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damali ayo will be a Unit One/Allen Hall Guest-in-Residence on Sept. 11–15. Ayo is an artist, author, performer, and speaker who believes that “art should make you think and feel; it doesn’t have to match …

Emasculate Move In Ready 1994    Manufactured home 1,216sq ft., 262 Dewey Urbana, IL in Surbana Estates. $42,500.  

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart From the obituary: Michael Stern Hart was born in Tacoma, Washington on March 8, 1947. He died on September 6, 2011 in his home in Urbana, Illinois, at the age of 64. His is …

Sad to see the owner of our regional hardware store on this list: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/09/koch-brothers-million-dollar-donor-club

One good thing about the fact that founding editor Will Leitch went to school here, along with staff writer Tommy Craggs having grown up in Urbana: Deadspin seems to keep extra special tabs on what’s …

We’ll be joined on today’s show by Ana Vieira of Friends Against Children’s Empty Tummies (FACET) and Andrea Rundell, Director of Programming for the Eastern Illinois Foodbank. We’ll discuss hunger in our region and how …

Troubadour darling David Bazan will be in the area on a house tour (a low-key, intimate sort of deal — don’t expect any drinking or raucousness) next Sunday, September 11th. The show has sold out, …

This Dayglow thing you may have read about lately (apparently something involving DJs, a large quantity of neon paint, and [we assume] MDMA), has moved to the David S. Palmer arena in Danville. It was originally …

Three Illini athletes will not likely attain All-American status, following their arrests, felony charges and suspensions. Vanier Joseph, Justin Boone and Shujaa Benson were members of the track & field team until this morning. Now, …

A decade too long! Afghanistan Veterans Tell Stories of Reconciliation With Afghanistan Peace Movements Recently, two anti-war Afghanistan veterans returned to Afghanistan as civilians to explore the possibilities for future joint projects between Afghanistan veterans …

Not to be outdone by their emo younger brothers Braid, we hear the mighty HUM will be performing on September 9 at Cowboy Monkey. Tickets are $10 and Dibiase will open. UPDATE: The show has …

According to The News-Gazette & AP, Arthur Anderson, a Scoutmaster who helped found WPGU, was murdered for seemingly no reason in Bunker Hill, Indianapolis on Sunday.  Here’s the lede. Read the rest here. As a …

NATIONAL MOVE TO AMEND SPOKESMAN TO APPEAR LOCALLYNational Democracy Activist to Visit Champaign-Urbana, Illinois (Urbana, IL)-The Independent Media Center will host a community forum on “Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule” with guest speaker David …

A huge maple gave up Sunday evening. Tired of waiting for rain, the enormous tree cast away an entire third of its greatness. The massive limb took out a block’s worth of power lines, running …

WILL reports that Champaign Police Chief R.T. Finney will retire, effective January 20th. Finney has been Chief of Police since 2003, and presided over the Kiwane Carrington shooting. Finney states on the city of Champaign …

Having played over 50 film festivals across the globe, winning multiple awards along the way, and with a DVD and Netflix/Amazon/iTunes/etc release on the way September 13, Leading Ladies, a feature film shot entirely in …

Lewis Black will bring his rage to the Assembly Hall on Friday, October 7 from 7:30pm – 10:30pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, Aug. 26 at 10 am at the Assembly Hall Box Office. ——– …

On, September 20th, New Ruins will release their third album entitled This Life is Not Ours to Keep on Earth Analog Records. Produced by Brian Deck (Califone, Iron and Wine, Modest Mouse) and recorded with Matt Talbott …

From HuffPo: An Illinois state panel says it has found “substantial evidence” that two businesses discriminated against a gay couple looking for a venue for their civil union ceremony. Mark and Todd Wathen, like many …

As Daytrotter wrote in their weekly email today: We don’t like to claim desperate times, but ticket sales have been hovering at 15% of our projections to break even on the tour and we can’t …

Dr. David Gill’s next run for congress was profiled in “A Campaign for Congress Worthy of Our Attention” by Pearl Korn on Huffington Post: Here is the campaign I am committed to outside of my …

http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/03/cory-levy-one/ One — a startup co-founded by former C-U resident Michael Callahan — has raised $1 million in capital to develop “a mobile app that notifies you when people around you share your interests.”

