RENT 20th Anniversary Tour Ticket Giveaway – Sponsored By Club Station House
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Stanley (Stan) M. Brown
Stanley (Stan) M. Brown April 23, 1956 – August 2, 2018 There is a lot to be said about Stan Brown. Stan never met a stranger! Many people know about his accomplishments and involvement in the community. Most will remember him as a small business owner, church deacon, fraternity man, or depending on how…
2019 Capital City Cover Art Contest
2019 Capital City Cover Art ContestSponsored by Christy! Studios Sponsored By Showcasing winners: The top 20-30 entries will be showcased in a gallery event at the Springfield Art Association and featured in a regular issue of the Illinois Times. The gallery event will coincide with the release of the 2019 Capital City Visitor. Have you…
No parking
A glitch has emerged over development of a new downtown YMCA at the edge of Enos Park on Fourth and Carpenter streets. Joe Hurwitz, project developer, told the Springfield City Council on Thursday that St. John’s Hospital has refused to part with a parcel across the street from the proposed gym that had been planned…
Music in 2019
I just had to write out “twenty-nineteen” to see if I really believe that it is 2019 and it is here. This is the Year of the Pig in the Chinese zodiac, beginning on Feb. 5. For the Jewish New Year (it’s not until Sept. 29 on Rosh Hashanah), 2019-20 is the Hebrew Year 5780,…
Pipes and patronage
Daniel Mills, son of U.S. District Court Judge Richard Mills, lost his license to practice law in 2009, three years after he was walked out of the state’s attorney’s office where he’d worked as an assistant prosecutor The state Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission says he’d been buying cocaine. In 2008, Mills pleaded guilty to…
Special Gifts for Special People
Ho-ho-ho! Wait till you hear about the gifts I gave some of America’s power elites for Christmas. To each of our Congress critters, I sent my fondest wish that, from now on, they receive the exact same income, health care and pensions that we average citizens get. If they receive only the American average, it…
Letters to the Editor 1/3/19
HOG CONFINEMENT CONCERNSA Springfield family owning The Pinnacle Group/Farmland Solutions has plans in place to allow manure to be spread on their approximate 400 acres of farmland, which is almost 100 miles away, near Loraine, Illinois. Along with another individual, they propose building a hog confinement with 5,000 hogs, producing around 2.1 million gallons of…
Editor’s note 1/3/19
Washington is all upset about a government shutdown of a few days, but Illinois kept its shutdown going for two years, and not everything is back up and running yet. That could change soon, with the new governor showing signs that he wants to solve problems, not cause them. Let’s hope 2019 is the year…
Crafts and activities for families
On Saturday, Jan. 5, join the Illinois State Museum for a “Super Saturday” event focused on collections. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., children ages 5+ and their families are invited to participate in thematic crafts and activities that will educate attendees on the ways in which collections can be sorted and maintained at home…
A monthly cinematic surprise
Cinephiles are invited to take in The Legacy Theatre’s “Mystery Movie Mondays” beginning Jan. 7 and running on the first Monday of each month through May. The series will feature five films from a wide spectrum of genres such as comedy, drama, suspense, musical, western, romance and documentary, spanning the early days of the 20th…
Foul pay
I went out with a feminist who was all into women’s empowerment, but when the bill came, she made no effort to chip in. Please explain this type of feminism. Is it somehow possible that she didn’t notice the check? — Incredulous It is possible that she didn’t notice the check. It’s also possible that she likes to…
Movies 2018: Indies thrive, studios stumble
The thought has crossed my mind that perhaps my indifference to so many movies this year may be due to the fact that I’ve simply seen too many films. Could the burnout I’ve been warned about by others have finally set in? To a small extent, I think that’s true. Studios seemed to adhere to…
The 10 best film scenes of 2018
Movies are about moments – big moments that erase our cynicism about cinema and remind us of its capacity to dazzle as well as touch us. This happens in a way only possible with a medium that seamlessly combines so many other art forms. There are instances that prompt us to consider things in a…
Art Association film series accents variety and artistry
This year’s Molly Schlich Independent and International Film Series – presented each winter by the Springfield Art Association – continues the yearly tradition of bringing the sorts of movies to the city that otherwise are rarely, if ever, screened at our local multiplexes. These include foreign films, documentaries and lower-budget, critically acclaimed domestic titles. Starting…
Women leaders in the digital world
New Media Futures – The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts is a 300-page, coffee table-size book that highlights 22 women from the Midwest who have made a difference in digital media. Three women artists collaborated as editors: Donna J. Cox, Ellen Sandor and Janine Fron, all innovative digital artists in their own right.…
Couple claims discrimination
The sides can’t agree on what happened, and so at least one thing must be true: Someone is either lying or mistaken. Alex and Taylor Walker say they were the subject of discrimination at the hands of a Habitat for Humanity store manager in Sullivan, where they said they were ordered out of the store…
DON’T FRET
The Illinois State Museum is chock full of interesting stuff to see, ponder and sometimes hear. Next week likely will prove a delight for all the senses as Bryan Bowers is scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. on Jan. 10 as part of the Music At The Museum concert series, which brings oft-overlooked acts to…
DONUTS. Mmmm.
No one was happier than us when Mayor Jim “Jelly” Langfelder pulled the trigger on buying the iconic Sonrise Donut sign for the low, low price of $22,000 during a recent auction that made us, frankly, wonder who else was bidding on a broken neon sign that will cost a mint to move and perhaps…
The Mule a slight piece of post-modernism
Clint Eastwood’s The Mule succeeds more as a piece of post-modern cinematic reflection rather than an engaging narrative, and that’s fine. Very few actors have been as conscious of their screen image as the Oscar winner and he’s never been shy about commenting on it. In many ways, The Mule seems to be the director’s…
Adam Maletich
Interested in and exposed to live music since he was young, Springfield native Adam Maletich steered things to another level by studying guitar and piano at Millikin University in Decatur, graduating in 2012. Adam took his musical learnings in finger-style guitar picking and piano playing and added in some singer-songwriter prowess to make his recording…
Prosecutor fails “A little girl lost”
Bruce Rushton’s meticulously researched and brilliantly written cover story, “A little girl lost,” Dec. 13, is truly a heartbreaking saga of the death of an innocent child as the result of the actions of an irresponsible, alcohol-imbibing former jailbird who, in his relatively short time on this earth, has now managed to be involved in…
archival discovery #14
archival discovery #14 found my oldest sister’s well documentedbaby book the rest of us had semi-docsor no baby book at all in it jo’s mom wrote ananecdote: “Little Joan, 3, had heard us speak of playing cards but had never seena game. One day she called that she hadsomething to show me. I found her…
Winter greens
Generally one thinks of salad as summer fare. Indeed, when the garden is bursting with produce and the tables at the farmers market are laden with rainbow-hued veggies, it’s easy to include them on the dinner table. However, this is the time of year when I simply crave salad. After weeks of rich, celebratory foods…
