Gear up for more great performances at Springfield’s outdoor theater, The Muni. The local production of Crazy For You, directed by Doug Hahn and Gary Shull, takes to the stage nightly on June 29, July 1 and July 5-8. All performances begin at 8:30 p.m. The musical Crazy for You is about a well-to-do 1930s […]
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Pioneering the past
Clayville Spring Festival is May 19-20 at the Clayville Historic Site, just east of Pleasant Plains on Route 125, and not far outside of town following Jefferson Ave. west. The old stage coach stop village comes alive with pioneer artisan and craftsman demonstrations, historic building tours, pony rides, pioneer crafts and games for kids, 40 […]
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Excellent ales
Join hundreds of other ale aficionados and those looking for a good party at the Springfield Jaycees International Beer Festival held Saturday evening, May 19, at the Illinois Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Sample more than 100 beers with specialty rare beers served on the hour. The first 750 attendees receive a commemorative glass. […]
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Killer catch-all
The longest continuously running stage production, The Mousetrap, will be performed at the Hoogland Center for the Arts Club Room the weekend of May 4-6. The story follows a group that becomes snowed in at an old English manor in the remote countryside. When two murders take place, guests try desperately to prevent a third, […]
