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Downtown is also a one-stop As a native to the Springfield area, shop to see up close the history and I am keenly aware of Downtown’s culture of our city. Whether it be the position as a heart of life and culture timeless architecture stretching down in Springfield. Through our regular Walnut Street (see page 12) or the art coverage of the downtown, The galleries that fi ll the streets (see page Standard has developed a close 14), the things that make Springfield relationship with the businesses special are impossible to miss while and people that make up downtown. downtown.

While the Standard’s staff often cover In this special section of The the area, with this issue we hope to Standard, we hope to share with you shine a light on culture that makes the people, places, organizations and downtown so special. businesses that make downtown such Downtown is home to artists, a rich and inviting place to visit. After business owners (see page 14), nonall, downtown is a close neighbor profits (see page 7) and many other to the Missouri State University Springfield icons. From the gorgeous murals and sculptures (see pages 8-11), campus and often hosts many exciting events for students to visit. to the many wonderful places to eat, We are so glad this issue has made drink and see live entertainment (see it to you, either in print or on your pages 6 and 13) downtown is sure to device’s screen, so you can learn more be full of life when you visit. Whether about the amazing world just around you’re hoping to grab a quick bite and the corner from our campus! a cup of coffee on your way to class, find your new favorite shop

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Spice up your weekends in Downtown Springfiel Calendar of upcoming and recurring events

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adaptation of Rick Riordan’s beloved book series. You may have read the series in middle school, but now’s the chance to watch Percy Jackson discover his demigod abilities and go on a quest to find Zeus’ missing lightning bolt and stop an impending war live. Tickets start at $34 for adults. Groups of 10 or more can reach prices as low as $21, making this the perfect opportunity to gather a big group of friends and hit the town!

Find more information at springfieldlittle heatre.org.

There are myriad ways to get involved in the energizing life of Downtown Springfield.

Many students may have already found all the locally owned restaurants and boutiques sprinkled through the town, but just as many might miss the grand events held at different establishments. Being fully acclimated to Springfiel life means getting in the loop and marking these events in your calendar!

Queen City Quest This is not a one-stop guide to everything April 9 happening in Springfield this season by any means, but to the easily overwhelmed, it can This one-day scavenger hunt doubles as a fundraiser for the History Museum on the be a great starting point.

Square. For $100 total, teams of four can take part in a hunt that will take them all around Springfield Li tle Theatre’s downtown Springfield from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“The Lightning Thief” Teams will go head-to-head, and real-time statistics for each team will be available on the April 8-10, 14-16, 21-24 free GooseChase app. At the end, every conSpringfield Little Theatre, a non-profit and testant will make their way to the Historic Fox volunteer-run theater, is putting on the musical Theatre, where prizes will be handed out to the

top scoring teams and teams with the best costumes.

Find more information at HistoryMuseumontheSquare.org and click on Events.

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from original art and live music to locally owned retail stores and restaurants. The First Friday Art Walk has been a monthly tradition since 2001, but the first walk of its kind in Springfield was actually held in the late 90s.

With this event being free and rooted in SpringIndoor Easter Egg Hunt field s history, it can serve as a good opportuApril 16 nity to connect with the town.

To all the Springfield locals and those with Find more information at ffaw.org. family in town for Easter weekend, this event is for you. The Discovery Center is a non-profDeeply Rooted: it science center aimed at teaching through Stories of Missouri Farming hands-on activities, and for Easter, they will be hosting an all day long egg hunt from 10 a.m.

March 9 - June 19 to 6 p.m. Scattered throughout the building will be a load of eggs, and once you find enough of As a temporary exhibit of the History Muthem, you can trade them in for prizes. The seum on the Square, Deeply Rooted aims to event is free of charge for The Discovery Cen- celebrate Missouri’s land standing agricultural ter members, but more detailed prices for heritage. From prehistoric agriculture to modnon-members can be found on their website at ern day gardening, this event features the ups discoverycenter.org/easter. and downs of working and living in the industry. Artifacts, illustrations and other forms of will be used to enhance the experience.

Earth Day 2022: A Music and media From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day until midSustainability Festival June, museum-goers can experience this exhibit with no extra charge outside of general April 23 admission.

From noon to 8 p.m., Mother’s Brewing Find more information on page 9 of this Company is hosting Springfield s only plas- publication, or head to historymuseumontic-free music festival in their backyard to raise thesquare.org and click on Explore. awareness for sustainability efforts. The goal of the festival is to empower local environmenMoxie Cinema Showings tal efforts as well as to leave no trace on nature Dates vary by eliminating plastic use. Local and regional The Moxie is a community-supported indemusical acts such as The Hillbenders, Salt and Izabel Crane will be performing throughout the pendent movie theater that aims to enrich, enday. Ticket prices start at $25, and all proceeds gage and inspire by showing movies that might made will be donated to different not otherwise be shown in Springfield. From local environmental organizations. older movies to new releases to foreign films Find more information at earthdayspring- to matinees, there is always a wide variety of fieldmo.o g. options from which to choose. Films such as “The Wizard of Oz,” “Ex Machina,” “Mothering Sunday” and “The Northman” will be comBears Fund Season Ticket ing to the Moxie during April and May. Students Holder Appreciation Party can receive 50% off a Moxie membership, which includes perks such as $3 off tickets, April 26 fifty cent popcorn, and more This event takes a step outside of Downtown Find more information online at moxiecinSpringfield but leans more into the deeply root- ema.com. ed Missouri State University traditions. The Bears Fund, which is an annual fundraising The Blue Room Comedy Club program for intercollegiate athletes at MSU, Friday and Saturday nights will be hosting a party at Jordan Valley Park to show appreciation for everyone who supports Springfield s stand-up comedy venue, The MSU athletes. Food, ice cream and drinks will Blue Room, brings in performances from the be served from 4 to 5:30 p.m., and then at 6:30, country’s top comedians every Friday and Satattendees can enjoy a free ticket to the Bears urday evening. These comedians include but are not limited to quadruple-threat Michael Ian vs. Mizzou baseball game.

