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Doing more for the homeless
Nonprofits, police department, expand services to address a growing need
By Dean Olsen
Tags: News, homeless, springfield IL, heartland housed, unhoused, Video
Hot dang music
By Tom Irwin
Tags: Music Features, Tom Irwin, Now Playing, Illinois Times, Springfield, Downtown Springfield, Inc., Bacon Throwdown II, Taste of Downtown Springfield, American Music Show, WUIS Bedrock 66 Live! concert series, Western Empire, Josh Catalano, Motel Mirrors, Amy LaVere, John P, Music - Tom Irwin
Planning a mess
Does the city of Springfield need its own planner?
By James Krohe Jr.
Tags: Opinion, Urban planning, Springfield, James Krohe Jr., Illinois - James Krohe Jr
Many more “heroics” may be required
By Rich Miller
Tags: Politics, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Springfield, Illinois Times, politics, Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration, state operations, state spending, Turnaround Agenda, Medicaid payments, Gov. Rauner, Secretary of State, license plate renewals, overdue utility bills, Politics - Rich Miller
June jams
Tags: Music Features, Tom Irwin, Now Playing, Illinois Times, Springfield, June, central Illinois, Sangamon County Fair, Christy Bennett, Fumee Gypsy Project, Dr. Ugs Drugstore Café, Virginia, Bar None, Bones, Jugs n Harmony, Champaign-Urbana, Johnnie Owens and Friends, Brewh, Music - Tom Irwin
Leadership through Adlai’s lens
By Nan Kording
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, Adlai Stevenson III, Adlai Stevenson II, United Nations, Cuban Missile Crisis, United States, President Grover Cleveland, Black Book, Union Theatre, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, IT Picks
Shellin’ out family fun
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, Prospect League collegiate baseball team, Springfield Sliders, Lisle on Quincy, Quincy Gems, Educators Night, Horace Mann, Collegiate Wood Bat Prospect League, Hannibal, Mo., Beckley, W.Va., Major League B, IT Picks
transition poem #5
By Jacqueline Jackson
Tags: Poetry, Jacqueline Jackie Jackson, Springfield, Illinois Times, poetry, poem, transition poem #5, dad came, country school, city school, clumpy shoes, the girl of the limberlost, daily news, halls locker doors, Poetry
Someday, her prince will run
By Amy Alkon
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Amy Alkon, Advice Goddess, advice columns, California, Springfield, heartbreak, FDR, fear, grief researcher George Bonanno, grief after a loss, hardiness, clinical psychologist Salvatore Maddi, transforming personal disasters into personal growth, Advice Goddess
Failing on his mandate
Tags: Politics, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Springfield, Illinois Times, politics, House Speaker Michael Madigan, Rod Blagojevich’s administration, Pat Quinn, Gov. Bruce Rauner, Senate President John Cullerton, stopgap budget, stopgap appropriations bill, Democrats, Exel, Politics - Rich Miller
Award-winning Jewish films
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, The Jewish Federation of Springfield, The Green Prince, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Hamas, Israeli secret service, Nadav Schirman, Best Documentary, 2014 Sundance Film Festival, Third Annual Jewish Film series, C, IT Picks
33 years of female friendship
Tags: IT Picks, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, calendar, The Dixie Swim Club, Hoogland Center for the Arts, Susan Jeffers, Deb Whitson, Theatre in the Park, pre-show entertainment, singer Kristinah Hanson, Indian flutist Dave Tell, Rick Dunham, Elvis Himselvis, IT Picks
You’re the none for me
Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Amy Alkon, Advice Goddess, advice columns, California, Springfield, sex, ace, asexual, asexuality, sexual orientation, social psychologist Anthony Bogaert, lack of sexual attraction or desire for others, asexual orientation, sexual release, clinical psych, Advice Goddess
SOHO and so much more
Tags: Music Features, Tom Irwin, Now Playing, Illinois Times, Springfield, SOHO, SOHO Music Festival, Rusty Koehler, Starry Eye, Sleepwalker, Off the Wall, Purple Xperience, Springfield Service Organization for Humanitarian Opportunity, Springfield SOHO, St. Agnes Music Minist, Music - Tom Irwin
