From our BEST Culture of the decade feature: Of course, as we go through our BEST of the decade week, there are plenty of people who make this place a pretty terrific place to exist. …
Posts by Patrick Singer:
BEST All-day Art Event of the decade: 8 to Create
From our BEST Arts of the decade feature: Eight artists with eight hours to each create a work of art live in and front of (and often in collaboration with) an audience of local art …
BEST Annual Event of the decade: The Great Cover Up
From our BEST Music of the decade feature: The almost 30 year history of the event says enough. But the running list of bands covering bands, and dressing up and making it a thing year …
BEST Place to Eat Until You Want to Die of the decade: Golden Harbor
From our BEST Food + Drink of the decade feature: Golden Harbor makes several appearances in our BEST of the decade round ups (spoilers, sorry!). It’s for good reason. The Chinese food restaurant serves very delicious …
BEST Politicians of the decade: Carol + Aaron Ammons
From our BEST Culture of the decade feature: A truly dynamic duo on the local political stage, nothing truly passes muster for the (D)s these days without the approval and support of Carol Ammons, and …
BEST Annual Dance Program of the decade: Urbanite
From our BEST Arts of the decade feature: For the past decade, Urbanite has consistently been the most energized and culturally diverse display of artistic engagement in Champaign-Urbana. Executive Producer Douglas Layne, with tireless help from Ashley …
BEST new restaurants of the decade: #10, Pizzeria Antica
From our BEST new restaurants of the decade feature: I’m not sure I can say anything about Pizzeria Antica that I haven’t already said. It’s probably my favorite pizza in C-U, which I have mentioned before. I …
BEST Promoter of the decade: Jason Finkelman
From our BEST Music of the decade feature: It’s easy to talk about live music from one’s own perspective, from the purview of the type of music we love. In America, and in the middle …
BEST Beer Garden of the decade: Mike N Molly’s
From our BEST Food + Drink of the decade feature: Mike N Molly’s will forever hold a place in my heart for a variety of reasons: the type of bar it was, the constant stream …
BEST New Festival of the decade: Matsuri
From our BEST Culture of the decade feature: Japan House is a local treasure. And if you haven’t discovered it yet, then you obviously don’t read Smile Politely very often, because we are not shy …