Anita Stienstra

Middle-class gal Sally Bowles from Chelsea, London, works as a singer at Berlin’s seedy Kit-Kat Club in 1929, trying her best to live the decadent life that the city is known for. In comes new lover Cliff Bradshaw, a young American writer, colorful boarding house characters, a pregnancy and Nazism. Sally refuses to acknowledge the […]

Ralph’s World bops into the capital city Saturday with an assortment of fun songs and a good time for you and your family. Ralph Covert is the man behind the World, a writer and singer of popular children’s music, including Grammy-nominated songs “Green Gorilla” and “Monster and Me,” and a handful of CDs including, “Bad […]

Guest speaker next Monday for the Frontiers International Springfield Club’s 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Breakfast is Joseph A. Brown, S.J., Ph.D. Brown is a Catholic priest, professor and director of the Black American Studies program at Southern Illinois University, published poet and author. Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial BreakfastMonday, Jan. 187:30amSpringfield Hilton […]

Elvis fans are expected to pack downtown’s Hilton Hotel this weekend for the popular Elvis competition. Seventeen Presley tribute artists, selected from over 200, shake, sing and strum for cash prizes. Special guests are KAVAN, World’s No. 1 Rock ‘n Roll Elvis and Alphonse Franklin, a Smokey Robinson look-alike and former lead singer of the […]

This weekend and next, Springfield Theatre Centre presents Earnest Oscar Wilde’s comedy of mistaken identities and deflated Victorian pomposity. No one is quite who they seem to be in this witty farce. Directed by Rebecca Loschen and produced by Jim Leach. The cast includes Matthew Husky as Algernon; Steven Stowers as Jack; Jessica McCormik as Cecily; […]

Poet and hip-hop artist A.D. Carson leads a blended-media seminar titled “Making Lyrics Work on the Page and Making Poetry Work Out Loud” in Dawson Hall, Room 17. Community members ages 16 and older are invited to craft along under his lead. The University sponsors this event, hosted by Quiddity International Literary Journal and public […]

They stand tall. They run fast. They dunk and dribble well. Don’t miss basketball at its finest and funniest. The Harlem Globetrotters, also dubbed the Magicians of Basketball, take the court at the Prairie Capital Convention Center this Sunday. An afternoon of fun is planned with the likes of Special K Daley and Scooter Christensen. […]

Rick Dunham, aka Elvis Himselvis, and the Easy Street Band engage the audience in a birthday celebration for the king of rock and roll. Dunham has performed his tribute show in 31 states, Canada and Europe. He has been featured in the Chicago Tribune and USA Today and has been seen and heard on a […]

The all-adult amateur orchestra performs under the direction of Richard A. Haglund, Conductor and Music Director for the Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony and the Community Orchestra. Though the show is free, donations will be accepted to benefit the group the evening of the performance. For more info visit their Web site at www.svys.org. Sangamon Valley […]

Three free performances of the compelling 1892 drama The Yellow Wallpaper will be held in the bedroom of poet Vachel Lindsay on Thursday evening as part of the annual First Night Springfield celebration. This unique offering stars Aasne Vigesaa and is based on the short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman about a woman […]

Gather in front of the Center at 6:30 p.m. to kick off the Springfield Area Arts Council’s First Night celebration held at various locations downtown. A soft, prize-ball blast will be launched above the crowd — with three lucky catchers reaping cash prizes of $25, $50 or $100. Throughout the evening, the Springfield Municipal Opera, […]

Springfield High School brims with the laughter and togetherness of families on New Year’s Eve afternoon where First Night Springfield offers activities and entertainment for kids. The popular DePriest Puppets perform from 1:30-2pm, and hands-on activities include a harmonica workshop with the charismatic Mark Russillo. Also, Chris Camp cracks his whip, Troy Roark surprises with […]