The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois Library is something else, folks — if you haven’t been there before, you should plan a trip very soon. Such an interesting spot here …
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Habitat for Humanity offering free home ownership education courses this fall
Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County is offering a free six-part home ownership and financial education series this fall — and it is totally open to the community to utilize it. Here’s some information from …
Parkland College offering community workshops throughout the fall
From the press release: New Community Ed, Business Training Workshops for Fall CHAMPAIGN — Parkland College is hosting a new lineup of personal development classes, workshops, events and excursions, for area residents of all ages this …
Urbana Park District’s 13th annual Jazz Walk takes place tomorrow
Urbana Park District is celebrating their 13th installment of their Jazz Walk event tomorrow, Friday, September 8th, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Check out the information below for the deets: Friday, September 08, 2017 05:30 PM – …
Members of Smashing Pumpkins, REO Speedwagon, more featured on Where It Begins panel
Filmmaker John Isberg has been hard at work on his documentary, Where It Begins: CU Music Documentary 1977-2000, and there’s quite the panel that is lined up to talk about it on September 19th at Champaign Public Library. Check …
Hotel VIB gets approval for build in Downtown Champaign
There’s another hotel coming to Downtown Champaign: Hotel Vib by Best Western. It’ll be a boutique hotel located just south of Wedge and just north of the Hill Street Parking Garage. In cased you missed …
Soulive, Samantha Fish, more celebrating ELLNORA and KCPA’s opening night September 14th
From the press release: OPENING NIGHT PARTY ELLNORA | THE GUITAR FESTIVAL AT KRANNERT CENTER James Jones Trio, Samantha Fish, and Soulive Th Sep 14 Urbana, IL—This year, Krannert Center’s season opener also celebrates the …
Someone made this amazing American Football mash-up video with School of Rock
As per the Americ anFootballposting group on Facebook, you should go watch this video posted by Tyler DeVore — it mashes together a classic scene from School of Rock with American Football’s “Never Meant”. I’d …
Avionics, Flying Machine Coffee’s Midtown location, reveals food menu
Flying Machine Coffee‘s new location in Midtown — Avionics (202 S. First Street, Champaign) — will be opening sometime in the near future, and they’ve revealed their food menu for you all to see. Don’t forget about …
The Overture: September 5-10
Over 20 options for live music to check out this week in C-U.