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The Urbana Hootennany hosted by the Rose Bowl Tavern in Downtown Urbana is celebrating four years of existence. Whether you are a hootennany regular or have never been, this Monday will be a great night …

One of the best live music events in the area — the Hogchute Opry at Kaylx Center in Monticello — has been announced: June 3-4, 2016. Here’s the information from the Facebook event: Excited to …

Champaign City Council has passed an ordinance allowing BOYB (bring your own bottle, er, booze) at restaurants. Check out the info via Fox Illinois: CHAMPAIGN – Champaign city council has passed a first of its …

Illinois Public Media has recently released Voter’s Edge Illinois, a free, nonpartisan online voter’s guide with Maplight, just in time for Illinois’ primary (which is on March 15th, if you were wondering). From Illinois Public …

Japan House will be celebrating Hinatmatsuri, or Girls’ Day, with a craft event on March 6th from 1:00 p.m to 3:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $5. From Japan House on Hinatmatsuri: Traditionally in Japan, …

Rolling Stone releases lists like these all the time — but this is still noteworthy from the heralded music publication. Three C-U related acts have been listed amongst the “40 Greatest Emo Albums of All …

Now that Downtown Champaign has basically been entirely overhauled, and redeveloped, would it make sense to see about exploring this again? Charlottesville, VA. Iowa City, IA. Boulder, CO. Kalamazoo, MI. All of these cities have …

MakerGirl is the venture started a short while back — and have been making waves in the tech scene here and beyond. They’ve launched their Kickstarter with the goal of $30,000 to afford to take …

In the latest of their impressive “pop-up” restaurant series, bacaro is having a special BBQ menu on this coming Montday, February 29th starting at 5:00 p.m. Their previous iterations, including a taco restaurant, have been …