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Mashup master Gregg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, will be making his first appearance in Urbana in roughly two and a half year at the Canopy Club on April 23rd. Tickets are $25 in advance, and …

Chicago Tribune writer and UIUC alum Kyle Betts just published part one of a five part series that unpacks Champaign-Urbana’s unlikely baseball history for Chicago Now. So far, it’s pretty rad.    

I think this is very well done. And I love the idea of a “Midtown.” Just feels metropolitan to me… http://www.champaigncenter.com/

Bestselling author on food politics, sustainable agriculture, globalization, and social change, Anna Lappé will be a Unit One/Allen Hall Guest-in-Residence February 21–24. All programs are open to the public and take place in the South …

Check out this inspirational story of a local family by the name of Caulfield and their son Christopher’s dream to play college basketball despite some serious hearing limitations. Very inspiring, indeed: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=6125964 True story: my …

CU-Citizen Access posted a “teaser” article on Friday comparing vacancy rates of housing in Champaign and Urbana in 2000 and 2010, with accompanying maps. Housing units are up 11 percent since 2000, and vacancy rates …

Glenn Loving’s “Just a Farmer” showing at Indi Go Artist Co-Op Open Hours: Wednesday–Friday, Feb. 16–18, 3:00–8:00 p.m. Glenn Loving available at the gallery: Friday–Saturday, Feb. 18–19, 2:00–6:00 p.m. Reception: Saturday, Feb. 19, 6:00–8:00 p.m. …

From the navel-gazing files: Our very own Fearless Founder passed along an exciting announcement a few days ago: SXSW is happy to welcome The Nicodemus Agency and their showcase on Friday, March 18 at Maggie …

Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) has issued a letter (pdf) threatening to sue the city of Champaign over pollutants “discharges of pollutants into Boneyard Creek from an 8″ clay pipe drain line on City …