If you love coffee (and who doesn’t?), there’s a fairly good chance you’re acquainted with Flying Machine Coffee in Downtown Urbana. Generally, the shop has a pretty simple (and good) menu, but in a rare …
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Market at the Square and Land Connection teaming up for National Farmers’ Market Week
Both of Champaign-Urbana’s farmers’ markets (Urbana’s Market at the Square andChampaign’s Land Connection Market) are teaming up next week to celebrate National Farmers’ Market Week. A tic-tac-toe card for both markets will be included, where …
Urbanalove hosting Summer Movie Night next Saturday
The good folks at First Federal Savings Bank and Neutral Cycle are teaming up with a bunch of other local businesses to present an Urbanalove Summer Movie Night next Saturday, August 13th, which will feature My Neighbor …
Netscape founder and U of I alumnus Marc Andreessen endorses Hillary Clinton
It’s hard to name a more notable alumnus from the University of Illinois than Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, who was massively influential in the burgeoning of the internet, all from Champaign-Urbana. His influence in tech, …
Miga offering white strawberry special this weekend only
If Downtown Champaign’s Miga is known for one thing, it’s for constantly keeping up on global food trends, and then adapting them to Champaign-Urbana. Today, they announce yet another awesome dish with cutting-edge ingredients. This …
Triptych Brewing hosting dinner at Biaggi’s tonight
Triptych Brewing will be hosting a dinner where they pair their very special beers with another great American past time: food. This time, the nourishment comes from Biaggi’s restaurant, located on South Neil St. in …
World Harvest Foods hosts a tasting party every week
With Champaign-Urbana being a fairly international community (thanks to the University of Illinois, largely), it fairly naturally transitions into a melting pot of different cultures. Along with this myriad of cultures comes a wide breadth …
Carol and Aaron Ammons interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!
If you’re politically progressive and living in Central Illinois, one of the shining stars of our area is certainly Carol Ammons. Ammons, who was endorsed by Bernie Sanders earlier this year, was in Philadelphia for …
City of Urbana named a Green Power Community by the EPA
Today, the City of Urbana was named a “Green Power Community” by the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency. This accolade comes as a result of Urbana’s continued commitment to zero-emission electricity, usually that which his …
U of I Community Credit Union donating 100 backpacks of school supplies to Urbana students
If you’re searching for a little good news in this crazy world in which we live, here’s some: The U of I Community Credit Union has collected 100 backpacks full of school supplies that they’ll …