How often has four dollars provided you with eight hours of entertainment and helped a good cause? Well, tomorrow night at Cowboy Monkey that can be true at the WRFU What Matters benefit. As detailed …
Posts by Joel Gillespie:
Casados’ Nic Dillon Back In Action After Summer Injury
There are some phrases that never lead to anything good, and “cracked skull” is certainly one of them. Fortunately, Nic Dillon of local indie-rock/folk duo Casados is almost fully recovered from injuries he suffered in …
Twins’ Breslow Spends Offseason Raising Money for Cancer Research
Craig Breslow had a fantastic year out of the Minnesota Twins bullpen, but he’s not taking any time off this winter to rest on his laurels. Breslow, who had a 1.63 ERA in 42 appearances …
Todd Reese Keeps Things Simple on WEFT Sessions Tonight
As “one of three million white singer songwriters who play acoustic guitar” (so says his MySpace page), Todd Reese doesn’t have singularity on his side. So he has to battle to rise above the maddening …
Listen Up: Speakers in C-U from December 1 – 7, 2008
You live near a major university. There are smart people that come here every week to talk to the general public about interesting topics. Perhaps you were not aware of this fact, or were overwhelmed …
Get To Know ‘Em!: Fred Davidson
Fred Davidson, Professor of Linguistics at the U of I, is one of the pillars of the bicycling community in Champaign-Urbana. If you drop by The Bike Project on Thursday nights, Fred is there rain …
I Got Nothin’: Looking Ahead to Next Week In Music and Words
As two or three of you know, Monday is the day that I preview the upcoming WEFT Sessions show and preview the coming week’s campus speakers. Well, the wheels of culture sort of ground to …
Find Out what Abe Listened to Tonight with “Granny’s Porch”
Tonight at the Virginia Theatre, turn the clock back to the mid-1800s for “Granny’s Porch: Lincoln and his Music; Melodies that Moved the Man and the Nation.” Get a feel for what Illinois culture was …
Red Herring In Dire Financial Straits, Needs Your Help
After 30 years of hand-to-mouth operations, the Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant finds itself in a real bind. According to Herring staff member Chad Knowles, “For 30 years the Red Herring’s yearly losses have been subsidized …
Cranksgiving In Review: 613 Pounds of Food, Zero Broken Bones
This past Sunday, the first annual Chambana Cranksgiving took place at the Independent Media Center, with 41 participants collecting 613 pounds of food for Eastern Illinois Foodbank. Pictured above are organizers Pieta and Luke Thompson …