1st DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD ARCHITECTURAL TOUR EXPLORES 5TH STREET SOUTH OF THE OLD STATE CAPITOL
SPRINGFIELD – On Wednesday, May 6th, Downtown Springfield, Inc. invites you to discover some interesting and little-known facts about our city’s unique architectural treasures. Designer Anthony Rubano of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency will lead a walking tour discussing the architectural styles, [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Mock Your Colander — Architectural Tours Resume Wednesday, May 6
Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Say It With Granite or How I Spent My Weekend
Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
George Jaworski, owner of The Granite Guy, 3755 N. Dirksen Parkway in Springfield’s scenic northeast quadrant, became Job Conger’s friend in 2007 during a reception for children artists’ awards at RMD Gallery in cubist downtown Springfield. On that occasion, Conger was taking pictures of participants and their art. Jaworski approached him as he snapped away, [...]
De-Gassed . . . . Again
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The utility companies were closing in on Job Conger like a troop of aggrivated Apaches drawing near to a single covered wagon in northeast Arizona territory. He had paid a heap of dollars at a local payment center on the 11th, and was focused on keeping his heat and hot water when he called the [...]
Well, As Long As There’s No Rain . . . .
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Job Conger had been driving a pickup truck loaned to him by his friend at “Rock City” for a week when he received a major surprise. As he settled in behind the wheel under a darkening sky that had been spitting light rain, heading for a Springfield Classical Guitar Society concert featuring Russel Brazzel, he turned [...]
Pickin’ and Grinnin’ on You Tube
Posted in arts, writing on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The last few bars of Job Conger’s song “Dan” were playing on the office computer at work when Big Al approached from the shop. “What was that? Garrison Keillor?,” he queried.
“No,” Conger replied. “That was me and my 12-string guitar. A friend, Rick Falzone recorded it for a pilot TV show he put together a [...]
E. Vern Taylor Presents in Jacksonville, April 17
Posted in arts on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Job Conger’s friend E.Vern Taylor is a painter of matters connected to his ancestry and his ancestors’ homeland. They call it Africa. He’s a member of Prairie Art Alliance locally, but he merits a wider fan base. Imagine Foundation of Jacksonville, Illinois is giving him an opportunity to interface with a larger base and is [...]
Saturday, April 18 – Classical Guitar Concert Features Russel Brazzel
Posted in arts on April 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Springfield Classical Guitar Society presents Russel Brazzel in concert, starting at 8 pm, Saturday, April 18 at First Presbyterian Church, 321 S. Seventh (at Capital Ave.), across from Lincoln Library. Tickets are available at the door for $12 adults and $9 students and seniors.
Russel Brazzel is the guitarist Job Conger wants to be when he [...]
Pringles for Easter
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It had been a draggy day. The gentleman of the house had spent time with model airplanes, but had not filed articles in the basement as planned. His tenant was doing laundry in a corner of the place, but he wasn’t feeling sociable, and he stayed topside, actually enjoying Harry Scherer’s eclectic PBS news and [...]
Too Much of Life is a Mission Roster
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At 11:10 Sunday morning, as he entered the office with the second cup of coffee, Job Conger’s hands were cold. During the final minutes of George Stephanopoulos and This Week, he had been so into Sunday’s State Journal-Register that when he looked up after finishing Tom Landis; excellent column, restaurant news and the obits (NEWS [...]
A Facebook Dilemma for Journalists
Posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Job Conger has been pulled, willingly, into the convivial chatterbox called Facebook. He encourages friends and associates to sign up, and he understands the hestancy of some who have declined. One fellow — a respected artist — seemed to regard the act of merely signing up to be akin to easing into a Jacuzzi full [...]
