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If you're looking to find the end of the rainbow this weekend, head to downtown Springfield where four vibrant community events converge into a kaleidoscope...

Happy upcoming Easter weekend and with the big holiday celebration comes the usual, slightly diminished calendar of live music events. But even a smaller number...

Welcome back, my friends, to another edition of Now Playing during the 2023 Illinois State Fair. We're in the throes of fair time as we...

Acres of live music at the Illinois State Fair

Academic teams from the University of Central Missouri are enjoying a banner spring in regional and national competitions with one of the most recent victories coming from participation at the 2023 Safety Olympics hosted by Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The competition, March 23-25, was an opportunity to showcase students’ knowledge and skills in multiple safety events over a two-day period.

Here we are rolling along with lots to see and do and hear as the music-makers are busy this time of year like I've never...

Chicago Farmer The son of a small town farming community, Cody Diekhoff logged plenty of highway and stage time under the name Chicago Farmer before settling in the city in 2003. Profoundly inspired by fellow midwesterner John Prine, he’s a working-class folk musician to his core. His small town roots, tilled with city streets mentality, are turning heads north and south of Interstate 80. Singer/songwriter and Petersburg native Avery Kern will open the evening.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's time for our annual Thanksgiving issue and that means we should all take the time to think about thanking things....

Ooh-la-la and howdee-hey, let's wind our way into November. The Halloween-ers are behind us, so it's now time to gaze forward into the distance with...

What with the predicted snowstorm this week, who knows what will happen, especially dealing with the aftermath of wintry precipitation. But let's proceed as if...