<![CDATA[Illinois Times - IT Picks]]> <![CDATA[Show-within-a-show]]> Roxy Theatricals was granted the rights to produce the five-time Tony-award winning musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, which plays at The Legacy Theatre for three weekends minus the last Sunday. Laugh alo]]> <![CDATA[Hark the holiday]]> The Hoogland Center for the Arts will present four performances of an old-fashioned Christmas revue, A Very Hoogland Christmas, featuring the talents of many local performers. Listen to “Merry C]]> <![CDATA[Rock show]]> The Pink Floyd Experience comes to Sangamon Auditorium, UIS on Friday, March 16 at 8 p.m. Six amazing musicians present the legendary rock band’s Wish You Were Here, also the name of the popular]]> <![CDATA[Grand jetes]]> Last year’s dance and musical extravaganza Men in Tights sold out, so get in on the action now by purchasing your tickets by phone or online from the Hoogland Center for the Arts. The Springfiel]]> <![CDATA[Literary drama]]> Reserve your tickets now by phone for a performance of Prairie Voices and Lincoln and Shakespeare at Theatre in the Park indoor theater at Lincoln’s New Salem Sate Historic. Kevin Purcell direct]]> <![CDATA[Visual virtuosos]]> The Pharmacy shines again. Go swiftly into the good July 14 night, and get absorbed in the third art exhibition in The Pharmacy’s warehouse on Pasfield Street. On display will be the work of Pha]]> <![CDATA[European standards]]> “Cosmopolitan Classics” is the name of the next Illinois Symphony Chamber Orchestra concert under the direction of Maestra Karen Lynne Deal held Jan. 21 at St. Agnes Church.  Hear fam]]> <![CDATA[Giant glee]]> The funny, award-stacked Shrek the Musical singly stomps into Sangamon Auditorium, UIS for one performance, Feb. 14. Don’t miss everyone’s favorite loveable ogres, Shrek and Fiona (Perry S]]> <![CDATA[Showing resolve]]> Roxy Theatricals presents nine performances of the Legally Blonde – The Musical. Based on the popular movie with Reese Witherspoon, college sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods, played by ]]> <![CDATA[Civil liberties]]> Springfield-area American Civil Liberties Union and Liberty Brew & View host a free showing of the powerful new documentary, Better This World, on Tuesday, July 17. UIUC Law Professor Steve Becket]]> <![CDATA[Glowing tradition]]> One of Springfield’s most beloved sites at Christmastime is the Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site on Luminaria Evening, set for Saturday, Dec. 22, from 4-8 p.m. Approximately 1,000 luminaria]]> <![CDATA[Puppy love]]> Sylvia is a romantic comedy about the dynamics of a middle-aged couple’s home life and relationship after Gregg brings home a new pet, a dog named Sylvia, whom he proceeds to fall madly in love ]]> <![CDATA[Passion and fashion]]> Don’t miss attending one of three dinner-theater productions at the Hoogland Center for the Arts of Love, Loss and What I Wore. The show stars some of the most fabulous female talent in Springfi]]> <![CDATA[Future stock]]> World Affairs Council of Central Illinois is holding its next program Wed., May 29, with special guest Dr. Daniel Twining. Dr. Twining serves as a consultant to the U.S. National Intelligence Cou]]> <![CDATA[Cultural cavalcade]]> On one of the most popular weekends in the capital city of Springfield, the Old State Capitol lawn and adjoining streets and sidewalks transform into an outdoor art gallery. With more than 150 exhibit]]> <![CDATA[Poetic playing]]> Classical guitarist Francois Fowler performs Feb. 19 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church for the Springfield Classical Guitar Society. He has impressed numerous audiences in Canada, the United States]]> <![CDATA[See them]]> A.B.A.T.E. (A Brotherhood Aimed Toward Education) of Illinois motorcycle organization has a ride planned for Sunday, May 5, for motorcycle awareness month. The ride starts at the Illinois Department o]]> <![CDATA[Neotraditional country ]]> Traditional Country music’s new-guy-in-town debuted in 2009. And he’s coming to our town to show you what he’s got at the Prairie Capital Convention Center on Saturday, March 30. Is ]]> <![CDATA[We-cycling]]> Sustainable Springfield, Inc. invites the public to its free program at Lincoln Library titled “The Making of a Bike Friendly town.” Ed Barsotti, executive director of the League of Illino]]> <![CDATA[Street smart]]> Another UIS Broadway Series takes place at Sangamon Auditorium, UIS, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. The contemporary musical, In the Heights, received four 2008 Tony Awards and a Grammy Award the same year ]]>