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Calendar P.O. Box 5256 Springfield, IL 62705 Dates, times and locations are subject to last-minute changes, so we suggest calling before attending the event.
Fairs & Festivals
Chili Cookoff and Winter Festival Feb 06, 12pm, Festivities begin 12pm. Chili tasting at 5:30pm. Silent auction, raffles, kids’ games, chili cook-off, beer, soft drinks and concessions. For more info call 523-6597. St. Joseph Parish, 1345 N. Sixth St.
Books & Authors
Accepting Teen Poetry Submissions Now accepting poetry and artwork submissions from teens, grades 6-12, for international teen poetry anthology. Contributors receive two books. For more info or complete rules, visit www.adonisdesignspress.com or www.pwlf.com.
Book Sale Feb 06, 8am-1pm, Hundreds of books for all ages. Plus soup, chili and sandwiches for purchase. For more info call 566-3614. Williamsville United Methodist Church, 128 E. Jones, Williamsville.
Can We Do That? Reading/Book Signing Feb 04, 6:30-7:30pm, Dr. Mc Neese’s book, Can We Do That? addresses questions about sex and sexuality from a Christian perspective using a biblical lens to examine issues from spousal rape to sexual thought. Question and answer session included. For more info call 525-1420. Brinkerhoff Home, Benedictine campus.
Classics Book Discussion Group Feb 15, 12-1pm, Meets the third Monday, October through May in the Bicentennial Room. For info call 753- 4900 ext 206. Lincoln Library, 326 S. Seventh St.
Contemporary Fiction Group Feb 10, 12pm, Group discusses popular fiction and nonfiction on the second Wednesday of each month in the Carnegie Room South. For info call 753- 4900 ext 206. Lincoln Library, 326 S. Seventh St.
Creative Philosophy Seminar Feb 04-16, 1-3pm, Writer and educator Michael Gammon presents part one of ‘Relevant and Impassioned: Using Critical Theory to Tell Stories’ (Second part on March 6.) Free, seating limited. Call 525-1420, ext. 291 to reserve a spot. Benedictine University at Springfield.
Governors and Gangsters Feb 04, 1pm, Taylor Pensoneau, retired Illinois political writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, speaks on the facets involved in the research and writing on some of the leading political figures and mobsters in modern Illinois history. For more info call 498-9921. University of Illinois Extension Sangamon-Menard Unit, 2501 N. Eighth St, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Bldg #30.
Marc Aronson Feb 11, 6pm, Nationally renowned author of Race: A History Beyond Black and White presents a program held in observance of Lincoln’s Birthday and African American History Month. Free and open to public. For more info call 524-0901. Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site, 603 S. Fifth St.
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Feb 11, 6pm, Free program is “The Influence of Romare Bearden’s Visual Art on August Wilson’s Drama,” presented by Dr. Jeannie Zeck, associate professor of English at MacMurray College. She discusses how African-Americans Wilson and Bearden influenced each others artistic works. Benedictine University at Springfield, 525-1420.
Theater & Comedy
An Evening with Garrison Keillor Feb 15, 7:30pm, Host and writer of ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ and ‘The Writer’s Almanac’ heard on public radio
