Per an article in The News-Gazette, the City of Champaign is making progress on some of the infrastructure projects in the Garden Hills neighborhood. We all want these changes to happen quickly, but it’s promising …
For $25 per person, you can let Baldarotta’s cook your Christmas dinner. Orders must be placed by 2 p.m. on December 19th, and pick up is Christmas Eve. You can order online. In addition to …
Beckman Institute and Carle Health* are partnering in a brain imaging study: Champaign-Urbana Population Study. It will utilize a newly acquired piece of technology, the Siemens MAGNETOM Terra 7 Tesla MRI, to look at brain …
Champaign Park District and the City of Champaign are partnering to give community members another opportunity to make sure everyone has warm clothing this winter. They are asking for new and gently used winter clothing items …
On February 15th, 2022, the legendary singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams will grace the stage of the Virginia Theatre. Known for her gritty voice and powerful storytelling, Williams seemlessly blends folk, blues, rock, and country to create …
Anita Purves Nature Center is hosting a Winter Solstice celebration on Saturday, December 18th from 4 to 7 p.m., with a candlelit spiral walk happening at 6:30 p.m. The event is open to all ages, …
In between Jip Bap and Oozu Ramen in Campustown, there’s a new restaurant serving pho, banh mi, crispy egg rolls, and more. The entire menu is online if you want to preview it. There are …
Tomorrow is National Cookie Day, which of course means it’s a wonderful excuse to eat cookies. If you aren’t baking them at home, where do you like to go to get a cookie fix? Cookies …
Bumps and Otter — the new experimental, bass heavy, drum-filled project from Matthis Helmick, Roy Ewing, and Derek Niedringhaus — has released their first bit of music. Prairie Games is a short 5 track EP featuring an eclectic …
This semester, students in courses taught by C-U Community Fab Lab and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts created The Haunting of Krannert Manor, an escape room where participants will interact with ghosts to discover …
An investigative report from Investigate Midwest and USA TODAY looked at precipitation and nitrogen level data from 2014 to 2020, finding that heavy rainfall washes fertilizer into nearby and far away water systems. Investigators looked …
Visit Champaign County has announced Champaign County Restaurant Week 2022 for the week of January 28 through February 5, 2022. Per the VCC website: We’ll continue to showcase our restaurants and food trucks, serving up …
If you’re a fan of the Giertz Gallery at Parkland College, here’s your chance to show your support. Coffee & Tea: Cups & Dessert ticketholders “may select from among a stunning array of handcrafted ceramic …
Champaign independent record label Polyvinyl has dropped the first episode of their new podcast The Polyvinyl Podcast. The show chronicles the label’s growth over the last 25 years and features interviews with the founders, artists, and “folks …
Earlier this week, United Way of Champaign County participated in WCIA’s Day of Giving and raised more that $60,000 to support their new initiative: Victory over Violence. They have six partners that will benefit from …
Hasan Minhaj is coming to the Virginia Theatre on March 26th. His first show sold out, so another one will be added at 10 p.m. — I cannot handle an event that starts that late, but …
In case you missed them during Homecoming, the nine artful Block Is, designed by local artists, are still on display in the Krannert Center lobby during regular business hours. Click here to sneak a peek …
Take a peek into Grovestone, a small shop in South Champaign that sells olive oil from their family’s olive groves in the Northeast side of the Peloponnese in Greece in addition to many other pantry …
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences shared that Doug Melton, who graduated in 1975 with a degree in biology, began working on a cure for Type 1 diabetes after his son was diagnosed at …
The University of Illinois’ beloved Dial-a-Carol kicks off December 9th and continues through December 15th. During that time, U of I and community folk will sing holiday carols for 24 hours a day. You can …
Student ensembles from the School of Music will be performing classical chamber music in the Spurlock Museum Central Core Gallery on Saturday, December 4th at 2 p.m. The concert is free, and you can sit …
The Chicago Bulls are doing their fourth Chicago Artist Hat Series, partnering with All Star Press to give away thousands of custom Bulls hats designed by Chicago artists. This time around, one of the hats …
Actor Rainn Wilson was thinking about little ‘ol C-U tonight (h/t to Carly McCrory-McKay for the heads up on the tweet): Can someone please explain why Champaign-Urbana got changed to Urbana-Champaign?! Was there a war? …
Big Thorn Farm & Brewery is hosting a Winter Welcome release party on Saturday, December 18th. Winter Welcome is a dark-style beer (10% ABV) with notes of “hazelnut, clove, and roasted cherry branches”; it’s only …
SuperBlue, the new album from Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter has been nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 64th Grammy Awards. The album was recorded and mixed in two weeks by Anthony Gravino over …
The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with the U of I Campus Bike Center, is hosting a kids’ bike giveaway at 202 S. Broadway on December 11th from 1 to 3 p.m., or until …
Walnut Street Tea Company has a fun Christmas countdown with twenty-five surprise flavors of regular and seasonal tea blends in numbered envelopes. The collection of tea comes in a holiday advent tea box, and the …
Add the Station Theatre to your list of shopping stops this holiday season. On December 12th, from 4 to 7 p.m., you can find items from art vendors Olly Greer, Laro Designs, Fun Time Bootleg …
Now that Governor Pritzker has officially signed the new congressional maps into law, Rodney Davis has declared that he will not run for governor and will run for Congress in IL-15. The new map places Davis’ …
The VFW #630 in Urbana, a club for veterans, is open to the public, and now has a restaurant serving lunch Tuesday through Friday and dinner on Tuesday and Friday nights. Photo by Alyssa Buckley. …
Each year, Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County provides gift wrapping for donations at Marketplace Mall. They are looking for folks who love to wrap gifts, and would like a way to give back this …
The iconic Earth, Wind & Fire is coming to Champaign in May to perform at the State Farm Center. The concert will be held on May 6th, 2022 at 8 p.m. Tickets will be going …
Mahomet-based singer-songwriter Angela Palivos has won the 2021 Sweetwater songwriting contest alongside two other winners. Her song “Reason” — co-written with her husband Kevin Sisney — is a self-described “gypsy blues” song, with a driving bass …
Illini Chabad is hosting a campus-wide Chanukah lighting and celebration tomorrow, Tuesday, November 30th at 6:30 p.m. on the University of Illinois Quad. The event is free; there will be food, of course, as well …
Chambana Weather meteorologist and Smile Politely contributor Andrew Pritchard just released SKYDRAMA 2021, a three hour video compilation of supercells and tornadoes captured by Pritchard during his storm chasing excursions over the past year. He …
The Virginia Theatre is coming up on its 100th anniversary. They opened December 28, 1921, with a showing of The Bat, a comedy-mystery play. It’s pretty cool to think about all of the performances and films …
Poets and poetry fans seeking a post-turkey day pick me up need look no further than CU Poetry’s open mic night at the Rose Bowl Tavern on Monday, November 29th. Poets, storytellers, and spoken word …
Feeding the Dragon, an autobiographical one-woman play written by Sharon Washington, and starring Latrelle Bright, will be presented at The Station Theatre December 3rd through 5th. Feeding the Dragon, “traces the unorthodox childhood of a …
Prairie Farm will be decked out with holiday lights beginning Friday, November 26th. On opening night, from 5 to 9 p.m. they will have carolers, hot chocolate, and Santa Claus. If you can’t make it …
Thursday, November 25th, from 4 to 6 p.m., the Urbana High School Student Senate will be giving away grab and go style Thanksgiving meals at Door 1 of Urbana High School (1002 S. Race Street). …
Delight Flower Farm is selling holiday wreaths (built on an 18” frame) for $50. You have to pre-order these beauties by 5 p.m. Thursday, November 25th. You can do that online. Pick up is from …
Black Friday — if you partake in shopping — can be an incredibly stressful and chaotic event. If you decide to venture out into the madness of the “holiday,” it’s important to remember to shop small as …
Parkland College Concert Band’s next free, live streamed concert is at 3pm on December 5th. The concert will feature “seasonal” music (i.e., mostly Christmas stuff). Check out the description: “A Seasonal Delight” A Concert by …
The Odyssey Project, which offers free University of Illinois humanities courses to income-eligible adults, is now accepting applications for their spring semester. From the website: Students enrolled in the Odyssey Project take a two-part series …
Earlier this fall, The Carle Illinois College of Medicine unveiled a new sculpture chosen from its recent call for submissions. “Structural Mechanics,” created by Alabama sculptor Ted Metz, is described as follows on the College’s …
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Countywide Celebration will take place in January, date to be determined, and organizers are calling for nominations for the three awards that are given out at the celebration …
Anastasia Tumanova, University of Illinois School of Art + Design graduate, recently completed an installation at Google headquarters in San Francisco. The 17 x 11 ft mural is made of clay leaves, and almost resembles …
Royse + Brinkmeyer is encouraging their residents to donate toys for Toys for Tots, beginning today. They are collecting new, unwrapped toys at their leasing office at 211 W Springfield Avenue in Champaign. For each donated …
Coach Brad Underwood appeared on Hot Ones this weekend to chat about the 2021-2022 basketball season while eating super spicy wings. The episode was filmed back in August, when host and U of I alum …
