“I love to hear those minor chords and good close harmony.” — from “The Old Songs” (words and music by Geoffrey O’Hara, 1921) Every Tuesday evening, about 40 men meet at the Hoogland Center for the Arts to carry on a local tradition that stretches back to the time when Elvis was a rising star […]
Richard S. Brumleve
Richard Brumleve taught English at Sacred Heart-Griffin until his retirement last year.
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An architectural wonderland
It’s only a three-hour drive to the other side of the looking glass. Just 40 miles south of Indianapolis is the small (36,000) manufacturing town of Columbus, Ind. Just like Springfield, this lovely town is set amid fields of corn and soybeans, but in terms of its art and architecture, it might as well be […]
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Seurat in Chicago and Springfield
In a wonderful case of serendipity, we get to enjoy the artistry of Georges Seurat in two media: a major exhibition in Chicago and an upcoming Springfield production of Stephen Sondheim’s A Sunday in the Park with George.The exhibition and the musical are anchored by the same visual element: Seurat’s masterpiece, A Sunday on La […]
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An untour alternative
If you have ever taken a tour — to visit the Old State Capitol, to see and smell the ethnic neighborhoods of Chicago or San Francisco, to pay homage to the sights of New York or London or Paris — you know that it can be a wonderfully trying and totally tiring experience. Six years […]
