Weekday shows are always a bit uncertain. People seem likely to go out and see a band on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday nights…but Monday or Tuesday? Maybe. Maybe not. Luckily, things worked in our favor …
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Tour Diaries: You & Yourn
Getting packed and ready to leave home for three and half weeks is never an easy task. And, inevitably, you will forget some things. In the days before Sept. 24, we had a button-making party …
Where’s the love?
This is what Champaign mayor Jerry Schweighart had to say about Safe Haven’s recent move to St. Mary’s Catholic Church. “They’re bound and determined to make an issue of it; otherwise, they’d move to Urbana.” …
Worth Sharing: Scraping By in Seattle
Here’s a great video by filmmaker Stewart Thorndike called “Scraping By: Portraits of Life in the Great Recession” on life in a tent city in Redmond, Wash., a suburb of Seattle: http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/08/06/opinion/1247463860996/op-ed-scraping-by.html (Sorry to make …
Safe Haven update
From today’s News Gazette — http://www.news-gazette.com/news/living/2009/07/08/host_of_code_violations_found_at_catholic_worker_house Safe Haven is seeking land to move to, and is asking supporters to reach out to local news media through letters to the editor, opinion pieces, blogging, etc.
Creative solutions: a look at Portland’s Dignity Village
In the third and final installment of her Safe Haven series, Heather looks northwest to find the C-U Tent Community’s preferred model for housing the homeless.
Rest for the weary?: A closer look at C-U’s shelter system
In Part 2 of her three-part series, Heather takes a look at current options for homeless people in Champaign-Urbana, and why the C-U Tent Community fills a void.
Safe Haven: rest for the weary
In Part 1 of a three-part series examining the origins, motives, and goals of the C-U Tent Community, Heather looks at the structure of Safe Haven.
Obamas plant White House Victory Garden
In case you missed the memo, Michelle Obama broke ground last Friday (March 20) on a 1,100-squre foot vegetable garden on the White House lawn. She was accompanied by a group of fifth graders and …
Eat the View: Revisiting the Victory Garden Ideal
How will the Obama family respond to national and global crises? Some activists are hoping to see a Victory Garden on the White House lawn.