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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. ONGOING Farmers Market Sundays, June 25, July 2, 16 and 30, Aug. 6 and 20, 10am-2pm. Farmers market plus a flea market, crafts and food trucks. Call for more […]

REGEN is the magazine for active and creative grownups, members of The REGEN generation. The REGEN is age 50-plus, yet this generation is not so much an age but a lifestyle. The REGEN includes people willing to try new adventures, to give back, to reinvent themselves and their community. They’ve done it all at least […]

Get comfortable being uncomfortable. It’s a common saying, especially in the fitness world of pain and gain. It is one I am quite familiar with, being a fitness coach for 15 years and an athlete my whole life. Seeing and personally experiencing how leaning into the edge of discomfort can elicit favorable adaptations with the […]

Sydney Herzberger and Barb Nelson are two of about 2,000 Springfield YMCA members who get their membership free through the Silver Sneakers program, a benefit of some Medicare Advantage and Medicare supplemental plans. And they are big fans of the program. Nelson, 87, had stents placed in blocked arteries about 15 years ago. She started […]

Leigh Steiner is a director and actor in the Springfield theater community. She recently reflected on how plays and musicals can whisk us away to fantastical places, but it can also be a space to for us to reflect on our lives and experiences. Steiner directed Our Town by Thornton Wilder, a successful production April […]

Timi’s travelers are a loyal bunch. Some have traveled with Timi since she formed Timi’s Tours in 2006. Retired transplants happily fly back to central Illinois, just to ride somewhere else on one of Timi’s motorcoaches. And this trusting, enthusiastic crowd rushes to sign up for Mystery Trips as soon as seats open. These fun-loving […]

Are you ready to start dating after a divorce? The range of answers to that question runs all the way from “Nope, never” to “Already started,” and each approach has its merits. When you’re an older adult, rejoining the dating world may present extra challenges, including getting familiar with online dating services that are beneficial […]

Z is for … the owners of the Seasons active retirement residences just off Koke Mill Road on Conifer Drive in Springfield. Z stands for Zaubi, as in the family built-owned-operated Seasons Pine Creek and Seasons Under the Oaks. For the residents, Z clearly stands for Zest, as in zest for freedom and independence. It’s […]

In the fall of 2021, Tony and Ann Libri took on a monumental project when they decided to purchase the buildings on the 25-acre property that served originally as Ursuline Academy, then as a Benedictine University campus until 2018 when the school closed. Their goal is to bring the campus back to life and return […]

Humility is a delicate quality. It has been said that humility is the foundation for all of the other great virtues in life. Qualities like compassion, patience and steadfastness all benefit when they are grounded in humility. Like a blank canvas that all things spring from, it requires a high level of awareness. Like walking […]

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman’s hometown! Sort of. Those of us who grew up on comic books know the superhero’s fictional home was Metropolis. Its deep southern Illinois twin is out to help us relive our youthful fantasies with a giant statue of Superman and a jam-packed museum dedicated to him. The […]

Just about 30 years after settler John Kelly built the first cabin in Springfield in 1820 at what is now Second and Jefferson streets, Virginian Hiram Walker purchased land for $210 from city founder Elijah Iles a few blocks south and east. There he built a two-story, gable-roofed, provincial Federal-style brick home and carriage house.  […]