Former SP writer Carlye Wisel has a new project called Big Ugly Yellow Couch, and Elsinore recently took a seat when they passed through Brooklyn: http://www.biguglyyellowcouch.com/post/2010/2/28/couch-session-elsinore.html
Posts by Joel Gillespie:
Stand-up spectacular
You can see eight stand-up comedians for eight bucks Friday night at Canopy. You can meet three of them here.
A big year awaits for Urbana public art
With the first of four sculptures installed last Friday, Urbana is about to get prettier. Anna Hochhalter talks about the Urbana Sculpture Project.
Need to Grab-a-Bike?
You may be able to in the near future, as a student group is planning an on-campus bike sharing program.
Costume ball w/ Duke of Uke at UC-IMC tonight
From the UC-IMC event posting: WHAT: Duke of Uke and His Novelty Orchestra potluck, costume ball and concert WHEN: Saturday, Feb 13; potluck at 8 p.m.; concert at 9:30 p.m. WHERE: U-C Independent Media Center …
An evening with Lt. Dan Choi, Monday 2/15
Vincent Pham, one of the organizers of the event, passed along this information. We’ll feature it in Listen Up on Monday also, but thought that a little extra notice would be warranted: WHAT: An Evening …
Job cuts at WILL, no more local weather
An excerpt from an announcement on WILL’s website: Illinois Public Media General Manager Mark Leonard announced today steps the organization’s leadership will take to address ongoing budget concerns and ensure that Illinois Public Media is …
Shahid Khan set to buy Rams
Shahid Khan, the president of Urbana’s Flex-n-Gate and sponsor of the Champaign Public Library’s checkout counter, has entered into a signed agreement to purchase a controlling interest in the St. Louis Rams: According to league …
Which Unit 4 kindergartens are most popular?
From the fantastic A citizen’s blog about Champaign Unit 4 comes this fascinating look at which Unit 4 kindergartens are the most in demand by parents in 2009: Which schools are overchosen? School Assignment # …
N-G redesign takes website from outdated to useless
C-U’s purported paper of record has completed its long-awaited website update. As long as you don’t want to read anything, it’s great.