Winter activities
Bicentennial and Beyond! The Illinois Legacy CollectionThrough Feb. 3. This major exhibition, in celebration of the state’s 200th birthday, features rare and rarely seen artifacts from the museum’s 13.5-million-object Illinois Legacy Collection. $5 for adults ages 19-64, free admission for seniors. Illinois State Museum, 502 S. Spring St., 782-7386. Holidays at the White HouseThrough Jan. 6.…
Alternative pain management
The diagnosis of chronic pain has become pervasive in our society. According to a study done in 2015 by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), nearly 50 million American adults have significant chronic pain or severe pain, or almost 20 percent of adults in the U.S. Chronic pain…
Springfield Maker Space
On Sunday afternoons, you can find a congenial group of people gathered in the old Watts Brothers Pharmacy building, located at 1227 S. Pasfield in Springfield, working on a variety of projects. One recent Sunday, the discussion turned to how to make rag rugs. Several people in the group expressed an interest and decided to…
Staying fit as you age
“There’s no age limit to learning something new,” says Mike Suhadolnik, a coach at CrossFit Instinct, located in Fairhills Mall in Springfield. Suhadolnik, who is 75, also believes “I can’t” is a mindset that can be changed. Some may think of CrossFit as a high-intensity exercise program for athletic young people. However, Springfield’s Crossfit Instinct…
Lincoln Library
When William O’Hearn joined the Lincoln Library as the director in July of 2017, he set out to embrace the library’s motto, “Empower/ Connect/ Inspire.” O’Hearn said from the start, “I want people to see us not just as the building, but as part of the community, helping people.” O’Hearn has been around libraries since…
