In a 1981 case study conducted at the University of Kansas, researchers described the experiences of a woman with the neurological condition called chromesthesia, which caused her to experience sound as a visual color experience as well as an auditory sensation. Chromesthetics describe every sound they hear as triggering a simultaneous visual component. It is […]
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Eat, love, play
Musician David Cain (vocals, saxophone), seven-time Grammy-winner Paul Wertico (drums), Larry Gray (upright bass, cello and flute) and David Hoffman (trumpet and arranger for Ray Charles for 13 years) present a concert Saturday, March 16 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. And present is the correct word here. The group does more than play […]
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Leiber and Stoller revue
Get ready to start your feet tapping. The musical revue Smokey Joe’s Café is booked for two weekends, March 8-17, at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. This local production features 40 of the greatest rock ’n’ roll, pop and blues songs written by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Hear “Stand By Me,” “Fools […]
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A sweetheart of a time
I’m telling you what – I had a whale of a time last Saturday night right here in lovely, downtown Springfield. From first being one of “those guys” not wanting to leave the house, I hit the Paul Collins Beat Bedrock 66 show, had a visit with the Blue G’s at Norb Andy’s and made […]
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Punk-rock spirit
WUIS Bedrock 66 Series rolls in another winning musical act at the Hoogland Center for the Arts on Feb. 9. Paul Collins Beat features Paul Collins, who got his start in The Nerves whose claim to fame includes touring with The Ramones and having their song “Hanging on the Telephone” become a Blondie hit. Collins […]
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Applauding the playwright
Congratulate local award-winning playwright Kari Catton on her recent publishing success at a reception and reading at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Big Dog Plays and Norman Maine Plays have published three of her works, The Sparkle Miser, The Track Home and Healin’ Home. During the reception, a staged reading of The Track Home: The Musical will be featured […]
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Passion and fashion
Don’t miss attending one of three dinner-theater productions at the Hoogland Center for the Arts of Love, Loss and What I Wore. The show stars some of the most fabulous female talent in Springfield – Nancy Cole, Claire Gordon, Susan Jeffers, Julie Staley and Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson, with Aasne Vigesaa directing. This funny and poignant play […]
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Foot-stompin’ bluegrass
The Travelin’ McCourys bring their amazing pickin’ and foot-stompin’ bluegrass sounds to the Hoogland Center for the Arts. The group springs from the award-winning bluegrass Del McCoury Band. Legendary Del McCoury was Ronnie’s (mandolin) and Rob’s (banjo) father. Rounding out the four-member ensemble is fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Alan Bartram. The group has played […]
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Heartfelt musical
The Fantasticks is a funny and romantic musical playing at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, Jan. 11-13 and 18-20. The world’s longest-running musical, The Fantasticks, by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, is one in which you might know a few of the songs. The famous score includes “Try To Remember,” “They Were You” and […]
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Re-solutions recommended
Certain commitments known as New Year’s resolutions are commonly concocted around the beginning of a calendar year and generally concern a makeover of the self, often dealing with all kinds of ways to feel, act, look and be better. The word resolution, broken down, says to me, “re-solution,” as in finding a solution again or […]
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Royally rockin’
Celebrate the King of Rock ’n’ Roll’s 78th birthday with two nationally known performers Elvis Himselvis, aka Rick Dunham, and Steve Brandes and The Elvis Himselvis Band at the Hoogland Center for the Arts on Jan. 5. The tribute concert is a fundraising show for the Mary Bryant Home for the Blind and Visually Impaired, located in Springfield. Tickets […]
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Hark the holiday
The Hoogland Center for the Arts will present four performances of an old-fashioned Christmas revue, A Very Hoogland Christmas, featuring the talents of many local performers. Listen to “Merry Christmas, Darling” by Mary Kate Smith and other holiday favorites and sacred tunes by Nathan Carls, Mary Jo Curry, Gus Gordon, Debbie Ross and Matthew Vala. Thursday […]
