Famed jazz drummer Barrett Deems (born in Springfield on March 1, 1914 and died in 1998) was honored last Sunday at Sangamon Auditorium during a performance by the SFJazz Collective. Oh, how I wait for April Fools’ Day to fall on a Thursday again. But alas and alack, we have a few years left to […]
White Oaks Mall
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White elephant
A planned new “patioscape” on the parking lot side of the former White Oaks Cinema will provide outdoor seating for customers of the shops and eateries expected to move into the converted theater. The enclosed mall will be slightly less so, each of the new tenants being likely to have its own entrance to the […]
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Still alternative after all these years
I don’t often look at calendars – so often they remind me that there is an editor somewhere, impatiently drumming his fingers on his desk because the article draft I’d promised him is late. But look at a calendar one must do occasionally, and last week it reminded me that it has been 35 years […]
