Want to grab a spot at the market? Market at the Square has reopened vendor applications for all types of vendors, including community groups. Interested parties should read throught the 2021 handbook to get an idea …
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You can get pie from The Brown Bag at Cafe Kopi
In another life, I worked in Monticello and regularly grabbed lunch at The Brown Bag. You can read our review from a couple of years ago here. One of the highlights of eating there is …
On this day in history: NCSA was featured in The New York Times
Eighteen years ago today, NCSA Senior Research Scientist Craig Steffen and other NCSA researchers were featured in The New York Times for using the Playstation 2 to build a high performance computing cluster. From the NCSA website: Researchers …
Summer meals are available for K-12 students
Champaign and Urbana school districts will once again be providing free summer meals for anyone 18 and under. Here is pick up and site information: Champaign Meals are available at Centennial, Franklin, Jefferson, and several …
Urbana hired a Human Rights and Equity Officer
Carla M. Boyd has been appointed to the newly created position, and her primary responsibility will be oversight of the City of Urbana’s human rights ordinance as well as the civilian police review board. Here …
Habitat for Humanity celebrates 30 years of transforming lives in C-U
After 30 years of facilitating home ownership in Champaign-Urbana, even through a pandemic, Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County is still going strong.
Weird Meat Boyz are bringing small batch craft hot sauce to C-U
There’s a new food vendor at the farmers markets this summer, and they are selling what they describe as “small batch craft hot sauce” to compliment your meats anything else you’d like to add a …
Urbana Park District needs more lifeguards
It’s almost time for Crystal Lake Family Aquatic Center to open for the season, which is very exciting after a summer of no swimming last year. In the current phase of reopening, they are able …
Take in some outdoor movies this summer
Even before pandemic times, sitting outside under the stars and enjoying a movie on a big screen was a must do activity. Now, if you’re not quite feeling like sitting in a movie theater yet — …
Where do you like to get Italian beef in C-U?
Sometime in the recent past, someone decided that there should be National Italian Beef week. In the year 2021, that is this week. I’m all for any excuse to partake in the eating of one …