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BOOKS & AUTHORS
Guillory’s The Lincoln Poems Apr 19, 2pm, Dan Guillory, reads from his book. Lincoln Library.
Local Author’s Day Apr 18, 10am-12pm, Writers sell and talk about their books. Lincoln Library Carnegie Room. For more info, or to register call, 753- 4900 ext. 235.
Sherlock Holmes Society Apr 18, 9am, Discussing The Adventure of the Dancing Men. Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 3111 S. Veteran’s Parkway. Public invited. For info, call 546-8387.
THEATER & COMEDY
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs Apr 17-19 and 24-26, 7pm, 2pm Sun, Springfield Theatre Center’s White Rabbit production. $11 adult/senior, $8 children. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. For more info, call 523-2787.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Apr 24-25, 7:30pm, Tony Award-winning play. Guests to an-after hours cocktail party are savagely used in psychological warfare by their hosts, with both hysterical and frightening results. $16. Hoogland Center for the Arts.
Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy Apr 22, 7:30 pm, Features an international cast of 25 soaring aerialists, spine-bending contortionists, acrobats, jugglers and musicians. UIS Sangamon Auditorium. For info, call 206- 6160 or go to www.sangamonauditorium.org.
Comedian Josh Denny Apr 18, 7pm & 9pm, $10. Riverside, 6111 Mechanicsburg.
Comedian Kenny Smith Apr 17-18, 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Funny Bone Comedy Club.
MUSIC: GENERAL EVENTS
Acoustic Lunch Mon, Tue, Fri, 12-1pm, Jaigh Lowder (Mon), Kathyrn Raistrick (Tue), Dennis Darling, Lucas Westcott (alternating Fri). Trout Lily Cafe, 218 S. Sixth St. For info, call 391-0101.
Ashley Riley Apr 18, 2pm, Decatur native acoustically performs songs from her CD, “Last One Standing.” Lincoln Library.
Bicentennial Concert Event Apr 23, 10:30am, Lincoln Trio. Refreshments. Springfield Senior Center, 701 W. Mason St.
Cabaret Apr 25, 8pm, Musical theater students from Millikin University present a Cabaret, fundraiser for Springfield Food Pantry. Charles & Limey’s.
Music at Lincoln Library April 24, 7pm, The Pro Musica Duo, Beth Youngblood, violin and Amy Flores, cello will perform light classical music by Haydn, Mozart, Stamitz, Lee, Gliere, and others and will give informative commentary on the composers and compositions. Free. Lincoln Library, 326 S. Seventh St. For more info, call 753-4900.
Organ Plus Apr 19, 4pm, Betty Schein, piano. Danielle Finn, flute. Gregg Brown, piano. First Christian Church. Downtown Springfield.
Pete Sander Every Sat, 9am-12pm, Pete Sander plays at Cafe Moxo, 411 E. Adams. For info, call 788-8084.
Record Store Day Broadcast Apr 18, 9am-5pm, Radio station WQNA celebrates by broadcasting live at Recycled Records in unison with other events around the country for other independent record stores.
