Another one of our featured articles in the first edition of Bonfire, Joel speaks with some of C-U's generational musicians and the musical histories within their families.
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Tandem: Bikes and Art Call for Submissions
Tandem: Bikes and Art is gearing up for its second annual bike-themed art show, and we need your artwork! The opening is set for Friday, August 16 at Indi Go in downtown Champaign. Artists keep …
A little bit of Portland comes to C-U
The Dinner and Bikes tour comes to the University Y on Thursday, bringing together a gourmet vegan meal, bicycle advocacy, and documentary filmmaking.
Lydia Loveless plays Rose Bowl Saturday
The 21-year-old alt-country wunderkind is trying out some new material on the road before hitting the studio; RIYL: Blue Oyster Cult.
Campus sees spike in crucifixions on Unofficial Good Friday
The Champaign-Urbana community is divided as a new UIUC holiday causes betrayals and trials, among other problems.
Tattoos and treasures in Tuscola
In just over a year since they relocated to east-central Illinois from Pennsylvania, Ainslie Heilich and Laura Davis have built Vintage Karma into an anchor of downtown Tuscola.
Tuesday night’s all right
Murder By Death and Man Man kept several hundred working C-U residents out past their bedtimes on Tuesday night.
It’s a Man Man Man Man world
Co-headlining with Murder by Death at Highdive tonight, Philadelphia's Man Man brings their incomparable live show to bear upon C-U. Chris “Pow Pow” Powell tells of the reparative powers of vomit, among other things.
Half of a whole
Murder By Death shares a bill with Man Man next Tuesday at Highdive, but they each get their own preview. MBD's Adam Turla talks about exhaustingly successful Kickstarter campaigns and dead-gecko-infused whiskey.
Mad Macs: Beyond Thunderdome
Seven boxed macaroni and cheese dinners enter, and only one can be crowned champion. Our six-member panel is up to the double-blind challenge.