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Gemma Long is co-founder of Illinois Local and Charlotte McCurdy is a senior dancer with Springfield Youth Performance Group. They spoke to Community Voices about the Illinois Local Holiday Market, vendors and performers that will be featured, and the significance of Small Business Saturday in our community. The Illinois Local Holiday Market is Saturday November 30th 9am-4pm in the Exposition Building at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Details can be found here.
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Holiday festivities are once again coming to downtown Springfield. Executive Director of the Springfield Memorial Foundation Melissa Hansen Schmadeke and Executive Director of Downtown Springfield Inc. Kayla Graven spoke to Community Voices about the holiday activities and shopping opportunities that will be available at the two downtown events, Old Capitol Holiday Walks and Memorial Holiday Fest.
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This year Downtown Springfield will offer two favorite holiday events. The Festival of Trees is moving downtown as the "Memorial Holiday Fest," which will coincide with the Downtown Holiday Walks. Downtown Springfield Inc. (DSI) Executive Director Kayla Graven and Executive Director of the Springfield Memorial Foundation Melissa Hansen-Schmadeke spoke with Community Voices about the events downtown, as well as the opportunities for shopping, caroling and wagon rides.
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This year Downtown Springfield will offer two favorite holiday events. The Festival of Trees is moving downtown as the "Memorial Holiday Fest," which will coincide with the Downtown Holiday Walks. Downtown Springfield Inc. (DSI) Executive Director Kayla Graven and Executive Director of the Springfield Memorial Foundation Melissa Hansen-Schmadeke spoke with Community Voices about the events downtown, as well as the opportunities for shopping, caroling and wagon rides.
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It’s a Holly Dolly Christmas! Guilty Pleasures continues its “Sleigh, What?” series of Christmas Movie podcasts by breaking down the craziest movie of the…
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Yona Stamatis talks with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra’s Conductor and Music Director Ken Lamb and the ISO’s Marketing Director Beth Wakefield about…
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UIS Ethnomusicologist Yona Stamatis brings us a preview of this weekend's "Holiday Pops in the Heartland" concert, featuring festive music and traditional…
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Marion van der Loo directs this preview performance before their holiday performance this weekend.