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The newest addition to the Champaign County African American Heritage Trail is an MTD bus wrapped with a colorful and impactful mural created by artist Keenan Dailey. The bus was donated to the Champaign Park …

In the municipal elections of Spring 2023, there will be three at-large city council seats up for grabs in Champaign. Two current at-large members: Will Kyles and Matthew Gladney will be running again. However, Tom …

Twin City Derby Group is the new iteration of the Twin City Derby Girls. The group is open to all genders now, and they are looking for people who might be interested in learning about …

Mark Roberts, the creator of Two and a Half Men and Mike and Molly, is returning to Urbana on September 30th to perform a live reading of his children’s newspaper The Bad Mule Rag. Roberts is from Urbana and …

PechaKucha Night CU is back and its coming to Urbana’s Broadway Food Hall on October 28th with a spooky stories theme. Stay tuned for more details here. Top photo from the Facebook event page.

On Thursday, September 15th, you can take a tour of and learn more about Sola Gratia Farm. The farm grows produce; this tour will also provide information about their CSA program.  Per the Facebook event …

Beckman Institute, in collaboration with Disability Resources and Educational Services, has launched a design studio that “supports interdisciplinary design research centered around the lived experiences of people with disabilities.” The studio is led by Deana McDonagh, …

The new bivalent COVID booster, which has been reformulated to better target the BA.4 and BA.5 versions of the Omicron strain, is now available in our area. The influx of students has brought a spike …

The Idea Store has a new t-shirt design, but they are not selling t-shirts. Instead, they are encouraging you to bring in your own blank t-shirt (keeping things more eco-friendly) that can be screenprinted with …