Rebecca got lucky enough to see Iago’s Plot at Krannert Center.
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Moxie, music, and Moonface …er, moonlight
Rebecca chats with director Julia Megan Sullivan about Parkland’s upcoming production of Anything Goes.
April showers something something Green Days?
Whether you missed Tuesday’s concert at the arena or you went and you just want to keep partying Billie Joe style, Illinois Student Musicals is bringing American Idiot back to C-U at the Lincoln Hall Theatre this …
First signs of spring in Curbana
With the wind galing and puddles on the ground, Urbana optimistically makes room for Patio Season. Several great kickoffs will happen this weekend, and Crane Alley is prepped. The matching set for Cafeteria & Co …
Powerful stories bring communities together
Rebecca watched Sleep Deprivation Chamber at the Station Theatre, and explains why its message deserves to be heard.
Isolated by nature and our brains
Rebecca previews Wilderness, a docu-play by En Garde Arts that will play for one night only at Krannert next Tuesday.
“It felt enough like truth…”
Rebecca finally weighs in on the book of the quarter: local authors’ Damian Duffy and John Jennings adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred.
Kindred update: Damian Duffy to speak at Urbana Free Library
We haven’t talked about the graphic novel adaptation of Kindred this week…mostly because working at the library doesn’t bump you up the Request List and this book is in high demand. Skip the line and get …
Local Paralympian wins at Tokyo
Amanda McGrory — occasional writer for Smile Politely, woman-about-town, and international athelete — just won the Tokyo Push Rim marathon. And not just won, she photo-finished against a world marathon champion (Manuela Schaer of Switzerland). Watch …
Nostalgia at any age
Rebecca attends an evening of flashback theatre during John & Jen.