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AUDITIONS
Dessa Rose Mar 28, 10am, Many ages, specific ethnic roles, for Spfld Theatre Centre musical. Hoogland Center for the Arts. Character details and song clips see mtishows.com or call 414-8905.
Into the Woods Auditions Apr 4, 1-5pm, Ages 16 or older for Jacksonville Theatre Guild’s summer musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Sophie Leschin Theatre, Jacksonville Community Park. For more info, call 245-1402 or go to www.jaxtg.com.
Illinois Talent Competition Statewide talent search open to men and women of all ages and talents including individual and group acts for two-night competition at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, May 23-24. Prizes. For more info, call 815-207-3759.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
What Muslims Really Think Mar 30, 7:30-9:30pm, Dalia Mogahed speaks about the culmination of a multi-year polling effort in 35 countries that disproves Western myths about Muslims. Free. UIS Brookens Auditorium. For more info, call 206-6245.
Book Sale Apr 3, 9am, Springfield Senior Center, 701 W. Mason St.
Book Signing Mar 25-26, 11am-2pm, Isaac Morris signs his book, The Absence of Goodness. LLCC Bookstore, Menard Hall and then Bicentennial Building. For more info, call 891-1943.
Glass Menagerie Reading Mar 27, 9-11:30pm, Springfield Writers Group performs a dramatic reading with characters of the closing act. Discussion and Live Poets Society open mic follows. Peoples Free Coffeehouse, 1109 E. Ash St.
Poets in the Parlor Apr 4, 2pm, Local poet John Knoepfle presents selections from his new book Walking In Snow. Vachel Lindsay Home, 603 S. Fifth St.
Poets in the Parlor Mar 28, 2pm, Joanna Beth Tweedy, author and Springfield College-Benedictine University Associate Dean presents selec tions from her debut novel, The Yonder Side of Sass and Texas. Vachel Lindsay Home, 603 S. Fifth St.
Reading and Book Signing Mar 26, 7pm, Joanna Beth Tweedy reads from and signs her debut novel, The Yonder Side of Sass and Texas. SC-BU Brinkerhoff Home, 1500 N. Fifth St., David Logan, 971-2327. www.joannabethtweedy.com
THEATER & COMEDY
Come to the Cabaret Musical Mar 28, Includes 25 songs from 17 Broadway musicals. Fundraiser for Basket of Hope. Free admission, donations accepted during evening. Theatre 3, Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St.
Nunsense Mar 27-29, Apr 3-5, 8pm Fri-Sat, 2pm Sun, A comedic musical about a fundraiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to bury three sisters poisoned by the convent cook. $16 adults, $15 children/seniors. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. For more info, call 523-2787.
Room Service Mar 20-22 and 27-29, 7:30pm Fri-Sat, 2pm Sun, Hit Broadway comedy, later made into a Marx Brother movie, offered by the Jacksonville Theatre Guild. $10 adults, $6 children 12 and under. Sophie Leschin Theatre, Community Park. For info, 245- 1402 or www.jaxtg.com.
Comedian Dan Greuter Mar 27-28, 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Funny Bone Comedy Club.
Comedian Steve Caminiti Mar 27, 8pm and Mar 28, 7:15pm & 9:30pm. Illini fans half price. Mason City Limits Comedy Club, 114 E. Chestnut St. 482-5233. mclimits.com
St. Louis Black Repertory April 3, 1pm and 7pm, A musical set in the 1950s Deep South, young Lizzie and her family, long for progress and find inspiration in their ancestor Sojourner Truth, a brave abolitionist. Free, 7pm performance. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, 212 N. Fifth St. For info, call 558-8934 or go to www.presidentlincoln.org
MUSIC: GENERAL EVENTS
Music from the Stacks Mar 27, 7pm, St. Andrew’s Society of Central Illinois Pipes and Drums with Irish dancers. Carnegie Rm, Lincoln Library, 326 S. Seventh St. For more info, call 753-4900.
