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AUDITIONS
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
Book Sale Apr 3, 9am, Springfield Senior Center, 701 W. Mason 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.
THEATER & COMEDY
Annie Apr 13, 7:30pm, Musical about a little girl who is adopted by a millionaire. UIS Sangamon Auditorium. For info, call 206-6160 or go to ww.sangamonauditorium.org.
Nunsense Mar 27-19, 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.
The Vagina Monologues Apr 3, 5:30-7:30pm, All female cast features students and faculty. All proceeds benefit the Prarie Center Against Sexual Assault. Illinois College Sibert Theatre, 1101 W. College Ave, 706-207-0226. www.ic.edu/fas
Comedain Costaki Economopoulos Apr 3, 8pm, Apr 4, 7:15pm & 9:30pm, For club’s third anniversary see the biggest name in comedy at the smallest club in the country. Mason City Limits Comedy Club, 114 E. Chestnut St, 482-5233. mclimits.com
Comedian Dale Jones Apr 3-4, 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Funny Bone Comedy Club.
Comedian Danny Browning Apr 11, 7pm and 9pm. Riverside, 6111 Mechanicsburg, 498-Rock.
Life’s a Drag! Drag Show Apr 4, 9:30-11pm, MacMurray College SOLACE presents professional and student drag performers to benefit local food pantry. $3 or 3 can goods. Gamble Campus Center, 447 E. College Ave. Jacksonville. For more info, call 217-671- 1013.
St. Louis Black Repertory April 3, 1pm and 7pm, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, 212 N. Fifth St. For more info, call 558-8934 or go to www.presidentlincoln.org
MUSIC: GENERAL EVENTS
Acoustic Lunch Mon, Tue, Fri, 12-1pm, Jaigh Lowder (Mon), Kathyrn Raistrick (Tue), Dennis Darling, Lucas Westcott (alternating Fri). Trout Lily Cafe, 218 S. Sixth St. For info, call 391-0101.
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.kirkout.com/conference. Kirkland Fine Arts Center
