Nikki Budzinski will be the next IL-13 representative, defeating Regan Deering and flipping the seat from red to blue. Illinois Democrats redrew the congressional maps, creating a Democratic edge in IL-13, a district had consistently …
November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance. From Gwendolyn Ann Smith, an activist who started this recognition in 1999: Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and …
At the corner of Springfield Avenue and First Street, DD Fish is now open in the building where Mr. Crab closed earlier this year. The new restaurant serves Chinese cuisine for dinner six nights a week. …
Tomorrow is Election Day, and it’s important that everyone gets to the polls. MTD is once again offering free rides through 8 p.m. From their website: Rides will be free to anyone using MTD’s fixed-route …
Cudo Plays 9th annual board game competition is underway, and this weekend is an important part of the game development process. Community members are invited to come to Broadway Food Hall on Saturday from 1 …
The Intermezzo Cafe at Krannert Center has been closed since May, and is now set to slowly reopen in the next couple of weeks. New chef Amy Thomas will start small, with a very limited …
Southside principal Christian Mahone was interviewed on Jennifer Hudson’s daytime show about his work, the significance of being a Black educator, and creating a basketball program for his students. Hudson’s show is based in Chicago, …
The University of Illinois School of Art and Design students in ARTS 405: Printstallation, created and installed a gorgeous paste-up mural at Carrie Busey elementary school in Savoy, inspired by (and responding to the loss …
As gardening season winds down, this is an opportunity to help your fellow community members with the last of your harvest. Solidarity Gardens CU is working to address food insecurity in our community by providing …
Issue 49 of Uncanny Magazine, the Hugo award winning science fiction magazine, is now available. (Publishers Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas live and work here in Champaign-Urbana.) Just this week Michael was quoted …
Champaign Center Partnership is once again offering an online gift card store this holiday season. There are loads of options from businesses in Downtown, Midtown, and Campustown in Champaign, from Farren’s to Illini Union Bookstore …
The Craft League of Champaign-Urbana will be holding its annual art fair on Saturday, November 12th and Sunday, November 13th at the Savoy Recreation Center. Now in its 39th year, the event showcases work by …
The Courier Cafe, a staple of Urbana for 43 years, will soon have new ownership. The new owners are regulars at the restaurant and have no plans to make changes to the menu or staff. …
If you found a copy of this fake newspaper tucked into your mailbox this week, you are not alone. These “publications” have been filling up mailboxes throughout this election cycle. It’s right wing propaganda, which …
After announcing the restaurant’s closure last December, Red Herring reopened in September for weekday lunch, and now the Urbana restaurant is expanding their offerings to include a light breakfast and to host LGBTQ+ Soup Nights. The …
Parkland College’s Giertz Gallery has announced the November 14th opening of In Blackest Shade, In Darkest Light, curated by Patrick Earl Hammie, Black on Black on Black on Black co-curator and University of Illinois School of Art …
As part of the University of Illinois’ Homecoming celebration this year, 40 North asked ten artists to decorate a wooden Block I. They were displayed in businesses in C-U; perhaps you saw them while you …
This is the 25th anniversary of the Wandell Sculpture Garden in Meadowbrook Park, and now there are three more sculptures to check out as you stroll through. Pictograph by Chicago artist Michael Young Photo from Urbana Park …
Now that Halloween is over, what do you do with your pumpkins? If they haven’t already been decimated by squirrels, as mine have, the Landscape Recycling Center has a fun solution for you. This Saturday, …
Community Foundation of East Central Illinois hosts board bootcamps to assist those who lead or serve on the boards of area nonprofit organizations. Each bootcamp has a specific focus, and brings in individuals to share …
Parkland College is offering a free course for English language learners who are seeking a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). The class is funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and is offered through the …
The Studio is an 8,000 square foot space that will have “makerspace, computer lab, gaming area, and recording studios.” The Studio will be located on the lower level of the library, and is set to …
Downtown Champaign is about to get weird with the opening of Weird Meat Boyz’s new restaurant and music venue The Space. The Space restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner five days a week with …
Thotcrime‘s new album is officially out, and it’s an absolute ride. Within the 24 minute album, you’ll get jolted around from cybergrind and hardcore, to hyperpop and more with unrelenting energy from the band. This …
The Champaign Park District recently hosted the 46th annual Douglass Senior Style Show, and these photos by Kayla Campbell are everything. Happy Friday everyone. Top photo by Kayla Campbell.
