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Some big names are coming to Ellnora — The Guitar Festival at Krannert, to be held September 10–12, 2009. The Krannert Center’s biennial guitar festival will feature The National, Ani DiFranco, Junior Brown, Bill Frisell, …

U of I grad student, Daniel Schreiber (completely unrelated to the Smile Politely editor and contributor Dan Schreiber), is starting a chocolate making company. He is raising money via kickstarter.com to purchase equipment, to eventually …

The film Leading Ladies is wrapping up filming this week in CU with a big bang — a scene of an amateur Midwestern ballroom dance competition. Who: All ages (10 years old and older), sizes, …

This Monday, the Lorraine Theatre in Hoopeston will be screening Henry Selick’s Coraline for free. The film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s award-winning novella will be the first in a series of six free family films at …

Zoo Improv, creators of the C-U Improv Festival, is starting a run of shows at Cowboy Monkey this Saturday at 7 p.m.  Usually seen at the Iron Post, private parties, festivals, dance breaks, and corporate …

So many new brews to choose from! CRANE ALLEY On tap: Ommegang Hennepin, Lagunitas IPA, Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter, Southern Tier Mokah, Dogfish Head 60 Min IPA, Arcadia Hop Rocket, North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner, …

In a recent interview with The Rumpus, Dave Eggers gave some love to his almost-alma mater. Awesome.

Believe it or not, September isn’t simply going to be dominated by indie rock or guitar virtuosos. It’s going to be a folking great time as well. OK — bad pun. But seriously, some great …

OK — if Wavves wasn’t enough to satiate your need to check out one of the most buzzed bands of the year, just hold on to your local hats, because Pygmalion is presenting recent Polyvinyl …