Illinois Times | FeaturesSpringfield, Ill. source for Events, Music, News, Restaurants, Listings, Arts and Visitors Guide..Route 66 Flix Seventh annual film festival is bigger and better than ever- September 11, 2008 It's funny what a smidge of positive press, a little marketing gizmo, and a good reputation can do for a film festival. This year's Route 66 Film Festival — the 7th annual — received six times the usual number of submissions, says festival director Linda Mc... By Dusty Rhodes.http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=8415 Putting out the flame After 11 years of publishing a newspaper for the gay community, Buff Carmichael calls it quits- September 11, 2008 When Buff Carmichael started his own monthly newspaper in 1996, he took it to the closest printer he could afford, in a town just about 25 miles away. The printer agreed to produce Carmichael's paper on one condition: that Carmichael deliver his flats by 6 a.m. on prod... By Dusty Rhodes.http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=8394 Critical condition How Springfield is handling the nursing shortage- September 4, 2008 t's the first day of the fall semester and Cynthia Maskey, associate dean of nursing at Lincoln Land Community College, has already lost one of her teachers. An adjunct nursing instructor gave up the part-time teaching position in Springfield for a full-... By R. L. Nave.http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=8359 |