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Rosebud Theatre to Shut Down in December Effingham, IL (2009-10-07) Officials with the Rosebud Theatre in Effingham this week announced that it will shut down after its holiday show, ``The Spirit of Christmas,'' wraps up on December 5th.

Illinois' Arts Investment Near the Bottom Springfield, IL (2009-09-29) In these lean economic times, the Illinois Arts Council's top priority is keeping cultural organizations running.

Southern Illinois Music Festival Celebrates 5th Season

Carbondale, IL (2009-06-16) WSIU Radio's Jennifer Fuller and SI Music Festival's Ed Benyas preview this year's events and performances.

Ondessonk Celebrates 50 Years

Johnson County (2009-06-04) A youth camp in rural southern Illinois is celebrating its Silver Anniversary this year.

A Traveling Exhibit Honoring Paul Simon Is Coming This Fall Carbondale, IL (2009-06-02) A new exhibit debuting this fall will celebrate the life of Paul Simon.

Book is Out About Lincoln's Assassination Plot Chicago, IL (2009-03-09) A former Illinois man completed his quest for the real story behind Abraham Lincoln's death, and has now released a book for kids that doesn't hold back.

News Smithsonian Exhibit on the Lives of the 1st African Colonists

Carbondale, IL (2009-02-18) A new exhibit at the Smithsonian's museum of natural history uncovers the real story of the daily lives of the first colonists - including the first Africans -- to settle in English colonial America in the early 1600's.

University Mall To Host Lincoln Portrait Exhibit Carbondale, IL (2009-02-10) The University Mall has teamed up with the science center of Southern Illinois to help bring the celebration of President Lincoln's two hundredth birthday closer to home.

Taylor Swift's dream year brings out naysayers

(2009-11-20) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At what may be the height of her early career, teen sensation Taylor Swift finds herself facing the downside of stardom -- naysayers.

Michael Jackson's doctor says others gave him propofol

(2009-11-20) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's personal physician told investigators he was not the first doctor to give the pop star propofol, the powerful anesthetic that was one of the drugs to cause his death, according to court papers unsealed on Friday.

"New Moon" rises to No. 1 at midnight box office (2009-11-20) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Vampire romance movie "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" raked in $26.3 million at North American box offices in midnight showings, breaking the record set by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," studio officials said on Friday.

Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend, photographer jailed

(2009-11-20) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A celebrity photographer who briefly dated Britney Spears at the height of her career meltdown was sentenced to 45 days in jail on Friday after clashing with an official trying to serve him a restraining order.

Oprah Winfrey says ending TV show "feels right"

(2009-11-20) CHICAGO (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey said on Friday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years, and urged her viewers not to believe rumors of why she's quitting.