The 2008-2009 Krannert Center season opens tonight with an in-lobby party featuring the Austin-based latin-infusion band, Grupo Fantasma. As has become tradition with Krannert opening weekend parties, the center transforms their generally peaceful hardwood lobby …
Posts by Seth Fein:
Now Hear This! Models — “I Hear Motion” (1983)
This new column is dedicated to a collection of songs that I simply can’t get over, no matter how many times I have heard them. Some of them might be recognizable to those that listen …
Pleading For Wood-Fired Pizza in C-U
While I know that some would argue with me to the ends of the earth about this, there is simply nothing very good about the pizza in this town. Truth be told, there isn’t any …
DJ Delayney Heads Up New Night on Tuesdays at Mike ‘N Molly’s
Tuesday nights will have familiar face in downtown Champaign. Douglas Layne, AKA DJ Delayney — the local promoter that founded PowerNSoul Productions, helps bring in Dance 2XS and hosts the now annual LightWorks Fashion Show …
So Many Dynamos Perform Tonight at Anniversary Plaza, Which is Where?
Where the gawd-love-it is Anniversary Plaza? After a quick Google search, I discovered that Anniversary Plaza is somewhere by the Illini Union. And while I am not totally sure where, my guess is that if …
Purdue Selected as #1 Seed in Pre-season NIT Tournament
The pressure is officially on. Once tagged as the “Baby Boilers,” Matt Painter’s squad of young overachievers are no longer a Cinderella story. Picked in the Top Ten of almost every pre-season poll, the newly …
High Anxiety Music Makes a Return
When we lost the High Anxiety Music house this past spring, lots of folks close to the music scene let out a collective sigh. The house, located on State St. in downtown Champaign, had been …
Monticello Offers Up Farmer’s Market Every Thursday
If the fabulous Market at the Square in downtown Urbana on Saturday morning isn’t enough to satiate your desire for local and organic food, then one might consider heading southwest on I-72 for about twenty …
Pleading for Matzo Ball Soup in C-U
In my travels, I rarely turn down a bowl of matzo ball soup from a restaurant menu. It’s not that I find the soup to be all that interesting or spectacular; chicken broth and a …
Southerly at Mike ‘N Molly’s Tonight
Sometimes, the only choice is the best choice. For Krist Krueger of Southerly, living in Fon-Du-Lac, Wis was a dead end trying to both perform and work within the national indie rock scene. So, instead …