IT Picks

When singer-songwriter Tom Irwin discovered an old book of handwritten notes in his family’s farmhouse, he had no idea where it would take him. The book was a diary written in 1893 by Harry Glen Ludlam, a 16-year-old boy whose family sold the house to Irwin’s great-grandfather. The diary took Irwin back to a time […]

Family Service Center is hosting a community yoga class the first and third Monday of each month. According to the American Osteopathic Association, the benefits of regular yoga practice include increased flexibility, muscle strength and tone, improved respiration, energy and vitality, a stabilized metabolism, weight reduction, cardio and circulatory health, improved athletic performance and protection […]

Moscow Ballet, a Russian ballet company, consistently produces record-breaking seasons, thrilling audiences from New York City to Los Angeles and from Puerto Rico to Calgary.  Sold-out theatres attest to the public’s love and appreciation of its high quality, classic ballet productions. The Moscow Ballet returns to Decatur this week to perform the holiday favorite the […]

Capitol Canine Training Club Inc., a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1965 and sanctioned by the American Kennel Club in 1975. This weekend it will host two days of American Kennel Club-licensed agility trials. An agility trial is a timed dog sport in which the dog and its handler negotiate an obstacle course that requires […]

Two unique factors have come together that would allow District 186 to become a world-class school system. They are the railroad relocation project and the county sales tax for schools. Alan Woodson, Tom Kerins and Jack Pfeiffer, all former teachers and school administrators, will present their research on how that can be achieved. The discussion will […]

Written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in the 1920s and 40s. Inspired by the Iron Mountain Baby, William Moses Gould Helms, it tells a tale of love and redemption. When literary editor Alice Murphy meets a young soldier just home […]

Be sure to put the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular on your list of must-do fall festivals. About 2,000 hand-carved pumpkins will be displayed and illuminated at the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon on the evening of Friday, Oct. 18. The carillon will be playing, special lighting and sound effects will add to the experience and you will be […]

Since 1980 the astronomy and physics program at the University of Illinois Springfield has hosted the Friday Night Star Parties and offered opportunities to view other astronomical occurrences such as lunar and solar eclipses and comets. UIS associate professor of astronomy and physics John Martin will lead the parties this year. Viewings may include a […]

Terrain Biennial is an international exhibition of site-specific art made for front yards, empty lots, balconies and porches. Artists repurpose those private spaces and turn them into public exhibition spaces to foster dialogue between neighbors and to also offer new perspectives for artists and viewers alike to experience. Over 30 locations throughout the world will […]

Susan Lawrence Dana (portrayed by Linda Schneider) invites you to her 157th birthday. Held at Maldaner’s Restaurant, Springfield’s oldest restaurant where Susan often dined, you can enjoy a gourmet dinner, music by the Virgil Rhodes Trio, a tour of the rooftop garden and readings from Susan’s letters. Tickets are $125 and include beer and wine. […]