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IT Picks | Thursday, April 18,2013

Enchanting ensemble

By Anita Stienstra
Celtic Woman comes to Sangamon Auditorium, UIS on Sunday, April 21, for an afternoon show at 3 p.m. A sensational musical treat, the popular all-female adult contemporary singing group from Dublin, Ir
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IT Picks | Thursday, April 18,2013

Celebrity soiree

By Anita Stienstra
Springfield Art Association’s Personalities Paint, April 20 from 6-9 p.m., is a fun party for a good cause. Art exhibit openings are always a blast, but at this one you can rub elbows with some
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IT Picks | Thursday, April 18,2013

Six-string master

By Anita Stienstra
Springfield Classical Guitar Society concludes its 2012-2013 concert season with prize-winning and world-touring classical guitarist Zane Forshee. Forshee will perform music by Albeniz, Scarlatti, Bel
IT Picks | Thursday, April 11,2013

Memory traces

By Anita Stienstra
Springfield’s oldest home, Elijah Iles House, has a new exhibit about Camp Butler that includes artifacts from soldiers who were at the camp. A few of the items on display are photographs, unifo
IT Picks | Thursday, April 11,2013

Friends forever

By Anita Stienstra
Roxy Theatricals presents the Always ... Patsy Cline, April 12-14, 18-21, at The Legacy Theatre. The musical is based on the true story of Cline’s friendship with Houston fan Louise Seger.
IT Picks | Thursday, April 11,2013

Notable rhymester

By Anita Stienstra
Mary Jo Bang, poet and English professor at Washington University in St. Louis, will speak in Brookens Auditorium at the University of Illinois Springfield. Bang has authored six books of poems, inclu
IT Picks | Thursday, April 11,2013

Vibrant virtuosos

By Anita Stienstra
Boundary breaking violinist Nicolas Kendall of Time for Three, ensemble-in-residence with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, plays with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, April 13 at Sangamon Auditori
IT Picks | Thursday, April 4,2013

Buddhist teacher

By Anita Stienstra
Arjia Rinpoche returns to Springfield to expand on his well-received presentation here last year about escaping from Tibet, chronicled in his book, Surviving the Dragon. The Buddhist teacher will spea
IT Picks | Thursday, April 4,2013

Moving drama

By Anita Stienstra
UIS Theatre presents six performances of the 1933 play Awake and Sing by Clifford Odets April 5-7 and 11-13 in the Studio Theatre. Originally produced in 1935 by the revolutionary theatre company know
Visual Art | Thursday, April 4,2013

Photo contest winners: Images of Illinois

Prairie Art Alliance contest yields impressive regional talent

By Anita Stienstra
Digital cameras that are affordable and easy-to-use, including those cameras and image-sharing apps in our smartphones, have sparked a photo craze. Who could have predicted that so many Americans woul