Springfield Municipal Opera will open its 2014 season with the musical The Sound of Music Friday, June 13. The production will run Fridays and Saturdays for three weekends with Thursday shows on June 19 and June 26. The true story of the von Trapp family follows the life of Maria Rainer, a young postulant at […]
Greg Donathan
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Showing resolve
Roxy Theatricals presents nine performances of the Legally Blonde – The Musical. Based on the popular movie with Reese Witherspoon, college sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods, played by Springfield’s Katie Ford, doesn’t take no for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone serious, Elle puts down the shopping bags, hits the […]
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Reduce, recycle, reuse
Before kids get back to the three Rs – reading, writing and arithmetic – take them back and revisit the other three Rs – reduce, reuse, recycle. Aug. 13 at the Illinois State Museum, families with kids ages 4-8 can create a stained glass gift for a teacher using recycled crayons, make a pocket notebook […]
