Capital City Senior

What’s your clutter? Boxes of 30-, 40-, 50-year-old receipts and records? A set of dishes unused for years, but given to you by your mother’s best friend for your first apartment? Your kids’ outgrown bicycles that their kids might use someday? Two extra sizes of clothes, just in case? Depending on who you are, what […]

So you’re nearing 50 or 60, perhaps 70, and you notice your metabolism has slowed down. Your immune response isn’t as efficient as it used to be. You have interesting, new, digestive troubles and you feel overwhelmed by the prescriptive “health foods” at the supermarket and conflicting diet advice from your vegan daughter and paleo […]

John B. Jamison, J.B. Jamison and Pops Jamison have two things in common. On any given day, they’re all storytellers. And they don’t take no for an answer. The names“They’re all me,” says Jamison. “I don’t hide that. Each comes with a different mindset.” Anyone who knows Jamison from his early career as pastor and […]

Museums of all types and sizes rely on volunteers for a myriad of activities, and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) is no exception. ALPLM has a robust volunteer program with 540 active volunteers. Jeremy Carrell, director of volunteer services, says the number, quality and passion of volunteers far exceeds early expectations. Volunteers […]

June Midwest Charity Horse ShowJun 15-17, 10:30am, 6:30pm daily. Premier US horse show features American Saddlebred, Roadster, Morgan and Arabian horses and Hackney ponies. Performances at 10:30am and 6:30pm daily. Free. midwestcharity.com. Illinois State Fairgrounds, 801 Sangamon Ave., 782-6661. Willy WonkaJun 15-18, 8:30pm. Musical is based off Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world-famous candy […]

As an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, including prevention and treatment of athletic injuries, I see a lot of athletes and active individuals of all ages. My goal is to keep people as active as possible and to maximize performance while minimizing injury potential. Exercise is the cheapest form of health insurance, and starting […]

Danenberger Family Vineyards, located in rural New Berlin, harvested and crushed 32 tons of grapes last fall, their biggest year yet. When founder Susan Danenberger began making wine, it may have seemed unlikely that central Illinois would be the home of a winery that would draw guests from around the country. Now established as an […]

In the 60s, my father was a crew cut-sporting, hippie-hating Nixon supporter. I was a long-haired, Vietnam War-protesting adolescent. The only times we seemed to be able to come together was through our love of live music. I’m grateful for the opportunities he provided for me to experience many of the great jazz legends, including […]

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Breakfast Optimist ClubMar 17, 24, 31, Apr 7, 14, 21, 28, 7am Fri. Every Friday. Visitors welcome. 546-5021. Atonement Lutheran Church, 2800 W. Jefferson St., 546-7646.Peacemaking in a Post-Truth WorldMar 18, 8:30am-3pm. Seminar on the application of René Girard’s mimetic theory to praying with and preaching the Judeo-Christian texts. $40. Registration. springfieldop.org/bible-strategies. Sacred Heart Convent, […]

My father’s mantra has always been, “No one can run 26.2 miles. It’s impossible.” He ran his first marathon more 30 years ago, before I was born. Still it was a message that he, Dr. Terry Jones of Springfield, now 60, repeated countless times throughout my childhood – even as I watched him run the […]

Emily Brandon, 34, a senior editor at U.S. News & World Report, knows far more about retirement issues than most people twice her age. She has spent the past 10 years writing about retirement programs, savings and related topics for the magazine. She began such coverage when working for Consumer Reports during the launch of […]