Mervis Industries is now accepting a wide array of household electronics on a daily basis for recycling at no cost to consumers at 3 central Illinois locations, including their Marco Recycling location in downtown Champaign. …
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Market Watch: October 23, 2010
Bundle up, Market Watchers — it’s going to be rainy and chilly tomorrow. But if that stops you from eating fresh, we’re not sure how to help?
Local Republican State Senate candidate says some pretty racist stuff
Al Reynolds, running against incumbent Mike Frerichs for the IL-52 State Senate seat, said some pretty racist stuff last night at an event hosted in part by the NAACP. Reynolds said that black men “find …
Miyuki Ansari solo show at Indi Go Artist Co-op
Digital projection has a familiar and unfamiliar feeling when it interacts with the physical surface. The series of photographs are projections of both familiar and unfamiliar places that invite the audience to experience the idea …
Market Watch: October 9, 2010
Oh, it’s autumn all right. But this Saturday’s market will sure feel like summer!
Youth Literature Festival: Celebrating the value of literature in the lives of youth
Friday, October 810:30–11:15 a.m. Visit with Jenny Meyerhoff, author of Third Grade Baby. Jenny is appearing at the Urbana Free Library in collaboration with the Youth Literature Festival. Saturday, October 910:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Celebrate literature …
Support Anna Barnes’ “Hunger in the Heartland”
Hey, remember when we bugged you to take a survey at Spot.us and raise money to support Brenda Koenig’s recycling pieces? That worked out pretty well, so we’re trying it again. This time around, it’s …
You should / could write for Smile Politely Dot Com
Oh, hello there, C-U, Did you know that Smile Politely is not an elitist, dipshit organization of idiot writers and wanna-be novelists? Well, OK — maybe some of us — but on the whole, we’re …
Living Downstream at The Art Theater
Living Downstream documentary film based upon Central Illinois Biologist’s book debuts at Art Theater on October 16th. Living Downstream is a feature-length documentary based on the book of the same name by Sandra Steingraber. Sandra …
Market Watch: October 2
Oh, heavens – autumn really has landed, hasn’t it?