Find more information on the Missouri State Black, five-time Grammy and Emmy nominee University Calendar of Events.

Margaret Cho, and Adam Conover, the star of “Adam Ruins Everything”. While enjoying the live entertainment, audiences can also order food and drinks to bring the whole night toFirst Friday Art Walk gether. Tickets typically range from $20 to $25, May 6 and all shows are 18+.

Located in the Downtown Arts District, Find more information at BlueRoomComevery first of the month from 6-10 p.m. a free edyClub.com and on page 6 of this publication. art walk event is held to showcase everything

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Better Block’s placemaking demonstration sparks conversation about urban change DESIREE NIXON Editor D@DesireeNixon17 On Oct. 15, 2021, nonprofit Better Block Springfield, the Downtown Springfi ld Community Improvement District and the Downtown Springfield Association hosted a placemaking demonstration on South Street between McDaniel and Walnut Streets.

“This event was a temporary demonstration with the goal of testing out a variety of placemaking features that could potentially be incorpoPhotos submitted by Better Block Springfield rated into projects in the future,” Kristen Milam, com- Volunteers for Better Block Springfield p se for a munication coordinator for photo on South Street in October 2021. the City of Springfield said An official decision from this placemaking Springfi ld regarding some of the interventions demonstration has not been made as funding becoming permanent improvements to the street.” has not been allotted for the change.

The demonstration included many elements While there are no direct plans to implement larger cities include in their downtown areas, these features downtown, Springfield plans to including traffic barriers, cones and signage use them in other areas of the city, including that simulate a curb line expansion. the Grant Parkway Project.

“A temporary mid-block crosswalk, reduc“The upcoming Renew Jordan Creek projtion of on-street parking stalls and narrowing ect and Grant Avenue Parkway projects will of the driving lanes will calm traffic while both incorporate wider paths, landscaping, providing loading zones for business deliver- traffic calming and pedestrian-focused develies,” the City of Springfield said in a press opment standards,” Milam said. release on Oct. 14, 2021.

Better Block Springfield will help with There were 180 replies from area residents some of these projects by setting up more and downtown business owners to a survey placemaking demonstrations. regarding the demonstration, Milam said.

“At the same time, we will continue to work “I would say the installation was an absolute with the City and advocate for some of these success,” Addison Jones, founder of Better solutions to become permanent,” Jones said.

Block Springfie d said. “And we have already “Many solutions we proposed during our had initial conversations with the City of demonstration we believe to be ‘low hanging fruit’ that the City could very easily implement permanently at a very low cost and would have minimal impact on the current layout of the street.”

In addition to the Renew Jordan Creek and Grant Avenue Parkway projects, the city has begun to renovate areas with high foot traffic “There are also a variety of ‘streetscaping’ projects going on now, one on Phelps Street between Boonville and Robberson Avenues and another along Jefferson Avenue between Walnut and St. Louis Streets will start sometime this summer,” Milam said. “Streetscaping involves improving the sidewalks, lighting, Part of the placemaking demonstrapedestrian facilities and sometimes along a tion was to add street art with chalk stretch of roadway.”

To learn more about the Better Block along the roads. This portion of South Street near Ernie Biggs was one street initiative, visit betterblocksgf.com.

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Local comedy club beats the blues with banner banter CASEY LOVING Reporter D@CaseyMLoving While Downtown Springfield hosts a number of high quality entertainment options, it’s hard to have a funnier, more engaging night than one spent at the Blue Room Comedy Club.

The Blue Room aims to provide local residents a dedicated comedic experience with some of the country’s top comedians, making it a perfect stop for college students on a weekend night out.

“A comedy club is proof that a city has arrived,” Blue Room owner Chris Richele said.

“You’re a real city once you have a comedy club established.”

Springfield s resident comedy club boasts humble beginnings. When Richele noticed a lack of good stand-up venues in the city, he began hosting comedy shows out of Billiards of Springfield, a pool hall and sports bar on the corner of Kimbrough Avenue and St. Louis Street. A back room of Billiards — called the Blue Room initially — hosted Richele’s comedy shows. In 2016, the operation moved to its own building at 420 W. College St., now officially dubbed the Blue Room Comedy Club.

“Chris looked at this room, he came into this pool hall one day, and he said, ‘Do you guys have a storage closet outside?’” comedian Chris Franjola joked in a standup set at the Billiards location in 2018. “They’re like, ‘As a matter of fact, we do. We just hold some stuff in there like extra chairs, ranch dressing, stuff like that.’ He’s like, ‘Ah, interesting. How would you like to clear that ranch dressing out and make it a comedy club?’”

