This coming Thursday, Miga in Downtown Champaign is doing something pretty interesting — they’re hosting a live classical outfit to perform on August 31st from 7:20-9 p.m. Performers include: Janice Lee, violin Rebin Ali, violin …
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Mid Summer Lounge in Campustown is legit
During the madness that is Quad Day at the University of Illinois, Publisher Seth Fein and I decided to make a stop at Mid Summer Lounge in Campustown. This is a fairly new chinese restaurant …
The Overture: Aug. 28-Sept. 3
Check out this week's rundown of shows in C-U.
Students are returning, so Nic sketches U of I’s Alma Mater in one minute
In honor of the students returning to U of I this weekend, Nic from Protagonist Pizza Productions put together another one of his sketch videos, similar to his previous one on Roger Ebert, for Alma …
PYGMALION and Triptych announce custom brew, PYNK
PYGMALION is coming up in just about a month (September 20-24), and Triptych Brewing is releasing the custom brew for this year’s festival: PYNK. You can see their post below about the brew, and they’ll …
Illini Athletics is allegedly banning “War Chant” at games
Several reports (and lots of tweets) are showing that University of Illinois admins are putting a ban on the “War Chant” song that is played at Illinois athletic events. The Champaign Room is a fairly …
HUM announce tour dates for October
The almighty HUM have announced a few tour dates that are relatively close to Champaign-Urbana — though nothing super close by. However, any time the band announces dates, it is pretty noteworthy considering they tour …
The Green Children musical coming to Parkland Theatre in September
Back in June, the Ludlow Theatre Group called for auditions for The Green Children, their upcoming musical at Parkland College Theatre. Here’s some more general information about the musical, below: Between September 13 and 17, the …
The Overture: August 21-27
Check out the list of this week's opportunities to see live music in C-U.
Big Grove hosting Copper Cane Wine tasting this Wednesday, August 23rd
Big Grove his hosting a wine tasting this week on Wednesday, August 23rd with Copper Cane Winery from 6-8 p.m. Check out the Facebook event, as well as some information about the tasting below. Copper Cane …