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See what’s happening near you As events may be canceled or rescheduled at the last moment, please first check with the host or venue when making plans to attend an event. MARCH Illinois Prairie Pastel Society 2025 Members Show Through March 22. The show features artwork from the society’s statewide members. Free. Edwards Place, Springfield […]

How likely is it you can find in one trip all things Walmart, a stunning art museum and world-class mountain biking? Pretty likely if you visit Bentonville, in the northwest corner of Arkansas. With a population of 67,000 and growing, Bentonville is definitely the town Walmart built. Its world headquarters expand into new digs this […]

Debbie Ross has sung for three U.S. presidents, a vice president and for more brides and grooms and bar patrons than she can remember, and she plans “to do something musically” after retiring later this year from a long career in state government. By day she is still a librarian at the state prison in […]

Compass for Kids is well-known in the Springfield community for the many ways it serves children and families through after-school and summer programs that provide academic and social-emotional support. Their goal is to empower Springfield children and families underserved by the community. Club Compass is an after-school program for students at five elementary schools in District […]

Sunshine “We’re just trying to make Springfield better” – Sunshine Clemons, co-president, Black Lives Matter SPI PROFILE | Ed Wojcicki Last summer, a group of people attempted to disrupt a popular Levitt AMP concert on the Y Block in downtown Springfield. They were angry about the recent murder of Sonya Massey, and the scene grew tense, […]

“Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows.” – Nisargadatta Maharaj Awe is defined as “a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.” It can come from different stimuli, including observing something extraordinary, a theoretical sense of being in someone’s presence and […]

I am that “old-time” doctor. I now say, “Do you remember when? I do.” I started medical school in 1992. Adding those years with residency and decades of clinical practice, I am at 32 years of experience and counting. I remember watching a young boy in the halls of the pediatric hospital carrying his bucket […]

Set back off the corner of Chatham Road and Lawrence Avenue on nearly 30 acres of grassy lawn and woods, Illinois Presbyterian Home provides “comfort in a community” for area seniors. The staff and volunteers are excitedly beginning preparations for the home’s 70th anniversary. But the historic property began its service life well before 1954 […]

Dr. George Palmer was well known for his commitment to medical science rather than popular “signs and omens and charms” of the day, and for his fresh air-and-sunshine approach to good health and vitality. The Sangamon County Historical Society published excerpts from Palmer’s 1911 speech to the Illinois Farmers Institute’s Department of Household Science, including […]

Officially the darkest day of 2024 is the winter solstice on Dec. 21. It’s the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Parallel to that seasonal darkness is the current social, political and economic scene. It brings the feeling that dark days are upon us and have been for some time. […]

When it was announced last month that Springfield’s iconic 98-year-old Myers Building would go up for auction, it sparked memories of the old Myers Brothers Department Store that brought many years of Christmas season bustle to downtown. Here is a remembrance of department store days gone by. For decades, downtown Springfield was a hustling, bustling […]

As events may be canceled or rescheduled at the last moment, please first check with the host or venue when making plans to attend an event. DECEMBER Santa House at Kiwanis Park Fri., Dec. 20, 5-8pm, Sat., Dec. 21, 9am-12pm, Sun., Dec. 22, 12-4pm and Mon., Dec. 23, 5-8pm. Make magical memories this holiday season […]