IT Picks

The Visual Arts Gallery at the University of Illinois Springfield presents an internationally juried exhibition of fine art titled Sustain. It features selections from 13 artists, whose work addresses three issues of sustainability: resource conservation, social justice and economic equity. The exhibit can be viewed weekdays Monday through Thursday. A closing reception is planned as […]

Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas shares some of her rich perspective on the American presidency when she delivers a free public lecture Wednesday, April 7, in Jacksonville. Thomas, a fixture in the front row at presidential news conferences for more than four decades, has covered every U.S. president from John F. Kennedy through Barack […]

This is your chance to watch man’s best friend compete up close and in person Easter weekend at the Orr Building. The American Kennel Club (AKC) licensed dog Obedience and Rally Obedience Trials, one of the first AKC events in the country in which mixed breed dogs are competing and judged side-by-side with purebred dogs, […]

Second only to Santa’s delivery of presents at Christmas, the Easter egg hunt excites children to no end. Here are a few hunts around the area for you and your family to get your first taste of spring in the open air. April 3 at 10am, 11am and 12pm, Knights Action Park welcomes droves of […]

Budding entrepreneurs of health care innovations such as information technology products, research tools or services, patient care enhancements and medical devices or drug development have a chance to learn from experts April 1. SIU faculty and staff members discuss their expertise in clinical research development, research regulatory requirements, patenting, licensing agreements, plus business whiz Bruce […]

Your kids’ eyes will light up with delight seeing the musical ice version of their favorites The Little Mermaid and Shrek, as over 100 Springfield Figure Skating members dance and perform on ice. Also included in the show is a rendition of the funny Young Frankenstein and featured guest skater, U.S. National Medalist Ross Miner. Tickets […]

During the noon hour at the Springfield Art Association’s Michael Victor II Art Library learn more about the man who painted Demon Sitting, pictured above. Rosina Neginsky, UIS associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, lectures on Michael Vrubel, a Russian painter of the 20th century. Vrubel was the first to develop a representation of the subconscious […]

Susy Hendrix, a blind Greenwich Village housewife, is targeted by three ex-convicts searching for drugs hidden in a doll that her husband unwittingly transported home from Canada.  Jacksonville Theatre Guild presents the masterfully constructed thriller by Frederick Knott that moves from one moment of suspense to another as it builds toward an electrifying final scene. […]

This Celtic sports event ranks as unusual and spirited. Kilted athletes compete in the stone put, caber toss, Scottish hammer throw, weight over bar and sheaf toss. The equipment is like none you’ve ever seen and the events are challenging, to say the least. Hosted by the St. Andrew Society of Central Illinois Ancient Athletics, […]

Internationally acclaimed classical guitarist John Johns performs compositions by Bach, Frescobaldi, Sor, de Falla, Villa-Lobos and others March 20. Johns’ debut recital was at Carnegie Hall where the New York Times praised him as a “first-rate performer with sure fingers and a firm technique…a sensitive instrumentalist.” Since then, his credits include appearances around the world, on […]

Hear the voices and see the likes of Susan Lawrence Dana and others as time rolls back to the early 1900s March 20-21 at the Dana-Thomas House. Reenactors will bring the rooms to life as they portray Mrs. Dana and her fellow suffragettes from Springfield’s Equal Suffrage Club who gathered at the home to discuss […]