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 [email protected].
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2025
From masterpiece to misfire, join Mark S. Reinhart as he breaks down Lincoln in film
Mark Reinhart is an author, musician, and film historian from Columbus, Ohio. He spoke with Community Voices about his lifelong interest in Abraham Lincoln and how Lincoln has been portrayed in over …
00:16:39 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Desiree Logsdon on coffee, community and corporate citizenship
Desiree Logsdon is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Citizenship at Bunn-O-Matic. Logsdon spoke to Community Voices about how her early days in Bunn’s test kitchen led her to a career traveling …
00:23:00 |
Fri 06 Jun 2025
Rethinking plastics: University of Illinois engineers share innovative efforts to improve plastic waste
Plastics are everywhere and the concerns for how they affect our environment and our health are leading scientists to explore new ways to contend with plastic waste. Dr. Damien Guironnet, an associat…
00:16:40 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
New office, same mission: The Immigration Project expands with Springfield location
Charlotte Alvarez is the executive director of The Immigration Project. With offices in Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, and now Springfield, this nonprofit provides legal and social services to…
00:16:40 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Five Cities Baroque Foundation & Festival brings Baroque music to Central Illinois
Nate Widelitz is a singer, conductor, and educator. He is also the Founding Director of the Five Cities Baroque Foundation & Festival. He spoke with Community Voices about his music career, passion f…
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Tue 03 Jun 2025
Five Cities Baroque Foundation & Festival brings Baroque music to Central Illinois
Nate Widelitz is a singer, conductor, and educator. He is also the Founding Director of the Five Cities Baroque Foundation & Festival. He spoke with Community Voices about his music career, passion f…
00:16:39 |
Tue 03 Jun 2025
Mark Sorensen bridges history and the arts to celebrate the humanities in Decatur
Mark Sorensen has lived in Decatur, Illinois, since 1969 and has spent his career preserving history and promoting the arts. He continues this work today as the Macon County Historian. He also serves…
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Tue 03 Jun 2025
Reisch Charities: Brewing Tradition, Giving Back
Reisch Brewing Co. was a brewery established in Springfield, Illinois, by Franz Sales Reisch in 1849 after immigrating from Germany. The business closed permanently in 1966. In 2018, a group of brewe…
00:16:40 |
Fri 30 May 2025
Theatre in the Park prepares for summer season - Twelfth Night -through July 13
This summer Theatre in the Park (TIP) in New Salem near Petersburg will offer an eclectic season for audiences who enjoy outdoor theatre. TIP board member Heather Southwell spoke to Community Voices …
00:16:39 |
Thu 29 May 2025
From Central Illinois to venture capital: Anna Palmer speaks in fireside chat about innovation, startups and what’s trending in tech
Anna Palmer is a venture capitalist, serial entrepreneur and Central Illinois native. At the 2025 New Venture Challenge hosted by Innovate Springfield at the University of Illinois Springfield, Anna …
00:33:20 |
Thu 29 May 2025
Learning about speech pathology with UIS Chancellor Dr. Janet L. Gooch
During the April 2025 Lunch and Learn Series, Dr. Janet L. Gooch, Chancellor of the University of Illinois Springfield, delivered a presentation on speech-language pathology. Her talk covered the com…
00:33:19 |
Thu 29 May 2025
The White House 1600 Sessions Podcast explores Lincoln’s final hours
Stewart McLaurin is the host of The White House 1600 Sessions podcast and the president of the White House Historical Association. To mark the 160th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassi…
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Wed 28 May 2025
Dr. Juanita Morris shows us what living a life divinely aligned truly means
Dr. Juanita Morris and her husband founded their own company, J Morris Enterprises, LLC, where she dedicates her time to coaching, consulting, training, and public speaking. She has also worked as a …
00:16:39 |
Wed 28 May 2025
Feathers and facts: How bird banding helps us understand avian life
What’s it like to hold a feathered friend in your hand? Lincoln Land Community College biology professor Tony Rothering knows the feeling. He spoke to Community Voices about bird banding in Central I…
00:23:00 |
Tue 27 May 2025
Hymnody of Earth: A weekend of music and nature with the Springfield Choral Society
The Springfield Choral Society is hosting a weekend of uplifting music with a festival titled “Hymnody of Earth.” Conductor Jacobsen Woolen and musicians Malcolm Dalglish and Carolyn Koebel spoke to …
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Fri 23 May 2025
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