THE CALENDAR

Submit calendar listings at www.illinoistimes.com or e-mail to [email protected] or send them to: Calendar P.O. Box 5256 Springfield, IL 62705 Dates, times, and locations are subject to last-minute changes, so we suggest calling before attending the event.

AUDITIONS

American Girl Fashion Show Auditions Feb 23 and Mar 1, 6pm, All girls ages 5-12 who wear size 6x or 10 audition open for The American Girl Fashion Show. Applications are due Feb 20. Bun Auditorium, St. John's Children Hospital, 800 E. Carpenter St. For more info, call 544-6464 ext. 45722.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS

Greenview CIA Chocolate Sunday Feb 22, 2-4pm, 14th annual Chocolate Sunday Tasting and Contest. Come taste chocolate samples, bingo, chocolate trivia and gift/food basket auction. Free. Greenview Community Building, Greenview. For more info, call 691-0114.

BOOKS & AUTHORS

Classic Book Discussion Group Feb 16, 12pm, Discuss one of your favorite classics. Bicentennial Rm, Lincoln Library, 326 S. Seventh St. For more info, call 753-4900 ext 206.

Fiction Faction Feb 19, 7pm, Discuss to Kill A Mockingbird, a story about prejudice and injustice in the South following the trail of a young black man accused of rape. Carnegie Rm South, Lincoln Library, 326 S. Seventh St.

Lincoln Bicentennial Book Fair Feb 12, 8am-5pm, More than 20 authors of books about Abraham Lincoln’s life and times, from children’s books to scholarly biographies and everything in between for a day of readings, discussions and book signings. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, 212 N. Sixth St. For more info, call 782-5764.

Quiddity celebrates Abraham Lincoln Feb 18, 7pm, Refreshments and readings by regional poets Dan Guillory, John Knoepfle, and Wesley McNeese, plus novelist Adam Braver reading from Mr. Lincoln’s Wars. Book signing to follow. Free. Brinkerhoff Home at SCI, 1500 N. Fifth St. For more info, call 525-1420 ext. 292 or go to www.sci.edu/quiddity.

Sherlock Holmes Society Meeting Feb 21, 9am, The Sherlock Holmes Society will meet and discuss The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot. Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 3111 S. Veterans Pkwy. For more info, call 546-8397.