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Stories & Beer Wednesday, February 17 | 5 p.m. | Iron Post | Free Come to the Iron Post this Wednesday to help kick off our attempt to unite alcohol consumption with reading.  For the …

Join us for the Seventh Annual Share A Meal with Community Shares on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010!  Help raise funds for over 70 community groups working to address homelessness, domestic violence, hunger, health care, and …

Tim Eriksen in ConcertThursday, February 117pmMain Lounge of Allen Hall1005 W. Gregory, Urbanafree and open to the public  Tim Eriksen is “widely regarded as the best ballad singer of his generation” (BBC Radio). He combines …

Worst Town: Champaign (18). Comment: “Champaign has never done anything for me. It’s flat and has no natural selling point — no river or hills or lake or, well, anything.” http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4899366

We’re happy to announce that John Steinbacher and Ben Valocchi are Smile Politely’s new co-music editors. John went to the U of I back in the day, spent some time in the Great White North, …

Brittany Pyle passes along the following event info: Proceeds to go the U of I Photography senior thesis exhibition. The event is called “Tapas y Fotografias” It is at Radio Maria, Thursday February 18, 8-11 …

WILL TV at 9.  Some of my favorite subjects: US infrastructure decay, American decline, Spanish high-speed rail and eco devo, the disaster that is Detroit.  Looks like a good show for those interested in such …

Andy Katz takes the time to talk it out with Coach Weber.  

There is enough irony here for a reasonably good two-act play. State universities (notoriously left-leaning?) “augment” the system of salaried/tenured/benefited employees with a batch of one-year-contract (expendable) employees. These new hires are willing to take …