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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
Springfield YMCA Healthy Kids Day Apr 16, 5:30-8:30pm, DJ, karaoke, bike raffle, carnival games, scavenger hunt, healthy living activities and educational fun family contests and more. Free and open to public. YMCA, 701 S. Fourth St, 544-9846.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
A Night of Poetry Apr 26, 6:30-9pm, Freatures: Stephen Frech, Carmella Braniger, Randy Brooks and area college students. Open mic follows for experienced or novice poets. 423-3189. Anne Lloyd Gallery of the Madden Arts Center, 125 N. Water, Decatur.
Classics Book Discussion Group Apr 19, 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.
Gangsters of Southern Illinois Apr 18, 2pm, New Berlin Area Historical Society sponsors southern Illinois historian and local author Taylor Pensoneau discussing his latest book Dapper and Deadly and The Shelton Gang and Black Charlie Harris. Attendees are encouraged to dress in Roaring Twenties and 1930s clothing, and vintage vehicles will be displayed. Drinks available, and light refreshments served. Capone’s Hideout, 201 W. Illinois St, New Berlin, 217-488- 6121.
Janice N. Harrington Apr 22, 7pm, Award Winning poet, children’s author and storyteller. A.D. Carson performs also. Brinkerhoff House, Benedictine.
Lunch and Learn Series: Literature, Prairie Visions, Prairie Voices Apr 21, 11:30am-1:30pm, Dr. Barbara Burkhardt, UIS associate professor of English and leading expert on Lincoln, IL native William Maxwell, former literary editor of The New Yorker magazine; and Dr. Dennis Camp, UIS faculty emeritus of English and Vachel Lindsay scholar and author of new Lindsay biography. Lecture free but pre-registration required. 206-7395 or [email protected]. UIS Public Affairs Center (PAC).
Poetry Open Mic Apr 21, 6-8pm, Bring poetry to read - or sit back and listen. Enjoy refreshing beverages in historic ambiance. Brown-bag dinners welcome. Call 217-725-9058 by April 20 to get in on Gallina’s pizza order or to sign up to read. Thea Chesley, host. Sponsored by Springfield Poets and Writers. Norb Andy’s, 518 E. Capitol.
Sherlock Holmes Society Apr 17, 9am, Pondicherry Lodge, the Sherlock Holmes Society of Springfield and the West Central Illinois area, meets. Public invited. Discussion of The Adventure of the Three Garridebs. 546- 8387. Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 3111 S. Veteran’s Pkwy.
THEATER & COMEDY
Cirque Voila! Apr 18, 4-5:20pm, With contortionists, acrobatics, and aerial performances, this theatrical performance has been a crowd pleaser from coast-to-coast. $12-$24 adult, $6-$10 child. Kirkland Fine Arts Center, 1184 W. Main St, Decatur, 424-6318.
Comedian Al Jackson Apr 16-17, 7:30pm and 9:30pm Fri-Sat. Donnie B’s Comedy Club, 2937 W. White Oaks Dr, 391-5653.
Comedian Tim Slagle Apr 16-17, 8pm Fri, 7:15pm & 9:30pm Sat, Mason City Limits Comedy Club, 114 E. Chestnut, Mason City, 217-482- 5233.
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change Apr 16-18, 23-25, 8pm Fri and Sat, 4pm Sun, Hoogland Center for the Arts and Gordon Productions present hit musical, adult comedy about love, dating, sex, marriage, in-laws and kids. $16 adult, $15 senior. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St.
The Comic Book Artist Apr 16-18, 23-25, 7pm Fri and Sat, 2pm Sun. $11, $8 child. Springfield Theatre Centre presents a tale of superheroes, dreams, and one really evil villain. 523-2787. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St.
The Runner Stumbles Apr 23-25, 7:30pm, 2pm Sun, A Young
