The Made Fest is the vintage and handmade component of The Pygmalion Festival, and it’s entering year two in 2014. They’ve recently announced a ton of vendors that will be participating this year, which you …
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Urbana Summer Movie Night to feature Breaking Away on July 11th
Here’s an event that’s coming up in Downtown Urbana that’s worth your time. The City of Urbana has partnered up with a handful of other organizations and businesses, including CoLab, Neutral Cycle and others, to …
Virginia Theatre 2014-15 programming schedule released
From the press release: Champaign Park District Announces Virginia Theatre Inaugural 2014-2015 Performing Arts Schedule Season to include Bill Cosby, Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Straight No Chaser, The Second City, The Canadian Brass, Mike Birbiglia, …
Bring Your Own Vinyl (BYOV) every Monday at Pizza-M
Pizza-M is a solid enough place as it is, but when you pair that with spinning some vinyl, things get even better. That’s what they do every Monday over at Cafeteria & Company — Bring …
The Overture: June 30-July 6
Just a handful of shows lined up this week, but a couple of local bands are closing the books with final shows, plus more for the 4th of July weekend.
Stream the new Braid album, No Coast
It has been a while since the last Braid record came out, and the time has come to hear the new one they’ve been working on for a bit. Head over and stream the new …
The Chemicals announce new record, Mono, out July 11th
Longtime local rock outfit The Chemicals have unveiled the details of their new record, Mono, which is out July 11th on Heirship Records. Their last record came in 2007, so it has been quite some time …
Summer issue of the Public i is out now
The folks over at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center have put together their summer issue of the Public i, which you can find here and read for yourself. Some topics they discuss include James Kilgore (which …
Withershins detail Mt. Fuji In Blue, out August 12th on Parasol’s Mud Records
You might remember the Kickstarter campaign that I posted about a few weeks back for local shoegazers WIthershins to fund their new record Mt. Fuji In Blue. Well, that campaign was funded, and now they’ve announced their …
Visual gem of Downtown Urbana
Thanks to Aubrey (Elaine) Lutz for this submission, as it captures a really cool spot in Downtown Urbana that exists in the 208 West Main Alley behind Cafeteria & Company. Solid mural by Langston Allston, as …