800
$10 adults, $5 children under 12
BOOKS | Muslim attitudes World Affairs Council of Central Illinois welcomes as part of their speaker
series, Dalia Mogahed, executive director and senior analystfor the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies and co-author of the book, Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think. Mogahed speaks Monday evening at the University of Illinois at Springfield
about the culmination of a multi-year polling effort in 35 countries
representing the opinions of more than 1 billion Muslims worldwide, including
Muslims in the West. She now travels the globe engaging diverse groups on what
Muslims really think about the West, about democracy, about extremism itself
and more. In a post-9/11 world, many Americans conflate the mainstream Muslim
majority with the beliefs and actions of an extremist minority. Who Speaks for Islam? spotlights this silenced majority.
Who Speaks for Islam?
Monday, Mar 30
7:30-9:30pm
UIS Brookens Auditorium
206-6245
Free
BULLETIN BOARD | Speaking out Motivational humorist Jack McCall of Tennessee joins 13 other featured humorists, sales trainers, inspirational speakers, business skills trainers and
motivators from across the country for the Capital Speakers Bureau’s 16th Annual Showcase of Speakers on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza. The day
includes speakers giving 20-minute presentations on current issues or hot
topics, continental breakfast, lunch, free giveaways and prizes. Register 8
a.m. to 8:30 a.m, the morning of the event, or at www.capcityspeakers.com. The
public is invited.
Showcase of Speakers
Wednesday, Apr 1
8:30am-3:30pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel
3000 S. Dirksen Pkwy.
544-8552
$45
BAND SPOTLIGHT | Don Smith Quartet Don Smith and his various band incarnations get the braggin’ rights for longevity in central Illinois. The singing trumpet player began
playing the area over 50 years ago and is still going strong, booking
everything from a trio to an octet and beyond at bars, weddings, conventions,
festivals and countless other functions. This summer his big band will log a
record 30 continuous years at the Illinois State Fair Twilight Ballroom. It’s definite old school here, with ballads, fox trots, vocal jazz, swing and even
rock-n-roll played with old-fashioned musician talent on real instruments and
backed by the slogan of, “our work is our play.” Members of the quartet include Don Smith, trumpet/flugelhorn/vocal, Dr. Bill
French, piano, Rob Killam, bass, and Jerry Kusmaul, drums.
Don Smith Quartet
Sat. March 28, 5 p.m.
Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge #158
409 E. Lake Shore Drive, 217-529-0158
Officer installation for members and guests
musicmusic@mymailstation.com
This article appears in Mar 19-25, 2009.
