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For those of you wondering why you couldn’t get tickets, it’s because they sold out in 1 minute and 22 seconds. 400 of them. Gone. Stay tuned to Smile Politely for a chance to win, …

This is what Champaign mayor Jerry Schweighart had to say about Safe Haven’s recent move to St. Mary’s Catholic Church. “They’re bound and determined to make an issue of it; otherwise, they’d move to Urbana.” …

Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband (aka UC2b), a collaborative effort between the University of Illinois and the cites of Urbana & Champaign, have made their proposal public and invite feedback. Originally, this proposal was to be made …

The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article yesterday which acknowledged that many municipalities around the country (such as Nashville, Sacramento, and Lacey, Wash.) are relaxing municipal codes — or just not strictly enforcing existing …

Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009 Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm Location: Intersection of 6th and Green St. Street: Green Street/6th Street City/Town: Champaign, IL Contacts: Phil Reese 313-303-3485 phillipjreese@gmail.com Tracy Nectoux 217-766-7984 tracynectoux@gmail.com For more information: …

Just one week after the festival ends, Pygmalion Music Festival will start promotion on next year’s brouhaha by presenting Sufjan Stevens at The Highdive. The Highdive? But isn’t that a little small for an artist …

2009 – 2010 Season Absurd Person SingularDirected by Joi HoffsommerSeptember 10 – 19 My Name is Rachel CorrieDirected by Mathew GreenOctober 8 – 24 Zombie PromDirected by Mikel MatthewsNovember 5 – 21 Love SongDirected by …

Heart attack, morning walk in New York, 59 years old. We are left without anyone to make movies about future Illinois undergrads.  

It turns out there are rules about this sort of thing. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/07/31/homeless_must_vacate_champaigns_tent_city_after_tonight