From the press release: Champaign County Young Dems To Host First Urbana Mayoral Debate Debate will take place Wednesday, January 25th from 5:30pm to 7pm at the Brookens Administrative Center CHAMPAIGN COUNTY – On Wednesday, January 25th, the Champaign County …
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Staerkel Planetarium opening new show, The Stargazer, January 20th
From the email blast: Planetarium to Open “New” Show Featuring UI Professor CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College will open a “new” program featuring a University of Illinois astronomer on January 20. Now newly converted …
Portillo’s is breaking ground in Champaign, reality is setting in
Officially, it is happening: It’s groundbreaking time in Champaign! Who’s excited?! pic.twitter.com/CnGpQAZEEI — Portillo’s (@portilloshotdog) January 5, 2017
The Upper Bout celebrating 3rd anniversary January 17th
Long live brick-and-mortar local businesses — The Upper Bout is celebrating. On January 17th, it will mark their third anniversary, and you can see all the info below via their email blast. Read our piece …
Dig euchre (and/or booze)? Barrelhouse 34 to host Euchre Night on Sundays
Euchre players, heads up: Barrelhouse 34 will start hosting Euchre Night on Sunday, January 8th (this weekend) at 7 p.m., per their post on Facebook:
State Rep. Carol Ammons’ Champaign office is hiring
From Carol Ammons’ website: Urbana, Ill. – The Champaign District Office for State Representative Carol Ammons is now hiring for a Constituent & Administrative Services Staff. The Constituent & Administrative Services Staff provides assistance and resources …
U of I alum Tatyana McFadden makes Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2017
U of I alum and badass Olympian Tatyana McFadden has been honored as a part of Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2017. While this comes as very little surprise because of her accomplishements — definitely worth …
Triptych publishes 2017 release schedule for distro beyond their taproom
This is pretty tight. I, for one, just have a general idea of when some of these brews come out each year at Triptych. But now, you can see when your favorite brew of theirs …
Check out this rendering of Midtown Plaza, coming in 2018
Earlier this year, Midtown Champaign appeared to be getting a major facelift with a new multi-use development by University Group, which was later endorsed by the City of Champaign a few months back. Now courtesy …
RIP Doug Evans of The Didjits
Sadly, Doug Evans, bassist and founding member of the highly-influential band The Didjits, has passed away. The cause of death is not known at this time, but has been circulating around the net this evening. …