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Reserve your place for our first Adams Street Family Reunion, celebrating Kidzeum and raising funds needed to serve the kids who are a part of our Springfield family. Our first annual fundraiser will include some Adams Street family favorites from Café Moxo, Custom Cup, Buzz Bomb, and Whimsy Tea. There will also be a silent auction, trivia games, and other surprises based on the original Addams Family characters, and goodie bags for all. We will have an official unveiling of our new courtyard furniture. We so hope you can join us for this once-in-a-lifetime fun event! Adults only, please.

Thursday, September 25, 2025

5:30 – Doors Open; silent auction bidding begins, bar opens

6:00 – Food is available; games begin (Addams Family Trivia, Make Wednesday Smile, Selfies with Morticia, Science experiments with Uncle Fester)

6:30 – Short program

7:30 p.m. – Silent Auction bidding ends (do not have to be present to win)

Location:

Kidzeum
412 E. Adams Street
Springfield, IL 62701

Parking is available on Adams Street as well as the US Bank parking lot adjacent to Kidzeum.

Please purchase tickets ($75 per person and $65 for members) or send a check to Kidzeum.
Please include a note that the purchase is for tickets, how many, and the names of those attending.

More than a year after a major fire, downtown Springfield continues to face adversity, including the closure and boarding up of the Wyndham hotel and several businesses announcing their closure. Join the Citizens Club of Springfield for a panel discussion on the area's challenges, what's being done and potential models for the future. Presenters will include Jay Shanle, communications director, Downtown Springfield Inc.; Judy Tighe, executive director, Jacksonville Main Street; and Michael Higgins, owner, Maldaner's.

North America's largest interactive comedy murder mystery dinner theatre show is now playing in Springfield, IL! Solve a hilarious true crime murder mystery while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a Prime Suspect before you know it!

Join us for an event that is very different from a traditional mystery dinner show. Our actors are not dressed in costume and are hidden in the audience! This results in a fun, social and interactive evening suitable for all adults.

Each ticket includes our signature award-winning mystery dinner theatre show, along with a full plated dinner, waitstaff gratuity, and plenty of surprises during the show.

Happens on the following Dates:
Sep 13, 2025, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Sep 27, 2025, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Oct 4, 2025, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Oct 17, 2025, 7:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: CDT
Oct 31, 2025, 7:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: CDT

Step back in time as Cherry and Jerry bring you some hit tunes and rarely played gems from the ragtime era. With a focus on ragtime, early blues, and jazz, you'll hear enduring songs such as St. Louis Blues and The Entertainer along with great songs that they've dusted off and brought back to life. Cherry & Jerry” is Isaac Cherry on percussion and Jerry Rabushka on piano; they focus mainly on music from 1900-1920: ragtime, early blues and jazz, and popular songs from back in the day.Performances include well known tunes such as The Entertainer, St. Louis Blues, Georgia on My Mind, Stormy Weather, etc as well as rarely played music from the era, for a unique take on America’s first pop music. The St. Louis duo has toured music of the ragtime era throughout the region, appearing at libraries, museums, pubs and restaurants, special events, senior communities, and more.Recent appearances include: Illinois State Fair, DuQuoin State Fair, George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond, MO; DuSable Black History Museum in Chicago Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO; Big River Steampunk Festival, Hannibal, MO.

North America's largest interactive comedy murder mystery dinner theatre show is now playing in Springfield, IL! Solve a hilarious true crime murder mystery while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a Prime Suspect before you know it!

Join us for an event that is very different from a traditional mystery dinner show. Our actors are not dressed in costume and are hidden in the audience! This results in a fun, social and interactive evening suitable for all adults.

Each ticket includes our signature award-winning mystery dinner theatre show, along with a full plated dinner, waitstaff gratuity, and plenty of surprises during the show.

Happens on the following Dates:
Sep 13, 2025, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Sep 27, 2025, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Oct 4, 2025, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Oct 17, 2025, 7:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: CDT
Oct 31, 2025, 7:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: CDT

“Abe for All” is a series of learning experiences to support and promote diversity and inclusion as we work to make President Lincoln’s legacy more accessible to all. Sign language interpreters will be present throughout the museum, including inside the theater productions to sign the presentations as they are running. A series of QR codes to present closed captioned videos for permanent content inside our museum Journeys will be provided. NOTE: You will need to bring your own device to view this content as devices are not provided.

This is a free event. Advance registration is not required.

Environmental Summit - Tuesday September 30, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Join us to connect, get inspired, and take meaningful action together for our planet. Noted author Robin Wall Kimmerer will present virtually, followed by group discussion. Light refreshments will be provided.

Join us for an informative program by Gordon Duguid as he discusses his experience at NATO. Learn how NATO has evolved, why Trans-Atlantic security is a vital component of our national security interests, how NATO meets its obligations and how European states see NATO vis-à-vis the European Union. Duguid will also discuss Putin's views on NATO and why Russia opposes Ukraine's plans to join the Alliance. WACCI is delighted to start our fall series with this timely topic. Bring your questions and get ready for an interesting discussion and a delicious buffet of food from NATO countries.

GRIEFSHARE grief recovery and support group will meet at the Parish Hall at Trinity Lutheran School, 515 S. MacArthur Blvd., Springfield. The fall session will begin on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm and meets weekly for 13 weeks. GriefShare features nationally recognized experts on grief recovery topics including "Is This Normal?," "The Challenges of Grief," "Grief and Your Relationships," "Why," and "Guilt and Anger." Thanks to a grant from Thrivent Financial, the workbook fees for this session will be waived.
This event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required to ensure there are enough materials for everyone.
For more information or to pre-register, please call 217.899.9418 or register at trinitygriefshare@yahoo.com.

TEAM LINCOLN invites you and your friends to put on your thinking caps and join us for a night of trivia in the museum on Thursday evening, October 2!

The ALPLM’s Joe Crain and Russ Fridewald from the Trivia Workshop will serve as your emcees with an evening of trivia themed around the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Teams of ten will be challenged with a wide variety of topics and questions -– from the Lincoln Legacy and Civil War to Illinois History, as well as questions inspired by some of the recent special exhibits at the museum, along with some pop-culture questions, just for fun!

The top three scoring teams will be recognized with EACH team member receiving a gift certificate from our museum store -- $30 for first place team members; $20 for second place members; and $10 for third place team members.

Don’t wait! Get your table reserved today! Proceeds benefit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Public Trust Fund and our efforts to share the Lincoln Legacy and the diverse history of Illinois with the nation and world.

Tables are available for $150 per teams of ten. If you don’t have enough players to form a full team, we’ve set aside a limited number of tables to pair you up with other soon-to-be friends to form a team.

Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. Trivia begins at 7:00 p.m. A cash bar with beer, wine, and soda will be available and you’re more than welcome to bring snacks!