Summer is more than just fun in the sun. While most students are enjoying a much-appreciated breather, administrators at local schools use these months as an opportunity to implement improvements to the schools, both in terms of the physical premises and to scholastic programming. Darrell Schaver, director of operations and maintenance for Springfield School District 186, […]
Scott Faingold
Scott Faingold is a journalist, educator and musician. He has been director of student media at University of Illinois Springfield, founding editor of Activator magazine, a staff reporter for Illinois Times and co-host of Old School Bleep, a music-centered podcast.
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Between the Cracks: Nephrons tonight at Black Sheep
Once again, Faingold at Large proudly presents “Between the Cracks” – the recurring feature designed to shine a light onto Springfield-area bands, and all in their own words, to boot. Join us, won’t you? There’s gold between them thar cracks! Today’s BTC spotlight shines on regular-guy punk band Nephrons whose unassuming surface belies a ferocious live show. […]
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Tonight at Torch Tuesday: DJ Yatti Dny
Tonight at Torch Tuesday, all eyes will be on resident DJ Yatti Dny, who will be spinning all night, providing a master class in the art of DJ-ing. Yatti says he first started to DJ due to the simple process of elimination. “There was me and three other guys walking down the street. Two dudes […]
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Citizen rockers
“I was born here but I can’t die here / And all my dreams, they all dried up a long time ago” – lyric from “Dignity” by The Seething Coast Playing in a rock and roll band is never a casual proposition. Investments of time and money for rehearsal and equipment can be sizable, while […]
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Condition 90 Celebration: Tonight at Brewhaus
Condition 90 ca. 1986, l-r Irwin, Walter, Berkman It is nothing out of the ordinary for Tom Irwin to be performing at Brewhaus (617 E Washington) on a Sunday night. Tonight, however, promises to be unusual indeed. In just over two hours, at 8 PM, Springfield music fans of a certain age will be treated […]
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Pharmacy Visiting Artist II: Sarah Nesbit
This is the second in a series of posts leading up to Saturday’s (July 13) group exhibit of work by members and guests of Springfield art collective The Pharmacy. “I have a general idea of where I want to start, and kind of where I’m headed,” says Peoria-based artist Sarah Nesbit of her experience painting, […]
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Pharmacy Visiting Artist: Joshua Cox
This is the first in a series of posts leading up to Saturday’s (July 13) group exhibit of work by members and guests of Springfield art collective The Pharmacy. Joshua Cox grew up in central Illinois, in small towns near Peoria. He eventually headed east, y earning his MFA from the Art Institute of Boston […]
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Tonight: Fare thee well, A. D.
A. D. Carson has been a leading member of Springfield’s literary, educational and musical communities for years. He published the novel Cold in 2011, followed by The City, a book of shorter pieces, this past October. Carson has been writer-in-residence at Benedictine University and an English teacher at Springfield High School. He is also a […]
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Between The Cracks:Texas Trucker Speed Fiends Tonight!
Once again, Faingold at Large proudly presents “Between the Cracks” – the recurring feature designed to shine a light onto Springfield-area bands, and all in their own words, to boot. Join us, won’t you? There’s gold between them thar cracks! Today’s BTC spotlight lands on local rock and roll madmen Texas Trucker Speed Fiends who […]
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Friday at Donnie’s: Springfield Renaissance
This Friday July 5th marks the first of several events under the Springfield Renaissance umbrella. Presented by the not-for-profit Illinois Independent Arts Association, the shows have been created with an eye toward “supporting the young music community through arts and entertainment,” according to IIAA board member Eric Heyen, who hopes that this will be the […]
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Tonight at Bar None: The Evolution of CornBread
Cornfucius himself Springfield was deprived of one of its most clever, charismatic and confrontational musicians when long-time hip-hop producer-rapper-instrumentalist CornBread (real name Andre Middleton) recently relocated to California, where he is pursuing a degree from the Los Angeles Recording School. Cornbread is back in town this week for vacation and will be headlining his own […]
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Local Indie Movie Alert: The Bling Ring
Continuing an apparent tradition of sneaking quirky and / or acclaimed and / or independent movies onto and off of Springfield screens so stealthily that local cinephiles may never realize they were here at all, AMC Showplace 12 is currently showing The Bling Ring, Sofia Coppola’s (Lost in Translation, The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette) latest […]
