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    Hold on to your butts, Illini hoops fans. According to ZagsBlog, four-star recruit Quentin Snider is announcing his college choice this evening.  The Louisville native (who originally commited to his hometown school but decommitted when they …

Karole Armitage’s Gone! Dance: Fables on Global Warming will be performed at Krannert’s Colwell Playhouse on Tuesday, September 24 at 7:30 p.m. In this world premiere performance, a dance troupe will portray endangered creatures and their …

Save the date for downtown Champaign’s Oktoberfest. From 5 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, October 12, you can immerse yourself in all things German-ish. The festitval will take place in the Neil and Washington parking …

Days like this are pretty fun over here at Smile Politely HQ, especially when a site that we know and love picks up one of our articles. Deadspin just posted an article posted on the …

Following Tom Pauly’s article this morning entitled “Shame on you, Drew’s Pizzeria”, the lowly Campustown pizza joint has shut down their Twitter account. Read about why that happened in the article linked above. It’s gone. Try …

Per the News-Gazette, a campaign to raise donors to erect a statue of Roger Ebert outside the Virginia Theater will be announced later today. The idea comes from Donna and Scott Anderson, a local travel …

I’m no collector of cassette tapes, but this format has been making a bit of a comeback. Tomorrow, Saturday, September 7th, Exile on Main Street will participate in the inaugural International Cassette Store Day. Pretty …

Have you ever wanted to give your opinion about bicycling in our community?  If so, now is your chance!  Complete a travel mode choice survey! Bicycling is becoming a primary mode of transportation here in C-U. …

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is collaborating with several local sponsors to offer a series of moon events this fall. An exhibition and event series dedicated to …