SPodcast

In just about ten days, downtown Urbana will be awash in blues musicians and beer. We preview the fest with organizer Jeff Grant.

The start of civil unions, this week’s LGBTQA Film Fest, emerging tolerance in sports, and details about the UP Center’s services.

We talk to Champaign Center Partnership about tying Campustown, Downtown and Midtown businesses together. Plus three good spots for vegetarian options.

We talk to the 17 year-old co-proprietor of the new food truck soon to be delivering portable waffles all around C-U.

We conclude our BEST coverage by elaborating on some of our choices and talking about why we even do this in the first place.

With less than a week until the first market of the summer, we talk to director Lisa Bralts about what to expect in 2011.

We speak with WEFT’s station manager about 30 years of anything-goes community radio serving Champaign-Urbana and East Central Illinois.

We interview two local record stores about why we need them around and how they celebrated Saturday’s Record Store Day.

We preview the upcoming Twin City Derby Girls bout season with three rollergirls. Plus we learn all about last Friday’s New Art Film Festival.