From the press release (Champaign, IL) The Prairie Dragon Paddlers, Illinois’ First Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Team, will hold their signature fundraiser, Sing for the Health of It, on Thursday, April 5 from 7p …
Posts by Dane Torbeck:
Bizarre bazaar: the curious case of Lincoln Square Mall
Dane ponders the presence of churches in malls, in particular those in our own Lincoln Square Mall.
See what you missed at the 2018 U of I Engineering Open House
The 2018 U of I Engineering Open House was last weekend. Here’s about 90 seconds of what you missed if you didn’t check it out: Video courtesy of Tedd Carroll.
Look at this awesome art at Stratton Elementary
Just look at it! Stratton Elementary partnered with artist Amanda Browder to create this installation titled Chromatopia. It’s the result of more than six months of student, teacher, and family cooperation and community sewing days to bring …
By the way, you can vote right now
Yeah, right now. Both vote-by-mail and early in-person voting for the March 20 primaries are available now through March 20. Early voting information is available on the county clerk’s website. If you’re not up to …
The quiet prejudice in the municipal code
A 1994 ordinance is a racial barrier to renting a home in the City of Champaign. It's an on-the-books example of quiet prejudice, and it's past time that city council take the steps needed to restore a sense of justice to our municipal code.
Hasan Minhaj is coming to the Illini Union on April 2
Comedian, actor, and The Daily Show veteran Hasan Minhaj is coming to the Illini Union on April 2. Admission is free with i-card. Hasan Minhaj is fresh off a banner year in 2017, performing at the 2017 …
Channing Murray Foundation is screening “To the Ends of the Earth”
This Friday, March 2, the Channing Murray Foundation (1209 W. Oregon St., Urbana) is screening a new documentary about people who live in the regions most touched by oil and gas extraction. “To the Ends …
AgTech Innovation Summit returns to Champaign tomorrow
From the press release Experts at the intersection of agriculture and technology will meet on Wednesday, February 28, during the third annual Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit hosted by the University of Illinois Research Park. The …
According to Jim: Local racist Dennis Toeppen is actually intelligent and misunderstood
Today, the News-Gazette published a little piece on local anti-Chinese crusader Dennis Toeppen, who infamously denigrated Chinese people, then apologized but not really, and then attempted an actual apology (clearly written by someone not named …