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Community Voices

Beatrice Bonner, Randy Eccles

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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16:39

Global tech company Hexaware plants new roots in...

Community Voices ·

2025/10/17

Nidhi Alexander is the Chief Marketing Officer of Hexaware Technologies, a global tech company and a new member of Innovate Springfield. In this conversation, she breaks down what Hexaware does for those unfamiliar with the tech world, how the company stands out in a competitive industry and the kinds of problems it helps solve across multiple industries.

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16:40

MICA AI for Communicators Workshop - Oct. 23

Community Voices ·

2025/10/17

The new Mid-Illinois Communications Association is hosting the Mid-Illinois AI for Communicators Workshop Oct. 23 at the UIS Student Union. MICA joined Community Voices to preview the conference and explain how AI is a tool if you learn it.

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33:20

50 years of Illinois Times, from alternative weekly...

Community Voices ·

2025/10/16

Editor Fletcher Farrar and Publisher Michelle Ownsby discuss the first 50 years of Springfield's alternative weekly, Illinois Times, and how it is evolving to increase its coverage of local news.

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19:01

Not learning AI is like not learning to drive, UIS...

Community Voices ·

2025/10/14

Jessica Baumberger and Dr. Neetu Singh joins Community Voices to update the use of AI in higher education and why learning it is advantageous.

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16:40

Ross Blakeman sprouts new ideas at Rosebud and Co....

Community Voices ·

2025/10/13

Ross returns to Community Voices to discuss the lessons he’s learned three years into his Beardstown based floral show, Rosebud and Co. He also discusses the impact of recent economic tariffs have had on his business and why it is important to use small floral shops for your special occasions.

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18:44

Christina Shutt highlights artifacts from the Abraham...

Community Voices ·

2025/10/13

Christina Shutt highlights artifacts from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in new book, exhibit.

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16:40

Bea Bonner era, part one, wraps up

Community Voices ·

2025/10/13

Bea Bonner does her exit interview on Community Voices with Sean Crawford and Randy Eccles after eight years at NPR Illinois.

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50:43

The First Amendment Under Stress

Community Voices ·

2025/10/09

NPR Illinois and the UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership present a panel discussion on how news media, the press, are under multiple threats to their independence. Medill's Tim Franklin and attorney Don Craven join moderator Sean Crawford to sort through the issues.

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16:39

Camp out to lift up homeless veterans in the...

Community Voices ·

2025/10/07

Fifth Street Renaissance's Camp Out 4 Homeless Veterans is coming up on October 18th at Medics First in Springfield.

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16:41

A new chapter in the reopening of Springfield’s...

Community Voices ·

2025/10/07

The Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum has officially reopened. The museum had temporarily closed to undergo significant renovations aimed at creating a more immersive and interactive experience for visitors

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16:40

Local cast scares up age-appropriate morbid humor for...

Community Voices ·

2025/10/02

Community Voices contributor Craig McFarland talks with cast members Olivia Garrett and Jackson Thornton along with directors Nicole and John Sivak about the musical created from the film coming to the Hoogland Center for the Arts.

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50:30

R&B Live Ladies Edition singing the dream in central...

Community Voices ·

2025/09/29

Elnora Brooks and Calia Cole join Community Voices to share the work of R&B Live Ladies Edition and to elevate R&B in the central Illinois music scene.

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16:41

Dr. Wendi Wills El-Amin shares the importance of...

Community Voices ·

2025/09/25

Dr. Wendi El-Amin Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at SIU School of Medicine explores how inclusive healthcare practices are vital to improving community health outcomes.

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16:41

Dr. John Flack shares strategies for preventing and...

Community Voices ·

2025/09/23

Dr. John Flack shares information about hypertension.

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16:41

Come From Away brings humanity and kindness to the...

Community Voices ·

2025/09/23

The Legacy Theatre will present the regional premier of Come From Away, September 26-28, October 1-5 and 8-12.

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16:41

Spencer Theatre Company brings Frankenstein to the...

Community Voices ·

2025/09/23

Spencer Theatre Company’s production of Frankenstein runs October 10–12 and October 17–19 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts.

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16:40

Mary Frances curates Untold Stories, and exhibits the...

Community Voices ·

2025/09/18

Springfield artist Mary Frances shares the work and history behind her exhibit about the east side's People's Bank of Springfield.

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16:41

Cathy Randall: A life of vision beyond sight

Community Voices ·

2025/09/18

Cathy Randall of Jacksonville has lived a life full of advocacy and service.

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23:00

Aidan McParland goes from bags to beats

Community Voices ·

2025/09/16

Musician and producer Aidan McParland played bagpipes with family in Springfield, graduated Illinois, and now finds himself at a studio in Chicago and performing as Forever

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16:41

Hope and awareness lead the way at Springfield’s Out...

Community Voices ·

2025/09/15

The Out of the Darkness Walk is October 4 beginning at the UIS Student Union.

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