I remember watching Vontae Davis play at Illinois back during the Rose Bowl era Illinois Football program was absolutely stacked with NFL prospects. Davis was one of those stars on that team, going on to …
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The Overture: September 17-23
There's a wide variety of options this week for live music in C-U.
Lodgic Everyday Community’s Grand Opening is October 4th
Lodgic Everyday Community has announced their Grand Opening, which is slated for October 4th. Lodgic is located at 1807 S Neil St. in Champaign, and they’ve been rolling out options for memberships, hosting a few …
Hogchute Harvest 2018 lineup announced
After announcing the date for the 2018 installment of Hogchute Harvest on the wall of a public bathroom, Hogchute has announced the lineup for their fall installment at the Kalyx Center in Monticello. Headlined by …
Urbana’s Landmark Hotel has been sold for $1.3M
Urbana’s Landmark Hotel has been sold for $1.3M. The auction, which started on Tuesday, has been completed and the reserve of $1.1M by the owner was met. Check out the auction site for the details. …
C-U ex-pat Langston Allston’s artwork featured on Kweku Collins merch
Former Champaign-Urbana resident Langston Allston has landed on some merch by Chicago rapper Kweku Collins. Allston is a fairly recognizable artist, his work is amazing — check out his website linked above. You’ve likely seen his artwork …
Next auction for Urbana’s Landmark Hotel started up today
The saga of the Urbana Landmark Hotel continues today: The next auction for the property has begun with a starting bid of $600,000. This auction comes after the previous auction failed to meet the reserve …
Grab your popcorn for the Betsy Dirksen Londrigan vs Rodney Davis debate
Although this event is taking place in Springfield, this is an important debate that is relevant to readers in the Champaign-Urbana area. IL-13 Representative Rodney Davis and his challenger, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, will participate in …
Here are photos from the Burnham Mansion demo site
The discussion surrounding the historic Burnham Mansion and the properties that surround it is a highly polarizing one in our community. We wrote about it months back. But now, it appears that demolition of the mansion …
Obama hung out at Caffe Paradiso after his campus talk, and that rules
We’re all still on Cloud 9 in C-U after former President Barack Obama made a visit to Foellinger last Friday. You can read all about that here. Afterwards, he made a stop over at Caffe …