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Community Voices

Community Voices is events you might have missed and conversations with neighbors, artists, and area business people. Get to know your neighbors with Community Voices. Suggest a guest at communityvoices@nprillinois.org.

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16:35

Disaster! brings the 1970s to the Hoogland stage -...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/16

The Hoogland presents the regional premiere of Disaster! A parody of 1970s movies — March 13-15, 20-22, 2026. Cast members Gus Gordon and Brittney McLaughlin preview the musical with Craig McFarland.

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16:40

Moe's Money Moves series helps kids learn financial...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/16

Curtis Sanders has created a book series on financial literacy for elementary schook age kids and is speaking to classes and groups about giving kids a good money foundation.

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16:39

Christopher D Sims on his budding connections as new...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/11

Writer, Educator, Activist, Poet, Christopher D. Sims relocated to Springfield from Rockford and is community organizer for Illinois Peoples Action.He attended Rust College, Mississippi’s oldest HBCU.

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33:20

Illinois Poet Laureate on how poetry thrives again...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/10

Springfield Area Arts Council organizes the Poetry Out Loud Contest annually. Mark Turcotte, the Illinois Poet Laureate, visits to share how poetry is thriving because it's more than dead poets.

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22:52

An area immigrant's story of growth after dictatorship

Community Voices ·

2026/03/09

Ko’u Hopkins discuss the immigration story of UIS's Dr. Adrianna Crocker’s, her life under a dictatorship and her life in the United States.

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16:39

Amy Lynn gives history of National Scholastic Art...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/09

Amy Lynn gives the history of the National Scholastic Art Awards Mid-Central Illinois Region and discusses the inner workings of bringing the event together for students in this region.

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16:39

National Sock Monkey Day with Amber and Dave from...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/06

National Sock Monkey Day with Amber Burke Johnson and Dave Kimsey from Capital City Improv

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23:02

Ric Major from Curve Inn discusses next steps for a...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/06

Ric Major from Curve Inn discusses next steps for a Springfield landmark

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16:40

Farm Family Resource Initiative providing Illinois...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/04

Karen Stallman of SIU School of Medicine's Farm Family Resource Initiative shares how rural farm families are dealing with accelerating changes in rural life and provides a lifeline at 833-FARM-SOS.

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16:40

Paul Butler Farms in Macon County, south of Decatur,...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/04

Central Illinois 'Skip gen' farmer, Paul Butler, left his software engineering gig in STL to return to his grandfather's Macon County farm. Tech has changed things since he grew up on it in the 1970s.

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16:40

Illinois rural economic development shows positive...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/04

Chris Merrett, Dir., Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, shares a status of our rural areas, with postive and challenging developments as part of Community Voices effort to amplify rural voices.

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56:30

Democrats vying to replace Durbin tout political...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/02

Democrats Robin Kelly, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Juliana Stratton participated in candidate forum broadcast Thursday on WTVP and presented by the League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria and the League of Women Voters of Illinois.

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58:30

GOP Senate candidates make case for conservative...

Community Voices ·

2026/03/02

Republicans Don Tracy, Casey Chlebek and Pamela Denise Long participated in a candidate forum broadcast Thursday on WTVP and presented by the League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria and the League of Women Voters of Illinois.

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16:40

Copper Coin Ballet brings Sleeping Beauty to the...

Community Voices ·

2026/02/24

A preview of Copper Coin Ballet Company's performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Legacy Theatre. Anna Liberman, Cambrie Easley, and Ronda Brinkman tell us more.

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18:18

Vote through March 17 on Sangamon Co. Mental Health...

Community Voices ·

2026/02/24

Ryan Croke visits to share his personal passion and explain the March 17, referendum to create and fund a Sangamon County Mental Health Board to improve the connectivity between existing services.

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15:39

Jacob Dinardo opens Arrowroot Coffee Co. in downtown...

Community Voices ·

2026/02/20

Jacob Dinardo speaks about his recent opening of Arrowroot Coffee Co. in downtown Springfield. His journey as a coffee roaster from the farmer's market to his first brick and mortar business.

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16:39

Jeff C. Williams joins NPR Illinois as Community...

Community Voices ·

2026/02/17

Jeff C. Williams joins Randy Eccles and other contributors as a new co-host, editor, and producer of Community Voices as it enters its sixth year of production.

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50:00

National archives in transition, former archivist...

Community Voices ·

2026/02/16

Former U.S. National Archives director, Colleen Shogan, appeared at the 2025 UIS Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series to discuss the integrity of our national legacy.

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23:00

Teen Dating Violence Awareness and resources...

Community Voices ·

2026/02/13

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Sojourn's Ron Homann regularly visits schools to teach students how to recognize unhealthy relationships. Call 217-726-5200 for help.

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16:40

91.9 Radio Rewind #2 - Revolutionary Radio

Community Voices ·

2026/02/11

What was it like when public radio first hit the airwaves in Springfield? In the second installment of Radio Rewind, host Evie Rodenbaugh takes listeners back to the voices of 1975.

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