
Set the Menu for a Successful Year
(Family Features) If your goals for 2024 include a healthier lifestyle and added nutrition, your mission is likely to start with a refreshed menu. Add a few newfound favorites to this year’s rotation like wraps, salads and smoothies to...

Mania – The Abba Tribute January 18, 2024 @ UISPAC
In an exhilarating, two-hour recreation of one of ABBA’s most memorable concerts, MANIA brings to life the flamboyance of the ‘70s. This includes all of the uplifting, dance-inducing and sometimes heart-breaking songs from the iconic Swedish...

Give Comfort Food Classics an Authentic Mexican Twist
(Family Features) If winter evenings have you stuck in a dinner rut, heat up the kitchen with family favorites everyone can look forward to. Shaking off the chill can start with a cozy blanket and comforting food that warms you from the...

DAYCO presents The Snow Queen January 7, 2024 @ Hoogland
Dance Arts Youth Company and Dance Arts Studio proudly present The Snow Queen, a contemporary retelling of the story that inspired Frozen. The Snow Queen Sunday, January 7, 2024 1:00pm3:00pm Hoogland Center for the ArtsLRS Theatre420...

Art Flourishes at Concordia Village
Residents are living fuller lives through art at Concordia Village, a Lutheran Senior Services Life Plan Community in Springfield, Illinois. And they got to share their creative works at the 2023Resident Art Show recently! The exhibit featured...

Noon Year’s Eve Party at Kidzeum!
Image by 7000920 from Pixabay Crafts, Face-Painting, Play & Countdown at Noon with Alderwoman Lakeisha Purchase and the Springfield Youth Performance Group leading the countdown! 12:00 PM Sharp!Regular admission applies. No advanced...

First Night Springfield
Downtown New Year’s Eve will sparkle both in the skies and on Hoogland Center stages for the 36th annual First Night® Springfield. This family-friendly celebration of the arts is co-produced this year by Springfield Area Arts Council and...

Volunteer at the Pediatric Christmas Store!
Image by G.C. from Pixabay Christmas time can be difficult season for patients and families who are spending time in the hospital. St. John’s Children’s Hospital is hosting a Pediatric Christmas store to allow parents & guardians to shop...

Cirque Dreams Holidaze December 12, 2023 @ UISPAC
CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE dazzles with a brilliant and whimsical family holiday spectacular. This annual tradition wraps a Broadway-style production around an infusion of contemporary circus arts. As lights dim and the music swells, audiences...

Sinatra and Friends Christmas Show December 22-23, 2023 @ Hoogland
The Hoogland Center for the Arts is excited to announce that world-renowned impersonator and tribute artist Robbie Howard is coming back to Springfield! His January show was such a smash hit, that we are bringing Robbie back to perform his...