PHOTO COURTESY LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Abraham Lincoln is a special theater production that will take place on Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. It is jointly sponsored by the Sangamon County Historical Society and Lincoln Land Community College’s Community Learning Program. The title is taken […]
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Acoustic guitar maestro
Springfield Classical Guitar Society continues its 2013-14 season with a benefit concert by Russel Brazzel on Saturday, Feb. 1, at Faith Lutheran Church. Brazzel will include a fun variety of pieces from Renaissance lute music to “Sakura.” Brazzel has been performing concerts and promoting classical guitar in central Illinois for years. This concert is a […]
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Fun facts
PHOTO BY LAURA KAY COFFEY PechaKucha Night continues with Volume 14 on Thursday, Feb. 6, at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Doors open at 6 p.m. with presentations taking place in Theater Three on the third floor of the center. The evening promises to be fun and informative with George Heroux, “Writing My Way […]
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Stately vino
Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association’s annual Winter Wine Festival takes place Friday night, Jan. 31, during IGGVA’s three-day conference at Crowne Plaza. A Friday pass includes access to the trade show, lunch, educational sessions and the Winter Wine Festival. Participating wineries will offer tastings of their wines, as well as having wine available for […]
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Stellar info
Sangamon Valley Group of the Sierra Club’s monthly educational series and Sustainable Springfield present a panel discussion regarding the installation of solar powered electrical panels benefiting Springfield businesses. Included (pictured from left) are Chef Michael Higgins, Maldaner’s Restaurant owner; Wynn Coplea, IGEN’s program manager; Julie Rourke, Lincoln Land Community College’s Workforce Development Center; Michelle Knox, […]
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Presidential pieces
PHOTO BY JERRY HOLT/MCT These are the last two days to view the “Remembering Nelson Mandela’s Life and Legacy” exhibit at Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum. On view are original documents from Mandela’s election as president of South Africa in 1994, letter to his family while in prison, personal memorabilia of Springfield residents who have […]
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Food for thought
Slow Food Springfield, Benedictine University’s Green Club and the University of Illinois Extension present The Slow Food Springfield Film Festival at Benedictine University’s Library on Saturday, Jan. 25. Ingredients, The Movie and Food, Inc. will be shown at 2 p.m. Two Angry Moms and The Future of Food: A Looming Crisis will be screened at 4:15. Refreshments and dinner will be provided […]
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Droll duo
PHOTO COURTESY HOOGLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS Six performances of The Odd Couple take place, Jan. 24-26, 31 and Feb. 1-2. This classic comedy by Neil Simon opens with a group of guys in the middle of a heated poker game at the apartment of divorced sports writer Oscar Madison. And if the mess is […]
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Multitalented funnyman
PHOTO COURTESY HTTP://TOMARNOLDCOMEDY.COM/ Yep, that Tom Arnold. Multitalented comedian, actor and producer Tom Arnold comes to Springfield’s Donnie B’s Comedy Club. This guy has won a Peabody and Golden Globe Award, currently hosts Country Music Television’s “My Big Redneck Wedding” and “My Big Redneck Vacation” that premiered at the highest ratings in CMT history and […]
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Soul force
PHOTO BY YOICHI R. OKAMOTO Here are a few Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in Jacksonville and Springfield taking place on Monday, Jan. 20. Illinois College and the city of Jacksonville will celebrate with critically acclaimed author and NAACP Image-Award recipient Sheyann Webb-Christburg (pictured left) who will speak at 11 a.m. in Rammelkamp Chapel, […]
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Rock out
PHOTO BY JOHN MUCHOW Roxy Theatricals presents eight performances of the rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. With only 75 seats per show, phone and order your tickets now. There may only be a small number of seats or maybe even standing room only if you wait to buy tickets at the door, which […]
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Never know who might drop in
from YouTube You never know who might drop in on Springfield, Ill. Thanks to Obama and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, Springfield has slowly become a name on the tip of America’s tongue, and a small-city or large-town destination for the curious. Springfield Poets and Writers board member Liz Huck was listening to WUIS radio […]
