Once Upon a Time in the 100 Acre Wood Families are invited to join Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Christopher Robin, Roo, Kanga, Rabbit and other friends on a “whimsical adventure set deep in a magical forest.” This children’s ballet features a cast of more than 60 Springfield Youth Performance Group members and highlights multiple styles of […]
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The Muni does Monty Python
PHOTO BY MATT FRANKLIN COURTESY THE MUNI This June, The Muni, Springfield’s long-running community theater under the stars, presents a fun, farcical take on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Spamalot is the Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of the 1975 classic British comedy film Monty Python & the Holy […]
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Business as usual for entertaining Entourage
PHOTO BY CLAUDETTE BARIUS Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara, Adrian Grenier and Kevin Dillon in Entourage. Where Doug Ellin’s film adaptation of Entourage is concerned, it’s more of the same for Vincent Chase and his three faithful cohorts as they continue their Hollywood misadventures. And as well-done as the HBO series was during its eight-year run, […]
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June doings
The Randy Dandies Burlesque Troupe from St. Louis entertains at Homespun Republic on Sat., June 12. Here we go on a romp through the early summertime music adventures. Outdoors, indoors, coming home, homecomings, fundraisers, hell-raisers, queens of color, queens of burlesque, old guys, new tricks and much more all happening in the next several days. […]
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F5
F5 Here’s one F5 central Illinois can be happy about seeing again, as the extremely popular band of some years ago rekindles the magic to bring back the sounds that filled dance floors at bars, festivals, fairs and all kinds of other venues. From December of 1996 to December of 2008, the pop/rock/rap/Top 40/hip-hop group […]
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storypoem # 22
storypoem # 22 it’s hard to write a poem a weekand keep them what is called a poem what’s the definition of apoem anyway john knoepfle ourlocal guru talks till he runs out ofsteam sometimes just drizzles offwhat I often do is tell stories orembroider whatever it is I’mthinking about here is a bit Icame […]
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Summer lunches for kids, part two
PHOTO BY PETER GLATZ Pizza muffins “There’s never anything to eat in this house!” The above comment was made by all three of my kids at various points, and it never failed to irritate and befuddle me. Nothing to eat? Seriously? We had a pantry full of food, as well as multiple refrigerators and freezers. […]
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Carols of the bells
This week, the 54th Annual International Carillon Festival plays host to 11 carillon concerts across five days by the world’s leading carillonneurs. All concerts are free of charge and will occur rain or shine. Individuals and families are encouraged to pack lawn chairs, blankets and picnic dinners, and enjoy the late spring evenings outside in […]
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Run, disc golf, rock
The annual Springfield SOHO Music Festival is back and bigger than ever for its’ 11th year. The two-day music festival takes place between Fifth and Sixth streets on Washington Street north of the Old State Capitol. It consists of 60 local bands performing on five stages, plus an expanded family area and kids’ carnival featuring […]
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SOHO, blues and more
Chicago Loud 9 (cLoud9) plays at SOHO 11 on the SOHO stage 10 p.m., Sat., June 6, in downtown Springfield. PHOTO COURTESY CHICAGO LOUD 9 VIA FACEBOOK Welcome to the first weekend of June in 2015. If you wish your days be filled with music and your nights too, things appear to be working in […]
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Piston Broke
How nice is it that a band with five members each bringing decades of music-making experience to the fold has a debut performance? Members come with nicknames included, as Jeff “Drum Junkie” Bechtel (drums), Mark “Big Guy” Bott (lead vocals), Braxton “$Money$” Clark (keyboards), “Father” Hank Stoutamyer (bass) and Alex “Chi-Town” Borisov (lead guitar) come […]
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Summer lunches for kids
PHOTO BY Beentree/WIKI Recently I was asked if I had any suggestions for kids’ lunches during the summer. It’s not the first time I’ve been asked that question and probably won’t be the last. But without information on things such as childrens’ specific ages and eating habits it’s a tough question to answer; even tougher […]
