Performing Art

Expressions in the Dark goes red

Springfield embraces artists of the spoken word

In a city largely absent of activities and events related to African American culture, Springfield’s black residents have long suffered from the “there’s-nothing-to-do syndrome.&rdqu

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Specialists at Emiquon Preserve monitor migration patterns of mallard ducks

Just a foot or so off State Road 97, nature is taking back what was once lost. Drivers can’t miss the sprawling wetlands, sunken floodplain and “narrow shoulder” signs, as the road w

Food - Julianne Glatz

Let the good times roll for Superbowl XLIV

Except for 1985, when the Chicago Bears won Superbowl XX, and in 2006 when they lost Superbowl XLI to the Indianapolis Colts, I’ve never much cared who was playing. For me, the Superbowl is usua

Film - Chuck Koplinski

With Rome it’s the same old song and dance

If I’ve been experiencing anything at the movies lately, it’s a sense of déjà vu. If I’m not sitting through another apocalyptic thriller then I’m suffering through a by

Film - Chuck Koplinski

Bridges takes center stage in Crazy Heart

Country singer Bad Blake has given up trying to deal with all of the disappointments in his life. You can tell by the way he carries himself, what with his unkempt hair and dirty clothes. But it’

Music - Tom Irwin

Festive February fodder

Somehow during the global conference on holiday scheduling meeting many millenniums ago, someone must have felt sorry for shorting February in the number of days and made up for it by overloading on t