Astronomy, Bolivarian revolutions, and looking back on Katrina all play a major role this week.
Posts by Joel Gillespie:
Getting to know Ted Leo through Funny or Die
I had hoped to interview New-Jersey-by-way-of-Notre-Dame punk Ted Leo (oh, and maybe a Pharmacist or two) for a preview of his show Saturday night at Krannert, but alas, I cannot force his publicist to return …
Near-miss on basketball with Built to Spill
Item: Last night after the Built to Spill show at the Highdive, Common Loon’s Robert Hirschfeld and Matt Campbell thought they had enticed BtS frontman Doug Martsch to continue the evening with a little roundball. …
Today’s the 25th anniversary of first Farm Aid concert
25 years ago today, September 22, 1985, was the first Farm Aid concert, held at Memorial Stadium. According to the Farm Aid site: Farm Aid started as an idea at the Live Aid Concert when Bob Dylan …
Elephants among us
It’s a busy weekend, but make sure you carve out enough time to see the latest entry in the Unreliable Bestiary series (for FREE!).
Speakers in C-U: Sept. 20—26
Bob McChesney at the University Y, chlorides in the water, and concerns in Rwanda and India, all in town this week.
Carrington civil suit tentatively settled
WDWS reported it yesterday, and from today’s News-Gazette: CHAMPAIGN – City Attorney Fred Stavins said Thursday that the city has reached a tentative agreement with the family of Kiwane Carrington. The wrongful-death settlement could result …
Getting out of Dodge
Want to see the harvest up close from your saddle? Joel ranks the interstate over- and underpasses around C-U for ease of bicycling.
Speakers in C-U: Sept. 13 – 19
An investigative correspondent from NBC, the chair of the National Academy of Sciences, and a Fulbright Scholar, all this week.
Speakers in C-U: Sept. 7 – 12
It’s a new academic year with new speakers, this week including Mayan water management and a trip to Palestine.