Similar to chocolate and puppies, parks are a universal good. As such, July is National Recreation and Parks month to celebrate the existence of patches of grass and combine to make any city, including both …
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Red Bicycle Ice Cream in Urbana to open July 6th
For those of you with sweet teeth, we’ve got some good news for you – Red Bicycle Ice Cream, Urbana’s newest spot for sweet treats, is set to open up officially on July 6th. For …
State budget crisis causing MCORE improvements to stop this weekend
As if you needed another reason to roll your eyes at the State of Illinois and their lack of a budget, IDOT has announced the halting of all “state-let” projects starting July 1st, the new …
Bacaro releases 2017 Summer Menu
Good news, delicious-food-seekers of Champaign-Urbana and beyond – Downtown Champaign’s Bacaro (113 N. Walnut St.) has released their summer menu for this year, which features some of the most delicious words I’ve seen strung together …
Walk and Concert to Support Yingying Zhang taking place tomorrow night
The Campus and Champaign-Urbana community has been rocked by the disappearance of Yingying Zhang, a visiting scholar who was picked up in a car on June 9th and has not been heard from since. While …
Watch this sweet drone footage that catalogs MCORE’s recent progress
Courtesy of CUMTD, today we have some neat drone footage of the MCORE construction taking Campustown by storm this summer, providing a rarely-seen perspective. Stream the video below:
Urbana hires new Public Art Director
Public art is one of the things that makes both of our communities have a little more flair, and while it may not be at the forefront of most of our thoughts, it does make …
Big Grove Tavern serving fried chicken to celebrate July 4th
Fried chicken is more American than pretty much anything I can think of, which makes it a perfect fit for Big Grove Tavern‘s special on the 4th of July, the most American of holidays. This …
First Followers hosting panel discussion on supporting the recently incarcerated this Saturday
From the press release: (Urbana) Members of First Followers, a local community group that offers support and guidance to the formerly incarcerated, will host an upcoming panel discussion about the book Becoming Ms. Burton. The …
Rodney Davis had a hell of a segment on CNN yesterday
Yesterday, our beloved Rodney “Hot Rod” Davis stopped by CNN to talk about the Republican Senate’s (now-failed) healthcare bill. Normally, I would tell you to fast forward to a certain part of the video but …