Jim Hightower PHOTO BY LARRY D. MOORE This year’s freakish presidential election has now devolved into an ethnic brouhaha between two foreigners: A Mexican and a German. The “Mexican” is Gonzalo Curiel. He’s a federal judge who was actually born in Indiana, raised and educated as a Hoosier, and is presently presiding over a U.S. […]
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Wilkommen! Bier!
This Saturday, the Jacksonville Rotary Club’s annual Oktoberfest celebration celebrates a fifth year of fun, heritage and, of course, bier. Modeled after the 205-year-old Oktoberfest celebration of Munich, Germany, the event kicks off with a traditional Wilkommen (welcome) ceremony and Tapping of the Kegs at noon. The rest of day is jam-packed with entertainment. Enjoy […]
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Vigesaa’s Cabaret performance a triumph
Andrew Mayernich, center, as the Emcee of the Kit Kat Club. PHOTO BY Donna Lounsbury The dark, highly-sexualized Cabaret is an interesting choice for the Muni, that stalwart of wholesome outdoor musical theater where the audience is invited to sing the national anthem before every performance. They went out on a limb, and their ambition […]
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Cookie traditions
Linzer cookies are easy to make and delicious. PHOTO BY RICARDO DEARATANHA//MCT Cookies and Christmas. Is there any more universally traditional food of the holiday season? Sure, there’s fruitcake, though many people regard it as something best avoided rather than embraced – but everybody loves cookies. Even folks like my dentist husband, Peter, who doesn’t […]
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France meets Italy
Fish soup and honey-dashed, wine-glazed fruits intermingle French and Italian cuisine. PHOTO BY JOE COPLEY Two weeks ago, I wrote about banh mi, the wonderful sandwich that resulted from France’s colonization of Southeast Asia, and the outstanding banh mi served at Springfield’s new Jujobee Café. But the comingling of France and Vietnamese cuisines is not […]
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Transcendent talent
The Imagine Foundation in Jacksonville lives up to its motto, “Reaching out through the arts,” as it presents a night of other-worldly fun Aug. 17. Catered to adults 18 years and older, the soiree is called Dark Gypsy Jubilee. Besides an art exhibition, the “art experience,” as Executive Director Clare Lynd-Porter calls it, includes vendors, […]
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Fun farewell
Theatre in the Park at Kelso Hollow in Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site presents the comedic musical Bye, Bye Birdie. Sean VanAusdall-Rose directs this classic that opened on Broadway in 1960 featuring a story based loosely on the media circus of Elvis Presley’s 1958 Germany departure that had him giving one last kiss to […]
