Patrick Singer, Author at Smile Politely — Champaign-Urbana's Culture Magazine

Posts by Patrick Singer:

Bardo on Paul arrest: “The community of Champaign is stuck in the 60’s. Racism is overt there.”

Patrick Singer April 24, 2014 - 1:44pmJanuary 27, 2022 - 9:24pm

Some interesting stuff coming from former Illini basketball star Stephen Bardo has surfaced via Twitter, where he criticizes the arrest of current Illini basketball player Darius Paul for underage drinking and resisting arrest. Here are …

Uncork Urbana Wine Festival announced for June 14th

Patrick Singer April 23, 2014 - 4:45pmJanuary 27, 2022 - 9:24pm

Pretty cool event that is coming up over in Urbana. Check out all the information below from the press release: UNCORK URBANA WINE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED The Urbana Business Association and the Illinois Grape Growers and …

Illinois Innovation Prize finalists chosen

Patrick Singer April 23, 2014 - 4:33pmJanuary 27, 2022 - 9:24pm

From the press release: $20,000 ILLINOIS INNOVATION PRIZE FINALISTS CHOSEN URBANA, Ill. (April 23, 2014) – The University of Illinois is a world leader in research, innovation and leadership. We distinguish ourselves by creating knowledge, preparing students for …

Champaign shows up in Nate Silver’s “Which Cities Sleep In, and Which Get to Work Early” column

Patrick Singer April 23, 2014 - 10:39amJanuary 27, 2022 - 9:24pm

Champaign was recently featured on Nate Silver‘s column on FiveThirtyEight, “Which Cities Sleep In, and Which Get To Work Early”. If you live here, you know one of the added benefits is a short commute time …

Illini basketball’s Darius Paul arrested

Patrick Singer April 22, 2014 - 1:34pmJanuary 27, 2022 - 9:24pm

News via IllinoisHomepage.net — but it looks like Illini basketball player Darius Paul, brother of former Illini star Brandon Paul, was arrested early this morning. Here’s the info from said post: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS — …

Entrepreneurship Forum taking place April 25th

Patrick Singer April 22, 2014 - 12:47pmJanuary 27, 2022 - 9:24pm

From the press release: ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM Join us for a day of celebrating entrepreneurship on campus. This day-long event allows attendees to participate in hands-on workshops and panel discussions to learn: the Lean Startup Method — …

“Suit & Tie” in the 217 by Champaign Central students goes viral

Patrick Singer April 21, 2014 - 1:07pmJanuary 27, 2022 - 9:25pm

In case you missed it, you should check out this version of Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” by a group of students out of Champaign Centennial. You can watch/read about the whole thing below, called …

The Overture: April 21-27

Patrick Singer April 21, 2014 - 12:00pmJanuary 26, 2022 - 5:58pm

A bunch of shows happening this week, including a really great Brass Rail show, Danny Brown at Canopy Club, and Lydia Loveless at the Rose Bowl, plus more.