The folks at the Canopy Club love local music. And so do we. Tonight the Canopy will host an evening of local performances, dubbed “A Tribute to Local Bands.” The schedule features nearly everyone that …
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Park It? Champaign Begins Accepting Applications for Hill Street Deck Permits
For those of you downtown dwellers ever on the watch and diligently moving your car in the a.m. hours to escape the eye of parking enforcement, your time has come. The City of Champaign is …
Blind Pig Owner Purchases Barfly
Chris Knight, proprietor of one of Champaign’s most popular bars, The Blind Pig, purchased the Barfly yesterday. The cocktail lounge will, Knight says, be open for business under his ownership tonight. Barfly, a fairly typical …
Urbana’s Cellular Phone Ban Decision Postponed Again
Urbana City Council did not provide many answers concerning the proposed cell phone ban scheduled for a vote on Monday. Plenty of questions, however, were put forward. Should cyclists be prohibited from riding and talking? …
“Bomb-itty of Errors” Opens Tonight at Station Theatre
William Shakespeare’s extensive works have seen plenty of facelifts throughout the last 20 years, from Leo DiCaprio and Claire Danes’ turn as “star-cross’d lovers” to Julia Stiles’ in the modern remake of “Othello,” and Ethan …
Champaign Green Lights Bar Ordinance Geared Towards “Unofficial”
When Council Member Michael LaDue walks around his Campustown neighborhood after a particularly successful football game things can get pretty rowdy on Green Street — more raucous, in fact, than the 2008 Unofficial St. Patrick’s …
Urbana City Council Listens to Opinions about Urbana Public Television
Last night — to an overflowing council chamber — Urbana City Council held a discussion to hear the opinions of the public concerning Urbana Public Television’s airing of an anti-Semitic show that many residents at …
New Cafe “Coming Soon” to Race Street in Downtown Urbana
Snuggled into a storefront under a newly constructed apartment complex on Race and Water streets, a new — albeit small — sign recently emerged on the doors to a previously unoccupied location proclaiming a new …
Urbana City Council Approves New Electronic Message Board Sign
The City of Urbana will be introducing a new type of sign to the landscape of the ever-growing Philo and Windsor developments: an electronic message board with business advertisements changing every 10 seconds. The sign, …
Central High School Jazz Ensemble Wins Slot in Ellington Festival
John Currey, director of Champaign Central High School Jazz Ensemble, along with members of the group, collected a proclamation from Deputy Mayor Michael LaDue declaring April as Jazz Appreciation Month in the City of Champaign. …