At Smile Politely, we’re interested in what the people of Champaign-Urbana think about this place we call home. So how do we find out what they think? Simple. We ask them. Name: Cara Maurizi Occupation/Education: …
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What Went Down? March 29, 2008
Mark Charles of Vandaveer>: Cowboy Monkey – 10:45 p.m. Wink of Scurvine>: Mike ‘N Molly’s – 11:05 p.m. Bris Mueller of Radio Salsa>: Radio Maria – 11:50 p.m. Dancing at Radio Salsa>: Radio Maria – …
Ask Politely #9
Next Thursday marks the kick-off (pop-and-lock-off?) of the 6th annual Hip-Hop Awareness Week, organized by U-C Hip-Hop Congress and Floor Lovers Illinois. This event, which continues through next weekend, aims to both educate and entertain …
See You, Speak Up: Urbana’s Dimitria Johnson
At Smile Politely, we’re interested in what the people of Champaign- Urbana think about this place we call home. So how do we find out what they think? Simple. We ask them. Name: Dimitria Johnson …
Ask Politely #8
Both Illinois basketball teams made valiant runs for a Big Ten Tournament title in 2008. Had either of them won the championship, they would have earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The women’s …
Headlights Makes a Man out of You: Tristan Wraight’s Tour Diary
With their recently released sophomore album, Some Racing, Some Stopping, in their hot little hands, local indie-pop darlings Headlights head home from Virginia, now halfway through a North American tour. Guitarist and vocalist Tristan Wraight …
Ask Politely #7
Downtown Champaign’s M2 building is slated for completion in late 2008. As home to the Destihl Restaurant and Brew Works, BankChampaign, four floors of office space and four floors of residential units, the building will …
The Piano Man Tonight at The Canopy Club
I know exactly what’ll happen. I’ll sit down, play a few holiday songs, and then some drunk jerk will yell out, ”’Piano Man,’” and everybody will start clapping, and I’ll look like a real asshole …
Ask Politely #6
In the past few years, the University of Illinois campus has made room for a plethora of new restaurants, shops and other businesses. This week, workers broke ground on a County Market to be completed …
The Living Blue at Radio Maria Sunday Night
Stephen Ucherek and Joe Prokop know a little something about perseverance. Now in their 10th year as bandmates in one of Champaign’s most beloved psych-rock acts of all time, The Living Blue, the quartet (with …