Visual Art | Wednesday, October 11,2006

Finding Fogel

Millikin exhibit awakens interest in works of visionary artist

Finding Fogel It is an event Seymour Fogel himself most likely would have shunned. In fact, the artist would probably be better known today were it not for his intense independence and passionatel

Capital City Visitor 2008/09 | Wednesday, May 31,2006

Downtown Springfield

The heart of the city

By Celeste Huttes

Springfield was born downtown, before there was a downtown, at the corner of Jefferson and Klein, where the first “permanent” structure was built. With the infusion of visitors

Feature | Wednesday, November 23,2005

Girls gone wild

Shrinking violets, step aside: The Red Hat ladies have arrived

By Celeste Huttes

A few years back, Octava Augspurger returned from her annual pilgrimage to the Sunshine State with more than a healthy tan. She arrived home with a plan — one that would involve a red-

History | Thursday, August 18,2005

“Before it’s gone”

Veteran, one of five brothers who served, witnessed end of World War II

By Celeste Huttes

His life today is simple and quiet. His days are spent in the tiny town of Fillmore, Ill., where he was born more than eight decades ago. But in an instant, Morgan Evans can return to anothe

Feature | Thursday, July 14,2005

For the birds

By Celeste Huttes

Far from its fledgling beginnings in the garage of a caring wildlife rehabilitator, the Illinois Raptor Center has spread its wings wide. Some 15 years later, the center reaches thousands ev

Feature | Thursday, June 2,2005

Walk this way

By Celeste Huttes

The most satisfying journey you take this summer could be an inward one, courtesy of the labyrinth at Jubilee Farm. A center for ecology and spirituality operated