Tag: road trip
member name: Nick Howes
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April 17, 2008 01:03 PM EDT --
School of the Soldier
The Ecolo do Soldat (School of the Soldier) is coming up the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, April 26th and 27th at Fort de Chartres State Historic Site In Southern Illinois. . . .
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March 28, 2008 08:38 AM EDT --
The Rainbow Ranch Petting Farm in Plum Hill, Illinois, is preparing for a spring onslaught of baby animals. The ranch located in tiny Plum Hill, Illinois, already has more than 200 animals that call it . . .
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April 03, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
Some events coming up in the next few days. I'd like to go myself but may only attend one of them. My criteria is simple: I list it if it interests me. I can promise that under . . .
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April 02, 2008 08:20 AM EDT --
Queen Elizabeth II is welcome to attend The Gathering of Elizabeths being hosted by Elizabeth, Illinois Saturday, June 28th. The day-long celebration will honor several women of the 1840s bearing . . .
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May 12, 2008 02:15 PM EDT --
Logan Days ic coming up this weekend (Fri-Sat, May 16-17, 2008) at the John A. Logan Museum in Murphysboro, IL. The annual festival honors Civil War General John A. Logan, one of Lincoln's best . . .
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May 22, 2008 01:10 PM EDT --
Here are a selection of upcoming activities this Memorial Day weekend.
Nashville's Maifest is this weekend, Friday, May 23 through Sunday, May 25. Lots of bands, softball, Sunday's . . .
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March 25, 2008 09:29 AM EDT --
GHOSTHUNTING ILLINOIS. John B. Kachuba. Kachuba tells about touring haunted sites in Illinois including at least one account I'd never come across before, the alleged haunting of the . . .
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May 24, 2008 02:14 PM EDT --
Newest additions to the grandstand line-up at the 2008 Illinois State Fair in Springfield are British pop star Natasha Bedingfield and American rocker Joan Jett. They join the announced line-up . . .
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March 25, 2008 09:03 AM EDT --
For such a small town with just 4,000 people, Chester, Illinois has a lot of ghost stories. The ghosts haunt a restaurant, a roadside, and the local library, among other places. There's even a ghost . . .
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May 15, 2008 09:18 AM EDT --
The Jimmy Buffet tribute band, The Boat Drunks, is among the entertainerment lined-up for Memorial Day weekend's HerrinFesta Italiana on Saturday, May 24th in Southern Illinois. The . . .
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August 26, 2008 07:07 PM EDT --
The Commemorative Air Force B-17 flying museum dubbed "Sentimental Journey," which recently stopped over for a few days at Mt Vernon (IL) Outland Airport, is now at St Louis Regional Airport . . .
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April 23, 2008 08:39 AM EDT --
The annual free Kids' Day is Saturday May 3d at Fort de Chartres State Historical Site in Randolph County, located near village of Prairie du Rocher, itself nestled below the scenic bluffs overlooking . . .
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May 25, 2008 10:12 AM EDT --
At one time Sparta, Illinois, was only noted for being the stand-in for the Sparta, Georgia, setting for the Sidney Poitier movie, in the Heat of the Night.
Now it's known for something . . .
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May 01, 2008 10:55 AM EDT --
Although there are plenty of special events this weekend, new movies opening, musical performances of various types, these activities are deserving of special attention:
KID'S DAY at Fort de Chartres . . .
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May 08, 2008 08:34 AM EDT --
The 10th Annual Greater St. Louis Renaissance Faire is approaching with battling knights, Viking longboat, singing pirates, and a puppet named Morty. As always, it will be held on weekends, May 17 through . . .
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May 16, 2008 05:26 PM EDT --
The 10-day Illinois State Fair in Springfield this year (Aug 8-17, 2008) will include performances each night from a range of artists including ZZ Top, Weird Al Yankovic, Brooks and Dunn, and Huey Lewis . . .
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May 30, 2008 02:28 PM EDT --
Author Ellen Dugan, the Garden Witch, is among the guests at this year's St. Louis Pagan Picnic, the weekend of June 7th and 8th at Tower Grove Park. Dugan has written numerous books for Llewellyn, . . .
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August 30, 2008 11:35 AM EDT --
Coming up again this fall is the 2008 Cedarhurst Craft Fair Saturday and Sunday, September 6th and 7th, on the grounds of the Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Mt Vernon, Illinois.
Central to the . . .
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April 01, 2008 09:12 AM EDT --
Heritage Days in Okawville, Illinois, is an annual smalltown special event an easy drive east from St Louis that includes a unique museum tour. This year, the event is set for June 7th and 8th, 2008. . . .
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April 10, 2008 08:47 AM EDT --
A popular destination for walking ghost tours in Alton, Illinois, are the ruins of the Alton Penitentiary. The ruins aren't much but Len Adams and other tour guides of Alton Hauntings Tours will fill . . .
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