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Marriage equality moves from taboo to justice
By Jim Hightower
Tags: Commentary, Jim Hightower, Common Sense, Illinois Times, Springfield, CBS television, As the World Turns, America, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court, right to marry, Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the 14th Amendment, Justices Breyer, Ginsburg, Kagan, National - Jim Hightower
Rauner continues to skirt responsibility
By Rich Miller
Tags: Politics, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Springfield, Illinois Times, political columns, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, Statehouse impasse, impending government shutdown, Democratic budget, Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, AFSCME, Chicago Tribune editorial board, state f, Politics - Rich Miller
ancienthistory poem #4
By Jacqueline Jackson
Tags: Poetry, Jacqueline Jackie Jackson, Springfield, Illinois Times, poetry, poem, ancienthistory poem, rome, decline of the roman empire, emperor Caligula, horse, member of the governing body, whole horse, Poetry
Introduction to Mayhem
By Nan Kording
Tags: IT Picks, IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, Midstate Mayhem Roller Derby, roller derby league, Fresh Meat Program, roller derby, IT Picks
A sweet celebration
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, strawberry party, singer-songwriter Tom Irwin, Theresa O’Hare, Declaration of Independence, Lincoln funeral photographs, Camp Butler exhibits, Clara Irwin’s Strawberry Party, Elijah Iles House, IT Picks
Fireworks, food, festivities on the Fourth
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, Springfield Jaycees, annual Capital City Celebration, downtown Springfield, Pepsi products, F5, Fourth, Fifth and Capitol streets, pageant for children age 0-10, Lick Creek, Springfield Municipal Band, gra, IT Picks
Patriotic pets and family fun
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, Jacksonville, Nichols Park, all-American family fun, Fourth of July, Premier Bank charity walks and fun runs, Kid Zone, exotic animals, Kretzer’s pony pals, patriotic pet contest, wiener dog race, Jackso, IT Picks
Doing development right
Aldermen call Bluffstone’s bluff
By James Krohe Jr.
Tags: Opinion, Bluffstone, development, planning, Springfield, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr
How the grassroots derailed the TPP train
Tags: Commentary, Jim Hightower, Common Sense, Illinois Times, Springfield, White House spokesperson Josh Earnest, procedural snafu, House of Representatives, Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP, Congress, Big Pharma, Wall Street, Walmart, Big Oil frackers, Silicon Valley monop, National - Jim Hightower
Rauner’s TV ad is all bark, no bite
Tags: Politics, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Springfield, Illinois Times, political columns, Gov. Bruce Rauner, TV ad, downtown Chicago, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Mike Madigan, spending discipline, job-creating economic reforms, term limits, higher taxes, St., Politics - Rich Miller
genesispoem #1
Tags: Poetry, Jacqueline Jackie Jackson, Springfield, Illinois Times, poetry, poem, genesispoem #1, our great maker, light, dark, that sixth day, the last six hundred thousand years, female, a padlock on eden, sapiens, the rest of the world, Poetry
Food, hotel giants peddle plastic authenticity
Tags: Commentary, Jim Hightower, Common Sense, Illinois Times, Springfield, big food, hotel giants, plastic authenticity, Austin, Texas, old refurbished motel, Congress Avenue, buy-local, un-corporate, anti-chain, customer alternatives, food shoppers, restaurant goers, McD, National - Jim Hightower
Fun in New Berlin
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, Sangamon County Fair, New Berlin, Grandstand entertainment, Brushville, Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters, Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three, Joe Nichols, Craig Campbell, Parmalee, Eric Paslay, G, IT Picks
Celebrate a neighborhood
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, Enos Park neighborhood, Jewel of Springfield, third annual Rock the Block, street festival, Enos Avenue, Hannah and the Drummer Boyz, Blaine Kneller, Brooke Thomas with Monica Morris, After Sunset, Springf, IT Picks
The first commercial airliner
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, Sangamon, Liberty Ford 5-AT-B, tri-motor plane, Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, The Tin Goose, golden age of aviation, Experimental Aircraft Association, IT Picks
state debt poem # 2
Tags: Poetry, Jacqueline Jackie Jackson, Springfield, Illinois Times, poetry, poem, state debt, museum, lib’ry, parks, highway rest-stops, tourists, zoo, schools, colleges, budget cuts, Poetry
Video: Meet Looming
Mini-documentary on recently signed Springfield punk band
By Scott Faingold
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Looming, Nailbiter, No Sleep Records, punk, indie, Illinois Times, rock doc, Profile, Video
Here comes your band
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, live music, traditional concert band, Springfield Municipal Band Concert, Douglas Park, band shell, Springfield tradition, Municipal Band Commission, mayor of Springfield, director Tom Philbrick, patriotic, IT Picks
Say \'Opa\' (oops!)
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, Opa Greek Food and Pastry Festival, St. Anthony’s Hellenic Orthodox Church, Greek music, chicken, gyros, shish kabobs, spinach pie, Greek salad, baklava, Greek cookies, beer, wine, soda, kids’ area, IT Picks
The real scandal in Denny Hastert’s life
Tags: Commentary, Jim Hightower, Common Sense, Illinois Times, Springfield, scandal, Denny Hastert, Washington, Speaker of the House, former high school wrestling coach in rural Illinois, Capitol City, current GOP Speaker John Boehner, child molestation, illegal financial, National - Jim Hightower
Statehouse misunderstandings
Tags: Politics, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Springfield, Illinois Times, political columns, Illinois Statehouse, House overtime session, House Democrats, workers’ compensation reform, Gov. Bruce Rauner, workers’ comp insurance, causation, House Speaker Michael Madigan, Politics - Rich Miller
Fairytale fun
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Christopher Robin, Roo, Kanga, Rabbit, children’s ballet, Springfield Youth Performance Group, dance, vocal music, Fairytale Adventure Party, Once Upon a Time in the 100 Acre Wood, IT Picks
The Muni does Monty Python
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, The Muni, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Spamalot, Tony Award-winning musical adaptation, 1975 classic British comedy Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Mac Warren, IT Picks
Business as usual for entertaining Entourage
By Chuck Koplinski
Tags: Film, Chuck Koplinski, Illinois Times, film, movies, Springfield, Doug Ellin’s, Entourage, Vincent Chase, Hollywood misadventures, HBO series, Piers Morgan, Johnny Drama, Kevin Dillon, Eric, Kevin Connolly, Turtle, Jerry Ferrara, Tinsel Town, Dr. Jekyll and, Film - Chuck Koplinski
June doings
By Tom Irwin
Tags: Music Features, Tom Irwin, Now Playing, Illinois Times, Springfield, Pub Crawl, central Illinois, June, Mary Jo Curry, Lori Kretzinger, Radio Twist, Scott Hammann, Bobby Remack, VFW Post 755, Jazz at the Pasfield House, Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Fra, Music - Tom Irwin
Sunshine 66 Hotel Music Festival
@ Route 66 Hotel and Conference Center
Fri., March 29, 5 p.m.-3 a.m. and Sat., March 30, 12 p.m.-3 a.m.
My curriculum not the reason kids can’t read
By Lucy Calkins
Home alone
By George Pawlaczyk
John Mellencamp more than rocks
Photographing history
By Dean Olsen