Endangered. Photo BY DAVID HINE Bruce Rauner’s campaign to destroy the Illinois State Museum risks losing tourist income, the services of top scientists and administrators and priceless artifacts, not to mention any claim Illinois might make to being a civilized commonwealth. Might there be yet one more loss – the loss of the museum building […]
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Summer camp fun
PHOTO COURTESY CAMP ONDESSONK’s FACEBOOK PAGE Enjoy a full week of summer camp condensed into one fun evening during Camp Ondessonk’s Saturday Spectacular on Saturday, April 9, from 3:30 to 9 p.m., at St. Agnes School in Springfield. Some of Camp Ondessonk’s very own staff will supervise children ages 6-14 during the drop-off event which […]
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The voice of the heartland
PHOTO BY ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/TNS See one of the most highly regarded songwriters of a generation Sunday, April 10, when John Mellencamp performs with special guest Carlene Carter in support of Mellencamp’s 2014 record, Plain Spoken. Mellencamp’s accolades are numerous and span his more than 35-year-long career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll […]
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Make a difference
If you or your organization is involved in charity work, you won’t want to miss this two-day conference led by Bob Lupton, author of Toxic Charity and Charity Detox. The conference is designed to teach leadership teams how to make sure their resources are helping to foster systematic change, as opposed to creating dependency and […]
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If you don’t market it, will they come?
Photo by Alan Solomon/Tribune News Service You wouldn’t think that a town that boasts the burial place and the only adult home of a man famed around the world as not only America’s greatest president but America’s greatest citizen, a town furthermore that is just down the road from the reconstructed village where that man […]
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Who are our rescuers? Us!
Jim Hightower PHOTO BY LARRY D. MOORE Six years after the Supreme Court’s malignant Citizens United ruling, nearly every American plainly sees how our nation’s historic, political ethic of citizen equality – “one person one vote” – has been buried in a roaring avalanche of corrupt, corporate money and voter suppression. There’s no need to […]
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Record spending in campaign against McCann
PHOTO BY ALAN SOLOMON/TNS “He was a god in that district,” a high-level Rauner guy told me about state Sen. Sam McCann’s poll numbers from before this year’s Republican primary campaign began. Benchmark polling taken months ago showed McCann (R-Plainview) had a voter approval rating of about 70 percent. Sen. McCann “really was everywhere” in […]
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2015 Pulitzer Prize winner for public service
Grace Beahm/postandcourier.com See a presentation by Mitch Pugh – a Riverton native, UIS alumnus, editor of Charleston, South Carolina’s The Post and Courier and 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner for public service – during an ECCE Speaker Series program on Thursday, March 24. Pugh was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his role in editing a five-part series […]
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The colors and scents of spring
Enjoy the Springfield Park District’s 43rd annual showcase of spring flora, available for viewing daily between now and April 3. More than 800 Easter lilies, hyacinths, tulips and narcissus will be on display amid lush, tropical foliage at the Washington Park Botanical Garden Exhibition Hall. Washington Park Botanical Garden is one of Illinois’ largest horticultural […]
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Socialize for a cause
The Springfield Social Club is a philanthropic group that aims to provide social, cultural, altruistic and networking opportunities to local professionals of all ages. The club was formed in 2007 by Dave Martin and Jenny Waldinger. Springfield Social Club gatherings are held monthly at a local bar or restaurant. In lieu of club dues or […]
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Blues club turns 30
Shawn Holt and the Teardrops play the Illinois Central Blues Club 30th anniversary celebration on Sat., March 26 at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Meadowbrook Road. PHOTO COURTESY BLIND PIG RECORDS Per usual, there are gigs galore going on all over town this weekend. Even though the Easter holiday is happening on Sunday with […]
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Living and working with Viv
Finding Vivian Maier is a critically acclaimed documentary about a mysterious photographer by the name of Vivian Maier, who shot more than 100,000 photos and hid them away in storage lockers for decades. Two years before her death in 2009, Vivian’s photos were discovered at an auction house on Chicago’s North Side by John Maloof. […]