Mark Mills & the Lifesavers
Tags: Band Spotlight, Tom Irwin, Illinois Times, Springfield, Pub Crawl, Mark Mills & the Lifesavers, Meerkat Mobsters, Mark Mills, Nashville, Spike Jones, American Man, SOHO Music Festival, SOHO, Mark and the Lifesavers, Burt Bradley, Cheryl Bradley, Steve Becker, Steve Corre, Band Spotlight
Meet Glencore, rapacious global lord
By Jim Hightower
Tags: Commentary, Jim Hightower, Common Sense, Illinois Times, Springfield, Glencore, “human relations” departments, HR, beatings of American workers, United Steelworkers Union, Sherwin Alumina, Texas Gulf Coast, contract workers, Reuters, Baar, Switzerland, GLobal ENe, National - Jim Hightower
lincoln statues poem #4
Tags: Poetry, Jacqueline Jackie Jackson, Springfield, Illinois Times, poetry, poem, lincoln statues poem, our most famous son, the volkmans, new statue, university grounds, young Lincoln, lincoln library, lincoln disguised as the tin woodman, Poetry
Bursting with Pride
Sixth annual Pride festival features live music, drag show, free HIV testing, more
Tags: Summerguide, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, central Illinois, sixth annual Springfield Pridefest, Capitol Avenue, United States, PrideFest committee, The Phoenix Center, LGBTQ community, Jonna J. Cooley, Roy Pyers, Ward 6 Alderman Cory Jobe, Mayor Jim Langfel, Summerguide
SOHO Music Festival
Rock, run, disc golf to support 10 charities
Tags: Summerguide, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, central Illinois, Springfield SOHO Music Festival, 10K race, disc golf tournament, PDGA-certified disc golf tournament, SOHO Springfield, Springfield Service Organization for Humanitarian Opportunity, Eric Welch, Th, Summerguide
International Carillon Festival
Annual festival of the bells draws world’s top carilloneurs
Tags: Summerguide, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, central Illinois, International Carillon Festival, Washington Park, carillon, Senator and Illinois State Register publisher Thomas Rees, The Rees Memorial Carillon, The Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon, Springfield Par, Summerguide
Levitt AMP Jacksonville Music Series
New family-friendly outdoor music series comes to Jacksonville this summer
Tags: Summerguide, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, central Illinois, Levitt AMP Jacksonville Music Series, Jacksonville, Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Award contest, Main Street Jacksonville, free concert series, Jacksonville’s Central Park, North Central Park Str, Summerguide
Bring on the bacon
DSI’s bacon bash partners with Bedrock 66 Live! concert series to feature top-notch musical talent
Tags: Summerguide, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, central Illinois, Downtown Springfield Incorporated, Isringhausen Imports, downtown Springfield, bacon, DSI’s Bacon Throwdown II, Julia Hunter, Julia’s Kitchen, bacon-wrapped macaroni and cheese, Hy-Vee, NPR Ill, Summerguide
Insane Inflatable 5K
Climb and bounce your way through the largest inflatable obstacle course of its kind
Tags: Summerguide, Springfield, Illinois Times, Nan Bulli, central Illinois, Insane Inflatable 5K, inflatable obstacle course, Centennial Park, American Cancer Society, Relay for Life movement, Krazy Kids Inflatable Fun Run, Let Go, Slingshot, Waverunner, The Mad House, The, Summerguide
Local likings
Tags: Music Features, Tom Irwin, Now Playing, Illinois Times, Springfield, May, Springfield music scene, Second Chance Band, Crows Mill Pub, Brewhaus, The Cold Stares, Nashville, Los Injectors, The LoveHogs, Off the Wall, Weebles, Captain Geech and The Shrimp Shack Shooters, B, Music - Tom Irwin
Who says crime doesn’t pay?
Tags: Commentary, Jim Hightower, Common Sense, Illinois Times, Springfield, Wall Street, Bush regime, Obama regime, Goldman Sachs, federal criminal charges, financial scams, Justice Department, 2008 Wall Street debacle, loopholes, Lloyd Blankfein, National - Jim Hightower
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
PILLSBURIED: Art, artifacts and curiosities from the former Pillsbury site
By Karen Ackerman Witter