Rep. Carol Ammons, the Campus Faculty Association, and the Graduate Employees Organization are co-sponsoring a town hall with Ralph Martire, the Executive Director of the Center for Tax & Budget Accountability. Ralph Martire is Executive …
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Tonight on SP Radio: Urbana’s Market at the Square 2015
Urbana’s Market at the Square is right around a week away (but hey, who’s counting?). Join us tonight on SP Radio as we chat with Natalie Kenny-Marquez, Director of Market at the Square, about what …
Parkland’s Art and Design student show award winners announced
Parkland College gave out a number of scholarships and awards to student artists last week. Here are the recipients: Scholarship recipients included Cole Cary of Monticello, who won the Underwood-Alger Art Scholarship; Neda Sroka of …
Tonight on SP Radio: State Senator Scott Bennett
Tonight on Smile Politely Radio we’re getting all political by chatting with State Senator Scott Bennett, who represents Illinois’s 52nd district. He replaced Mike Frerichs in the General Assembly in January. We’ll ask him how …
Giving kids their own world: Adventure playgrounds come to C-U
Rebecah chats with Anne LeBauer and Naomi Sukenik, the masterminds behind C-U’s adventure playground movement.
Campus Faculty Association to host lecture on universities in struggling economies
The Campus Faculty Association is hosting a talk this coming Tuesday by Jeff Brown, the William G. Karnes Professor of Finance in the College of Business. Brown’s talk, “How Universities Respond to Economic and Financial Challenges,” takes …
Tonight on SP Radio: Boneyard Arts Festival 2015
This weekend is the 2015 Boneyard Arts Festival, and Smile Politely Radio is here to talk to you about the festival events you shouldn’t miss. Tune in live at 5:30 to catch a preview of …
Speak Cafe featuring Aaron Ammons tonight at KAM
SPEAK Cafe, a regular event featuring performances by artists and activists at the Krannert Art Museum, will take place tonight from 6:45 – 8:45 p.m. The newly appointed Urbana Alderman Aaron Ammons, who has been …
New Rantoul animal shelter opening this summer
Catsnap, an animal rescue organization, is expanding its low-cost veterinary services and care for elderly pets in Champaign County this summer.
Tonight on SP Radio: Turn It Up! 2015
Join us tonight on Smile Politely Radio for a conversation with Tom Miebach on this year’s Turn It Up! The Uniting Pride Center hosts Turn It Up!, a variety show of community members and local artists …