A new application has recently launched — founded by Champaign’s Kerris Lee — called Storyboard Cafe. Here’s some information about it from their site: Storyboard Café is a grassroots based company that built an online …
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Petition for pedestrian-only Green Street circulating
You probably know how congested Green Street in Campustown can get, regardless of whether or not students are around. Well, there’s a petition worth checking out that is bringing up the point of making this …
Applications for The Made Fest now open
A few components were added to the Pygmalion Festival last year — Pygmalion Lit Fest and The Made Fest. The Made Fest (taking place September 27-28) has now opened things up to accept applications for …
Champaign Public Library wins prestigious national PR award
Champaign Public Library Wins Prestigious National PR Award The Champaign Public Library has won a 2014 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award for the Library Foundation’s “Show Some Library Love” fundraising campaign. The honor …
2014 prizes awarded at U of I for Cozad Competition and Illinois Innovation Prize
2014 Prizes Awarded at Illinois for $200k Cozad Competition and $20k Illinois Innovation Prize Wearable Device Technology & Projection Mapping Startup Win Top Prizes at Cozad New Venture Competition The 14th Annual Cozad New Venture Competition …
Braid announces first full-length album in 16 years, No Coast
Longtime local staple Braid has just announced they’re releasing their first full-length record in 16 years on July 8th of this year (after some news of them working on it previously), and they’re calling it No …
Urbana’s Market at the Square opening this Saturday
We’ll have some coverage of the Market coming your way at the end of the week, but here is some information about the upcoming opening of Urbana’s Market at the Square this weekend. From the …
The Overture: April 28-May 4
Over a dozen shows happening around Champaign-Urbana this week, per usual. Check out the whole list.
Friend Appreciation Day at Einstein Bros on April 30th
Einstein Bros Bagels is throwing down a pretty great deal happening on Friend Appreciation Day on April 30th (this Wednesday). You can take advantage of this by heading to this link and printing out your …
Krannert Center announces 2014 Debut Artists
From the press release: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 2014 Debut Artists Announced: Samuel Gingher, piano Alexandra Nowakowski, soprano The dual roles of Krannert Center as a professional performing arts center and a …