Between a couple of climate change-related talks, as well as appearances by author Kaylie Jones and artist Glen Davies, it’s a good week.
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Things are getting wetter…
Overnight rainfall boosted October’s precipitation total to 7.96 inches, enough to make this the second-wettest October on record in Champaign-Urbana. And there’s still an outside chance that predicted heavy rains today could make October 2009 …
U of I Library Sale today!
From Heather Murphy at the Library: We’d love to let Smile Politely visitors know about our upcoming Book Sale. Here is the information: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library will hold its Book Sale …
Vintage Politeness: Mason Jennings interview
Mason Jennings is rolling into the Highdive tonight for a 7:30 p.m. show with Anni Rossi opening. In fact, Gillian reports that she just ran into him at Barnes & Noble. It’s been just over …
Keeping the bikes rolling
Emma Barnes is helping the Bike Project stay on top of things as the cooperative’s new AmeriCorps volunteer coordinator.
Speakers in C-U: Oct. 26–Nov. 1
A reminder about John Griswold’s reading today, plus a visiting autism expert make this a good week to get out and catch a talk.
Like purity against resolve
Great Lake Swimmers hail from Ontario, and they’ll be quite eager to please tomorrow night at the Courtyard Cafe. Joel talks with head Swimmer Tony Dekker about murder ballads and being concise like the Carter Family.
Market at the Square wins $15,000 grant
From a press release: URBANA – Market at the Square, the City of Urbana’s weekly farmers’ market that has taken place at or near Lincoln Square Village since 1979, has been chosen as one of …
Speakers in C-U: October 19–25
Learn how magic works from a neurological perspective, what’s going on at ground level in Lebanon, and how to bring clean water to Nigeria.