In light of Pygmalion takeover on Smile Politely this week, here’s a new video released from Shadows on a River for “Death House”. It’s a new video of a song from the album they’re currently …
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The Overture: September 23-29
Pygmalion Music Festival is happening this week. Everything else is probably lower on your priority list, or at least should be.
Friends of Boneyard hosting open house Saturday
From the press release: This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friends of the Boneyard (FOB) will be hosting an open house to gather input on what the community wants to see at the …
Free bicycle tour of Champaign rain gardens
Locally-based water advocates Prairie Rivers Network will be leading a bicycle tour of Champaign rain gardens this Saturday, September 21st in celebration of It’s Our River Day. We will bike to four different Champaign properties, …
The Overture: September 16-22
So many good shows this week, it is pretty ridiculous. The Dodos, Titus Andronicus, Allerton Music Barn Festival, and many, many others around C-U to see.
Local music capsule: September 13, 2013
Here’s another week of past and present C-U artists for your ears. Interested in seeing the past entries? Head here. Unbunny: “Casserole” [[mp3 unbunny_casserole]] New Ruins: “Lake” [[mp3 new_ruins_lake]] HUM: “Suicide Machine” [[mp3 hum_suicide_machine]] Santah: “Chips of Paint” …
40 North announces 2013 ACE Awards winners
From the press release: 40 North | 88 West proudly announces the winners of the 2013 ACE (Arts, Culture, and Education) Awards. All seven ACE Award winners embody the spirit of the local arts community …
Pizza FM launching on Sunday, September 22nd
You might have heard of the folks over at Pizza FM, a new entirely student-run freeform independent radio station at the University of Illinois, have been prepping their station to launch for quite some time …
The Huffington Post picks up our Drew’s Pizzeria story
Well, first it was Deadspin, and now, it’s the Huffington Post picking up our story from Tuesday morning on Drew’s Pizzeria. Not much else to say besides we’re honored to be included in online magazines we …
Deadspin picks up our Drew’s Pizzeria article
Days like this are pretty fun over here at Smile Politely HQ, especially when a site that we know and love picks up one of our articles. Deadspin just posted an article posted on the …