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Come to Cowboy Monkey’s Open Mic Night tonight at 10 p.m.  Right after  Mike Ingram kicks off the night, I’ll be reading an excerpt from my book that recently received a small-scale publishing deal. It’s …

Jenna at A Mom for all Seasons has provided the first known review of the season for the Harvest Moon Drive-In, which is already open. She gives thumbs-up to both the drive-in and the movie …

   I live in Champaign, so my opinion doesn’t count, but if I lived in Urbana’s Ward 2, I would vote for David Gehrig purely on the basis of his using “The Prisoner” as a …

The News-Gazette devoted the front page of their Living section to bicycling topics yesterday, with a feature on Joyce Mast and Sherry Weaver leading the way. There’s a good list of cycling resources on the …

Via Illinois Baseball Report, the Illini baseball team dropped their first two home games of the season, falling to Indiana in a home Big Ten series.

Illinois Baseball Report teamed up with Indiana University baseball blogger Behind the Plate to put together a Q&A preview of this weekend’s Big Ten showdown.

Leighann shares some family friendly ideas of things to do in C-U for the weekend, and beyond.

Just in case Smile Politely is your only source of news, it’s our duty to inform you that former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was indicted yesterday on corruption charges.

Here’s a quick run down on the newest beers making the rounds in C-U. Note that these lists do not include everything that each bar has to offer; they simply include the most recent additions. …