Bryant Fritz, local and now national hero, appeared on Ellen with his girlfriend Krystal Moya to share the story of the dog’s rescue. They are going to be taking the dog, which they’ve named Dory (watching Ellen’s …
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Champaign-Urbana Adventures in Time and Space has a new game for you to try
Champaign-Urbana Adventures in Time and Space just launched their latest room, Game Night, and it sounds like the team over there has upped their game (no pun intended) once again. Here’s the description: Your weekly …
Learn about recycling this Saturday
America Recycles Day is technically November 15th every year, but the Urbana Park District, along with U-Cycle and The Idea Store, is doing their celebration the following day from 1 to 4 p.m. at Anita …
Time to plan for Allerton’s Holiday Showcase
It’s apparently winter now, so why not start making wintery type plans? Allerton Park and Retreat Center is hosting their popular annual Holiday Showcase the weekend of December 13-15. Here are the details: Friday, December …
Unit 4 is hosting a free movie night at the Virginia
On Friday, November 15th, all Champaign school families are invited to attend a free showing of Coco (bring your tissues). Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the movie begins at 7 p.m. Admission is completely …
Check out this photo of the Orpheum’s facade from a while back
The Orpheum shared this photo on Instagram, offering glimpse of what the back of the theater looked like before the R and O were painted over — a result of Kerasotes taking over operations from …
The US Women’s Sitting Volleyball team is headed into world competition this week
Why is this relevant to us here? Because Centennial grad Nichole Millage is a veteran member of the team, which is 18-0 in 2019, including five wins against Russia, who edged them out in the …
WTF is happening with Illini football?
This team won a total of nine games out of 27 from 2016 to 2018. In 2017, we won ZERO Big Ten games. The last time we had a winning record in the Big Ten …
The Nafissa Thompson-Spires event has been rescheduled
After having to cancel last month’s author event, the Illini Union Bookstore has rescheduled An Evening with Nafissa Thompson-Spires, author of the One Book One Campus selection Heads of the Colored People. On December 10th …
Talking election reform with Ben Chapman
Julie chats with Ben Chapman, a local candidate turned activist for ranked choice voting.