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The University of Illinois’ beloved Dial-a-Carol kicks off December 9th and continues through December 15th. During that time, U of I and community folk will sing holiday carols for 24 hours a day. You can …

Student ensembles from the School of Music will be performing classical chamber music in the Spurlock Museum Central Core Gallery on Saturday, December 4th at 2 p.m. The concert is free, and you can sit …

The Chicago Bulls are doing their fourth Chicago Artist Hat Series, partnering with All Star Press to give away thousands of custom Bulls hats designed by Chicago artists. This time around, one of the hats …

Actor Rainn Wilson was thinking about little ‘ol C-U tonight (h/t to Carly McCrory-McKay for the heads up on the tweet): Can someone please explain why Champaign-Urbana got changed to Urbana-Champaign?! Was there a war? …

Big Thorn Farm & Brewery is hosting a Winter Welcome release party on Saturday, December 18th. Winter Welcome is a dark-style beer (10% ABV) with notes of “hazelnut, clove, and roasted cherry branches”; it’s only …

SuperBlue, the new album from Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter has been nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 64th Grammy Awards. The album was recorded and mixed in two weeks by Anthony Gravino over …

The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with the U of I Campus Bike Center, is hosting a kids’ bike giveaway at 202 S. Broadway on December 11th from 1 to 3 p.m., or until …

Add the Station Theatre to your list of shopping stops this holiday season. On December 12th, from 4 to 7 p.m., you can find items from art vendors Olly Greer, Laro Designs, Fun Time Bootleg …

Now that Governor Pritzker has officially signed the new congressional maps into law, Rodney Davis has declared that he will not run for governor and will run for Congress in IL-15. The new map places Davis’ …