The Blue Room is open Thursday through Sunday every week. The club splits its time between open mic nights on Thursdays and Sundays and nationally touring comedians Thursday through Saturday. Recent guests include Tim Meadows, Jay Pharoah and Bobcat Goldthwait, with comedians such as Margaret Cho and Adam Conover set to make appearances by the end of the semester.

“We’re a great event space to start the night — to come have some laughs,” Richele said.

“The shows run 90 minutes. I joke it’s the best 90 minutes (because) you’ll never have to talk to anybody. It’s a live performance, so it’s a live theater experience.”

March 31 through April 2, the club hosted

Photo by Russ Bray Q@russ.bray Blue Room Comedy Club sits across College Street from Regal College Station and a couple blocks away from Park Central Square. Park Central Blue Room Comedy Club is located at 420 W. College St. after moving to this new location last summer and hosts a variety of comedians from Jay Pharoah to Adam Conover. stand-up comic Dusty Slay. Slay first performed at the Blue Room back when it still operated out of Billiards roughly nine years into his career. In an interview after his set, Slay recalled playing the club’s first Sunday show, during which he and Richele offered a homeless man free food and drink so they could have an audience. According to Slay, the man left before the set’s end.

“Chris took a back room of a pool hall and then turned it into a comedy club where he brings the best comics in the country to Springfield,” Slay said. “And I don’t mean myself. I mean, I should be included, but…”

Since first appearing at the Blue Room, Slay has gone on to entertain on both “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” as well as a set at Missouri State University. He recently performed a halfhour set for the third season of Netflix s comedy show “The Standups.”

Richele says part of the club’s mission is to find “comedians of today,” such as Slay, and get them to the Blue Room while they still can.

Slay, in return, highlighted this commitment to the comedians as a reason he keeps returning to the independent club.

“Chris is a real character, but he also takes care of everyone,” Slay said. “I stayed in Chris’s mom’s basement one time when he brought me in. Our careers are growing together, me and the Blue Room. Now, Chris has me in a very nice hotel.”

Students can see comedy acts such as Slay’s every weekend at the Blue Room. A list of upcoming performers and the club’s available food and drink menu can be viewed at BlueRoomComedyClub.com.

“We’re curating the comedy audience in Springfield as well as curating the comedy scene,” Richele said. “A comedy scene is only as successful as a comedy club.”

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DOWNTOWN STEWARDS Rusty Worley and his team at the Downtown Springfield Association prioritize collaboration, community and compassion to make downtown the best it can be

Worley and DSA communications manager Hailey Magnus collaborate on the DSA website at the Downtown Springfield A sociation headquarters on Monday, March 28.

Photos by Diana Dudenhoeffer Q@loveapongo Rusty Worley sits at his desk at the Downtown Springfield A sociation headquarters at 134 Park Central Square on Monday, March 28. Worley has been the Executive Director of the DSA for 17 years.

DIANA DUDENHOEFFER Editor-in-Chief D@kisstein Some of Springfield s largest events — Taste of SoMo, Artsfest, the Downtown Springfield Christmas Parade, Cider Days and many others — are run largely by a group of only four people at The Downtown SpringfieldAssociation. Leading the nonprofit is executive director Rusty Worley.

“Downtowns are the heart of your community,” Worley said. If the heart of the town is healthy, it pumps activity through the rest of the city. Without it, the community has a hole.

A big part of the DSA’s job is making the city center both fun and vibrant. This is no small task considering Downtown Springfield s 60 restaurants, 20 pubs and clubs, 16 movie screens and four live theaters that span from Elm Street north to Phelps Street, and from Benton Avenue west

to Grant Avenue. Worley and his team collaborate with business owners and the association’s board members to stay plugged in.

Worley is a long-time resident of the area, having grown up in Strafford, Missouri. He attended Drury University — then Drury College — as an undergraduate double-majoring in business and communication, and later to earn an MBA. After that, he worked for Drury for 12 years as the vice president of administration, managing budgets, investments and facilities.

His time at Drury made a big impact on him.

The priorities his mentors instilled in him during his time at the university are paramount to his job now, including continuity, trust and community.

He also served on the Urban Districts Alliance Board, where he found a love for community development and connecting people with each other.

Now after 17 years as the executive director of the DSA, he’s still lauding collaboration and preservation for the good of the community.

The DSA’s initiatives can be distilled into three

main areas. One is supporting local businesses by helping to fi l empty storefronts and bringing new investments downtown.

Two is marketing downtown as a fun and safe gathering space. The DSA achieves this by hosting events such as Cider Days and Artsfest, both of which regularly draw around 20,000-25,000 guests, and collaborating with other organizations for events such as the Birthplace of Route 66 Festival, which draws around 60,000-70,000 people in a single weekend.

“Throwing parties and inviting people to come downtown is a big part of what we do,” Worley said.

Events like these bring in around 40% of the DSA’s revenue.

Three is advocating for the area. The DSA works alongside City Council and state representatives for urban issues and historic preservation initiatives.

Ongoing revitalization is an important arm of the nonprofit. Worley and his team are always looking for ways to retain the roughly 40,000 college students who live in Springfield. They found that young professionals enjoy establishments such as sidewalk cafes, street festivals and local places to shop and eat, so the DSA has focused on these areas to make Springfield more attractive for young professionals.

