PHOTO BY Win McNamee/TNS Celebrate Constitution Day by attending an ECCE Speaker Series presentation that offers a close look at the Supreme Court of the United States under the direction of Chief Justice John Roberts, who has led the court for the past decade. Speaker Jason Mazzone, professor of Law and Lynn H. Murray Faculty […]
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Sky-high family fun
PHOTO BY METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION Gather the family for a day of fun during Chatham’s second annual family kite festival. The festival, hosted by Chatham Friends of the Parks and genH Kids Coalition, features kites of all sizes for all levels of experience, plus food and drink for purchase. Bring your own kites or purchase […]
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Cycle through Springfield’s sites
As a precursor to Sunday’s 100-mile Capital City Century bike race, enjoy a free, 8-mile bike ride led by Naomi Greene and Jim Hajek of the Springfield Bicycle Club. The ride will occur on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 1-3 p.m. Cruise past the Lincoln Home, Lincoln’s Tomb, the Lincoln Herndon-Law Office, and other historical sites […]
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Artists from all across America
Enjoy art, music and children’s activities this weekend during the Art Spectacular at Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon in Washington Park. The tenth-annual art fair is ranked as the “Best Fine Art Fair in Springfield” according to Greg Lawler’s 2010 Art Fair Sourcebook, and is considered one of the “Best 100 Fine Art Fairs in the […]
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Presidential pets
Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT American presidents love their pets. The Obamas adopted a dog named Bo shortly after Barack’s election in 2009, the Clintons brought Socks the cat and Buddy the dog to Washington, and John F. Kennedy kept a pony named Macaroni on White House grounds. What other typical and atypical pets have called the […]
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Three evenings of culture, learning
PHOTO COURTESY HTTP://JACKSONVILLEIL.ORG/PRAIRIELAND-CHAUTAUQUA/ Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt once referred to the Chautauqua, the adult education movement made popular in the 19th and 20th centuries, as, “The most American thing in America.” Chautauqua festivals included musical shows, storytellers, communal suppers and evenings with reenactors representing famous Americans. Modeled after a traditional Chautauqua, the 17th Annual […]
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Reflecting on racial climate
PHOTO BY CURTIS COMPTON/TNS The Fall 2015 ECCE Speaker Series begins Tuesday at 6 p.m. with a panel discussion examining the historical, social and political lineage nurturing the racial climate that resulted in the June 17 Charleston shooting and the rise of racially charged aggression on college campuses and in the workplace. The panel features […]
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“Let it snow, let it snooooooow…”
PHOTO BY PATRICK RUSSELL Young fans of the hit Disney film based off Hans Christian Andersen’s fabulous fairytale “The Snow Queen” will enjoy an arctic blast of winter fun at The Legacy Theatre’s Summertime Snow Party. For this weekend only, Springfield’s oldest-turned-newest home for entertainment teams up with Urban Sassafras to offer four pre-film parties […]
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Praise and positivity through music
The area’s longest-running Christian music festival, Powerlight Fest, returns to the Illinois State Fair’s Lincoln Stage on Sunday, Aug. 23, for nine hours of worship, music and fun. The festival, which began at Knights Action Park in 1991, has been an Illinois State Fair mainstay. Festival founder Greg Cooper, the longtime co-host of the Powerlight […]
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Behind closed doors
Springfield’s oldest-surviving house opens its doors and drawers to the public during a series of behind-the-scenes tours of Edwards Place this Saturday. Curator of Collections Erika Holst will guide visitors on a rarely seen tour of the attic and cellars, plus the facility’s collections and storage areas. The house, built in 1833, was occupied by […]
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Contemporary collaboration
“Here and Not Here” is a Springfield Art Association-hosted exhibition that appropriately spans two of the SAA’s exhibition spaces – the M.G. Nelson Gallery and The DEMO Project. This contemporary art exhibit features large-scale, mixed-media installations by Kentucky-based artist Cody Arnall, sculptural work by Iowa’s Edward Kelley, plus digital and 3-D collages by Chicagoan Meagan […]
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A bird-banding bash
PHOTO BY METRO CREACTIVE CONNECTION Enjoy an up-close-and-personal examination of one of the world’s tiniest breeds of birds this weekend at the Sangamon River Audubon Society’s Hummingbird Festival. Hummingbirds, which typically measure no more than 3 to 5 inches in length, derive their name from the humming sound generated by the flapping of their wings, […]
