These tamales aren’t available every day, so make sure you get over to Maize at the Station today. Order online and pick up curbside. They have pork, chicken, rajas (green pepper / white cheese), or sweet tamales …
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The Intermezzo Cafe has take and bake cinnamon rolls
If you want some nice, hot-out-of-the-oven cinnamon rolls without doing most of the work, the Intermezzo Cafe at Krannert Center can hook you up. They are selling take and bake cinnamon rolls in packs of …
You should try this Tassel Twirling Workshop with Defy Gravity
Every year, Defy Gravity offers this workshop where you can learn how to make some tassel pasties twirl. This year, Jamie (aka Bettie Leigh of Carnivále Debauche) will be taking the workshop virtual. From their …
Check a Habitat for Humanity home dedication this evening, virtually
Typically when a family is moving into a new Habitat home, the vast majority of the community is not going to show up at their door for the dedication. Now, in COVID world, Habitat for …
A U of I post doc won Twitter yesterday
Dr. Joanna Ellis, a post doc with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from U of I, was innocently trying to vent her pandemic frustrations on Twitter yesterday, and instead this happened: Fuck this pandemic, I …
Jarling’s now offers nationwide shipping
Need the perfect gift idea for former C-U residents? Jarling’s has you covered. They are now offering nationwide shopping. You can select various combinations of quarts, cookie sandwiches, sundae toppings (yes, cold fudge is an …
School of Social Work has an updated Community Resource Guide
Early on in the pandemic, the School of Social Work Community Learning Lab partnered with Uni Place Christian Church to compile community resources all in one place for folks needing assistance. They been continually adding …
Eliot Graham wins the CobraVenture Pitch Showcase
The latest cohort of student entrepreneuers in Parkland’s Entrepreneurial Founders Program offered up their pitches to a panel of judges on November 16th. Eliot Graham, a student in Horitculture and Landscape Design from Champaign, was named …
Did you know Scott Atlas is a U of I grad?
Not sure how I missed this detail when Dr. Scott Atlas stepped into the national spotlight as a member of the lame duck president’s coronavirus task force, but apparently the herd-immunity pushing radiologist graduated from …
Here is the video from last weekend’s Parade of Lights
This year’s annual Parade of Lights was virtual, and featured shoebox “floats” created by businesses and organizations. If you missed it, don’t worry, it’s available for viewing on Champaign Center Partnership’s YouTube channel. The whole …