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From a press release: Our local OccupyCU is holding a protest of the Citizens United decision about unlimited corporate money in politics this Friday, Jan. 20, at 11:45 AM at the corner of Vine and …

The East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra will give its winter concert Monday night (MLK Jr. Day) at 7:30 at Smith Recital Hall on the UI campus — and it’s free. The program: Beethoven, Coriolan Overture …

This week, Urbana Public Television presents a lecture by food systems analyst Ken Meter. It airs Tuesday 1/10 @ 7:30 pm, Wednesday 1/11 @ 4:00 pm, and Saturday 1/14 @ 7:30 pm. Ken Meter is …

According to a source, this is the year of “olive green, yo”.  In case you missed it, Pygmalion Music Festival dates were announced last week and will take place September 27-29, 2012. Rejoice, all.

The Canopy Club is listed as #88 on Pollstar’s year-end worldwide ticket sales list. Not too shabby.                                      

Item! Smile Politely will be resuming regular publication tomorrow, Monday, January 9. We plan to have three or four articles a day, five days a week, including Mondays. The whole several-posts-on-Monday thing may fall apart …

West Coast DJs 6blocc and Matty G are two of the pioneers of American dubstep sound. Champaign is lucky to have both veteran selectors here in the same night at the same venue! For more …

Lisa Troyer, Chief of Staff to President Hogan, resigned Friday “amid an investigation into whether she sent anonymous emails posing as a faculty leader to try to influence a faculty decision.” Link to the Chicago …

And we’re back up! We apologize for the lengthy downtime. As you all know, our CMS has been getting hacked pretty consistently lately. And it’s been brutal trying to keep up with the spam robots. …