Champaign’s favorite guitar store, The Upper Bout, just held a contest in conjunction with the 2015 Pygmalion Festival where they are giving a 2015 Gibson Les Paul Junior to whoever submitted the best air guitar …
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The Overture: October 12-18
From two Pygmalion Show Series shows to local and national hip-hop, we've got you covered in this week's Overture.
Adult dodgeball is coming to Urbana
This is not a drill. No, you’re not dreaming, either. You read that headline correctly – adult dodgeball is, in fact, coming to Urbana. I know, I know, we all pine for those days of …
Miga named one of the top 5 restaurants in Illinois by OpenTable
When Champaign-Urbana shares a state with Chicago — quite literally a world-class city — it often gets overlooked for various “best of Illinois” lists that tend to focus exclusively on our massive megalopolis to the …
Recycle your electronics for free this Saturday
Have a crazy giant tube TV lying around? Me too. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get rid of it for free in an environmentally conscious way? Saturday is your day, my friend. Thanks …
Unit 4 Schools celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
October is National Hispanic Heritage Month, and as such, the Champaign Unit 4 School District is celebrating via an impressively comprehensive program. Check out the full schedule below to see what’s happening at which school. Garden …
Courage Connection announces Domestic Violence Awareness Month events
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), and Courage Connection, a Champaign-based non-profit, is partnering with many other local organizations to raise awareness and let victims know that someone is there for them. Courage Connection …
Sigma Chi flaunts sexist signage
As if news surrounding the University of Illinois couldn’t get worse, today, Jezebel broke a story about “Derby Days,” a large-scale philanthropical effort fronted by Sigma Chi fraternities all over the country. As it turns …
Run them jewels fast
With their headlining set at The Pygmalion Festival looming in the near future, Boswell takes a look at the career trajectory of Run The Jewels, and just how they went from relative obscurity to widspread noteriety in three short years.
City of Champaign and Research Park EnterpriseWorks to receive $100K in rewards
Today, it was announced that the United States Small Business Administration would be visiting Champaign to present $100,000 in total awards – $50,000 for each the City of Champaign and Research Park’s EnterpriseWorks. The City …