IT Picks

Don’t miss the Springfield Youth Performance Group’s production of Alice in Wonderland on Saturday, June 9 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. The engaging and energetic ballet will feature new choreography by SYPG artistic director Caitlin Helton Scherer plus more than 55 local, young performers. “Alice in Wonderland is an ideal production to appeal […]

In 2016, Our Vibrant Community and genHkids teamed up to design a community garden mural to compliment the community garden located on the west side of the Gus and Flora Kerasotes YMCA. The community garden is made possible by genHkids and the Kerasotes YMCA, and the mural was made possible by the Springfield Area Arts […]

The Legacy of Giving Music Festival, a two-day charitable festival that donated more than $23,000 in proceeds to local charities in 2017, will once again offer Springfield the opportunity to enjoy more than 60 local, regional and national music acts spread out across five stages, as well as a vendors’ fair, children’s area, food and […]

For someone who wasn’t around during the Civil War, playwright John Woodruff must know it pretty well. Of course, it helps to have family members who fought in that conflict. That’s part of the inspiration for Drummer Girl: A Civil War Journey, the play he wrote. In Drummer Girl, the main character, Lorena, starts out […]

Children ages 5-13 are invited to enjoy a morning of fishing alongside members of the Springfield Police Department on Sunday, June 3, at Southwind Park in Springfield. Registration will take place from 9-9:15 a.m., and fishing instruction will begin at 9:30 a.m. All fishing equipment will be provided, and all participants will receive a souvenir […]

Mark Gifford and Damien Kaplan’s popular Dual Piano show returns to the Hoogland Center for the Arts May 25-27 at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. While Mark and Damien are very different musicians, this dynamic duo has found a place together by playing, singing and inviting others to have […]

On May 19, Springfield Pridefest, the gayest celebration in town, returns for another year. The festivities kick off with a parade at 11:30 a.m., beginning at Fifth and Allen streets, leading north up Fifth Street to Jackson Street, and entering the Pridefest grounds via Capitol Street for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon. The afternoon will […]

Bring your friends, families, blankets and lawn chairs to the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon on Friday, May 18, and settle in for a showing of Disney’s Coco, the first installment of the Springfield Park District’s 2018 “Movies in the Park” summer entertainment series. Coco is a 3D computer-animated fantasy film that tells the story of […]

Attend a book signing and presentation by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Garrow on Tuesday, May 22, in honor of his book Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama. The book, which provides the most detailed description of Obama’s life before entering the White House, uses interviews and meticulous reporting to showcase Obama’s political ambitions and […]

On Friday, May 11, don’t miss the FatAss 5K Craft Beer and Cigar Festival, located on Seventh Street between Celtic Mist and the President Abraham Lincoln Springfield – a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel. The festival, a precursor to Saturday’s FatAss 5K and Street Party for Charity, features food and drinks for purchase from food trucks […]

Don’t miss the first-ever complete sketch comedy show by Capital City Improv, titled One Flu over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The show, which will be presented twice on Saturday, May 12, is inspired by the words of Abraham Lincoln and the music of Queen and is perfect for fans of The Second City or “Saturday Night […]

On Saturday, May 12, experience a magnificent concert that will close out the 2017-2018 season for the Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony and Sangamon Civic Orchestra. The concert, under the direction of Matthew Sheppard, features Sir William Walton’s “Crown Imperial.” The concert will also include a Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony performance of Franz Schubert’s “Symphony No. […]