From the Dubstep Facebook page: You have heard him at the Dubstep Massacres, followed him closely on Soundcloud and on Facebook, but something was still missing from the equation… And today it has happened!!!!That’s right! …
Via Dubselecta To everyone that attended (or tried to attend) the Dubstep Massacre on Saturday, May 1, As always, thank you to our fans for turning out in droves once again for our Dubstep Massacre …
Spaz-math-punk party starters Fang Island have been added to Pygmalion this year. Wee!
From a press release: The City of Urbana is proud to announce that we have been named a Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) by the League of American Bicyclists. Andy Clarke, League President, said “Communities from …
Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010Time: 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.Location: The Orpheum TheaterStreet: 346 North NeilCity/Town: Champaign, IL Power n Soul Pro. presents… ***********************************************ASCENSION: Our 5th Annual Charity Fashion Show***********************************************Event proceeds go to benefit The Center For …
Tonight at 7 p.m. South Lounge Poets Matt Cohn, Elizabeth Majerus, Robert Manaster, Matthew Murrey, & Karen Singer will read from their work at the Otto, Shenk Home located at 405 West Illinois in Urbana. …
Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010Time: 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.Location: Green & Wright Street Come join Students for Sensible Drug Policy for the Global Marijuana March! Do you think our war on drugs is a failure? Do …
http://kck.st/a73Qbc Kickstarter is a cool way for artists to raise funds for projects. In this case, I am Johnny Ridenour, Erbana resident, homeschooling, stay-home dad. After a hiatus from music (I used to play in …
www.myspace.com/newruins We have 4 new songs up that we recorded at our basement studio, Boombox, in the last year for a new album. We finished the album and I got some emails and an interesting …
Smile Politely will be giving a ticket (and if needed, a ride) to the Daytrotter Barnstormer III Tour this Friday in Monticello with Ra Ra Riot, Delta Spirit, Nathaniel Rateliff, Free Energy and Pearly Gate …
From our email: I am part of a group called Champions for CASA organizing this event to raise money for Champaign County CASA, an organization that advocates for more than 600 abused and neglected children …
Seth prolly woulda posted this if he weren’t so busy hating women. Illinois Announces Female Newcomer of the Year Finalists Four Fighting Illini Headline List CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate …
Zoo Improv announces the Second Annual C-U Improv Fest on May 7 and 8. This year’s festival will include two nights of shows and one day of workshops, taught by some of the most experienced …
It’s been about fifteen months since Pages for All Ages shut its doors for good. For some reason, the sign still offered a bit of comfort — as if something might still be done. Now …
Photo taken by Jack Emerson Garland at Everyday Joe’s in Ft. Collins, Colo. Our most recent tour started out much like any other, with a healthy dose of optimism about the days ahead. We kicked …
This is a parent/child workshop in which everyone will make folded paper boxes which can be nested one inside the other. Learn how to fold a classic origami box, then decorate it and make several …
It’s a new tradition!
The info: Thanksgiving week of 2009 My Dear Alan Andrews went on a 10-show-in-10-day-tour. We got these 8 tracks of original material recorded to send out into cyberspace, and, in turn, to you. Please listen, …
From Champaign County’s Preservation and Conservation Association (PACA)’s website: Have you heard? If you have not, the Champaign Park District plans on removing the existing art deco neon marquee and replacing it with a replica …
Lincoln Square is getting more terrific by the minute. This just in: after almost 40 years of being on campus, Art Coop, Champaign-Urbana’s premier arts supplier, has decided to make the move to downtown Urbana. …
From the UC-IMC: Champaign City Manager announced that Officer Daniel Norbits, who shot and killed Kiwane Carrington, has been suspended for 30 days. This is the maximum suspension that can be enforced according to the …
From MTD marketing director Jan Kijowski: The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) is offering a great way to celebrate Earth Day this year! All passengers may ride MTD services for free in celebration of the …
I’d been wondering about the lack of new posts over at IlliniPundit recently, especially in the wake of a couple of mayor-related gaffes. Well, I now have a guess. Also from today’s N-G: CHAMPAIGN – …
Well, you can’t say he’s wishy-washy. From today’s News-Gazette: Schweighart stood by his comments on Tuesday as community members said the remarks are divisive. “Somehow it’s got turned around to be a racial thing,” Schweighart …
In case you were looking for a three-paragraph stub guaranteed to send you running for the nearest newsstand, here’s the Gazoo’s lede to their Olympian story. URBANA – City council members voted unanimously Monday night …
So far only a little over a quarter of the number of people Champaign County Salvation Army hoped to have for this weekend’s One Million Meals for Haiti project have stepped forward. The event is …
Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) and Champaign-Urbana’s Teen Awareness Group present their 2nd Annual Beats, Rhymes & Open Mic: Join us for a night of music, spoken word and more! Come early to sign up …
Nice work, WPGU!