Worley said Springfield is the most diverse area in southwest Missouri, too, and that the DSA has a responsibility to embrace that diversity. It’s crucial, Worley said, because downtown is the place where everyone comes together. In fact, the square at the center of downtown was designed as a space for parades, celebrations, protests and other forms of gathering.

“We embrace that role and look forward to continuing to be that melting pot (for) Springfiel and the region,” Worley said.

Larger community development issues including revitalization make up the other 60% of the DSA’s revenue portfolio, according to Worley.

Revitalization is especially important because it allows downtown to remain flexible as the city’s needs change. Instead of buying a vacant storefront downtown and bulldozing it, state preservation tax credits encourage owners to reinvest in existing buildings and create something new using the historic shell. This way, Springfield can re-eng neer key areas to meet today’s needs, Worley said.

From historic preservations to parades and protests, it’s clear Worley has a big impact on the heart of Springfield “If you want to do something downtown, he’s the guy to talk to,” said Hailey Magnus, communications manager at the DSA. Magnus, who started at the DSA in February, described her boss as passionate, dedicated and connected. She said he has a big heart for the community and called him an integral part of the team.

She said the DSA works in “one big brainstorm session,” where Worley encourages collaboration in the agency’s open concept headquarters off of Park Central Square, and is always willing to run with off-the-wall ideas.

He’s the heart that keeps the DSA running with his drive and big vision, Magnus said.

Magnus, Worley, events manager Jennifer Moseley and membership coordinator/assistant events manager Aubrey Prugger — plus Magnus’ miniature Schnauzer mix Rigby, the “office morale officer” — make up the small full-time sta f.

But they don’t make it all happen alone.

The DSA couldn’t coordinate events without the support of sponsors and dozens, sometimes hundreds, of volunteers, Worley said.

While Downtown Springfield has been here for more than 150 years, Worley said he considers himself a steward of this chapter of downtown’s history.

“Thankfully, we’ve been a part of a lot of great revitalization and some real success stories, but we want to hand it off to our children and grandchildren better than how we found it,” he said.

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“Dandelion”

culpture Walk Springfield is a unique outdoor museum that cultivates a sense of identity and pride for the Queen City. According to the Sculpture Walk Springfield website, the vision of the sculpture walk is “to create a museum without walls with access to all.” Sculpture Walk Springfield is free, self-guided and fully accessible, achieving the gallery’s vision.

“Coryphee” Dandelions are hardy plants, but they are vulnerable to the children who blow the plants’ seeds into the wind.

According to Joe Malesky, Joe and Terry Malesky’s “Dandelion” was created in 2018 to spread joy, just as the seeds of dandelions are spread. “Dandelion” can be found at The Community Foundation of the Ozarks, at 425 E. Traffi way St.

“Space Cat - Felix”

“Coryphee” is a French word that means a ballet dancer who dances in a small group instead of the corps de ballet or as a soloist. The sculpture’s artist, James Hulsey, said on his Facebook page that he finished oryphee around 2017. “Coryphee” is located behind the Jordan Valley Ice Park on the Jordan Creek Greenway Trail.

Anthony Guntren has the philosophy that he and other artists tend to take sculpting too seriously, so he decided to present a piece of playful artwork that aims at making its viewers smile and chuckle. Completed in 2020, “Space Cat – Felix” landed in the space outside Hotel Vandivort at 305 E. Walnut St.

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Photo by Russ Bray Q@russ.bray The new exhibit highlights Southwest Missouri agriculture through farming stories told via historical objects and displays. Springfield Hi tory Museum on the Square opened at its new location in 2019 and was awarded Best New Attraction the same year.

The title of this piece derives from the day it was completed: May 6, 1978. Larry Pogue created “5-6-7-8” as an abstract piece, putting an emphasis on circles. To Pogue, circles have more of a human quality than squares, according to the description on the Sculpture Walk Springfield ebsite, which is why circles are featured in many of his pieces.

“5-6-7-8” is located on Main Avenue at the City Utilities Transit Station.

“Stalk 10052REH400-3” Artist Matt Moyer explores industrialized, genetically and chemically modified crops in his piece titled “Stalk 10052REH400-3.”

Completed in 2020, “Stalk 10052REH400-3” is a part of a series in Moyer’s broad portfolio. This genetically modified pie e sits at the northeast corner of Park Central West and Campbell Avenue.

History Museum on the Square opens new exhibit BRADIE JOHNSON Reporter D@bradiehope Nominated for USA Today’s 2019 Best New Attraction, the History Museum on the Square is one of the top attractions in Downtown Springfield.

The museum first opened its doors in September 1975 as the Bicentennial Historical Museum at 311 College Street with Robert Neumann as its curator and director. In 1977, the museum moved to Bentley House at Drury University and was renamed Museum of the Ozarks. It moved again in 1993 to the third floor of Old City Hall where the city of Springfield offered exhibit space at no cost to the museum.

Needing more space, the museum moved from Old City Hall to Park Central Square in downtown Springfield in 2014, where it has been ever since. The History Museum on the Square opened temporary exhibits in the Historic Fox Theatre while two adjacent buildings were being renovated to add even more space to the museum.

After several years of renovations, the entire museum opened its doors at 154 Park Central Square in August 2019. With the added space, the museum now has 18,000 square feet for

permanent exhibits, temporary exhibits and staff workspace.

