From the press release: FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ollie Watts Davis UI Black Chorus Conductor Phone: 217.244.3337 Email: owdavis@illinois.edu The University of Illinois Black Chorus presents Black Sacred Music Symposium Concert Twelfth biennial concert hosted by …
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Chalk up another supporter for Dodds Park: chambanamoms.com
Laura Weisskopf Bleill, mom-in-chief, gives a pretty great recap of what’s been happening with the Unit 4 high school referendum and gives her opinion for why Dodds Park would be a great fit. It’s worth …
Pour it out: These Unofficial shirts are skunky
More and more Unofficial St. Patrick's Day merchandise is being created with controversial Native American imagery. Tom speaks with PhD student and Saginaw Chippewa Kyle Mays about the implications of that merchandise in C-U.
Let’s eat $5 salads at Joe’s today
Hey, you there. Yeah. You. The one shivering from the weird wintry temperature fluctuation. I know, I wish I were in a warmer climate today, too. But we’re in Illinois and this kinda comes with …
Mayor Don Gerard on Jay Mohr Sports
You may have heard about Mayor Don Gerard’s Twitter incident with “Indiana Dan” Dakich over the weekend. Well that spat propelled Gerard back onto the national stage and earned him an invite to be a …
Beckman, Illinois bring in 45th ranked recruiting class
Holy smokes, Coach Half-a-Hat brought in a cromulent recruiting class. Sure, 45th in the country is not that good, but it’s not that bad either. It’s 6th in the Big 14, which means there were …
Reason to Believe: Rauner at the iHotel
Governor Bruce Rauner spoke at the iHotel last Thursday. He touched on government spending and climbing out of the gigantic hole that Illinois is in. But did he offer any solutions?
I-57 accident causing evacuations
From the City of Champaign’s release: According to the National Weather Service, winds will be shifting to the Northwest at approximately 6:00 p.m. Based on this information, there will be a mandatory evacuation of the …
Go to bacaro right now and eat lunch
There’s still an hour left to get a shepherd’s pie from bacaro. Go there now. Taste this glorious monstrosity and wash it down with an Atomium Premier Grand Cru which, I’m told, is not available …
Twin City Derby Girls bout February 8th in Savoy
From the press release: Roller Derby 6:30 PM Sunday, February 8th at Skateland Savoy Champaign-Urbana’s Twin City Derby Girls Alter Egos will be breaking the hearts of the McLean County MissFits from the other …