You know him and you love him and now a version of Shrek you probably haven’t seen is coming to the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Shrek the Musical runs March 21-23 and 28-30. Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film that you also love, the laughs and music take to the stage. If you’re not […]
Anita Stienstra
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State poetry competition today
The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; Along the sea-sands damp and brown The traveller hastens toward the town, And the tide rises, the tide falls. Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea, the sea in the […]
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Japanese drumming
This isn’t just drumming – this is an amazing combination of percussion instruments that look like beautiful sculptures, explosive and hypnotizing sounds of Taiko drumming and the perfectly in sync, choreographed movements of drummers with costumes and bodies that resemble fine art. You will marvel at the athletic energy, stamina and skill these Japanese musicians […]
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Laughter and love
Locals Johnny Molson and Mary Young star in the Lanford Wilson Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley’s Folly at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, March 14-16 and 21-23. Set in Missouri during 1944, Matt Friedman is a Jewish accountant from St. Louis who has returned to a rural boathouse where he met Sally Talley to profuse […]
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Curbside celebration
Springfield’s 30th Annual St. Patrick’s Day parade will “Rock the Blarney” through the streets of downtown Saturday at noon. Floats, bands and at host of local folks and organizations will once again wow and please the crowd. Look for numerous radio station personalities, Springfield Police and Fire Departments, Springfield Junior Blues hockey team, Springfield BMX club, […]
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Perfecting the portraiture
New York City photographer Sean Fader brings his acclaimed contemporary photographic series to the University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery. Fader’s exhibition SUP?, reviewed in Slate Magazine and Huffington Post, is an interesting look at first impressions. The artist used personal ads to met strangers of whom he would shoot their portraits upon first […]
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Fighting poverty
An important documentary, Girl Rising, will be shown twice in Springfield, at Douglas Avenue United Methodist Church on March 9, and Brookens Auditorium, University of Illinois Springfield, on March 11. The film was conceived by a team researching how to end global poverty that found that educating girls offers the highest return on investment in […]
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Folk and Celtic accords
Americana and Celtic music duo Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack return to the Hoogland Center for the Arts March 8 for another amazing concert. They will be joined on stage by the Central Illinois Irish Dancers. With more than a dozen albums to their credit, they have toured extensively, opening for The Moody Blues, […]
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Wall sculpture
DISillusion is the name of the art exhibit by Springfield artist Adam G. Perschbacher on display at the Anne Lloyd Gallery in downtown Decatur starting March 1. An opening reception is planned for March 7 and includes hors d’oeuvres, beverages and live music. The 20-piece exhibit is the newest and most complex geometric abstractions from […]
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Tasty tidbits
A popular wintertime expo takes place in the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds this weekend, March 1-2. More than 70 Illinois companies will provide free food samples and sell their local products at the 16th annual Illinois Products Expo. There will also be nonfood items such as soy and herb candles and agricultural-based soaps […]
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Think spring
Get in the spring mindset with this vegetable gardening workshop at the University of Illinois Extension office Saturday, March 1. Learn ways that you can enhance the crop you grow in your garden this year. Preregistration is required. Go online to web.extension.illinois.edu/lms. The U of I Extension is also offering Wicked Plants on March 5 […]
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Award-winning films highlight Jewish Film Festival
Actor Jules Sitruk plays Joseph Silberg in The Other Son. Opportunities are springing up all over town to view entertaining and engaging foreign and independent films on the big screen. Here’s one that focuses on Jewish and Israeli culture. Springfield Jewish Film Festival begins Sunday, March 2, and takes place every Sunday in March at […]