There are several exhibits at Springfield s History Museum on the Square. One of the most recent exhibits, called Deeply Rooted, focuses on Missouri’s long history of agriculture.

The Deeply Rooted exhibit highlights Southwest Missouri farming stories by including information on prehistoric agriculture, women in farming and how farmers bring food to our table through illustrations, artifacts and displays.

The museum’s director, curator and several volunteers helped to put the exhibit together.

Using items from people’s personal collection and borrowing from Missouri State University’s museum, they were able to put together the Deeply Rooted exhibit.

“We met with several different donors and people to put things on loan in the museum — so that’s either other institutions or individuals who let us use objects that they have that are relevant to agriculture history,” said Camryn Mahnken, a senior global studies major at Missouri State University and curatorial intern at History Museum on the Square.

Deeply Rooted is a traveling exhibit and will be on view at the museum until June 19.

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The Discovery Center plans expansions after receiving $1 million prize

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Photo by Sloane Galindo Q@slee.createsthings The Discovery Center, a nonprofit hands-on science museum in Downtown Springfield, was awarded the Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding and Permissionless (STOP) Award last December.

Forbes Magazine announced the finalists for the award on Dec. 14 during their 30 Under 30 launch party, and later recognized the center at the 30 Under 30 banquet.

Rob Blevins, executive director of the Discovery Center, said it took days for him to process that they had won.

“I had mentally prepared myself to not win,” Blevins said. “It was a bit surreal, and really hard to let sink in for a long time.”

Blevins said the Discovery Center held a party with their staff and board to watch the livestream of the event. To this day, Blevins said he is still receiving letters from organizations around the country, and even received a random donation from someone in California.

The award has brought lots of attention to the center, in the way that they have been able to work with museums and organizations

around the world and help their practices, Blevins said.

Part of the agreement with the STOP Award was the board got to pick what the finalists did with the prize money. Blevins said they chose to grow their school program, help the center with an open-learning application and implement facility upgrades.

One big renovation coming to the Discovery Center will be a multipurpose room with an interactive digital playground called Lü.

Blevins said the project should be wrapping up within the next couple weeks and will be open to the public.

Despite the fame and wealth awarded to the Discovery Center, Blevins said they will still continue to apply for grants.

“We apply for grants continuously,” he said. “We look and see if they’re a good fit for something we’re already doing, or something that could continue or expand a successful program.”

Blevins said he hopes that the STOP Award is one of many grants and awards in the center’s future.

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owntown Springfield is filed with several examples of street art. Around almost every corner is a detailed mural. These works of art add to the aesthetic value of downtown and make for the perfect photo op.

Painted on the side of the Discovery Center of Springfield at 438 E. St. Louis St., is the “Greetings From Springfield” mural. Artist Andrea Ehrhardt, has created several murals in Downtown Springfield. According to Ehrhardt’s Instagram page,@artbyandreaehrhardt, she finished this mural in 2019 after over a year of planning and three weeks of painting.

Harbell’s restaurant, located at 315 Park Central West, has a mural taking up the entire west side of the building, featuring streets, buildings and a basketball game. This mural was created by David Guinn in 2001, according to 417 Magazine.

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The mural of the Springfield Cardinals can be found painted on the side of Hammons Field, located at 955 E. Trafficway St. This mural was created by Chroma 417, a street art initiative created to promote the arts and spread street art in southwest Missouri. Chroma 417 hired muralist Sike Style to create this piece.

Another mural created by Ehrhardt is of a monarch butterfly located on the side of Riad restaurant at 400 South Ave.,. The mural was originally painted in 2017, but was repainted on the other side of the street in 2019 after the original was painted over, according to Ehrhardt’s Instagram page.

This mural features a big and small monarch butterfly, a perfect photo op for those of all sizes.

Right across from Ehrhardt’s monarch butterfly mural at 205 E. Walnut St., is a mural of Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher. According to 417 Magazine, this mural was painted by Brad Noble, Francois Lariviere and Emily Million. Lao Tzu represents empathy, peace and harmony.

The 1975 mural, which depicts Springfield in 1975. This mural is a recreation of a painting made by Robert E. Smith in 1976. According to Springfield Public Art, this mural was created to honor Smith, who died in 2010. The 1975 mural is located on the side of Fresh Gallery, at 400 W. Walnut St.

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Historic Walnut Street Missouri State’s neighbor brings the rich history of Springfield in o focus LILLIAN DURR Editor D@lillian_durr During your time in Springfield it’s likely you’ve noticed a sign declaring that you are in a historic district. One such district can be found at the edge of Missouri State University’s campus: The Walnut Street Historic District.

According to the National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form for The Walnut Street Historic District—fi st fi ed in 1985 — the district encompasses sections of Walnut Street and surrounding areas, including McDaniel and Elm Streets.

Photos by Russ Bray Q@russ.bray The Walnut Street Historic District showcases dozens of buildings, spread out over the area. All of them were built before 1910 and have been re-purposed for a variety of shops and living spaces. The buildings built over the years exemplify of a variety of architectural styles and have been maintained over the decades to preserve the history behind each building.

The Walnut Street Historic District features many buildings in historic architectural styles which have since been transformed to house businesses. One such building holds Pagination Bookshop, located at 1150 E Walnut St.

