Gerard named ‘Musician with Political Cred’ by MTV
And he’s in good company, as the other members of the “Hive Five” all hold or held some sort of national office. Don Gerard is just a mayor, but as Barack Obama proved, little-known Illinois …
And he’s in good company, as the other members of the “Hive Five” all hold or held some sort of national office. Don Gerard is just a mayor, but as Barack Obama proved, little-known Illinois …
Sad news. Hopefully he can bounce back. Here’s the scoop, from the Washington Post.
The N-G has the story here. Congrats to them. Lord knows that fundraising ain’t easy.
Per Mission Control (via BrooklynVegan), Hum are playing Champaign on September 9th. “Matt Talbott tells me there’s some Hum shows coming this fall! I don’t have all the details yet, but here’s what I know: …
This is an interesting idea. A new Facebook page called Zero Percent Champaign is positing that we can help reduce food waste locally by buying up what might end up as unused food at local …
Making statewide news: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-3-dead-in-rantoul-airport-plane-crash-20110724,0,4881539.story
Former C-U resident and one time Volition employee Tom Gibes was recently featured on The Maddow Blog for the work he’s been doing on The Clear Congress Project, which tracks congressional partisanship in real time. …
Well, would you look at that. Take Care, Common Loon and Midstress (the newly rechristened Fresh Kills) will contribute to Polyvinyl’s Japan Benefit Compilation, and have nabbed some Pitchfork coverage for it. Nifty.
Help the Market at the Square overtake the Glenwood Sunday Market as Illinois’ favorite farmer’s market: http://www.farmland.org/americas-favorite-farmers-markets-states.asp#IL
An interesting article from Patrick Wade in today’s News-Gazette: The News-Gazette has refiled a Freedom of Information request, asking the city of Champaign for names of police officers against whom citizens have filed complaints during …