As our community gathers around dinner tables and living rooms this Thanksgiving week, it is impossible not to reflect on the transformative strength and generosity that define our community. Gratitude is woven into the fabric of United Way. Our neighbors consistently show up for one another, especially in moments of need. We are privileged to […]
Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving: from the White House to Wal-Mart
Thanksgiving – a time of grace and family sharing – will start with an extra-graceful act from the White House this year. Just as every president since Lincoln has done, Barack Obama will grant clemency to two turkeys that otherwise could’ve become the main entree for the first family’s holiday dinner. This traditional, presidential pardon […]
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Thanksgiving eve evening
Brooke Thomas and Shayla Logan as Sugar & Spice play Julia’s Kitchen & Lounge, 8 to 11 p.m., on Wed., Nov. 26 for a Black Masquerade party PHOTO BY LAURA KAY COFFEY For years now, I’ve been preaching that Thanksgiving Eve is the biggest bar and club party night of the calendar year in the […]
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Amazon threatens community vitality
It’s that time of year – Thanksgiving holiday will be here soon. And then we’ll get to celebrate Black Friday and Cyber Monday. And, if we’re shopping online, odds are good that we’ll shop on Amazon.com. Maybe we should rethink that. Even by the anything-goes ethical code of the corporate jungle, Amazon.com’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, […]
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Not-so-sweet sweet potatoes
Mashed sweet potatoes with chipotles en adobo. PHOTO BY PETER GLATZ Lots of folks consider them an essential part of their Thanksgiving feast: A big dish of whipped sweet potatoes, topped with a thick layer of marshmallows, baked until the tops of the marshmallows become toasty brown. But I’m not one of them. Don’t get […]
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Thanks for Thanksgiving
Juke House plays the Craft Beer Rhythm & Blues Fest, Donnie’s Homespun, Sat. Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m. opening for blues legend, the Ernie Peniston Band. The one thing we often forget to be thankful for at Thanksgiving is the holiday itself. That may sound silly or redundant, but that one little day on the fourth […]
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A Wolfe, bells and the blues
The Todd Wolfe Band plays Coz’s Pizza, Thurs. Nov. 21. We’re closing in on Thanksgiving, and therefore Thanksgiving Eve, that best and biggest bar-party night of the year. The weekend before gives us pause to be thankful as well. Welcome to the diverse and devout Springfield music scene at its finest. Sometimes world-class music turns […]
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A death in the family – and the question is: whodunit?
Born in 1930 in Schiller Park, Ill., the deceased was 82 years old at the time of passing, which ironically was the day before Thanksgiving. Having long enjoyed the sweet life, the end was a bit bitter, for the dearly departed’s estate had been mercilessly plundered in recent years by unscrupulous money managers. This left […]
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Thanksgivings past spur thoughts on race, present and future
“Mrs. Obama … do you realize that when your husband becomes the next president of the United States, it will be historical?” “Why yes, I understand that. What does that mean to you?”“It means I can imagine anything for myself.” An exchange between Michelle Obama and a 10-year-old Ohio girl during the 2008 presidential campaign, […]
