Downtown Springfield, Inc.’s Old Capitol Farmers Market 2011 season comes to a conclusion with its annual Halloween at the Market. Not only can you grab the last of season’s fresh produce Oct. 29, but you can enter your kids and dogs in a costume contest. Register your kids, up to 12 years old, beginning at […]
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Wild and untamed
Dress as your favorite Rocky Horror character or in your best Halloween ware and laugh yourself silly at one of the most engaging and hilariously-good times in Springfield at the Rocky Horror Show Live at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Produced by ADHD Productions and directed by Mac Warren, Ralph Shank shines as Dr. […]
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Masquerade and accolade
The public is invited to a free evening of supernatural sensations brought to them by the folks at Benedictine University’s Quiddity, an international literary journal whose companion component includes a broadcasted program and reading series on WUIS Public Radio. The ghostly gala celebrates the release of the latest journal issue and includes: group dancing with […]
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To play or not to play
Six performances of the play, I Hate Hamlet, are slated by the theater program at the University of Illinois Springfield Studio Theatre to kick off its 2011-2012 season. I Hate Hamlet is a humorous play by Paul Rudnick about a successful young television actor, Andrew, who lands in the apartment once owned by actor John […]
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Classical character
Violinist Midori performs at Sangamon Auditorium Oct. 25. She is joined on stage by Pianist Özgür Aydin. On the repertoire for the evening: Mozart: Sonata in E-flat Major K.380; Shostakovich: Sonata Op.134; Schumann: Sonata in A minor, Op.105; and Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, D.934. Sometimes the beauty of a musician as a human being […]
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Trail treats
A safe place to trick-or-treat with the little ones this Halloween season is at Henson Robinson Zoo for the Springfield Park District’s Zoolie Ghoulie. The zoo opens at 2 p.m. on four Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 22, 23, 29 and 30, for costumed crusaders and creatures. A popular and beloved event, stations are set up […]
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Contemporary classics
An award-winning chamber ensemble, Soli, performs Oct. 21 at Illinois College as part of the Illinois College Fine Arts Series. With a reputation for playing 20th century classics and commissioning new works, their concert features Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time,” along with a piece written for the group by Illinois College composer […]
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Blast for the past
The 10th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry marches into formation with the Springfield Art Association to fire up the Edwards Place mansion for Haunted Nights of History Oct. 20-21. Commemorating the Civil War’s 150th anniversary, the brigade is setting up the historical rooms with a light-hearted, spirited look at the past during this era. Rumor has it […]
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Tapping into talents
One of the more unique events that inspires and informs Springfield about the passions and talents of fellow neighbors is PechaKucha Night. A fifth installment takes place Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7:20 p.m. in the theater room at Capital City Bar and Grill. Nine locals take the stage and each present a six-minute, 40-second presentation […]
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Big scream flicks
Route 66 Twin Drive-In at Knights Action Park has a special October in store for families looking for Halloween fun. During the last three weekends in October, families have a choice of two double features nightly with entertaining ghostly and ghouly films such as How to Train Your Dragon, Casper, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, […]
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Show-within-a-show
Roxy Theatricals was granted the rights to produce the five-time Tony-award winning musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, which plays at The Legacy Theatre for three weekends minus the last Sunday. Laugh along with the modern-day musical theater addict, known only as Man in Chair (Ed MacMurdo, also the director), who watches the characters and set of […]
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Pumpkins on parade
More than 2,000 jack-o-lanterns fill the night with light and character on two popular, illuminating nights at Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon and Washington Park Botanical Garden Friday, Oct. 14 and Saturday, Oct. 15. District 186 students, artists and the general public carved the crowd of pumpkins for the annual carillon fundraiser. Also visit the Pumpkin […]
