Here’s an upcoming panel discussion put on by the University of Illinois Library on April 27th at 1 p.m. From the Facebook event: Vladimir Putin, as a political and cultural figure, seems to be everywhere …
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Former Illini PA announcer Mike Cation called a match interrupted by sex noises
Here’s your weird story of the day, and one that hopefully entertains you. Former Illini PA announcer and C-U resident Mike Cation (pictured left) was calling a tennis match, but not just any tennis match: …
State Senator Daniel Biss meet & greet happening at Quality April 20th
Tomorrow, Thursday April 20th — State Senator Daniel Biss will be making a stop at Quality in Downtown Champaign from 5-8 p.m. to talk to citizens. From the email press release: Join the Young Democrats …
C-U ex-pat Esteban Gast featured in VICELAND’s Jungletown
There’s a pretty polarizing new program on VICELAND called Jungletown — where a group of Americans travel to Panama to build a town. Former C-U resident Esteban Gast is one of the main people featured in the program. Check …
Welcome to Downtown Urbana, World Harvest
World Harvest celebrated their new location (er, merger) with Strawberry Fields in Downtown Urbana today. Congrats to Mohammad and everyone involved. Great day in Downtown Urbana, World Harvest’s new location at Strawberry Fields opens. …
Ebertfest 2017 announces panels for the festival
Ebertfest is coming at you next week, C-U — here’s a preview to get you in the right mindset — and they’ve just revealed the panels planned for the festival. From the press release: EBERTFEST …
Veriflow celebrates opening of location in One Main
After announcing their $8.2M series A round of funding, Veriflow opened their new office in Downtown Champaign’s One Main yesterday with a ribbon cutting cermony. Founded a few years back, the company is a product of …
Maize is hiring for their Downtown Champaign location
Perhaps one of the biggest questions circling around the Champaign-Urbana restaurant scene over the last few years is: When is the Maize location in Downtown Champaign opening? Well, per this post on Craigslist, it may …
Salad Meister, new salad-based restaurant, opening soon
Salad Meister is a new salad-based restaurant opening soon in Campustown — perhaps as early as next week (April 16th or 17th). While there’s no official grand opening as of this moment, pay attention to …
Governor Rauner appearing in Champaign Wednesday, but will he bring duct tape?
Per the News-Gazette, the Governor of this very state, the one and only Bruce Rauner, will be making a stop in Champaign tomorrow: CHAMPAIGN — Gov. Bruce Rauner is scheduled to be in Champaign Wednesday afternoon …