IT Picks

Take a stand against sexual assault this weekend during the “Singers, Poets and Activists Open Mic” event Friday, March 16, from 7-9:30 p.m. From 7-9 p.m., attendees are invited to perform their favorite or original songs, poems and thoughts surrounding the theme of “survivors, sexual/gender inequality and dreams of a better future.” In addition to […]

  On Friday, March 9, celebrate the return of University of Illinois Springfield’s Friday Night Star Parties, hosted by John Martin, UIS associate professor of astronomy and physics. Friday Night Star Parties take place at UIS Observatory, located on the roof of Brookens Library, and will continue on Friday nights from 8-10 p.m., weather permitting, […]

Learn how to grow your own shiitake and oyster mushrooms and receive all necessary supplies to do so, including inoculated shiitake and oyster logs, during this exciting presentation on Saturday, March 10, at Adams Wildlife Sanctuary. The program, hosted by Friends of the Sangamon Valley, has a limited amount of space for attendees so early […]

Tour three of Springfield’s top visual arts galleries during the Passport Gallery Tour on Friday, March 9. The reception for “Ambience” will be held at the Springfield Art Association Collective Gallery (420 S. Sixth St.) from 5-8 p.m., and features the photography of David Brodsky, the abstract and landscape paintings of John Hayes, the ceramics […]

Children ages 4 and up are invited to learn the ways of the Jedi on Saturday, Mar. 3 with Master Jedi Panniken Moonjumper, played by family entertainer and Pirate School creator David Engel. During a training session with the Master Jedi, young Jedi will enjoy comic antics, exciting physical challenges, magical mayhem, lightsaber lessons, a […]

On Tuesday, Mar. 6, join Debbie Olson, Ph.D., assistant professor of English at Missouri Valley College, for an ECCE Speaker Series presentation that examines the depiction of African American children in the media against the ways in which African American children in the U.S. are prone to violence and criminality, and the ways in which […]

Take in the final film of the Molly Schlich Film Festival on Sunday, Mar. 4, at 1 p.m. or 4 p.m., or on Tuesday, Mar. 6, at 7 p.m. The 2017 film titled The Midwife stars French actresses Catherine Frot and Catherine Denueve and tells the tale of the unlikely friendship that develops between Claire, […]

Hosted annually by the Springfield Area Home Builders Association, the 2018 Home Expo showcases the latest trends and designs in the home building and remodeling industry. The multi-day exposition takes place Feb. 23-25 at the Bank of Springfield Center, offering attendees the opportunity to visit with more than 120 local vendors and exhibitors and take […]

Celebrate the wines of winter on Friday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m., in the Crowne Plaza Springfield, during the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association’s annual Winter Wine Festival. The festival offers the opportunity to taste the offerings of more than 15 Illinois wineries, features live entertainment by the Debbie Ross Band, and highlights food […]

Hoogland Productions is proud to present the final three performances of A Little Night Music, directed by Joe-Michael Jackson. A Little Night Music is the four-time Tony Award-winning musical written by Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince and Hugh Wheeler, based off Ingmar Bergman’s comedy of manners titled Smiles of a Summer Night. The story, set in […]

On Thursday, Feb. 15, from 6-8 p.m., join Twelve Winters Press for an open mic session and reading by local novelist and journalist Scott Faingold. Faingold, who received his bachelor’s in semiotics from Sangamon State University, worked as a clerk at Springfield’s Appletree Records and sang for local alternative band Backwards Day before relocating to […]

This Sunday, join the Academy of Lifelong Learning at Lincoln Land Community College and the Illinois State Museum for the first of nine Bicentennial Speaker Series programs in honor of the Illinois Bicentennial. The series kicks off with a presentation by Illinois State Historian Dr. Samuel Wheeler titled “Two Centuries to Celebrate: Illinois at the […]