Band members Dave Boedecker (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Keith Dunlap (guitars, lead cowbell, vocals), Tony Grissom (drums, vocals) and Tony (A.J.) Tarro (bass, keyboards, vocals) bring a boatload of talent and experience to the stage with plenty of time spent in groups like the Itchy Pickles, Sleepwalker, Familiar Stranger, Hoosier Daddies and Sandbox 101. With that […]
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“Let it snow, let it snooooooow…”
PHOTO BY PATRICK RUSSELL Young fans of the hit Disney film based off Hans Christian Andersen’s fabulous fairytale “The Snow Queen” will enjoy an arctic blast of winter fun at The Legacy Theatre’s Summertime Snow Party. For this weekend only, Springfield’s oldest-turned-newest home for entertainment teams up with Urban Sassafras to offer four pre-film parties […]
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Praise and positivity through music
The area’s longest-running Christian music festival, Powerlight Fest, returns to the Illinois State Fair’s Lincoln Stage on Sunday, Aug. 23, for nine hours of worship, music and fun. The festival, which began at Knights Action Park in 1991, has been an Illinois State Fair mainstay. Festival founder Greg Cooper, the longtime co-host of the Powerlight […]
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More than fair
Gaelic Storm rolls into Boondocks on Thurs., Aug. 20 with O’Hare & Irwin opening at 7:30 p.m. for an all ages show. As we head into the second and final weekend of the 2015 Illinois State Fair, the dust has settled, the corn dogs are setting low and the beer tents are settling in with […]
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2nd Chance Band
When you get a second chance you best make the most of it, and longtime local musicians Doug Bernet (drums), Marc Camp (vocals), Ralph Carbonell (guitar, vocals), Tom Jackson (bass, vocals) and Jeff Rocco (guitar, keyboard, vocals) are doing just that. With plenty shows around town and a sweet spot on Friday at the Bud […]
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Behind closed doors
Springfield’s oldest-surviving house opens its doors and drawers to the public during a series of behind-the-scenes tours of Edwards Place this Saturday. Curator of Collections Erika Holst will guide visitors on a rarely seen tour of the attic and cellars, plus the facility’s collections and storage areas. The house, built in 1833, was occupied by […]
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Contemporary collaboration
“Here and Not Here” is a Springfield Art Association-hosted exhibition that appropriately spans two of the SAA’s exhibition spaces – the M.G. Nelson Gallery and The DEMO Project. This contemporary art exhibit features large-scale, mixed-media installations by Kentucky-based artist Cody Arnall, sculptural work by Iowa’s Edward Kelley, plus digital and 3-D collages by Chicagoan Meagan […]
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A bird-banding bash
PHOTO BY METRO CREACTIVE CONNECTION Enjoy an up-close-and-personal examination of one of the world’s tiniest breeds of birds this weekend at the Sangamon River Audubon Society’s Hummingbird Festival. Hummingbirds, which typically measure no more than 3 to 5 inches in length, derive their name from the humming sound generated by the flapping of their wings, […]
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Be business-savvy
PHOTO BY METRO CREACTIVE CONNECTION Learn how to bring your business-owning dreams to reality at the Starting Your Business in Illinois seminar on Wednesday, Aug. 19. The complimentary program, hosted by the Illinois Small Business Development Center, is offered monthly at Lincoln Land Community College’s Capital City Training Center. Prospective business owners will learn how […]
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Four far from fantastic
Miles Teller as Reed Richards, Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm, Kate Mara as Sue Storm and Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm in Fantastic Four. PHOTO COURTESY 20TH CENTURY FOX If nothing else, director Josh Trank has succeeded in doing what I had thought was impossible – he’s made a boring superhero movie. For some […]
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Fair time
Looming hosts their album release party for Nailbiter at the Black Sheep Cafe with guests Park, Choir Vandals and Hidden Hospital on Friday, Aug. 14. It’s back. The Illinois State Fair comes to town for ten days of entertainment, excitement, exasperation, excrement (sorry, but the livestock, you know) and all around endeavors of intrepid Illinoisans […]
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The Shunpikers
Originally formed in late 2013 as a one-time get-together of friends to play a benefit show, The Shunpikers hit it off so well they just kept going. Current bandmates include area stalwarts of the scene Jim Cloney (bass guitar, vocals), Gary Davis (guitars, vocals), Ed Fliege (keyboards, synthesizers, vocals), Tim Lacy (lead vocals, percussion), Scott […]
