From the newswire: CHAMPAIGN, Il., April 7, 2010 – The Champaign-Urbana Design Organization will host their annual fundraiser, abCU 2010: A Tasty Show of Screen-Printed Letters, as part of the Boneyard Arts Festival on April …
Friday, April 9 • 6:00–9:00 p.m.at The Urbana Free Librarya special after-hours event! Hear ye! Hear ye!You are cordially invited to a gala 210 West Green Street • Urbana, Illinois 61801 • 217-367-4057 • urbanafreelibrary.org …
Headlights will be performing in studio today at 5 p.m. on the University of Minnesota’s college radio station. Unlike the Planet, er I mean 107.1, Radio K is college radio in the truest sense. 60% …
Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010Time: 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.Location: Independent Media CenterStreet: 202 S. BroadwayCity/Town: Urbana, IL Turn it UP! is a (mostly) acoustic concert and variety show fundraiser for The UP Center, Champaign County’s new …
Hot off the newswire Twitter comes some exciting news; Elsinore have signed to Parasol and set an August 10th release date for their second full-length album, Yes! Yes! Yes! The band are said to be …
Smile Politely is giving away a pair of tickets to Monday night’s Bassnectar show at the Canopy Club. These would normally run you $17 per person, but send an email to music[at]smilepolitely.com with “Bassnectar” as …
Champaign based Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich Shop opened its 1,000th store in Beaverton, Oregon earlier this week. Good for them. Random article with slightly more information.
Yes, it’s quite an unbelievable suicide story. But it’s true: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2010-04-01/man-dies-after-surgery-following-jump-upper-floor-burnham-310
Smile Politely has obtained an advance copy of a report to be released next week confirming that your neighbor has a lot of fucking orange shit. A team of twelve researchers spent months observing your …
Local band Elsinore is one of ten finalists with a chance to win free hotel rooms while on tour in Motel 6’s “Rock Yourself to Sleep” competition. You can vote here: http://www.rockyourselftosleep.com/ To vote you …
Rich Whitney for Governor, Lecture, and DiscussionDate: Thursday, April 1, 2010Time: 7:00pmLocation: Allen Hall Main LoungeStreet: 1005 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana Rich Whitney ReceptionDate: Thursday, April 1, 2010Time: 9:00pmLocation: The Red Herring Vegetarian RestaurantStreet: 1209 …
Indi Go Art Gallery Opening show-Friday, April 2nd6–9 pm With musical performances by Jake Tatar and Howie Golub of The Boat Drunks Fish ‘n’ ship style hors d’ouvres will be served. Tony and Louise …
We’re very excited about the upcoming Dubstep v. Electro show which is now going to be held at Highdive. All indications are that Cowboy Monkey would not be nearly big enough to hold both the …
Looks like the old Courtyard site is being updated again. No more having to go to the union on Mondays to find out what’s going on…
Heather sent this to me several weeks ago, and I dropped the ball on posting it in a timely fashion. Now Y&Y are getting set to hit the road again, so I thought now would …
By now, you’ve seen that new building on the corner of University and Lincoln. You know, the one with all the empty commercial / retail space? Well, it won’t be empty much longer. Einstein Bros. …
You can see what else is on tap here, including the original 70mm The Wall, the rock-opera epic by Pink Floyd and Apocalypse Now Redux. Needless to say, it’s a killer lineup.
Local librarian John Gehner posted the piece excerpted below on his blog, Urbana Free Library Picks: This past weekend I finished Luciano Canfora’s The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World. So …
From the City of Champaign’s website: The League of American Bicyclists is proud to announce City of Champaign as a Bronze level Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB), in an impressive group of 51 new BFBs. The …
Location: Jane Addams Book ShopDate: Saturday, March 27, 2010Time: 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.Address: 208 N. Neil St., Champaign IL The Sixty-Eight Rooms Marianne Malone is a local author whose first book, The Sixty-Eight Rooms, was released …
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Maybe Ron Guenther is crazy like a fox. Check it out here.