The Champaign-Urbana Spinners and Weavers Guild’s Annual Show and Sale is set for November 4th through 5th and will be held at Hessel Park Christian Reformed Church in Champaign. This is a great chance to shop …
We’ve already arrived at the end of October, which means there is one last Market at the Square to attend. It makes me a little sad every year. I love a nice little Saturday morning …
Common Ground Food Co-op’s next virtual cooking class will feature the fun of fermentation. Join the Co-op’s Sarah Buckman and community agroforester and perennial crop farmer Kaite Adams on November 12th from 12 to 2 …
After leaving Broadway Food Hall this summer, El Paraiso will open this Friday at 11 a.m. in Downtown Urbana in the space formerly occupied by Dancing Dog. The Latin American food paradise will offer full …
These buffets are offered every 2nd and last Sunday of the month, and the next one is this Sunday, October 30th, from 3 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person, or $60 per couple, …
MTD is bringing a vintage bus to a Trunk or Treat Car Show at Lincoln Square Mall on October 30th, with the goal of filling it with diapers and wipes to donate to the Diaper …
I just had one at Avionics and it was very yummy and refreshing. It was a good coffee alternative for my late morning visit. Avionics’ house shrub is currently made with drinking vinegar, cascara (the …
Just two years ago, we were alerting you to a rogue black bear going on a journey through Illinois. Now, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is letting us all know that there is a …
Local designers and design fans are in for a treat on November 4th, when the Champaign Urbana Design Organization (CUDO) Pro Show returns after a six year hiatus. According to a recent CUDO press release, …
I will be the first to admit that I am very lazy about taking care of my skin. Like go to bed without taking my makeup off lazy. It’s fairly unacceptable. If you need a …
Brett Ashley Kaplan, Professor and Conrad Humanities Scholar in Comparative and World Literature and director of the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies in the Jewish Studies program at the University of Illinois will be sharing …
Saturday was the first Boba Festival in Urbana, and it was jam-packed with attendees, boba drinks, art, and performances celebrating boba and Asian cultures. Sponsored by Bridges International UIUC and Legacy 202, Boba Festival had …
Humanities Research Institute has received a $2 million Mellon Foundation grant for it’s second Interseminars Initiative project, Improvise and Intervene. It will be led by professors Maryam Kashani (Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies), …
We are just about two weeks out from the midterm elections. If you are planning to vote early, you now have 10 more options of locations you can do that, beyond the Brookens Administrative Center. …
Ebertfest 2023 is April 19th through 22nd, and will commemorate the 10th anniversary of Roger Ebert’s death. Organizers promise “some pretty special films and events,” so keep an eye out for the schedule announcement in …
Hardcore/heavy metal band Edna have just shared some new live performances and they absolutely slap. The band traveled to Bloomington-Normal to record with Nap House Studios where they performed “Insatiable Greed” as well as “Concen(traitor).” …
It’s something that we look forward to every year…the return of mall meat. Sad to say that global inflation has left no product untouched, even ribeyes off the back of a semi in a parking …
Grammy-award winning musician Leyla McCalla is performing tonight, Friday, October 21st, as part of the CU Folk and Roots Festival. Oh, and her performance at Allen Hall is free. What a treat. Much of her …
The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and pianist Ben Folds is making his return to Urbana next year, on Wednesday, March 29th. He’ll be performing at Krannert Center’s Foellinger Great Hall at 7:30 p.m. He previously performed …
8 to Create, the Illinois School of Art & Design student group behind the eight artist, eight hour live creation event has opened its call for undergraduate artists interested in displaying work in the November …
The annual Parade of Lights, hosted by Champaign Center Partnership, will be on November 26th at 6 p.m. in Downtown Champaign. This year’s theme is Island of Misfit Toys. Do you know someone who would …
Each year, CU Schools Foundation accepts grant proposals from teachers in Unit 4 and District 116. This year they received 285 applications, and they were ultimately able to give out awards supporting 153 new projects. …
A new Mexican restaurant called Tacool just opened in Campustown. Photo by Alyssa Buckley. The restaurant’s menu includes tacos, tortas, nachos, quesadillas, burritos, flautas, corn, and sides. The meat options are simple: steak, pastor, or …
Big Thorn Farm & Brewery in Georgetown, Illinois, is hosting Froth Fest 2022, a celebration of Illinois beers. On Friday, October 21st and Saturday, October 22nd, head to Big Thorn to try beer from Big …
