It is a substantial read, with a staggering level of detail. Careful attention is paid to the evolution of the Clydesdale, an impossibly huge horseshoe that typically comes with assurances that if you eat it all within an hour or so, it’s free, plus you get your picture posted on the wall.

As a physician, I support clean energy alternatives that decrease our reliance on coal-powered electricity plants that produce air pollution impacting respiratory ailments and toxic coal ash that has been associated with cancers and nervous system damage.

It’s too early to tell whether this is an aberration or a trend. Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot has been busily meeting with law enforcement officials over the past several days in an attempt to develop a plan before she takes office on May 20 and before summer starts, when street violence tends to increase as the weather warms.

BE AWARE OF MOTORCYCLES During May, motorcyclists around our area will be promoting National Motorcycle Awareness Month. I am a member of Leather & Lace, a women’s motorcycle club established in 1983. One of our top priorities is to support motorcycle safety in our community.

It was on May 22 in 1919 that the site was conveyed to the people of Illinois by the owner, William Randolph Hearst. Hearst, a congressman from New York and a wealthy newspaper owner, had purchased the 62-acre site in 1906.

How can Springfield’s City Water, Light and Power (CWLP) best provide electrical power to meet the community’s future energy needs? Retiring Dallman Units 1, 2 and 3 coal-fired plants, increasing the use of renewable energy and expanding energy efficiency are some of the recommendations included in a recently released report.

Nonetheless, Pritzker’s financial goals when it comes to pot are ambitious – his draft budget included $170 million from licenses and fees during the next fiscal year.

The food industry is notoriously tough. Long, physically demanding hours, erratic schedules, temper tantrums and razor-thin margins are commonplace in kitchens the world over. It almost seems insane that anyone would willingly sign up for such a grueling assignment.

Area jazz and Cajun cuisine fans can get a taste for New Orleans at “Mardi Gras in May.” New Orleans jazz performers and local musicians come together for a musical gumbo May 10 for the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence annual fundraiser featuring The Charmaine Neville Band with local talent Frank Parker, Chilli Bryant and John Blythe.

The Illinois Symphony Orchestra closed out its 2018-2019 season with “Nature’s Beauty,” a soaring and varied concert at Sangamon Auditorium on Saturday, May 4. ISO executive director Trevor Orthmann, in his opening remarks, accurately described the program as encompassing both “some of the most beautiful and most bombastic” music.

Scott and Annie Russell (Michael Ealy and Megan Good) are a young, successful African- American couple who have a bright future ahead of them. He’s a successful advertising executive, she’s a freelance writer and together they hope to move away from San Francisco and start a family.

From a charity festival in praise of beer and doughnuts to an upcoming summer-long concert series, along with award-winning blues bands and music rumbling at the lake, springtime has clean sprung almost into summertime, making for some fun musical mayhem in May.

On the move and in the groove since their inception, this “not your grandpa’s blues band” combines elements of funk, rock, New Orleans jazz, Memphis R & B and more to a solid bluesbased concept, coming up with a 21st century take on making the blues come alive.

Elvis Rock N Remember Tribute.

Jeff Dunham’s Passively Aggressive Tour.

The Illinois History Forum returns this year with discussions on topics ranging from war to college sports. Experts in their fields will lead each discussion, giving the audience opportunities to ask questions and share their observations. The forums take place every two months at noon in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.

An American musical and classic tale, 42nd Street.

The Springfield Choral Society has been a part of the Springfield arts mosaic for almost 50 years, presenting highquality performances that are historically and stylistically accurate. Its programs include masses and motets by the great masters, carols and celebratory pieces, and a range of outstanding contemporary choral selections.