There will be six performances of La Cage aux Folles at the Hoogland Center for the Arts May 23-25, 30-31 and June 1. The hilarious Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is about flamboyant couple Albin (aka ZaZa on stage) and Georges, a French Riviera drag nightclub manager, who finds out his son, Jean-Michel, is marrying the […]
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Fierce fete
One of the most entertaining and fun times to be had this year will be at the Springfield Pride Drag Race on April 25 at its new location this year in the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Contestants are judged on lip-syncing, dancing and costumes with the top winners slated to perform at Springfield PrideFest […]
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Tiff over taxes
Though they disagree on just about everything else, Ted Dabrowski and Ralph Martire agree on one thing: Illinois’ poor fiscal condition offers an opportunity to make the state better. For Dabrowski, vice president of policy for the Illinois Policy Institute, that opportunity is a chance to spur business investment by letting the state’s 2010 income […]
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Evening of the arts
Welcome in 2013 with the arts in downtown Springfield at 10 different locations. The Springfield Area Arts Council’s alcohol-free event features live music, dance, art and theatrical performances. Free afternoon activities for kids 12 years and under take place at Springfield High School. Enter from Washington and Parker for free parking, and use the SHS […]
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Rock on
WUIS Bedrock 66 Live Series welcomes Missouri quartet Ha Ha Tonka and New York’s Freedy Johnston to the Hoogland Center for the Arts May 14. Tonka’s new album, Death of a Decade, has been hailed with rave reviews since its release April 2011. The band’s Ozark upbringing fuses hints of Southern rock and bluegrass into […]
