Springfield Social Club Feb 29, 5:30-9pm, Collecting bottled water and granola bars for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Great Strides Walk. Boulevard Tap and Grill, 2413 S MacArthur Blvd.
UIS Lunch and Learn Feb 23, 11:30am-1:30pm, ‘Illinois - Indigenous, Exotic, and Beautiful.’ $20 lunch/program. Register at uiaa.org/uis. 206-7395. UIS Public Affairs Center (PAC), One University Plaza, 217-206-6073.
BULLETIN BOARD
African-American Food and Vendor Day Feb 22, 10am-2pm, Free samples and displays. Also, “Saxophone and African- American Poetry Improvisations” and African drum presentation. A. Lincoln Commons. Lincoln Land Community College, 5250 Shepherd Rd, 217-786-2200.
Association of Information Technolgy Professionals Feb 21, 5:30-8pm, Angelynn Weihmeir, Windstream. “Why SIP.” Lake Pointe Grill, 1386 Toronto Rd, 628-3697.
Giant Flea Market Feb 19, 8:30am-4:30pm, Indoor market. $1.25, age 12 and under free with adult. Illinois Building. 529-6939. Illinois State Fairgrounds, 801 Sangamon Ave, 782-8886.
Illinois Beef Expo Feb 23-26, 8am-5pm, Livestock Center. Admission on Sunday only, $3, kids 10 and under free. 787-4280. Illinois State Fairgrounds, 801 Sangamon Ave.
Movers and Shakers Night Feb 23, 5-7pm, Fred Pulgia, Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director; Deb West, WNNS-FM.
Benefits GROW in Illinois. Bennigan’s, 700 E. Adams, 331- 5199.
Photo Tour of the Best of France Feb 27, 7pm, ‘Fourteen Days and Two Thousand Miles: A Photo Tour of the Best of France with Steve Rambach.’ Lincoln Library, 326 S. Seventh St, 217- 753-4900.
Red Cross Flirting For Disaster Feb 16, 6-10pm, Appetizers, desserts, open bar, silent auc tion, raffle, wine wall. Still Kick’n at 7:30-8:30 p.m. $35. Erin’s Pavilion, Southwind Park, 4965 S. Second St, 787-7602.
SAHBA Home Expo Feb 24-26, 4-8pm Fri, 9am- 7pm Sat, 10am-3pm, Latest technologies and innovations from local businesses. Prairie Capital Convention Center, 1 Convention Center Plaza, 217- 698-4941.
The Boat Show in Springfield Feb 24-26, 5pm Fri, 10am Sat, 10am Sun, Pleasure and fishing boats in the Orr Building. Illinois State Fairgrounds, 801 Sangamon Ave, 217-341-1730.
This Ain’t Your Gym Class Dodgeball Tournament Feb 18, 10am-5pm, Benefits St. John’s Children’s Hospital. Register online at www.wdbr.com. Gold’s Gym, 1600 Clear Lake, 544-6464 ext 45160.
Vigil for Peace Feb 18, 25, 12pm, Each Saturday at noon on corner of Sixth and Monroe, outside Federal Building. All are welcome. 544-3997. Downtown Springfield.
FOOD
Chocolate Sunday Feb 19, 2pm, Cooking contest. Free admission to tasting with prizes, music, bingo and a lot of chocolate to sample. Greenview Community School, 147 W. Palmer, Greenview, 968-7043.
Fat Tuesday Dinner Feb
21, 5pm, Louisiana specialty foods in benefit of American Red Cross.
$50/person. Reservations, pasfieldhouse.com. Pasfield House, 525 S
Pasfield St.
Vegan/Gluten Free Cooking Class Feb 16, 6pm, Food Fantasies hosts. Christopher Sommer teaches you to transform your recipes into vegan, allergyfriendly dishes. $40, 525-3663.
Pasfield House, 525 S Pasfield St.
HISTORY
African-American Surveyors History Feb 25, 10am-3pm, Presentations at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. National Museum of Surveying, Inc. 521 E. Washington, 217-523-3130.
Allen Chapel and Literary Lincoln, Illinois Feb 16-18, 20-25, 27-29, 9am- 5pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat, Through Feb. 29, black history exhibit of one-of-the-oldest continuously used Black churches in area. Lincoln Public Library Annex, 725 Pekin St, Lincoln, IL.
Black History Month Event Feb 19, 5pm, ‘Showcase of Gospel Music.’ History of gospel music. Special performance by Voices in Praise Gospel Choir. UIS Brookens Auditorium, One University Plaza, 217-206- 6073.
Central Illinois African- American History Museum Grand Opening Feb
23, 5-7:30pm, Exhibit by Winfred ‘Doc’ Helm, official state
photographer 1930-1950. Address by Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr. and music.
$20-$5, phone for tickets. National Museum of Surveying, Inc. 521 E.
Washington, 217-528-2725.
Civil War Roundtable Feb 16, 7pm, Every third Thursday. Doug Dalby, Battle of Brawner’s Farm - Clash in the Twilight. Free and open to public. Grand Army of the Republic Museum, 629 S. Seventh St, 787-5652.
Elkhart Historical Society Feb
17, 5:30pm, Dinner and lecture, ‘Little Known Facts About Abraham
Lincoln in Logan County, 1834-1860’ Professor Emeritus and Historian
Paul Beaver, Lincoln College. $25. Wild Hare Cafe, 104 Governor Oglesby
St, Elkhart, 947-2100.
HER Story, African-American Female History Feb 16, 6pm, Kamau Kemayo, UIS professor of African- American studies. Dirksen Conference Room. 545-7334. SIU School of Medicine, 801 N. Rutledge, 545-2155.
Historical Memory and Religious Views of Lincoln Feb
16, 5:30pm, Samuel Wheeler reconstructs interpretations of Lincoln’s
religious views. Sponsored by Sangamon County Historical Society and
FPC. First Presbyterian Church, 321 S. Seventh St, 521-1961.
Lech Walesa Exhibit Feb 16-18, 20-25, 27-29, Graphics, video, text and artifacts of Walesa’s journey from work in shipyard to first democratically elected President of Poland. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 212 N. Sixth St.
Logan County Genealogical &