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I’m outwitting and outworking my Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s is a label that has been attached to me for nine years. The only positive was that it explained slight oddities I detected in my walking and fine motor skills during the previous two years. How does an otherwise healthy 58-year-old deal with something so determinant?.

GateHouse loves stockholders, not newspapers
“Content is our number one priority,” a newspaper executive said in a 2018 interview about GateHouse, which has spent more than $1 billion buying papers since 2014 while treating ones it already owns like birdcage liners.

Labor union support counts
The Illinois and Chicago-land chambers have been pushing legislation all session to offer state incentives to data centers, which stores massive amounts of electronic information.

LETTERS
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK Erika Holst’s “Discovering the east side” was the very best article I have read (May 16); superb in content, writing and era covered. I had the pleasure of meeting Holst last year after she and P.J. Staab did the remembrance article on my husband, Thomas R.

Long life and poetry
I recently sat down with John and Peg Knoepfle at their residence in Hickory Glen to ask questions about their life experiences, both personal and literary. I quickly surmised that both are master storytellers. For more than 60 years now, their stories have been intertwined.

PrideFest draws thousands
It appeared a record turnout for a party that lasted hours, according to organizers who last year counted 15,000. By sundown, the line for beer grew ridiculously long amid loud cheers for drag queens lip syncing on the event’s main stage. The weather was fantastic for a spring festival in a year when winter has been slow to leave.

Demanding action on liberalizing abortion law
The act, proposed in the House by Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, and in the Senate by Sen. Melinda Bush, D-Grayslake, would repeal Illinois’ abortion law and replace it with what backers and detractors agree would be the most liberal reproductive health care legislation in the country.

2019 Summerlong Summerguide
Museum After Hours - Prohibition.

Take a Museum Hack tour
A trip to the Art Institute of Chicago is a popular excursion while visiting the Windy City. The bridge from Millennium Park beckons you to cross over the street below to an outdoor area on the top floor of the Art Institute with sweeping views of the skyline and Millennium Park.

Sliders step up to the plate
“You can’t beat fun at the old ballpark” was the trademark mantra of legendary announcer Harry Caray. While Harry was correct, the modern problem is one of affording fun at the ballpark. The Fan Cost Index measures the price for a hypothetical family of four to attend a major league baseball game.

Go play in Peoria
The season is in swing for the Spirit of Peoria paddle-wheeler that plies the Illinois and Mississippi rivers regularly from May to October. Visitors can choose 90-minute sightseeing trips along the Peoria riverbank, themed lunch and dinner cruises, one-day cruises to places like Starved Rock State Park and multi-night excursions to St.

Pedals, plays and parks in Bloomington-Normal
Bicycle enthusiasts are celebrating the 30 th anniversary of the Constitution Trail, which follows an old railroad path. Multiple branches bring the total miles to 45. Named and dedicated in celebration of the U.S. Constitution, the trail sports signs describing key provisions of the document so you can learn as you pump those pedals.

Be a tourist in your hometown
If you’ve got littles in tow, wear them out at the Illinois State Museum or the Kidzeum before popping into Del’s Popcorn Shop for an oversized ice cream cone, then find a shady bench on the Old State Capitol Plaza and try to eat it all before it melts (make sure to grab extra napkins).

Go out and play
Matilda Wormwood has been charming parents and children alike since Roald Dahl’s book, Matilda,.

Sounds of summer
From the walking bass of ska to the oompha of big brass bands, from 30-year-old heavy metal rockers to teenage pop boy bands and from Moscow to Wyoming, here’s a look of the music that’s coming our way this summer..

Rhubarb, beyond pie
Known by old-timers as “pie plant,” rhubarb is one of the first local produce offerings of the season. The ruby red stalks yield to a soft delicious pulp when baked or stewed and have a distinctive tart, slightly musky flavor. The Memorial Day cookouts of my childhood were always capped off with a wedge of straight-up rhubarb pie.

Familiar but confident, Booksmart a wise commentary
Unfortunately, they don’t have the address and in trying to find this get-together, they get caught up in one outlandish situation after another before finally getting to the soiree. Ultimately, they come to realize that attending it wasn’t worth the trouble.

Memorial music weekend
The West of Wise Winery near Petersburg is back with regular Friday night music, hosting my friend and yours, Ben Bedford, in the bucolic, sycamore-ringed, back area behind the winery.

BAND SPOTLIGHT | Tav Falco’s Panther Burns
Sometimes the word “legendary” gets tossed around a bit too lightly, but in the case of Tav Falco, no other word would do him justice.

LIVE MUSIC
Tom Irwin’s Bob Dylan birthday songfest.

FOOD | Locally grown food and artisan products
The Old Capitol Farmers Market has been produced by Downtown Springfield Inc. since 1999 with major support from HSHS St. John’s Hospital and also with support from Development Services Group, the City of Springfield and Central Baptist Church.

THE CALENDAR
Pastor Jerry Jones and the Fantastic Jones Family.