While various people and businesses have inhabited the buildings over the years, The Walnut Street Historic District has one of the highest concentrations of pre-1900 architecture and early 1900s architecture in Springfield. he district holds more than a dozen buildings built before 1900 and over 50 buildings built between 1901 and 1910.

While many interesting businesses on Walnut Street may catch your attention, it is largely due to the buildings they inhabit that earned the district its historic status.

“Twenty-one buildings survive from before 1900, some of the most diversely eclectic examples of the Queen Anne style to be found in Springfield and the region,” detailed the nomination form. Aside from the buildings predating 1900, 59 of the buildings in the district were built between 1901 and 1910.

According to the Downtown Springfield Association’s website, “Many of the early elements of the late 19th century still remain: brick and stone walks, carriage blocks, shakes and shingles, windows of leaded and stained glass, the carriage houses and the houses them-

selves — each with a story to tell.”

While the historic architecture of the Walnut Street Historic District is visible year-round, the district also holds many notable events throughout the year.

Twice a year the streets of The Walnut Street Historic District host local artists and vendors. Every fall the district hosts Cider Days to celebrate the beginning of fall. The two-day festival celebrates various forms of arts, crafts and entertainment in Springfield. In the spring, the di tricts hosts Artsfest, the second of the two festivals to celebrate the Springfield art community.

Annually, the streets of the Walnut Street Historic District are fi led with people celebrating the beginning of fall at Cider Days. Countless forms of art and entertainment are sure to be found at the two-day arts and crafts festival — and of course, some cider too.

Every spring the district also becomes a bustling center for the Springfield art community during Artsfest.

According to the Springfield Regional Arts Council website, “(Artsfest) is one of the biggest outdoor art festivals in Southwest Missouri. Known for featuring over 100 artists from all over the country, live entertainment, and delicious food, patrons make it a priority to come back year after year.”

Artsfest 2022 is Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8.

Whether it’s the festivals hosted there or the architecture which stands over the district every day, the Walnut Street Historic District has posed itself as a center for culture and history in Springfield, mere feet from campus.

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Marvel at the scrolling marquees of SGF’s landmark theaters SIDNEY MILES Reporter D@all_s_miles

The Gillioz Theatre

The Fox Theatre

The Landers Theatre

Operated by the History Museum on the Square, the Fox Theatre has been an entertainment venue in Springfield since the building’s debut in 1916 — known then as the Electric.

In the decades following the theater’s opening, it was home to vaudeville acts and featured films. The Electric changed ownership over time, briefly operated by Paramount before the Fox Theatre chain purchased the space, according to their website.

“My favorite fun fact about the Fox is that when it closed in the ‘80s, its last showing was the Rocky Horror Picture Show, which I think is just so perfect,” said Katie Turer, executive director of the History Museum on the Square.

The History Museum on the Square now preserves the historic Fox Theatre alongside other Springfie d history; in the past, the theater has hosted some of the museum’s exhibits.

Although the theater no longer premiers movies, it is open for events like film festivals, concerts and other live performances, Turer said.

Turer describes the century-old event space as nostalgic, explaining the venue remains a staple in the Springfield community: “People come in and reminisce about the movies they used to watch,” she said. “We are hoping to do a restoration of the Fox because it is an old building and to keep it up we need to work with it.”

The most recent event Fox Theatre hosted was the Central Film Festival on April 1.

Information on upcoming and future events at the Fox Theater is available on their website, HistoricFoxTheatre.org

The Landers Theatre was built in 1909 and has always been a home for the performing arts. Baroque renaissance architecture placed the local building on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

The historic landmark opened as part of the Orpheum Circuit, a venue for vaudeville performances, and would eventually become a movie house from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Later, the theater became host to the live television show the Five Star Jubilee, said Chuck Rogers, the production director for Springfield Little Theatre.

The Five Star Jubilee was the first color television series to originate outside of New York or Hollywood, and was covered by local news in 1961.

The Springfield Little Theatre has operated the Landers since the 1970s with a mission “to entertain, educate and involve the community in live theatrical productions and in the preservation of the historic Landers Theatre,” according to their mission statement.

The Springfield Little Theatre offers education opportunities and workshops for all ages, including youth programs and performance troupes. The education department includes more than 80 classes in acting, dance, voice, film, writing and more From April 8-24, the Springfield Little Theatre will be performing The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. More information on upcoming events and classes can be found on their website, Springfiel LittleTheatre.org.

The Moxie Cinema

Photo by Sloane Galindo Q@slee.createsthings Springfield s independent arthouse movie theater, The Moxie, is a nonprofit dedicated to showing films that are not available elsewhere. The cinema organizes special programming that includes world-class stage productions, local fi mmaker showcases and the Arthouse Essentials series.

“We show a wide variety of films generally classified as arthouse fare — meaning small independent American films, international titles, documentaries — stuff that’s usually under the radar of the multiplexes,” said executive director Mike Stevens. “I like to think of it as critically acclaimed smaller films “We show a lot of classics, or repertory screenings, as part of our Arthouse Essentials series.”

Repertory screenings of classic arthouse fi ms are free to members at The Moxie. The theater even offers free membership to students majoring in film, according to Stevens.

The Moxie Cinema has a lineup of 13 fi ms screening in April, such as Oscar-winning movie “CODA,” starring Emilia Jones and directed by Sian Heder.

