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The outdoors

Springfield offers great parks, nature spots, gardens and prairie wilderness

You’ve been doing a lot of walking, mostly from one historic site to the next. It’s not really the legwork that wears you out – you’ve simply taken in all the details a mind can absorb.

Capital City Visitor

Thursday, March 19, 2015 12:00 am

Mother Road

Come get your kicks on Route 66

By IT Staff

Freeways may offer easier and faster ways to travel from A to Z, but The Mother Road provides an historic and charming weekend getaway or a fun day trip. As a thoroughfare

Capital City Visitor

Thursday, March 19, 2015 12:00 am

Heart of Illinois

Historical day-tripping in the Land of Lincoln

By IT Staff

Ready, set, go, for a one-tank trip! These destinations are just a hop, skip and jump away – within three to four hours of Springfield. Head out to find the amazing sites in the corners and ed

Capital City Visitor

Thursday, March 19, 2015 12:00 am

The nightlife

Where to find live entertainment in the capital city

By IT Staff

The nightlife of Springfield and surrounding communities is diverse and robust. Blues, folk, jazz, rock, country, hip-hop, dance music, open mics and karaoke are all well represented on any give

Capital City Visitor

Thursday, March 19, 2015 12:00 am

Bars and clubs directory

Where to find live music & entertainment

By IT Staff

Alamo 115 N. Fifth St. (523-1455) Alamo II 310 N. Main St., Chatham (483-6699) American Legion Post 32 1120 Sangamon Ave. (523-3415) American Legio

Capital City Visitor

Thursday, March 19, 2015 12:00 am

This year’s big events

Noteworthy happenings in and around the capital city Event listings updated daily at illinoistimes.com

By IT Staff

March Lincoln’s Ghost Walk: Legends & Lore March 10-Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m. Strange stories surrounding Lincoln’s life and death. Factual history-based walking tour of Lincoln sites s

Capital City Visitor

Thursday, March 19, 2015 12:00 am

Living here

A guide to get you started living in the capital city

By IT Staff

Springfield and Sangamon County aren’t just great places to visit; they’re also great places to live. The capital city and the nearly two dozen smaller communities around it offer many attra

Arts & Entertainment

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 12:00 am

Puzzle correction

Puzzle Answers for #362 and the Puzzles for #363

By IT Staff

We apologize for running the #361 Puzzles twice in both the 2/5/15 issue and the 2/19/15 issue, this was an oversight on our part. Please CLICK HERE to download the #363 Puzzle, you can find the

Capital City Wedding

Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 12:00 am

Great places to wed

You’ve found your perfect mate. Now it’s time to pick a venue for your big day.

By IT Staff

SPRINGFIELD Ballrooms, banquet halls, country clubs and bed-and-breakfasts Arlington’s Upstairs Built in 1917, 210 Broadway has been reincarnated into a beautiful re

Remembering

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 12:00 am

Remembering the lives they lived

By IT Staff

About the issueHere once again is our “Remembering” issue. We devote the last issue of the year to in-depth obituaries of some of the local people who have died in the past year. There is no attem