The University of Illinois’ Engineering Open House is April 8th and 9th. The very popular event offers visitors a chance to check out what the Engineering students are up to, and to reacquaint themselves with …
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Bayern Stube is selling off its taxidermy collection
You may recall that Gibson City’s German restaurant, Bayern Stube, closed at the end of August last year. You may also be wondering what happened to all the stuff inside the restaurant, like the boar’s …
It’s kidding season at Prairie Fruits Farm
The babies are here! Baby goat birthing season has started at Prairie Fruits Farm, with the first kids arriving yesterday (a single buck and triplets). View this post on Instagram …
I accidentally ordered the foot long taco at La Mixteca
Whoops. I recently had lunch with a friend at La Mixteca, and we hadn’t seen each other in a while, we were busy chatting and catching up when our server came to take our orders. …
The Central Illinois Orchid Society show is March 5th
The Central Illinois Orchid Society is having a show and sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 5th at the Hessel Park Christian Reformed Church. You can check out some beautiful orchids …
Japan House’s garden is gorgeous in the winter
Did you know that Japan House has a Flickr account? I didn’t until a couple days ago, either, when I discovered these beautiful photos of the garden in winter. Like most people I talk to …
Here’s an old photo of 32 E Chester Street, Champaign
Seven Saints recently shared this decades-old photo of E Chester Street — decades old meaning probably from the early 1990s, based on the cars. (Yes, I gasped a little when I realized that the 1990s …
Beginning February 28th, U of I events won’t require COVID mitigation policies
Per reporting at WCIA.com, University of Illinois will drop its mask and vaccination/negative tests mandates for sporting and other events, but not for instructional spaces. It follows the state-wide mask mandate drop recently announced by …
Check out this video about performing MRIs on bearded dragons
This short video from the Beckman Institute and the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois features professor and vet Dr. Krista Keller discussing a study to create an atlas of bearded dragon …
Redesign Champaign County’s “I Voted” sticker
The Champaign County Clerk and Recorder of Deed’s Office is hosting a cute and fun contest, soliciting a newly redesigned “I Voted” sticker. The theme for the contest is “This is what democracy looks like.” …