Knoepfle 7-17-03
On her retirement marty mcgill we wish you well ©John Knoepfle 2003
Your Turn … 7-24-03
Proud to be a local artist To the editor: Your recent story by staff writer Pete Sherman on our movie-in-production, “It Came From the Slurry Pond” [“Hollywood or Bust,” July 17], was outstanding. Yet I wanted to point out a flaw in the characterization of my own life as a local artist, movie producer, and…
The highway side
What you missed: Private eye Nick Acropolis is sent to McKinley by attorney Shelly Michalowski to investigate the case of a trucker charged with smuggling cocaine. Nick meets a truck stop waitress, Peggy Miller, who hires him to look for her missing son, Billy. Nick then stumbles upon the trucker’s semi trailer. The police have…
Marc Sigoloff’s last shot
SCENE ONE: SCREEN DREAMS Marc Sigoloff has always loved movies. As a boy, he fell for Snow White and the Three Stooges, an unlikely pairing of concepts, starring 1960 Olympic figure skater Carol Heiss and the Stooges’ final replacement for Curly, Joe DeRita. In 1967, at the age of 11, Sigoloff was “completely overwhelmed” by…
Now Playing 7-17-03
Pssst. Hey, you: Looking for a good time? Walk this way and discover what Springfield has to offer this week in the glittering world of musical entertainment. First off, let’s congratulate the wise and wonderful Raoul for another successful year on earth, as he celebrates his birthday on Friday. On a personal note: He has…
King of the herbs
One of the highlights of July is garden-fresh tomatoes with olive oil and fresh basil. Basil is one of the easiest herbs to grow. The International Herb Association has declared it the herb of the year for 2003. Most basils that you use for cooking are cultivars of the species Ocimum basilicum, or sweet basil.…
Eastside eats
Within a four-block stretch of South Grand Avenue are three spots serving up some of the best home cooking in town. You won’t find all-encompassing menus, breakfast burritos, or special action figures with kids meals, but you will get plenty of warm, inviting food along with good conversation. Just like Mom’s. The Walleye Stop is…
Backstage pass
This week marks the return of the Ken Bradbury and Robert Crowe musical Abraham!, playing July 18 through 27 in the outdoor amphitheater at Lincoln’s New Salem. Now in its seventh year, Abraham! follows Lincoln’s early years at New Salem. Returning in the title role is Nathan Carls. The ensemble features Greg Floyd, Bob Large,…
Saved by a supermaket
There was a touch of tension in the air when Springfield’s new police chief Don Kliment approached the podium of Unity for Our Community in the fellowship hall of an Eastside church last Saturday morning. This event marked the first meeting between Kliment and the increasingly influential group born a year ago in the living…
Movies
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen “I’m waiting to be impressed,” says Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery) when confronted with the concept of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. And, frankly, so was I after the negative buzz about the project, including a notorious on-set physical confrontation between Connery and director Stephen Norrington. This cross between “Classics Illustrated”…
Bards of the Sangamo 7-17-03
By Lee Gurga Stephen Glosecki, an associate professor of English at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, will present “Over the Hills and Home”–a program of writings about Springfield and family–at 3 p.m. on Friday, July 18, at the Vachel Lindsay Home, 603 S. Fifth in Springfield. An award-winning poet, Glosecki, will read selections from…
Aldermania
It’s a good thing erstwhile fire chief-turned-alderman Frank Edwards didn’t pull his usual shtick and get all persnickity about city regs last Tuesday night, because the horde jammed into the City Council chambers definitely exceeded the fire code. Ernie Slottag, the city’s director of communications, says it was the biggest crowd he remembers seeing at…
Sticking to the union
Looking at the building a block from downtown Jacksonville, you might wonder why this eyesore is still standing. An ordinary three-story red brick box at 228 South Mauvaisterre, the Jacksonville Labor Temple has boarded windows and a padlocked door that might be opened by a mild summer storm. But despite its disheveled appearance, this building…
