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After a couple of years of great lineups, the local DIY festival Skeletal Lightning Festival will not be happening in 2015. This isn’t to say it won’t happen in the future, but per an announcement …

With serious regrets, we’ve learned that The Great Impasta will be shuttering its doors for good on December 31, 2014. From a Facebook post this evening:  It’s hard to fathom the idea that you won’t …

Well, the Fighting Illini football team has pretty much done the unthinkable and became bowl eligable on Saturday afternoon, defeating Northwestern 47-25 in Evanston. That means that Tim Beckman will survive the season, and he’ll …

From a release by the Virginia Theatre: Bill Cosby Appearance Cancelled  The Champaign Park District has announced the cancellation of two appearances by Bill Cosby originally scheduled at the Virginia Theatre for Saturday, April 11, 2015. …

Per Parasol’s Facebook page, they point out Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy giving a mention to local rock outfit Lonely Trailer in November’s issue of MOJO magazine. Pretty cool. Check it out below.  Post by Parasol Label …

From a John Bambenek-distributed press release: Contact: John Bambenek / john@johnbambenek.com / 217-493-0760 Tuesday, October 28, 2014 Bambenek Releases Statement on Unit 4 School Resource Officers Questions Why Schools Must Pay City for Police the …

In an email message to Smile Politely, current Unit 4 school board member, and former State Senate candidate John Bambenek told us about his interest in the Champaign Mayoral election in April 2015.  Mr. Bambenek …

Interesting. It appears as though Uber, the cab/driver service (mostly located in metro areas), could potentially be coming to Champaign. Per an email we just received, it looks like it could be a possibility. Personally, …

In an interesting turn of events, Mayor Don Gerard’s campaign manager, Matthew Duco, as stepped down. Here’s an official statement from Gerard: Matthew Duco has stepped down as my campaign manager as we agreed it …