The folks at Champaign County Forest Preserve District have marked April 24th as Kickapoo Rail Trail Celebration Day. Meet up with the Friends of the KRT group and associated businesses and groups at the Oakwood …
Posts by Jessica Hammie:
Dangerous Ideas on Campus with Matthew Ehrlich
Jessica talks with University of Illinois Professor Emeritus Matthew C. Ehrlich about his new book, Dangerous Ideas on Campus: Sex, Conspiracy, and Academic Freedom in the Age of JFK.
The City of Urbana wants your suggestions for how to spend an American Rescue Plan grant
The City of Urbana was awarded $12.9M from the American Rescue Plan, and is seeking input from the public as to how they should allocate these one-time funds. Per the City: The survey should only …
Follow U of I alum Terrell Jermaine Starr for news on Ukraine
Journalist Terrell Jermaine Starr is a graduate of the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois, and has been providing updates on the war in Ukraine from Ukraine (most recently, Lviv). …
Meyer Produce is having a plant sale on April 30th
If you’ve shopped at Market at the Square, you’ve come across Meyer Produce. The farm provides a huge amount of veggies and herbs to C-U consumers, and this year you can (again) buy some plants …
Urbana Arts and Culture Program awarded $90,000 to 30 artists
Urbana Arts and Culture Program’s 2022 Arts Grants cycle is now complete, with 30 projects funded and $90,000 distributed. The entire list of awardees is available on the Arts and Culture Program website. Some highlights …
The UC Books to Prisoners Sale is April 9th
The Urbana Champaign Books to Prisoners project collects and donates books to incarcerated people. The biannual book sale benefits the project, which also runs two county jail libraries. This spring’s sale is Saturday, April 9th …
Ebertfest is April 20-23 and Guillermo del Toro is a guest
Ebertfest returns to the Virginia Theater April 20-23, 2022 with an impressive roster of directors. Guillermo del Toro will visit with his latest film, Nightmare Alley, which will be shown in black and white on …
The Numbers Story Project is seeking submissions
Smile Politely Arts Editor, Debra Domal, has a creative endeavor called The Numbers Story Project. The Numbers Story Project was born from her book, Confessions by Number, and seeks to “[flip] the script on late …
Bab Plus is now my go-to fast casual Korean restaurant
Until earlier this week, it had been a very long time since I’d been to Bab Plus, the fast casual Korean restaurant on Gregory in Urbana. (We reviewed it in 2018.) My spouse and I …