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This weekend Urbana Champaign Books to Prisoners is holding its Spring Book Sale.  We have thousands of books to choose from, in every category at crazy low prices ($0.50 soft covers and $1.00 hardbacks). April …

Champaign Police are currently asking for your help in apprehending the alleged evil genius who may have used a cell phone he stole to upload a picture of himself onto his victim’s Facebook page.  From …

Hot off the newswire Twitter comes some exciting news; Elsinore have signed to Parasol and set an August 10th release date for their second full-length album, Yes! Yes! Yes! The band are said to be …

Heather sent this to me several weeks ago, and I dropped the ball on posting it in a timely fashion. Now Y&Y are getting set to hit the road again, so I thought now would …

Getcha bus pass ready.

The Illini defeated Wisconsin today in Indianapolis during the second round of the Big Ten tournament. Jeff Jordan displayed minor heroics down the stretch.

Full disclosure here: Tony Pomonis is the owner of Merry Ann’s Diner, and he writes for Smile Politely, and he is someone that I consider to be a good friend. Beyond that, here’s what it’s …

A small selection of mixed media artwork from Elzie Sexton will be on display at Cafe Kopi from March 7 until April Fool’s Day.

Former SP writer Carlye Wisel has a new project called Big Ugly Yellow Couch, and Elsinore recently took a seat when they passed through Brooklyn: http://www.biguglyyellowcouch.com/post/2010/2/28/couch-session-elsinore.html