An interview with the co-author of a documentary book of American farmers seeking solutions to our broken food system leads to talk of bull testicles.
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Vote for the Urbana Market in farmland.org poll
Help the Market at the Square overtake the Glenwood Sunday Market as Illinois’ favorite farmer’s market: http://www.farmland.org/americas-favorite-farmers-markets-states.asp#IL
Kohl’s has Elsinore singing “Sí Sí Sí”
WICD-TV featured Elsinore on their Monday morning broadcast (sorry, video isn’t embeddable), and the nuggets were numerous: The TV show So You Think You Can Dance played “Yes Yes Yes” on one of their shows …
Wrastlin’ Abe hoax reaches Lincoln, Neb., two years on
Hey, remember April Fools Day 2009, when Dan Schreiber wrote this funny fake article about the U of I naming “Wrastlin’ Abe” as their new mascot? Well, the folks at the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal-Star are …
City of Champaign continues to stymie N-G FOIA request
An interesting article from Patrick Wade in today’s News-Gazette: The News-Gazette has refiled a Freedom of Information request, asking the city of Champaign for names of police officers against whom citizens have filed complaints during …
The Atlantic names C-U #14 city for bike commuting
It’s a ranking by percent of residents who commute by bike, so (as admitted in the post) it’s dominated by college towns. Noted cycling mecca Missoula, Montana, is #3. But hey, #14 in the country …
Eight arms to hold you: an oral history of The Octopus
A tribute, in the words of those who made it happen, to the venerable Champaign-Urbana alt-weekly, which ceased publication in 2003.
Local food insecurity update, via C-U Citizen Access
Last week, C-U Citizen Access‘ Pam Dempsey and Hannah Meisel posted a series of articles on local hunger issues: “Food insecurity grows in East Central Illinois,” by Dempsey Of the food insecure population statewide, 60 …
Bring on the minor leagues?
Mayor Gerard is floating the idea of building a stadium on city land and bringing minor league baseball to Champaign.
Summer of the Werewolf
Elzie Sexton has a big summer planned, with a My Werewolf Diary self-release, the new New Ruins album, and — wait, what’s this about Isaac Brock?