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FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Safe Family Saturday May 2, 10:30am-1:30pm, Free event focuses on summer safety for families. Bicycle helmets will be fitted and given away to children. Free food, games and prizes. Southern View Park, American Red Cross, 787-7602. www.il-redcross.org
The Revolution Music and Art Festival Apr 25, 11am-7pm, Three stages of live music, silent art auction and kids projects. $5-$7. Feitshans Academy Elementary, 1101 S. 15th. Call 816-1999. www.myspace.com/therevolutionsyou.
AUDITIONS
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 info, 815-207- 3759.
Springfield Ballet Company May 3, 12pm, Hoogland Center for the Arts, Theatre II, 420 S. Sixth St. Info, 544-1967.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Dramatic Reading/Open Mic Apr 24, 9-11:30pm, Springfield Writers Group presents "Look Homeward Angel" by Thomas Wolf, followed by an open mic for poetry, prose and spoken word hosted by Live Poets Society. Free coffee and snacks donated by People’s Church. Alcohol-free event. People’s Free Coffeehouse, 1109 East Ash St.
Morris Book Signing Apr 25, 1-4pm, Springfield author Isaac Morris signs copies of his novel, The Absence of Goodness. Prairie Years Gifts & Books, 121 N. Kickapoo St. Lincoln, www.isaacmmorris.com
Stevens Reading Apr 25, 7-10pm, Blake Stevens reads from his newest novel. Suns Up Koffee Kaffe.
THEATER & COMEDY
As You Like It 23-25, 8pm, William Shakespeare’s comedy directed by Eric Thibodeaux- Thompson. UIS Studio Theatre, PAC Level 1, Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, 206-6613. uis.edu/theatre
Men in Tights May 1, 7pm, 16 notable men from the community raise money for SBC by performing. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. For more info, call 544-1967.
Oklahoma! May 1-2, 7:30pm, May 3, 5pm, Springfield High School’s 2009 musical production. SHS Schnirring Auditorium, 100 S. Lewis St, Kim Parker, 546-6108.
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs 24-26, 7pm, 2pm Sun, Springfield Theatre Center’s White Rabbit production. $11 adult/senior, $8 children. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. Info, 523-2787.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Apr 24-25, 7:30pm, Tony Award-winning play. Guests to an-after hours cocktail party are savagely used in psychological warfare by their hosts, with both hysterical and frightening results. $16. Hoogland Center for the Arts.
Comedian Gallagher May 1-2, 8-10pm, Comedy legend comes to Donnie B’s Funny Bone Comedy Club. $28, $30 VIP. For reservations, call 391-0136.
Comedian Micheal Pace Apr 24-25, 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Funny Bone Comedy Club.
Tim Kidd Apr 25, 9pm & 11pm Riverside, 6111 Mechanicsburg, Carrie, 498-ROCK.
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, 391-0101.
Barbershop Chorus Every Tue, 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.
Bicentennial Concert Event Apr 23, 10:30am, Lincoln Trio. Refreshments. Springfield Senior Center, 701 W. Mason St.
Cabaret Apr 25, 8pm, Musical theater students from Millikin University present a Cabaret, fundraiser for Springfield Food Pantry. Charles & Limey’s.
HFTFN Coffee House Apr 25, 6:30-8:30pm, Hope for the First Nations and Hope Church host a coffee house event featuring the live music of Blue G’s, Lost & Found, and the Mathis Family Band. Coffee and desserts. Hope Church Coffee Cafe, 3000 Lenhart Rd. www.hopeforthefirstnations.org
LLCC Jazz Brunch May 3, 11am-2pm, More than 60 musicians, featuring LLCC’s Big Band and Stolen Moments Jazz Band directed by Jane Hartman, and LLCC’s Choir directed by Barb Lanham. $25. LLCC Student Union, 5250 Shepherd Rd. For info, call 786-2318. Tickets must be purchased in advance at LLCC ticket office or by phone 786-2762.
Lunch and a Show Apr 26, 1-3pm, An afternoon of French food, wine and music with Claudia Hommel, Sean Harris and Elizabeth Doyle of Chicago. $30. Dr. Ugs Drugstore Cafe, 142 E. Beardstown St, Virginia, 473-2726. www.imaginearts.org
Music at Lincoln Library April 24, 7pm, The Pro Musica Duo, Laura Hourt, violin and Amy Flores, cello will perform light classical music by Haydn, Mozart, Stamitz, Lee, Gliere, and others and will give informative commentary on the composers and compositions. Free. Lincoln Library, 326 S. Seventh St. For info, call 753-4900.
Organ/Choral Concert Apr 25, 7pm, Dr. See Tsai Chan plays a dedicatory recital on the newly installed Casavant pipe organ. Blackburn Voices, will present a variety of sacred and secular music. First United Methodist Church, Koke Mill and Wabash.
Pete Sander Every Sat, 9am-12pm, Pete Sander plays at Cafe Moxo, 411 E. Adams. Info, 788-8084.
Postcards from Abroad Community Concert Apr 24, 7-9pm, Claudia Hommel, Sean Harris and Elizabeth Doyle of Chicago perform an evening of French chansons, American standards and art songs. $10 adults, $5 children. Jacksonville High School, 1211 N. Diamond St, Clare Lynd- Porter, 473-2726. www.imaginearts.org
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.
Springfield Choral Society May 2-3, 7pm, Lilacs in the Dooryard, including a piece commissioned in honor of Lincoln’s 200th birthday based on the Whitman poem, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed. $10. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 533 S. Walnut St. and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 700 E. Spruce, Chatham on Sun.
Teen Scene Second Fri monthly, 7-11pm, Teens can hang out and play games, sing to karaoke, listen to music, eat food and have fun. $2. Holy Ground, 304 W. Allen. For more info, call 306-2592 or go to www.cggm.org.
Two Choirs in Concert May 3, 4-5:15pm, Westminster and First Church choirs perform J. S. Bach, George F. Handel, Felix Mendelssohn, Ralph Vaughan- Williams, Tom Fettke, Craig Courtney and more. Free, donations accepted. First Presbyterian Church, 321 S. Seventh St. Info, 528-4311 or lincolnschurch.org/Concerts.
DANCE
Little Red Riding Hood May 2, 2pm and 6:30pm, May 3, 2pm, The Springfield Youth Performance Group presents the ballet Little Red Riding Hood with original choreography by Ronda Brinkman. Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. For more info, call 494-8059
Annual Jazz Band Dance Apr 25, 7-10pm, Glenwood Middle School and High School Jazz Bands perform under the direction of Dennis Marcotte and Steve Jones. Refreshments. $6, adults, $4 students. Glenwood High School Commons.
Salsa Dancing Every last Sat, 9pm-12:30am, With DJ Riq 9pm-12:30am, top 40‚ 12:30-3am. Free Salsa lessons 9-10pm. $3. Stella Blue, 221 S. Fifth St.
Swing Dance Apr 26, 6-9pm, Jacksonville Amvets dance to Judy Kaye and Friends. Amvets, 210 E. Court St., 476-3488 or 652-3499.
Themed Dance Apr 22, 29, 6:45-10pm, Aqua Club workshop/lesson 6:45-7:30pm, dance 7:30- 10pm. 1st Wed- ballroom workshop, 2nd Wed- Latin, 3rd Wed- country, 4th Wedhustle/swing. $7. Aqua Club, Lake Springfield. www.dancingdates.com
West Coast Swing Dance Every Wed, 7-10pm, DJ Claude. 75% west coast, 25% other. Aqua Club, 1 Club, close to Firefighters Club (East Lake). www.dancingdates.
com