Acoustic Lunch Mon-Fri, 12-1pm, Jaigh Lowder, Kathyrn Raistrick Ben Bedford, Dennis Darling, Lucas Westcott. (Dennis & Lucas alternate Fri) Trout Lily Cafe, 218 S. Sixth St. For info, call 391-0101.
Barbershop Chorus Every Tues, 7:30-10pm, Men who like 4-part harmony to join. Rehearsals open to public. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth. For info, 737-3359 or landoflincolnbarbershop.com.
Bluegrass Weekend Apr. 3-4. 7:30pm, The Gordons, The Special Consensus and Asleep at the Wheel $12-$24. Free daytime keynote lectures and panel discussions. For more info, visit www.kirk-out.com/conference. Kirkland Fine Arts Center.
Brown Bag Concert Apr 1, 12:15-12:45pm, Agnes Wan, Piano. Includes Bach’s French Suite No. 5 in G major, Schubert’s Sonata in A, K. 664, and Chopin’s Bolero, Op. 19. Free, $5 lunch available. First Presbyterian Church,321 S. Seventh St. For info, call 528- 4311 or go to lincolnschurch.org/Concerts.
Disney Keys To Excellence Mar 27, 7:30am-4pm, Showcases the strategies and business models of Disney. $399 per person, includes lunch, $319 Chamber of Commerce members. Crowne Plaza, 3000 S. Dirksen Pkwy. For more info, call 529-7777.
Eastern Symphony Chamber Orchestra Mar 29, 4-5:30pm, Official unveiling of a new French Double Harpsichord. $12. $10 seniors and EIU employees. $5 EIU students. Doudna Fine Art Center, Charleston. For more info, call 581-3110 or go to www.eiu.edu/doudna.
Jacksonville Symphony Mar 28, 7:30pm, The Grande Romanza. Soprano-tenor duo Stefano and Nina Tanchietti. Songs from Broadway and operetta, full costumes, dancing and drama. $12.50, children/students free Rammelkamp Chapel, Illinois College, 215 Park St. Jacksonville. For info, call 245- 1181 or go to www.jaxsym.com.
Java Night Acoustic music performed by local musicians. Coffee, pastries, home-made soups and sandwiches available for purchase. Cafe Moxo, 411 E. Adams.
Music at the Hoogland Mar 28, 8pm, Sea Life, Good Night and Good Morning, Sleeping Cranes, Tony Colantino and The Dub Tones. Hosted by Jim Smiley. $6. Hoogland Center Club Room, Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. For more info, call 523-2787.
Off Da Chain Tour Apr 3, 8-11:30pm, Twista, Mike Jones, Murphy Lee, Shorty Da Kid and more. $16-$26, PCCC box office, ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com or 544-9400. Prairie Capital Convention Center. For more info, call 816-4097 or go http://www.myspace.com/offdachain217.
Pete Sander Every Sat, 9am-12pm, Pete Sander plays at Cafe Moxo, 411 E. Adams. For info, call 788-8084.
Sound Celebration Chorus Every Mon, 7-10pm, For women who like to sing. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. For info, call 523-4363 or go to www.soundcelebration.org.
The Revolution Music and Art Festival Through Apr 20, Looking for bands and silent auction artwork for event Apr 25, 11am-7pm, $5- $7. Feitshans Academy Elementary, 1101 S. 15th. Call 816-1999. www.myspace.com/therevolutionsyou.
DANCE
Celtic Dance Concert Mar 28, 3pm, St. Andrew’s Society of Central Illinois celtic dancers featuring traditional Scottish and Irish dance and music. $8 adults, $5 kids/seniors. Springfield High School Auditorium, 1010 S. Lewis St. For info, call 741-2989 or go to www.central-illinois-celts.org.
Folk Dance Mar 30, 7-9pm, International Folk Dancers host a special rehearsal for those interested. Hoogland Center for the
