Guess where IT was last night? At the Hoogland Center for the Arts where our star helps hold down the floor in the lobby. Last night was the reception for winners of the Prairie Art Alliance Images of Illinois Photography Contest, sponsored by Illinois Times. Congratulations to everyone! This is the entrance to the beautiful […]
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No fooling around this April
Famed jazz drummer Barrett Deems (born in Springfield on March 1, 1914 and died in 1998) was honored last Sunday at Sangamon Auditorium during a performance by the SFJazz Collective. Oh, how I wait for April Fools’ Day to fall on a Thursday again. But alas and alack, we have a few years left to […]
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Fantastic fun
You know him and you love him and now a version of Shrek you probably haven’t seen is coming to the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Shrek the Musical runs March 21-23 and 28-30. Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film that you also love, the laughs and music take to the stage. If you’re not […]
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Laughter and love
Locals Johnny Molson and Mary Young star in the Lanford Wilson Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley’s Folly at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, March 14-16 and 21-23. Set in Missouri during 1944, Matt Friedman is a Jewish accountant from St. Louis who has returned to a rural boathouse where he met Sally Talley to profuse […]
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Fun facts
PHOTO BY LAURA KAY COFFEY PechaKucha Night continues with Volume 14 on Thursday, Feb. 6, at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Doors open at 6 p.m. with presentations taking place in Theater Three on the third floor of the center. The evening promises to be fun and informative with George Heroux, “Writing My Way […]
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Cornucopia of concert conundrums
Calise Hawkins comes to Donnie B’s Comedy Club Mon., Feb. 3, 7:30pm. PHOTO BY ANYA GARRETT If anyone felt that the end of January, first of February time span would leave us Springfieldians desperate for music entertainment, just check that feeble feeling at the door. There’s plenty to do and more besides. Here are just […]
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Former neighbors
PHOTO COURTESY LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Abraham Lincoln is a special theater production that will take place on Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. It is jointly sponsored by the Sangamon County Historical Society and Lincoln Land Community College’s Community Learning Program. The title is taken […]
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Funny business
Stand-up comic Austin Acree, master of ceremonies Mike Pittman and production assistant Liz Zalar. PHOTO BY GINNY LEE “When I get an idea I figure out a way to bring it into fruition,” says Mike Pittman. “I’ve always had that ability.” First arriving in Springfield in the early 1980s as a pitcher for the Springfield […]
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Hippy hit
Springfield Theatre Centre presents Hair opening Friday, Jan. 10 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts and running two weekends. Hair is set in New York City during the Vietnam War. Claude, his good friend Berger, their roommate Sheila and their friends struggle to balance their young lives, loves and the sexual revolution with their […]
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Seasonal songs
A Very Hoogland Christmas is a Christmas revue featuring classic holiday tunes and contemporary Christmas music, as well as beautiful sacred music. Hosted by Gus Gordon, the show will feature Meghan Birch, Nathan Carls, Vanessa Ferguson, Kevin Ford, Amanda Reynolds, Debbie Ross, Mary Kate Smith and Matthew Vala and will showcase the Hoogland Kids, Teens […]
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Naughty and nice
PHOTO COURTESY THE HOOGLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS Wynyard Browne’s play, The Holly and the Ivy, will be performed Dec. 13-15 by a cast of local folk at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Set in 1940s England, the heartwarming tale begins on Christmas Eve as relatives of elderly pastor Martin Gregory (Tom Lawton) come […]
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Good things in small packages
Springfield Theatre Centre presents Annie, Dec. 6-8 and 13-15. The beloved musical set during the Depression follows an optimist orphan named Annie from her life in an orphanage to the home of New York millionaire Daddy Warbucks. Annie is played by Sydney Geyston and Daddy Warbucks is Jim Leach. Directed by Rich McCoy, the six productions will […]
