Eastern Illinois University will be hosting its annual Lions in Winter Literary Festival on Saturday, January 25th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival will be held in EIU’s Doudna Fine Arts Center (a one-hour drive …
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It’s time for the annual Photographic Print Competition
The Urbana Park District and Champaign County Camera Club are hosting their 19th annual Print Competition at Lincoln Square Mall. It’s an opportunity for amateur photographers to have their photos publically exhibited and professionally judged. …
The Office of Volunteer Programs is having a holiday toy drive
The University of Illinois Office of Volunteer Programs has teamed up with Cunningham’s Children Home in Urbana for this year’s OVP Holiday Toy Drive. Perfect excuse to partake in some retail therapy, boost the economy, …
Operation Turkey Sandwich is delivering food to Thanksgiving Day workers
On Thursday, November 28th, members and friends of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will gather to assemble, package and deliver turkey sandwich lunches to people throughout Champaign-Urbana who are stuck working on Thanksgiving Day. Operation Turkey …
A Taizé service is happening this Sunday evening in Champaign
I was first introduced to Taizé services (pronounced “Tuh-Zay”) at All Saints Church when I lived in Los Angeles, and loved these services. I was teaching at Occidental College and trying to complete a dissertation in …
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections is having an open house on October 30th
Join us at the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections to learn about our diverse collections of books, manuscripts, artifacts, and more! Explore treasures from our collections in our reading room, view our exhibit on the …
Smash Out Hunger block party happening today at Wesley Foundation
The Wesley Food Pantry and the Wesley Student Center are hosting a block party and Smash Out Hunger event Friday, September 13, from 5-7:30 p.m., at the Wesley Foundation on the University of Illinois campus. …
Champaign MC Gatson is back with “Draft Day Prelude”
Champaign’s own Gatson — who we featured back in February— is back with a single ahead of his upcoming project, Draft Day. Produced by TheLetterLBeats, “Draft Day Prelude” serves as a dedication to the project …
Bend the Arc: CU is hosting a workshop on confronting white nationalism in schools
Bend the Arc: CU is presenting a workshop on August 15th from 6:45 to 9 p.m. featuring Nora Flanagan, a Chicago high school teacher and co-author of Confronting White Nationalism in Schools – A Toolkit, a guide …
Rodney Davis was so offended by the President’s racist comments that he did absolutely nothing
Congressman Rodney Davis is a feckless coward. I’m aware that this isn’t a very civil thing to say. I’m also aware that Rep. Davis hates incivility. Luckily, an opportunity presented itself this weekend for Davis …