We realize this report brings neither comfort nor closure, but by sharing whatwe learned while dealing with this tragedy, we add information to the body ofresearch on mass shootings that seem to increasingly plague our …
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Fighting Illini basketball fans will have the opportunity to bid for the men’s and women’s uniforms worn during their 2010 “Pink” games. Illinois’ online auction on fightingillini.com will feature 10 jerseys, 14 …
New Installed Photography at Indigo GalleryMarch 25, 2010, 6pm–8pm(Opening Reception)March 26, 10am–8pmMarch 27, 10am–8pm9 E University Ave.Champaign , IL 61820 Valerie Oliveiro and Jeff Kolar Presenting Photography Installations at INDIGO Gallery in ChampaignFREE admissionNew Work: …
St. Vincent is coming to The Highdive on March 30th, but recently she’s been spending a bit of time with Beck and friends. In case you haven’t investigated Beck’s “Record Club“, in which Beck gathers …
Illinois Supreme Court rules Provena must pay tax The Illinois Supreme Court ruled this morning that Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana did not provide enough charity care to qualify for a property tax exemption. …
Location: Jane Addams BookshopDate: Saturday, March 20, 2010Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pmAddress: 208 N. Neil St., Champaign IL The Invisible Girl: Uncovering Repressed Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse The Invisible Girl is a riveting personal account …
Local legends Hum will play the Champaign 150 Music Festival on Saturday, July 10th. This marks their first show in Champaign since December 2008. The show is free and will also include Beat Kitchen, The …
http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031610aab.html Should Illinois advance to the second round of the National Invitation Tournament, ticket orders and sales will begin Thursday, March 18 through the Illinois Athletics Ticket Office. I FUND and season-ticket holders have an …
The Illini men travel to Long Island this week to face the Stony Brook Seawolves in the opening round of of the NIT. Illinois can’t play at home because Cirque du Soleil is in town. …
James Still is going to be here hanging out by the railroad tracks. Who the hell is James Still? It’s quite clear that James Still is a perfectionist with a hell of an output. A …
The Champaign City Council is deciding at their meeting on Tuesday at 7pm whether to accept $22.5 million federal grant already awarded to the two cities and the University for creating jobs and building internet …
The Illini defeated Wisconsin today in Indianapolis during the second round of the Big Ten tournament. Jeff Jordan displayed minor heroics down the stretch.
Stories & Beer | Sunday March 14th | 4 p.m. | Iron Post | Free Driven by our compulsion to repeat, Smile Politely and HOBART: another literary magazine has tossed together another Stories & Beer …
Full disclosure here: Tony Pomonis is the owner of Merry Ann’s Diner, and he writes for Smile Politely, and he is someone that I consider to be a good friend. Beyond that, here’s what it’s …
From the weekly email update: Exciting news! This week we received our liquor license. So, as of this Friday (3/12) the Art will be offering wine by the glass at the concessions counter. Later, we …
You probably already saw this, but if not, here it is: http://www.dailyillini.com/salary-guide
Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010Time: 8:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Boltini LoungeStreet: 211 N Neil StCity/Town: Champaign, IL An imaginative evening, inspired by an awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language. A night nearly …
CONTACT:Parker LaubachLead Organizer, Students for Environmental Concerns847-721-5189laubach1@illinois.edu Students for Environmental Concerns and Sierra Club Announce “Beyond Coal” Campaign in Front of Abbott Power Plant Representatives from the organizations Students for Environmental Concerns, Sierra Club and …
Friday, March 127:00pm Main Lounge of Allen HallFree and open to the public IMC Shows presents: Beat Kitchen Beat Kitchen is Champaign-Urbana’s premiere nine-piece high energy funk/soul/reggae band, known for its intriguing repertoire of classics …
This story was originally posted on the UC-IMC’s site. On Monday, March 1, Deborah Thomas, who lives at 906 W. Vine St., received a phone call from the City of Champaign. The woman on the …
The Champaign County Libertarian Party will show the film “Busted: The Citizen’s Guide to Surviving Police Encounters” at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Urbana Free Library auditorium. The event is free and open to the …
McCamey Earns First-Team All-Big Ten HonorsRichardson Named Freshman of the Year by Coaches; Tisdale and Davis also Recognized Champaign, Ill. — Big Ten postseason awards were announced this evening on the Big Ten Network and …
Santah spent the last four months recording their first full length album, and now we get a chance to see what happened. Check out the track “Neighbors & Cousins” below. For more new songs, visit …
We’ve had many people for years ask us, ‘Where can I buy a beer while I’m enjoying the concert?’ Assembly Hall Director Kevin Ullestad Today the Assembly Hall announced a pilot program set to begin …
A small selection of mixed media artwork from Elzie Sexton will be on display at Cafe Kopi from March 7 until April Fool’s Day.
Art ushers out the last days of winter this weekend at the second annual Hooey Batiks Spring Open House in Urbana. The event features four artists, including host Jill Miller and her Hooey Batiks, who …