Time: Monday, Aug, 15, 7:00–10:00 p.m.Location: Independent Media Center UC-IMC Radical Librarians welcome zinester Ocean Capewell. From the event page: Join us in celebration of CU Pride Week by welcoming zinester and friend Ocean Capewell …

We’ll be joined on today’s show by Caleb Curtiss, SP Editor and soon-to-be second year English teacher at Centennial High School. First, we’ll ask him about his recent interview with Unit 4’s interim Superintendent Dr. …

As it was, as it is, as it ever will be. Another quality local band moves on. From The Leadership’s Facebook page: Hey guys. We’re about to move to Nashville! Circle of life, y’all.

Sexuality column “Doin’ It Well” ends today after over six years of advocating for sex-positive information in CU. Jo and Ross have been an asset to the sexual health scene in our community, and their …

From the wire: URBANA -The new athletic director of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be Mike Thomas, athletic director at the University of Cincinnati since 2005, subject to Board of Trustees approval, campus …

While S&P’s credibility can and should be called into question, they did indicate the US needed to reduce its budget deficit by at least $4T. Those who warned of fiscal armageddon if the debt ceiling …

In case you’ve been living under a rock as of late, things are fucked in London right now. Now, Pitchfork is reporting that the massive Tottenham warehouse which burned earlier today was housing the main …

Effective August 6, 2011, IBM terminated its contract with the University of Illinois to provide the supercomputer for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications’ Blue Waters project. Here’s NCSA’s side of things. Here’s another perspective.

Tough luck? Doubtful. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/chi-exillini-swingman-jereme-richmond-charged-20110809,0,3129383.story

And he’s in good company, as the other members of the “Hive Five” all hold or held some sort of national office. Don Gerard is just a mayor, but as Barack Obama proved, little-known Illinois …

In a hearing that was closed to the public, medical reports were submitted today in the case of “Homeless” Bill Walton. Judge Brian McPheters sealed the reports in accordance with HIPAA regulations. Only two media …

Wall Street Journal “Sita Sings the Blues,” an animated modern take on the Hindu religious epic, “The Ramayana,” has won awards and been shown at hundreds of locations across the world since its release two …

Sad news. Hopefully he can bounce back. Here’s the scoop, from the Washington Post.

God of Carnageby Yazmina Rezadirected by Rick OrrOctober 6-22 Way Off Broadwayan original play written and directed by Mike TrippiediNovember 3-19 My Antoniaadapted by Jarrett Dapier from the novel by Willa Catherdirected by Gary AmblerDecember …

Tonight on Smile Politely Radio: can you take Champaign out to the ballgame? Tony Johnston joins us on the show to discuss Mayor Gerard’s hopes for bringing a baseball team to the Champaign area. We’ll …

In today’s News-Gazette, Tim Johson said the following in defense of his choice not to vote for the debt deal that passed today with a bi-partisan vote of 74-26: The legislation falls far short of …

The N-G has the story here.  Congrats to them. Lord knows that fundraising ain’t easy.

Huh. That wasn’t so bad.

According to ESPN, D-Will shall return to Assembly Hall this weekend for Saturday’s Alumnni Game.    Sayeth the All-Star/Gold Medalist/Love of My Life/Fire of My Loins, Deron Williams: It’s going to be good to get …

After years of blowing up audiences around Champaign-Urbana, local rockers the Duke of Uke have announced an East Coast tour which will see them hit up New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. Catch us if …

On today’s episode of Smile Politely Radio, we’ll be joined by Brant Houston and Pam Dempsey from CU-Citizen Access. They’ll discuss the University of Illinois run local news project, which is “devoted to investigative and …

Ask yourself this question, “What specific spending programs will the so-called debt reduction plan being proposed by Speaker Boehner actually cut?” You can’t answer that question because the proposal won’t cut spending on any specific …

The Protestant Reformation began in 1517 and the religious wars it triggered in Europe concluded in 1648 with the Treaty of Westphalia. The first European attempt to colonize America came in 1584 at Roanoke, the …

On Tuesday, the News-Gazette posted a story by Tom Kacich reporting that Champaign Mayor Don Gerard’s campaign had paid a $250 fine to the Illinois State Board of Elections for late reporting of two contributions …

Per Mission Control (via BrooklynVegan), Hum are playing Champaign on September 9th. “Matt Talbott tells me there’s some Hum shows coming this fall! I don’t have all the details yet, but here’s what I know: …

This is an interesting idea. A new Facebook page called Zero Percent Champaign is positing that we can help reduce food waste locally by buying up what might end up as unused food at local …