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Jud Wellington is a UIUC graduate in ethnomusicology who has been doing field research in Ecuador for the last couple of years. He has launched a Kickstarter campaign in order to help a group of …

Latea is a new latea lounge located at 601 S. Green 6th Street, which recently celebrated its grand opening a few weeks back. The decor is attractive upon first walking in — it’s clean and modern with …

Per The Champaign Room, and a report from Ryan Baker, the University of Illinois has hired their new Athletic Director: Josh Whitman. This comes a few months after they canned Mike Thomas back in November. I …

Need yet more proof that Champaign-Urbana is on the cutting edge of the confluence of tech and business? Fear not, the good people over at Crain’s Chicago Business has profiled our beloved Research Park as a …

Per the Krannert Center website, they’ve announced Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be visiting C-U on March 7th. This is an awesome guest, and a particularly interesting one considering the recent events surrounding Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s death. …

Here’s some news from the Urbana tech/gaming scene: Overload, a successor of the original project Descent, has launched a Kickstarter which is picking up some serious heat already. They’re raising $300,000 to fund the project, $55,000+ …

Undercut Collective is putting on an all-ages Valentine’s Day show this Sunday at the Channing Murray Foundation in Urbana. Indie-rock band Those Manic Seas will be headlining the show and they will be joined by …

Local psychedelic-rock group Sun Stereo have announced their plans for releasing a new album sometime this spring. Check out some of their previous recordings here, and check out the Facebook post below. Looks as though …

Rejoice: Champaign Park District is now hiring for the summer. There are about 45 positions open but many of them have multiple vacancies, including but not limited to: lifeguards, day camp leaders, flower workers, and ballfield workers. …