Despite Mayor Schweighart’s best efforts to draw some of the fire away from Mayor Prussing, some of you still probably care that this whole Olympian Drive thing is still up for a vote tonight. For …
From Monsieur Groff: Hello, friend… This is your personal invite to a rare living room concert at our house this Thursday, the 22nd @ 6pm. A massively talented friend of ours from Boston, Audrey Ryan, …
Only a few shows remain for the first New Art Film Festival at the Art Theater in downtown Champaign! 4/18, 5 p.m., 3 Chicago films: The LIfeline: Trilogy, I am Concrete, Seven Signs; 7:30 p.m., …
Champaign City Council reacts to Mayor’s Birther Status — by your lovely editors at Smile Politely.
From the wire: CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, in conjunction with Gameday Spirit Fan Store, will host the annual Fighting Illini Merchandise Sale on Sat., April 24, in the …
The News Gazette continues to follow the progress of Safe Haven as they look for a more permanent home in the community.
… Sephora is coming to Champaign. Shit.
Now it’s national news. Total embarrassment. Perhaps Prussing is next? Rumor has it that the Tribune sent reporters out the Prairie Fruits Farm this week…
Start Time: Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.Location: U-C Independent Media CenterCost: $6 at the door Lac La Belle are from Detroit, and play old school swinging Western Country and Backwoods American Music. Lac …
This weekend Urbana Champaign Books to Prisoners is holding its Spring Book Sale. We have thousands of books to choose from, in every category at crazy low prices ($0.50 soft covers and $1.00 hardbacks). April …
You folks in Urbana think you have issues with your mayor? Well, here’s Champaign mayor Jerry Schweighart responding, on camera, to the question of whether President Obama is an American citizen. This was filmed on …
The Antlers, who perform in town this Saturday at the Canopy Club, are giving away a free EP. Just enter your email address in the widget below.
Julia Rietz dismissed the charges because she had asked Manning-Carter to follow three conditions: stay out of trouble, stay in school and completed the Parenting with Love and Limits program. Dolinar said Rietz was holding …
… but don’t panic. He’s likely just testing the waters in order to see where he might land.
The Urbana City Council is being pressed to vote on the Olympian Drive project at their meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Urbana City Hall (400 S. Vine). From an email sent by Common Ground …
Shoshana BauerOpening ReceptionApril 14th, 6–9 p.m. Featured artist is Shoshanna Bauer, a watercolorist who creates vibrantly colored, inspirational, and thought provoking paintings. Her abstract subject matter is spiritual and metaphorical, while her more representational work …
Punknews.org is giving one winner a copy of all the Braid reissues (coming out tomorrow on Polyvinyl) as well as four test pressings. For details and to enter, go here. Also, second, third or fourth …
Champaign Taster Lisa Morgan ponders the question, Carrie Bradshaw-style — and the community conversation that follows is definitely worth the click and stop.
Champaign Police are currently asking for your help in apprehending the alleged evil genius who may have used a cell phone he stole to upload a picture of himself onto his victim’s Facebook page. From …
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In one of the more WTF bookings in recent memory, noise-punk kings and Pitchfork darlings No Age have been confirmed to perform at the Illinois Wesleyan Student center on April 16th. Check the Facebook event …
