Jeff Cordes With a winning smile and a pocketful of songs, Springfield-based singer-songwriter-entertainer Jeff Cordes brings on the music. Born in the capital city, raised in Lincoln and a graduate of Illinois College with a degree in philosophy, the introspective songsmith spent plenty of time elsewhere traveling and learning, but credits a mysterious “small town […]
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Acoustic guitar maestro
Springfield Classical Guitar Society continues its 2013-14 season with a benefit concert by Russel Brazzel on Saturday, Feb. 1, at Faith Lutheran Church. Brazzel will include a fun variety of pieces from Renaissance lute music to “Sakura.” Brazzel has been performing concerts and promoting classical guitar in central Illinois for years. This concert is a […]
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Soul force
PHOTO BY YOICHI R. OKAMOTO Here are a few Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in Jacksonville and Springfield taking place on Monday, Jan. 20. Illinois College and the city of Jacksonville will celebrate with critically acclaimed author and NAACP Image-Award recipient Sheyann Webb-Christburg (pictured left) who will speak at 11 a.m. in Rammelkamp Chapel, […]
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Grave matters
Illinois State Museum Paul Mickey Science Series returns with a lecture July 11 at the Research and Collections Center on Ash Street. The program features Guy Sternberg from Starhill Forest Arboretum, who is also an Illinois College adjunct professor and ISM adjunct research associate. The public is invited to the free talk. The lecture covers […]
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Contemporary classics
An award-winning chamber ensemble, Soli, performs Oct. 21 at Illinois College as part of the Illinois College Fine Arts Series. With a reputation for playing 20th century classics and commissioning new works, their concert features Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time,” along with a piece written for the group by Illinois College composer […]