Showing on April 15 is “Everything Everywhere All at Once” starring Michelle Yeoh and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known collectively as the Daniels.

On April 20 is a screening of “Seven Samurai” starring Toshirô Mifune and directed

by Akira Kurosawa. This fi m is a part of the Arthouse Essentials series organized by the Moxie Cinema.

The full selection of fi ms available at the Moxie this month can be found on their website, MoxieCinema.com.

The Gillioz Theater has occupied the building on the northeast corner of Park Central Square since 1926. Since Jan. 1, 2022, the Gillioz has hosted 11 national tours, seven of which have been sold out.

“We run a variety of live events including comedy, live music, opera, regional television shows and films as well — which is what it started out as,” said executive director Geoff Steele. “When it opened in 1926, it was known as a transition house, which meant it was part vaudeville and part silent film.

The historic theater has been host to countless events, guests and perhaps even ghosts.

Steele explained one of the most frequently asked questions about the Gillioz is whether the building is haunted.

“The simplest way I can say it, I’m not a ghost enthusiast personally,” Steele said.

“The facts are: We had a projectionist die on New Year’s Eve with a full house about two minutes to midnight. Often the things that are unaccounted for are relegated to the area where he was for 30 years during his tenure there. So we blame it on him … his name’s Mark.

“We’ve had paranormal groups from all over the country in and they say there’s stuff going on here,” Steele said. “It’s never bad stuff — nobody’s getting pushed down the stairs or anything — mics go on and off, marquees go on and off … Mark just seems to be a character.”

This month, the Gillioz will be hosting a series of concerts including classic rock groups Kansas and Primus. The theater will also feature performances by comedians Jo Koy and Dave Landau. More information on upcoming shows can be found on the theater’s website, GilliozTheatre.com.

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Downtown Health Bar: A healthy option for downtown diners TINSLEY MERRIMAN Editor D@merrimantinsley Located at 323 E. Walnut St., the Downtown Health Bar is one of downtown’s newest smoothie bars. The establishment serves smoothies, meal replacement shakes and energy blends for those on the go.

Originally named the Downtown Nutrition Club, DHB opened on Jan. 3, 2021, by Brandon Stockstill, a graduate of business administration at Missouri State University. Stockstill said he and his wife Brittny were “game planning” to open a small shop since 2018 and finally decided to go ahead.

“We just didn’t know where we wanted to go,” Stockstill said. “This place came up for sale. We saw it, already had all the equipment that we needed, and it was priced at a good price.”

Stockstill said the main goal is to provide Springfield and its surrounding areas with a healthy and easy dining option.

Originally, DHB was associated with Herb-

alife Nutrition, a business specializing in supplements. DHB re-branded in July of last year, with Stockstill saying his business didn’t align with Herbalife’s business model in any way.

“It was time for us to go our separate ways and stop giving them our money that we were getting in here,” Stockstill said. “It was time to give our money to 1st Phormor Labrada, other companies that we love and rather support them. And we like their products way more.”

This has led to an expanded menu with products such as oat and fruit bowls as well as energy boosts and blends. Stockstill said the menu changes on a four to six week basis with seasonal fruit bowls, smoothies and energy blends.

Stockstill said he sees many MSU students and faculty come through on a daily basis.

Johnny Allison, freshman cybersecurity major, met his physical fitness trainer at DHB. Allison said DHB was a great place for both its menu and atmosphere.

“The people are very nice, (and) they have a long list of options you can pick,” Allison said. “It’s very warm and fuzzy there, perfect for students to study. And it’s not too far from campus. It’s got that Starbucks kind of vibe.”

Photo by Russ Bray Q@russ.bray Downtown Health Bar offers seating in a window nook for access to a view of downtown and the sunlight that enters the building.

DHB has also partnered with The Rebound Foundation, a domestic abuse prevention organization.

Christina Ford and Coach Dana Ford of MSU’s basketball team are founders of The Rebound Foundation.

“I think since we opened last year, we’ve donated around $4,000 in sales to mostly MSUled events,” Stockstill said.

$800 has been donated to The Rebound Foundation since last May, according to Stocktill.

DHB will be expanding by adding a new location in the 417 Metro Eats pavilion in midto-late April. Stockstill said an undated third location is being sought out near Bolivar, too.

Local artists band together to open new art venue COURTNEY SKORNIA Reporter D@SkorniaCourtney The Snail Art House hosted an open house on Friday, April 1, where the community could admire fun, new and colorful art from resident artists, Abby Baechle, Chloe Thorne, Levi Holloway and Kelsey Farris. The downtown house is located at 204 S. Campbell Ave. The artists invited friends, family and the public to look at the new art house.

Residents visiting downtown last Friday night couldn’t help but notice the bright and colorful artwork through the shop’s window and had to pop their heads in. According to Abby Baechle, the artists came up with the idea to open their house to the public as a business from another resident artist, Chloe Thorne.

They plan on being officially open sometime in May but have been working nonstop to renovate and create their art space into a sophis-

Photo by Russ Bray Q@russ.bray The owners of Snail Art House pose for a photo during the open house on Friday, April 1.

From left to right stand Abby Baechle, Levi Holloway, Kelsey Farris and Chloe Thorne.

ticated, fun environment for themselves and new artists.

