
Michael Burnett and the Blue Suns Uptown Friday Night at Robbie’s Restaurant November 1, 2019
Uptown Friday Night This long-running, year-round jazz and blues live music series is held weekly at Robbie’s Restaurant on the Old State Capitol Plaza South from 5:30 to 7:30. A 50/50 raffle benefits Arts Council programming. After a...

LLCC Library Donates Lincoln Biographer’s Book Collection to Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Part of the Dr. Benjamin P. Thomas collection being donated by LLCC to the ALPLM. The Lincoln Land Community College Library today presented a collection of 133 books owned by renowned Lincoln biographer Dr. Benjamin P. Thomas to the...

Halloween Spook-tacular October 28th, 2019 at Hoogland
Join the Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony and Civic Orchestra for a frightfully fun evening at "Halloween Spook-tacular!" Children 10 and younger get in free!Showtimes Mon Oct 28, 2019 | 7:00PM

Sides for Holiday Entertaining
(Family Features) The holiday season means it’s time for gathering family and friends for food and celebration. To make the process easier, incorporate recipes that can feed a crowd without lots of exotic, hard-to-find...

Rocky Horror 10th Anniversary Show! October 24th, 2019 – October 26th, 2019 at Hoogland
ADHD Productions and HCFTA present the famous rock and roll musical about a "Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual Transylvania" live on stage. This year the Rocky Horror team celebrates their 10th year doing the Time Warp!...

A Grape Sensation
Delicious seasonal dishes for a happy holiday (Family Features) By incorporating versatile ingredients into your holiday cooking, you can make a vast array of tasty seasonal goodies. For example, California grapes are abundant...

Boz Scaggs: Out of The Blues Tour Saturday, October 26th, 2019 at 8:00pm at UISPAC
Acclaimed singer, songwriter, guitarist Boz Scaggs brings his signature style of rock, blues and R&B influenced ballads to the UIS Performing Arts Center's Sangamon Auditorium stage for his Out of The Blues Tour. Scaggs played...

LLCC Chemistry Club sponsors 7th annual “Haunted Lab” Oct. 25
The Lincoln Land Community College Chemistry Club will host the seventh annual "Haunted Lab" Friday, Oct. 25 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in upper Sangamon Hall on the LLCC-Springfield campus, 5250 Shepherd Road. Children ages five and older and...

An Imaginative, DIY Halloween Costume
(Family Features) Few traditions are as popular on Halloween as picking out the perfect costume. This haunting season, think outside the box – literally – and use boxes from your recent deliveries to create a unique DIY costume, or...

Holiday Desserts from Around the Globe
(Family Features) Over time, many families tend to return to the same holiday favorites, from ham and mashed potatoes to pies and cookie classics. This season, you can add a twist to tradition with these globally inspired desserts....