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National Campaign to Bust Myths, Present Facts about Cancer Risk

WASHINGTON, D.C. – February is Cancer Prevention Month. The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) is leading a national campaign to help Americans separate the myths from facts about cancer risk. Throughout the month, AICR will debunk cancer misperceptions and empower Americans with accurate, evidence-based advice on cancer prevention. AICR

Start-up Weekend provides experiential education for entrepreneurs

Springfield, MO— Techstars Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Techstars Startup Weekends culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations. Participants create working startups during

Disney’s THE LION KING comes to Springfield’s Hammons Hall

Springfield, MO — Giraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly emerges from the mist. This is Disney’s THE LION KING, making its Springfield premiere at Juanita K. Hammons Hall, February 27 – March 10.

2019 Multicultural Festival draws record crowd!

Springfield, MO­— Unite of Southwest Missouri presented the 22nd Springfield Multicultural Festival on Monday, January 21, at the Oasis Hotel & Convention Center.The Springfield Multicultural Festival is an annual performing arts and community resource expo designed to provide access to cultural enrichment through the visual and performing arts. The festival

How to Follow Through on Your New Year’s Resolutions

Success Magazine—Proper goal-setting is a key to achieving what you want. But then the question becomes: How do you keep at those self-promises for the entire year?      We solicited reader input, three of which are highlighted in the case studies to the right. We also received a number

King Of The Ozarks: Family Stories

Springfield, MO–  Attend an Artist Reception for Joyce McMurtrey on Saturday, February 10, 2 p.m. in the upstairs meeting room. Joyce will share her artistic process and stories behind her portraits of a multigenerational, African American family that has lived, loved, struggled and thrived in southern Missouri for more than

SGF Contemporary Theatre Presents “Ragtime”

By Rick Dines,        This February Springfield Contemporary Theatre presents the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award-winning Broadway musical Ragtime in its first locally mounted production. Ragtime opens Friday, February 16 and plays Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2:00p.m. through March 4, 2018.

MSU Students Honor Black History Month: Treasuring Their Education Opportunity

By Tondaleigha Jones Unite Contributing Photographer Mary Jean Price Walls was the first African American applicant to apply for admission to Missouri State University (formerly known as Southwest Missouri State College) in 1950 the following : cialis functioning and 84% said they had never initiated a. 20 years (mean 4.8

True Desire

by Dr. Robert Anthony I promise you will never get a desire, a true desire for something, you cannot achieve.  It is impossible. When you get a true desire it is your Authentic Self saying, “This is what you truly want and this is what you can have.” We live

National Campaign to Bust Myths, Present Facts about Cancer Risk

WASHINGTON, D.C. – February is Cancer Prevention Month. The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) is leading a national campaign to help Americans separate the myths from facts about cancer risk. Throughout the month, AICR will debunk cancer misperceptions and empower Americans with accurate, evidence-based advice on cancer prevention. AICR

Start-up Weekend provides experiential education for entrepreneurs

Springfield, MO— Techstars Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Techstars Startup Weekends culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations. Participants create working startups during

Disney’s THE LION KING comes to Springfield’s Hammons Hall

Springfield, MO — Giraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly emerges from the mist. This is Disney’s THE LION KING, making its Springfield premiere at Juanita K. Hammons Hall, February 27 – March 10.

2019 Multicultural Festival draws record crowd!

Springfield, MO­— Unite of Southwest Missouri presented the 22nd Springfield Multicultural Festival on Monday, January 21, at the Oasis Hotel & Convention Center.The Springfield Multicultural Festival is an annual performing arts and community resource expo designed to provide access to cultural enrichment through the visual and performing arts. The festival

How to Follow Through on Your New Year’s Resolutions

Success Magazine—Proper goal-setting is a key to achieving what you want. But then the question becomes: How do you keep at those self-promises for the entire year?      We solicited reader input, three of which are highlighted in the case studies to the right. We also received a number

King Of The Ozarks: Family Stories

Springfield, MO–  Attend an Artist Reception for Joyce McMurtrey on Saturday, February 10, 2 p.m. in the upstairs meeting room. Joyce will share her artistic process and stories behind her portraits of a multigenerational, African American family that has lived, loved, struggled and thrived in southern Missouri for more than

SGF Contemporary Theatre Presents “Ragtime”

By Rick Dines,        This February Springfield Contemporary Theatre presents the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award-winning Broadway musical Ragtime in its first locally mounted production. Ragtime opens Friday, February 16 and plays Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2:00p.m. through March 4, 2018.

MSU Students Honor Black History Month: Treasuring Their Education Opportunity

By Tondaleigha Jones Unite Contributing Photographer Mary Jean Price Walls was the first African American applicant to apply for admission to Missouri State University (formerly known as Southwest Missouri State College) in 1950 the following : cialis functioning and 84% said they had never initiated a. 20 years (mean 4.8

True Desire

by Dr. Robert Anthony I promise you will never get a desire, a true desire for something, you cannot achieve.  It is impossible. When you get a true desire it is your Authentic Self saying, “This is what you truly want and this is what you can have.” We live