IT Picks

Who doesn’t collect something? Here’s your chance to talk to collectors from all around the state, see their amazing collections and perhaps gather a few tips to improve your own collection. Treasures include everything from antique cameras to toys and more. The museum reminds everyone that no buying, selling or appraisals will be allowed. This […]

There is limited seating for this interesting, existentialist drama directed by LLCC Assistant Professor of Theatre Mark Hardiman. Imagine being locked in a windowless room with two other people whom you don’t like — forever. That is the premise of Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit. A three-dimensional-design class is in charge of the set space […]

Michael McNerney, American Resources Group, Ltd., presents a program titled, “A Shape in Time and Space: Tracing the Neck Discoid Grave Marker.” As an outgrowth of research on various human-effigy folk gravestones in southern Illinois, this presentation focuses on one variety believed to be derived from an older Celtic tradition having roots in England, Scotland […]

Arjia Rinpoche, a Tibetan high lama who fled Tibet in 1998, addresses the audience in a 45-minute lecture followed by a question and answer session and book signing. Rinpoche shares his story of the turbulent years in Tibet during the Cultural Revolution that included 16 years in a forced labor camp and his rise to […]

A poet and artist, Vachel Lindsay’s 131st birthday is celebrated Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an open house at the Vachel Lindsay Home at 603 S. Sixth Street. Later that same day, in a similar note, poetry and words meet art as the Women Writers Association present and read from their […]

Modern dance is spectacular to watch – the emotive, complex moves and motions transport you into their story as if your empathy was quadrupled. The Paul Taylor Dance Company is one of the most critically acclaimed dance troupes in the world, with Taylor touted as one of the world’s greatest living choreographers. The New York […]

Organist Timothy Spelbring plays Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Webber’s Phantom of the Opera overture and other pieces that lend a seasonal spice to the evening. Spelbring is an accomplished organist and doctoral candidate in organ performance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also a Yale School of Music and […]

UIS Associate Professor of Liberal and Integrative Studies, Rosina Neginsky introduces her newest book of poetry, Juggler, to the Springfield community via a performance of readings from the publication with the assistance of UIS Assistant Professor of Theatre Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson. The book is translated in both English and Russian. A reception and book signing follow […]

City of Springfield trick-or-treat hours are 4:30-8 p.m. on Oct. 31, but there’s more Halloween fun for kids before this date. The Lincoln Home offers free Safe Trick-or-Treat on Friday, Oct. 29, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, head downtown at 10 a.m. to the Farmers Market where moms.org holds a Halloween at the Market […]

Dress in costume, buy a $5 prop bag from the folks at the Hoogland, and you’re set to be bedazzled and entertained past your wildest dreams by ADHD Productions’ Rocky Horror Show, the popular, interactive cult classic rock musical. Ralph Shank (pictured) plays the Transylvanian transvestite, Frank, while Katie Rasmussen and Patrick Russell take on […]

Get a dose of laughter as NPR Humorist, author of Naked, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and regular New Yorker contributor injects Sangamon Auditorium with the silly stings of the human condition. Called the master of satire, if there was a Ph.D. in comedy, he would […]

University of Illinois Springfield Theatre Program produces the thought-provoking Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play by American theater icon, Wendy Wasserstein. Relive the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s through the humorous, historical and cultural trek of Heidi Holland as she moves from high-school brainer to adult professor and feminist. UIS Assistant Professor of Theatre Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson […]