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This just in! The Celebration Company at the Station Theatre will offer two more performances of Freud’s Last Session next weekend, August 9 and 10. The tense philosophical two-hander, starring Gary Ambler and Jesse Angelo …

Where am I?

First of the month, where am I?

From a UBA press release: The City of Urbana invites the public to view From the Surface, the latest Artist of the Corridor exhibition featuring dimensional handmade paper works by Steve Kostell. In the works …

Back at the beginning of July, I SPlogged about Plant Mode and the Indigogo campaign that J. Matthis Helmick launched to raise funds to open his storefront in Downtown Champaign. That Indigogo is at just over …

Champaign County Bikes (CCB) will be distributing new 2014 editions of the Champaign-Urbana-Savoy Bike Guide and Map beginning Saturday, August 3 at the Urbana Market at the Square, according to a press release.  Also from …

From the press release: The City of Urbana’s Market at the Square invites Market patrons and their kids to Sprouts at the Market, the Market’s free monthly nutrition, farm linkage, and mealtime habits programming geared toward …

Seats for the last four farm dinners of the season go on sale Saturday, August 3 at 5 p.m here.  Descriptions of the final four dinners of the season are available here. Tickets are $92 …

From a post on the “CLUCK” Facebook group wall: Backyard Chickens in Champaign: A Panel Discussion Monday, August 5, 2013, 7:00 p.m. Champaign Public Library, Robeson Rooms A & B On July 9, the Champaign …

Where am I? hint: this is another shot from Captain America’s backyard

Hashtags and all, it appears that the new Elsinore record, PUSH / PULL, will get a proper release on October 15th (according to their use of #NewAlbumOutOct15th). Not only that, they’re working on a follow-up EP …

From the Art Theater Co-op website: “1976: Berberian Sound Studio is one of the cheapest, sleaziest post-production studios in Italy. Only the most sordid horror films have their sound processed and sharpened in this studio. …

Yesterday you looked up, today you look down. Where am I?

That’s what we’ve been hearing. To quote Col. Hans Landa from Inglorious Basterds: [to Perrier LaPardite] “I love rumors! Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.”

Where am I?

Yes, there is one! For those of you needing to restock mid-week, stop by the Farmers Market at Country Fair on Wednesday.  The Farmers Market at Country Fair is located at 301 N. Mattis Avenue, …

From the News-Gazette, Downtown Champaign’s 301 Mongolia is set to close this upcoming Sunday. With that closing comes the expansion of the neighboring Dublin O’Neil’s. Per the article: A downtown Champaign restaurant will close at the end …

We all remember this video from a few years back:     Now the U of I security system comes through again, most effectively through this video (there were three videos linked in the U …

MENU 50 USD orzo salad, crab, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, lemon vinaigrette creamy polenta, summer mushrooms, basil, chilis, parmesan ham steak, summer squash, green beans, frisee, peach chutney bucheron, cherry compote lemon meringue pie

Patrons of the Urbana Free Library have continued to communicate their concerns to the library’s Board of Trustees. You can read their letter, and sign it if you’d like, here.

I won’t be here this weekend. Where am I?

Per the Strawberry Fields Facebook page: Do you love to bake? We’re looking for a part time pastry chef! Stop in the store to fill out an application. (Food service experience required) Good luck, applicants!

I have to give props to the Savoy 16 IMAX. Starting this weekend, two new movies are going to screen that I was afraid I wouldn’t get to see this summer. And yes, one of …

Local emcee Jay Moses has a brand new full-length album on the horizon, however, while we wait, we have the release of a new EP. We’re going to take a closer look at #TheGenius next week …

Champaign-Urbana’s very own University of Illinois has been ranked #10 on Forbes’ Top 25 Best Public Colleges of 2013. Their overall rank of #53 is pretty solid too, considering that is amongst all colleges and universities …

On the corner of Market and Chester, on the western wall of the old Habitat Re-Store, we now have a space where the community can declare its bucket list. It sits just across from Mike …

Go visit [co][lab] at their first open house July 25 at 6 p.m. “Members, not tenants, that understand the mix is much more powerful than what you can do on your own.” The first phase …

You know what I love about Boltini besides this:   this:   and this?   This: That’s right, period-havers: Boltini is aware of those unfortunate moments when we’re caught off guard, and they don’t want …

Flying Machine Coffee, a new coffee shop coming to Urbana, has appeared on the site a few times. Once for their Indigogo campaign, and another time via Samantha Bakall’s feature on the shop. I just …

Where am I? Got any bright ideas?

Where am I? Captain America’s backyard?

The following is taken from The Art Theatre Co-op‘s “Coming Soon” section: Based on two works by the playwright Jean Anouilh, You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet (a new film by French director Alain Resnais) opens …

 Here’s today’s Where am I. Look familiar?

Have you signed up for the pre-order list at Cheese & Crackers yet? You must get on this fish list. Here’s how it works: owner Bart Basi sends you an email with a list of …

MENU 50 USD   roasted mushroom salad, pickled shiitakes, shaved radish, arugula, black pepper chevre house made pappardelle, chanterelles, corn, triple s farms bacon, opal basil pan roasted pork chop, summer squash, horseradish leaves, mushroom …

This Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – Lemon Poppyseed Muffin – Cranberry-Orange Scone – Yogurt & House-made Granola w/ fresh berries – Chicken Confit Hash w/ caramelized red onion, poblano pepper, arugula, poached farm …

Enjoy the beautiful weekend. Where am I?

From the press release: JSM is pleased to announce the execution of a lease with Fira Boutique to be located at Gregory Place East, 700 S. Gregory Street in Urbana. Fira will occupy 1,300 square …

Cars get all the money/road space; bikes get the lion share of the media attention; but pedestrian transport remains incredibly vital to any town’s infrastructure and citizen satisfaction. So tonight on Smile Politely Radio, we’re …

From the press release: The Champaign County NAACP, CU Citizens for Peace and Justice, National Council of African American Men, Citizens with Convictions, NorthEnd Breakfast Club, Sisternet, Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, AON CCAD, along …

Where am I, and how jealous of me are you?

Starting today and running through Sunday, July 21, Larry Kanfer Gallery announces their “Off the Wall” event. For these four days, all artwork in the gallery is 30% off. Get a sneak peak of the …

The Champaign Music Festival, presented by the Champaign Park District, is happening this Saturday! That means an entire night of good music in Downtown Champaign! This event is free and ten bands are scheduled to …

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Big Grove Tavern special tonight:  Watermelon & Roasted Beet Salad, Feta, Micro Arugula & Bacon Jam. Seasonal cocktails only $5.  Trivia night at Mike N Molly’s.  1/2 price drinks at Boltini Lounge.  And, of course, …

It’s too hot outside. Where I am will keep you cool.

On July 26 and 27, at Indi Go Gallery, guitarist Rachel Schiff will perform a selection of classical works spanning the baroque to modern eras. Rachel’s concert at Indi Go will take listeners through a musical …