“Our studio is focused on bringing appreciation back to slow art and fashion,” says the Snail Art House website at SnailArtHouse. com. “We believe in the value of all forms of creative engagement and want to be a safe place for them to thrive.”

The four resident artists came up with the idea to create an arthouse because of the lack of working space in their own private homes.

“The idea for the house came from the possibility of working with my friends and having that support system with these other artists has been a great motivation to get the house going,” Baechle said.

Each of the artists has their own specialty in the art world. Baechle specializes in beaded jewelry and likes to paint.

Farris said she “likes to sew and use vintage fabrics to make new pieces of clothing, as well as paint and draw.”

Holloway specializes in music but also paints and draws.

Thorne likes to sew, paint and make botanical jewelry.

Another advantage of the space, according to Baechle, “is that we are able to try new things because we all like to experiment in different artworks. Being able to work together allows us to pool our resources and support each other.”

The artists plan on experimenting with different types of art, which will be on display during their monthly drops.

In the future, their goal is to partner with brands and grow within the community.

“We also wish to eventually be able to support ourselves by just working at the studio and making money through our artwork,” Baechle said. “We also want to use the studio to help local artists and build the art community.”

The artists also hope to host mentor nights, workshops and more to help out other new artists.

The four artists plan on having

guest artists’ pieces on display for purchase as a way to give other local artists a chance to get exposure in the art world.

“Starting out in the art world feels like you need to know someone in order to get certain opportunities,” Farris said. “ It might be hard for new artists if they don’t know where to look or what to do and so, we wanted to give fresh artists a welcoming, easier and more accessible place to spread their work.”

Another way the resident artists are planning on helping new artists is they will have their own retail photography space open for rentals.

The space will be open for artists to rent out by the hour and will have “different backdrops with natural lighting and other props available,” according to Baechle.

The Snail Art House will have its official opening sometime in May. For more updates, follow their Instagram account @snailarthouse or visit their website at snailarthouse.com.

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Curated vintage clothing booming in Downtown SGF ACACIA BOERBOOM Reporter As demand continues to rise for re-purposed goods and thrifted clothing, so has the success of the locally based, vintage apparel brand Springy Jeans. The team jumped at their chance and established a brick-and-mortar location in the heart of Downtown Springfield. What started as a small side-project selling reworked denim from outside the college couple’s apartment has since grown into a nationally recognized online brand that ships all over the U.S. Their downtown location, referred to as Springy on Walnut, is nestled on the corner of Walnut Street and Patton Avenue.

The shop now features trendy accessories and customized decor to accompany the collection of handpicked, vintage apparel. The items go through a diligent process of washing and repairs as needed, before they’re put out for sale. Springy Jeans’ mission is to promote sustainability and decrease clothing waste by saving the items from being sent to landfills Despite their recent successes, the process of opening a brick-and-mortar location was no cakewalk for the team at Springy Jeans. “We rented out the physical location in 2019, right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit,” co-owner Sam Fuson said. “We spent most of our time during the pandemic fixing-up structural damages with the building and revamping the online store.”

At that time, business owners could’ve never guessed the level of impact that the pandemic would have on their sales process, but owners Sam Fuson and Elijah Biag used the pandemic as an opportunity to upgrade the shopping experience for their consumers. As a result of opening their location downtown, Springy Jeans has grown to better understand the local market and their customers’ needs. However, most of their customer base is outside of Springfield

Photo submitted by Sam Fuson Curated vintage clothes hand-picked by Springy Jeans employees line a wall in the brick-andmortar store, which opened in November 2021.

Springy Jeans has a downtown storefront, but most of their sales come from their online presence.

“Most of our clientele is from coastal or larger cities; I think Springfield is still getting used to the concept of buying vintage clothing,” Fuson said. The Spring Jeans Team compartmentalizes the collection to feature some of the more unconventional items online, and some of the more casual, everyday items in-store. Staple items like denim jeans and graphic tees have shown to perform best in the Springfiel market.

Springy Jeans has now been operating for three years since the company opened back in March 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The space features a clean and modern aesthetic, while still holding the integrity and charm of old downtown with exposed brick walls and high ceilings.

The company continues to sell the majority of their items online, but the physical location has brought in a new wave of customers since opening their doors to the public in November of 2021.

Fusion went on to mention their first celebrity customer, Pete Davidson. “We got an email from Pete’s stylist requesting a Carhartt jacket — we were like, ‘Pete? The Pete Davidson?’ We were so shocked!” Davidson was later photographed wearing the Springy Jeans Carhartt jacket while on a Valentine’s Day date with his partner, Kim Kardashian. According to Fuson, other celebrity customers such as basketball player Jordan Pool have since also ordered from their online site.

The team at Springy Jeans has made strides in growing their online customer base, but in-store, they still continue to make a diligent effort in serving the local Springfield community and college demographic.“We are proud of this city and where we started, so we do our best to hire local contractors and collaborate with other small businesses in Springfield, Fuson said. The team is also working on eventually creating their own line and printing their logo on reworked vintage basics.

In the future, Springy Jeans plans to grow their team of employees and extend their hours of operation. At this time, their store is open three days a week Friday-Sunday from noon to 7 p.m., but the owners hope to extend their shopping hours and open more locations outside of Springfield For more information, visit their website at springyjeans. com or follow them on Instagram at @springyjeans and @springyonwalnut.

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