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For Black History Month, take a tour of one of the Jacksonville area’s historical sites linked to the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a clandestine network of routes and safe houses used to help enslaved African Americans escape to the free states and Canada. Visitors on Feb. 25 to the Woodlawn Farm, three miles […]

Celebrate the start of Black History Month and Abraham Lincoln’s upcoming birthday with a variety of events at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum starting this week. The month features performances of Small Beginnings, a short play about Robert Smalls. Smalls, escaping slavery, took a Confederate ship in 1862 and used it to transport […]

For the 31st year the Springfield Art Association is sponsoring the Molly Schlich International & Independent Film Series, the proceeds from which benefit its Michael Victor II Art Library. The series was created by Molly Schlich, a local resident who was passionate about international films and devoted to bringing entertaining and challenging films to Springfield. […]

In keeping with its mission to serve senior citizens with non-medical services to promote independent living and enrich their quality of life, Senior Services of Central Illinois is offering a variety of classes, services and discounted travel opportunities for persons age 50 and older living in Sangamon, Logan, Mason and Menard counties. The offerings support […]

First Night Springfield is on again this year and the Springfield Area Arts Council has planned a celebratory evening with some great partners that have been working to make this night memorable. Hoogland Center for the Arts will start the party by hosting free children’s activities and crafts, such as designing bead bracelets and creating […]

Janet Gooch, a higher education educator with a strong history of leadership in diversity, equity and inclusion, is the seventh chancellor of the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS). She previously served as executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at Truman State University. John Allen, a retired educator and longtime Citizens Club board member, […]

The Springfield Audubon Society was created in 1932 as the Springfield Nature League. Since its inception the society has offered nature hikes, classes and educational tours. It eventually affiliated with the National Audubon Society while continuing to sponsor nature-related events including spring bird counts. It also began working in conjunction with the Illinois Audubon Society […]

The Murder at Haversham Manor, a 1920s murder-mystery play, is the creative product of fictitious playwright Susie H. K. Brideswell. The Play That Goes Wrong, written in 2012 by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, depicts what happens when the fictitious Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society stage a production of Brideswell’s play. At least the […]

Lincoln Memorial Garden has managed to pack a full season of fall activities into one fun weekend. The annual Fall Harvest Festival will have blacksmithing and spinning demonstrations, live music, face painting and pumpkin decorating. Be sure to explore the popular fairy house building, which is constructed of natural materials such as acorns, twigs, bark, […]

Whether you are a hot rod enthusiast or a classic car purist, you will want to be among the spectators lining the streets to catch a view of up to 2,000 street machines, muscle cars and roadsters rumbling into downtown Springfield Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. Kicking off the 21st Annual International Route 66 Mother […]