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You may know him as Dan Wild the illustrator and master of caricature. But under his full name, Daniel Charles Wild, he is quite the storyteller. Wild has just released Stories for Imaginary Friends, a self-published …

Jim McDowell, an artist and self-identified Black Potter, will give a virtual lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 16th. The event is sponsored by the University of Illinois’ Art + Design Visitors Committee, HRI …

Featuring stoneware pottery by Piper Pottery, paintings and prints from Lisa Kesler Studio,  and hand dyed wearables Hooey Batiks, the inaugural Art DIBS online art show and sale will go live on Facebook at 6 …

The Ribeye, located on South Neil Street since 1979, appears to be closing “temporarily” per this report in The News-Gazette. The current management mentions that when the restaurant reopens (assuming that it will, at some point, potentially?) …

Cunningham Township Supervisor’s Office’s (CTSO) Emergency Housing program that offers currently unhoused people a safe place to stay now has a more permanent location in Downtown Urbana. CTSO purchased two apartment buildings this year to …

Artist Phil Strang is releasing his second book, Wild Phil, which Strang describes as “a magnificent historical novel takes place between 1865 through1885,” and much like Strang himself, travels between New York, Illinois and Kansas. The …

The University of Illinois’ Inner Voices Social Issues Theatre, a collaborative program through the Illinois Counseling Center and Theatre at Illinois, is holding auditions for future productions from 5 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August …

Scholar, writer, activist, and educator James Loewen passed away on Thursday, August 19th. Loewen was born in Decatur and served as a Visiting Professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois. He visited …

Fans of world music and tango won’t want to miss “Starlight Tango with Winnie and Friends.” Featuring internationally recognized tango pianist, Winnie Wingye Cheung, her band, Tamango, and local tango orchestra, Bandoneon Massacre, the event …