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YWCA block: Are we looking for an answer?
Once again, the city of Springfield is planning to demolish the old YWCA building to get the site ready for some potential new development. I questioned the validity of the city’s previous efforts on this topic in a citizen editorial in the State Journal-Register.

Where the redbuds are always in bloom
If its citizens struggle to see anything new in a landscape with which they have become too familiar, what is the poor landscape photographer to do? In Larry Kanfer’s case, he does nothing much at all, to judge from the evidence of his new collection of Midwestern landscape photographs, A Prairie State of Mind,.

‘Our Revolution’ is on the move
Revolutions R Us! From the big one in 1776 that created our nation to Bernie Sanders’ 2016 political uprising against America’s new plutocratic elites, democratic change comes when workaday people start standing up to the bosses, bankers, big shots, bastards and BSers who are knocking us down.

THIS WEEK
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LETTERS
When she was unhappy with the outcome of an election my mother would harrumph “we get the politicians we deserve.” I think the truth Mom pointed to was this: our politicians are a symptom, not the disease that afflicts all of us. It is time for us to seek a cure together, perhaps.

THE BIZARRO WORLD
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If it ain’t broke...
A harsh new TV ad slams Rep. John Bradley (D-Marion) for supporting a convicted sex offender. It’s described by the Republicans as a form of payback for all the sex offender-related ads that the House Democrats have been using against Republicans this year and in years past.

Feds say state home care rule may violate law
So when the Illinois Department of Human Services told Summer and thousands of other home care workers across Illinois that they could only work 40 hours per week or risk being “defunded,” they revolted. DHS says the intent was to control costs, ensure continued services and make life easier for caregivers.

CONTRACT, PLEASE
Federation of State, County and Municipal CAP Employees, the biggest union of state CITY employees, hurl accusations and insults at each other while contract negotiations go nowhere, the faculty at the University of Illinois Springfi eld have taken a less verbose approach as they attempt to get a labor contract with the university.

EMMY FOR WSEC
Mark McDonald produces Cardia, which explores issues of heart health facing both patients and doctors. The program on WSEC/ PBS Springfi eld and Jacksonville has run for 15 years. At the NATAS Mid-America Emmy Awards in Branson, Missouri, on Sept. 30, McDonald and Dr.

A case of misdirected mail
Instead, a fight for ownership of the bar played out in state court while the Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition was pending in federal court. Typically, such state court proceedings are automatically delayed until bankruptcy proceedings have concluded, according to Bandy’s lawyers.

Springfield nursing home sued
After sustaining a broken neck when his wheelchair was catapulted from the lift at Lewis Memorial Christian Village on West Washington Street, Bob Folder was loaded onto a wheelchair without being examined for neck or spinal cord injuries and...

AUTOMN 2016 BREW REVIEW
BEVERAGES | Bruce Rushton.

When Joseph Smith stood trial in Springfield
On Jan. 4, 1843, a throng of curious spectators packed the federal courtroom on the second floor of the Tinsley building in Springfield. Dozens of people – reportedly including newlywed Mary Lincoln – had turned out to catch a glimpse of the man at the center of the trial that day: Joseph Smith, the handsome, charismatic, controversial Mormon prophet.

Dim sum debacle
Years ago, my family had driven me up to O’Hare International Airport so I could catch an early Sunday morning flight. My wife seized this opportunity to expose our children to Chicago’s vast culinary horizons. After dropping me off, Julianne headed to Chinatown for a dim sum brunch.

Girl a bit too clever for its own good
The notion of the unreliable narrator rears its head early on as the story is told from the perspective of Rachel (Emily Blunt), a troubled woman who has yet to recover from her divorce three years earlier and spends her days riding the train into New York City and back to the ‘burbs again and again, drinking herself into a stupor as she does.

Open mics and stages
Take a look at all the good stuff going on around town in our Pub Crawl and calendar listings! It’s a dare to the senses to try and experience all the happenings. So instead of diving into all that, we are veering off to investigate some open mics and stages this week.

PUW CRAWL
AMF Strike N Spare Lanes, 9:30pm-12:30am..

BAND SPOTLIGHT | The Black Lillies
Roaring out of Knoxville, Tenn., in 2009, this award-winning, Americana-styled, country-flavored, sweetrockin’ band hit the road hard, including shows at Bonnaroo, Ryman Auditorium, Grand Ole Opry and Four Corners Folk Festival.

THE CALENDAR
Oct 15, 10am-3pm Sat. Become a mad scientist, catapult a pumpkin through the sky, meet creepy crawlers, collect treats, walk to Boo at the Zoo. Costumes, Halloween attire encouraged. $2 members, $7 non. Children’s Museum of Illinois, 55 South Country Club Road, 423-KIDS.

FILM | Lincoln’s first film festival
Don’t miss the inaugural Lincoln Film Festival, the brainchild of co-founders Brenda Chapman, Oscarwinning director of Disney’s Brave,.

MUSIC | An aca-perfect concert
Artistic producer Deke Sharon, best known for his vocal direction on Pitch Perfect.

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS | Pumpkin party
Show your support for the Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon and the Washington Park Botanical Gardens by attending the 2016 Jack-O- Lantern Spectacular. The annual pumpkin party showcases the 2,016 Jack-O-Lanterns that were carved in Washington Park the weekend prior.