Unfortunately my Rocktober rambling is limited by other obligations (deadlines, pfft, whatever) but if I could, I would surely be heading to The Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia in Chicago) tomorrow night to see The Shondes. The band’s name is Yiddish for The Shames and their newest CD The Garden is the most rock and roll […]
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Faingold at Large presents: Rocktober – Part One: Neutral Milk Hotel last night in Urbana
This week, as a busy autumn concert season kicks into high gear, Faingold At Large will be taking several detours from the well-trodden path of Springfield music and arts to attend and otherwise report on shows in the surrounding region, including forays into the scenes in St. Louis, Chicago and Bloomington. First, a quick jog […]
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Art Opening Tonight: ‘Shadow Aspect’ at DEMO Project
An opening reception for “Shadow Aspect,” a new installation by Brooklyn-based multi-media artist Kathleen Scott, is happening at DEMO Project this evening from 6PM-9PM. True to its title, the exhibit features shadows cast from cut paper, promising to “use a variety of rotating light sources so the shadows will slowly travel about the room, interacting […]
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Grave matters
This is a glimpse of a car trip flanked by billowy clouds, suspended raindrops on my car window and light brown soybean flats surrounded by palisades of corn. A hint of dark cast upon our prairie that day. Fitting for my destination to Abraham Lincoln and Vachel Lindsay‘s final resting place in Oak Ridge Cemetery. […]
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Tonight: Matt Rasmussen
Poet Matt Rasmussen will read tonight at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln Residence Hall Great Room at UIS. His poetry collection, Black Aperture, was selected by Jane Hirshfield as the winner of the 2012 Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets and was published by Louisiana State University Press in May 2013.
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Tonight at Donnie’s: Springfield Renaissance
Tonight is the second in the aptly named Springfield Renaissance series of events presented by the not-for-profit Illinois Independent Arts Association. It brings together music, comedy and visual art, with all proceeds going to benefit District 186 music programs. Artists with work on display will include Jess Black, Stan Bly, James Elliott, Keeley Mills, […]
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Hip-Hop Tonight: Torch Tuesday Concert Series
Klevah Local rapper AK217 and Klevah from Champaign are the co-headliners for tonight’s Torch Tuesday Concert series. Also performing will be Grant Flows (also from Champaign) along with three opening acts performing one song each. (Interested artists should show up early as sign-up for opening slots will close at 10 PM). The show will be […]
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This will grow you more brain cells
You grow new brain cells with each new experience. Never tasted chai tea? Drink it and grow more brain cells. Never listened to Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Listen: New brain. Never wrote a poem. Do it, new cells. Cross off your list another “never done this before” — attend Springfield Poets and […]
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Between The Cracks: Looming
Once again, Faingold at Large proudly presents Between the Cracks – the recurring feature designed to shine a light onto Springfield-area bands, and all in their own words, to boot. Join us, won’t you? There’s gold between them thar cracks! Today’s BTC flashlight shines on Looming, which makes its concert debut tonight at Black Sheep […]
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Poem and painting
AS HIGH AS THE GROUND IS LOW She loved a man who had never climbed trees, never been pulled by longing up lanky limbs of aged oaks, nor crowned the neighborhood, nor as wind waved maple hands, nor as sun watched all things pass below unaware. She loved a man who feared tall spires, monuments, […]
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DEMO Project Gallery hosts contemporary sculpture opening Friday
There certainly seems to be noDEMO Project, a new artist-run gallery emphasizing current and experimental trends in art, will debut with Betsy Odom: Bulldog, an exhibition of contemporary sculpture. An opening reception for the exhibit will take place on Friday, September 13, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm. Betsy Odom is a Chicago-based sculptor. She earned […]
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Between The Cracks: Hat Trick Band
Once again, Faingold at Large proudly presents Between the Cracks – the recurring feature designed to shine a light onto Springfield-area bands, and all in their own words, to boot. Join us, won’t you? There’s gold between them thar cracks! Today’s BTC flashlight shines on old school rock and rollers Hat Trick. Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hat-Trick-Springfield-IL/183408645052057 Personnel: […]
