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Join us for our summer discussion series, "Who's on First?": What's Up with the First Amendment? Each week we'll focus on one of the freedoms enumerated in the Constitution. We'll talk about various Supreme Court decisions and the different ways these rights have been interpreted, in the past and in the present. We'll hash them out for ourselves, and decide what the Supreme Court got right and what they got wrong. Level up your citizenship game with us at Lincoln Library.
*The August event will be on the third Tuesday of the month, August 19th.*

Join us for a free, family-friendly outdoor concert in front of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics—we’ll provide the vibes! There will also be food & drink for purchase.

Headliner: Cedric Burnside - Blues
The official credit tells it like it is. “Recorded in an old building in Ripley, Mississippi” – that’s all the info we get, and all that we need. When Cedric Burnside prepared to record Hill Country Love, the follow-up to his 2021 Grammy-winning album I Be Trying, he set up shop in a former legal office located in a row of structures in the seat of Tippah County, a town with 5,000 residents that’s known as the birthplace of the Hill Country Blues style. Burnside is a recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship, the country’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts and was recently recognized with the 2024 Mississippi Governor’s Art Award for Excellence in Music. He has performed and recorded with such diverse musicians as Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Rush, and Widespread Panic.

Event Schedule:
• 6:00 PM – Lawn opens (open seating — don’t forget your chairs!)
• 6:30 PM – Welcome, National Anthems and Kid’s Kickoff
• 7:00 PM – Opening Act (to be announced soon!)
• 8:00 PM – Cedric Burnside takes the stage

Come early, get comfy, and soak in the summer evening with incredible live music and community energy!

Oklahoma! is set in the Oklahoma Territory in 1906, and follows the romantic entanglements of farm girl Laurey Williams, who is courted by cowboy Curly McLain and the menacing farmhand Jud Fry. The story explores themes of love, rivalry, and community as it culminates in a dramatic confrontation between Curly and Jud.

The Springfield Muni celebrates their 75th anniversary in presenting Roger & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Music by Richard Rogers with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. Original choreography by Agnes de Mille. Sponsored by United Community Bank - The Leader in Community Banking.

Oklahoma! is set in the Oklahoma Territory in 1906, and follows the romantic entanglements of farm girl Laurey Williams, who is courted by cowboy Curly McLain and the menacing farmhand Jud Fry. The story explores themes of love, rivalry, and community as it culminates in a dramatic confrontation between Curly and Jud.

The Springfield Muni celebrates their 75th anniversary in presenting Roger & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Music by Richard Rogers with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. Original choreography by Agnes de Mille. Sponsored by United Community Bank - The Leader in Community Banking.

Join us for a free, family-friendly outdoor concert in front of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics—we’ll provide the vibes! There will also be food & drink for purchase.

Headliner: Lee Fields – R&B Soul
There aren't too many artists making soul music today who had a release in 1969, back when R&B was first beginning to give the drummer some. Lee Fields, however, is one such artist--or maybe he's better labeled a phenomenon. Since the late sixties, the North Carolina native has amassed a prolific catalog of albums and has toured and played with such legends as Kool and the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the Hip-Huggers, O.V Wright, Darrell Banks, and Little Royal. With a career spanning 43 years, releases on twelve different record labels, and having toured the world over with his raucous-yet-tender voice, it's mind-blowing that the music he's making today with Brooklyn's own Truth & Soul Records is the best of his career.

Event Schedule:
• 6:00 PM – Lawn opens (open seating — don’t forget your chairs!)
• 6:30 PM – Welcome, National Anthems and Kid’s Kickoff
• 7:00 PM – Opening Act (to be announced soon!)
• 8:00 PM – Lee Fields takes the stage

Come early, get comfy, and soak in the summer evening with incredible live music and community energy!

Oklahoma! is set in the Oklahoma Territory in 1906, and follows the romantic entanglements of farm girl Laurey Williams, who is courted by cowboy Curly McLain and the menacing farmhand Jud Fry. The story explores themes of love, rivalry, and community as it culminates in a dramatic confrontation between Curly and Jud.

The Springfield Muni celebrates their 75th anniversary in presenting Roger & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Music by Richard Rogers with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. Original choreography by Agnes de Mille. Sponsored by United Community Bank - The Leader in Community Banking.

Oklahoma! is set in the Oklahoma Territory in 1906, and follows the romantic entanglements of farm girl Laurey Williams, who is courted by cowboy Curly McLain and the menacing farmhand Jud Fry. The story explores themes of love, rivalry, and community as it culminates in a dramatic confrontation between Curly and Jud.

The Springfield Muni celebrates their 75th anniversary in presenting Roger & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Music by Richard Rogers with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. Original choreography by Agnes de Mille. Sponsored by United Community Bank - The Leader in Community Banking.

Join us for a free, family-friendly outdoor concert in front of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics—we’ll provide the vibes! There will also be food & drink for purchase.

Headliner: Adaptivo 16 - Latin
Adaptivo 16 will bring its Latin sound to Springfield from Chicago as part of this week’s Levitt Amp Concert Series.

Event Schedule:
• 6:00 PM – Lawn opens (open seating — don’t forget your chairs!)
• 6:30 PM – Welcome, National Anthems and Kid’s Kickoff
• 7:00 PM – Opening Act (to be announced soon!)
• 8:00 PM – Adaptivo 16 takes the stage

Come early, get comfy, and soak in the summer evening with incredible live music and community energy!

Oklahoma! is set in the Oklahoma Territory in 1906, and follows the romantic entanglements of farm girl Laurey Williams, who is courted by cowboy Curly McLain and the menacing farmhand Jud Fry. The story explores themes of love, rivalry, and community as it culminates in a dramatic confrontation between Curly and Jud.

The Springfield Muni celebrates their 75th anniversary in presenting Roger & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Music by Richard Rogers with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. Original choreography by Agnes de Mille. Sponsored by United Community Bank - The Leader in Community Banking.

Oklahoma! is set in the Oklahoma Territory in 1906, and follows the romantic entanglements of farm girl Laurey Williams, who is courted by cowboy Curly McLain and the menacing farmhand Jud Fry. The story explores themes of love, rivalry, and community as it culminates in a dramatic confrontation between Curly and Jud.

The Springfield Muni celebrates their 75th anniversary in presenting Roger & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Music by Richard Rogers with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. Original choreography by Agnes de Mille. Sponsored by United Community Bank - The Leader in Community Banking.