A handful of solid shows again this week, including a return visit by On An On after their performance at this year's Pygmalion Music Festival on Friday night.
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Local music capsule: November 8, 2013
Here are some local tracks for you, past and present, to start out your weekend. Swords: “The Girl in the Yellow Jacket” [[mp3 swords_girl_in_the_yellow_jacket]] Jay Bennett & Edward Burch: “Talk To Me” [[mp3 jay_bennett_talk_to_me]] Common Loon: …
Jon’s Pipe Shop moving to Downtown Champaign
Per Jon’s Pipe Shop’s Facebook group, there have been a couple of recent updates which indicate the storefront is on the move. The name of the group changed from 509 E. Green Street to 44 …
Jakobsson loses son in midst of SB10 victory
Some sad news right here. Urbana’s Naomi Jakobsson is the Democratic Representative for the 103rd District, which encompasses Champaign and Urbana. Yesterday marked a huge victory in the same-sex marriage debate for people in Illinois. …
The Overture: November 4-10
One of the bigger artists of the past few years in Kendrick Lamar comes through C-U, plus a bunch of solid smaller shows throughout the week.
John Groce loves Downtown Champaign, Mayor Gerard
You probably read Rob McColley’s newest article regarding Big Ten Media Day that was published earlier today. If not, go back and check it out. This video/audio below is from that article, but it’s worth …
Stream Swords’ new LP Depth
You read about it on Thursday when David interviewed Shannon Swords. The album is called Depth, and you can hear it right now via Swords’ Bandcamp page. You can also stream it below. <a data-cke-saved-href="http://textswords.bandcamp.com/album/depth" href="http://textswords.bandcamp.com/album/depth">Depth by …
Read about this tribute to late local farmer from Monticello
In what turns out to be a pretty incredible story that has been moving around on social media recently, the story of a Monticello farmer Kyle Hendrix has had people talking. You can read all …
Sakanaya Restaurant in Campustown opening November 8th
In a week with official news of opening dates and grand openings, another one has come down the pipe. Driving down Green Street the past week, I was curious what this establishment even was, with a …
The Urbana Butcher Shop opening November 9th
It appears to be official: The Urbana Butcher Shop, aka The Butcher, is set to open on November 9th. In a couple of recent Facebook updates, it appears Josh Boyd & Co. are ready to …