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Tags: Film, Chuck Koplinski, Illinois Times, film, movies, Springfield, true-life sports stories, Disney Pictures, McFarland USA, Miracle, The Rookie, Million Dollar Arm, Hollywood, Kevin Costner, Bull Durham, For Love of the Game, Draft Day, Boise, Idaho, McFarland,, Film - Chuck Koplinski

Tags: Food Features, cheese toast, cold weather comfort food, Cooking with Herbs and Spices, Craig Claiborne, Food columnists, hot food, Illinois Times, Julianne Glatz, Matterhorn, Peter Glatz, S, Springfield, Swiss cheese fondue, Switzerland, Switzerland cheese toast, winter

Tags: Politics, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Springfield, Illinois Times, political columns, Gov. Bruce Rauner, Gov. Pat Quinn, “booby trap” budget, irresponsible budget, expiring income tax hike, budget hole, pension reform plan, Rep. Elaine Nekritz, Sen. Daniel Biss, Politics - Rich Miller

Tags: Music Features, Tom Irwin, Now Playing, Illinois Times, Springfield, Pub Crawl, Midwest tundra, winter weather, Saturday Night Live, Chicago, playing gigs in inclement weather, Zeus, Mr. Opporknockity, George Ranks, At Boondocks, Stoney Larue, Blackberry Smoke, Homespun, Music - Tom Irwin

Tags: Poetry, Jacqueline Jackie Jackson, Springfield, Illinois Times, poem, poetry, tax season, farmer, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, father, R.A. Dougan, form MC 20g, Poetry

Tags: Band Spotlight, Tom Irwin, Illinois Times, Springfield, Irish descendents in the Midwest, Chicago, Irish music, The Tossers, Windy City, punk-folk Celtic band, Tony “T.” Duggins, Rebecca Manthe, Bones, Peter Muschong, Aaron Duggins, Mike Pawula, Flogging Molly, Dropk, Band Spotlight

Tags: Politics, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Springfield, Illinois Times, political columns, Gov. Bruce Rauner, attacks on organized labor, unions, right to work laws, public employee unions, AFSCME, draconian budget, draconian cuts, end game, Democratic House Speaker, Sena, Politics - Rich Miller

Tags: Commentary, Jim Hightower, Common Sense, Illinois Times, Springfield, business schools, Wall Street banks, idiots, idiotes, selfish ethos, corporate suites, maximize profits for the family, Mark Bertolini, Aetna, J.P. Morgan, Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-Fir, National - Jim Hightower

Father John Garvey, late of Springfield, dies at 70

Tags: Opinion, John Garvey, writing, Springfield, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Tags: News, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, Springfield, Cub Scouts, field trip, community outreach, newspaper industry, third-graders, future journalists, careers, interview, reading comprehension, facts, opinions, fact versus opinion, reporting skills, Patrick Yeagle, Feature

Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, Hoogland Center for the Arts, Hugh Lofting, Twentieth Century Fox, Dr. Dolittle, Jr., musical, veterinarian, communicating with animals, Sunday matinee, IT Picks

Tags: Music Features, Tom Irwin, Now Playing, Illinois Times, Springfield, Pub Crawl, Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, Friday the 13th, Valentine’s Day, Presidents Day, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, live music, shows, Jeff Austin Band, Donnie’s Homespun, Shenanigans, central Illin, Music - Tom Irwin

Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, Ben Bedford, music, concerts, local music, live music, live performance, singer, songwriter, storyteller, beautiful songs about historical events, Valentine’s Day concert, Made for Music Concert Series, Dana-Thoma, IT Picks

Tags: Politics, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Springfield, Illinois Times, political columns, Gov. Bruce Rauner, legislative audience, legislative laughter, State of the State address, bipartisanship, Legislative Black Caucus, attacks on labor union apprenticeship programs, Politics - Rich Miller

Tags: Film, Chuck Koplinski, Illinois Times, film, movies, Springfield, bad movies, good actors, Sergey Bodrov, Seventh Son, book to movie adaptations, Joseph Delaney’s, The Last Apprentice series, YA literature, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Charles Le, Film - Chuck Koplinski

Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, Sangamon County Historical Society, Oak Ridge Cemetery, executive director Michael Lelys, largest municipal cemetery in Illinois, Arlington National Cemetery, cemetery walks, renovation, history, Lincoln Library, IT Picks

Tags: Commentary, Jim Hightower, Common Sense, Illinois Times, Springfield, Congress, Country of Origin Labeling, COOL, empowering consumers, U.S., World Trade Organization, American consumers, trade war, trade agreements, challenging U.S. law, Switzerland, Tom Paine, this, National - Jim Hightower

Tags: Food Features, aphrodisiacs, avocado, capsaicin, chili peppers, food as an aphrodisiac, Food columnists, foods, How Aphrodisiacs Work, Illinois Times, Julianne Glatz, Laura Esquivel, Lee Ann Obringer, Like Water For Chocolate, mead, Persi, Springfield, sweet basil

Tags: Band Spotlight, Tom Irwin, Illinois Times, Springfield, DJ Hish, country music, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Nashville, country songwriter, DJ, Merle Haggard, Luke Bryan, My Kinda Night, Chase Bryant, Band Spotlight

Tags: Band Spotlight, Tom Irwin, Illinois Times, Springfield, blues, Andrew Duncanson, Josh Stimmel, Kilborn Alley, Chris Breen, Ed O’Hara, classic blues band, Blues Music Awards, best New Blues Band, best Contemporary Blues Album, Iron Post, hometown Urbana, Band Spotlight

Tags: Film, Chuck Koplinski, Illinois Times, film, movies, Springfield, J.C. Chandor, A Most Violent Year, Rotten Tomatoes, A24 Studio, New York City, 1981, violence, Big Apple, Oscar Isaac, heating oil company, eager businessman, stolen oil, moral code, anti-corrupt, Film - Chuck Koplinski

Tags: Food Features, Alzina Toups, Bayou LaFourche, Food columnists, Galliano, Gulf of Mexico, Illinois Times, Julianne Glatz, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Orleans, Oxford, Southern Foodways Alliance, Springfield, symposium, The Greatest Cajun Cook Alive, The Ruth Fertel Keepe

Tags: Politics, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Springfield, Illinois Times, political columns, Illinois State Sen. Daniel Biss, Democrat, 2016 special election for state comptroller, Evanston, Statehouse, special election law, General Assembly, Republican Comptroller Judy Baa, Politics - Rich Miller

Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, volunteers, season, Lincoln Home Conference Center, tour docents, visitor center volunteers, Trails and Rails leaders, tourists, IT Picks

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