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Holiday craft party for adults Wednesday at the IMC

December 11, 2018 / 8:30pm / Debra Domal

Kids are not the only ones who deserve the feel-good instant gratification that is holiday crafting. Take a time out from all the holiday to-doing… More »

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Have you tried a Ryūrei Tea Ceremony at Japan House yet?

December 11, 2018 / 1:14pm / Julie McClure

Recently Japan House has added a different type of tea ceremony to their regular rotation, a Ryūrei, or traditional table-style ceremony. Rather than guests sitting… More »

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Lake of the Woods Golf Course offering annual memberships for $89, which is bananas

December 11, 2018 / 12:06pm / Patrick Singer

This is an insanely good deal from Lake of the Woods in Mahomet, one of my favorite courses to play on throughout the year in… More »

Arts

Harry Breen’s Illinois: a retrospective of prairie state paintings

December 11, 2018 / 11:00am / By Debra Domal

Debra explores Harry Breen's new retrospective exhibition of prairie state paintings.

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Time to try something new: register for a Community Education course at Parkland

December 11, 2018 / 10:30am / Julie McClure

Parkland recently put out their community ed course offerings for January through March, so maybe one of your New Year's resolutions should be pick up… More »

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American Football announces new album out March 2019

December 11, 2018 / 9:45am / Patrick Singer

American Football has announced their new record, appropriately titled American Football (LP3), is out March 22, 2019 on Polyvinyl Records. This is the follow up to American Football… More »

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Rumours Hat Shoppe will be closing soon

December 11, 2018 / 9:29am / Julie McClure

A sad loss for Champaign. Owner Sally Mundy posted a touching explanation in a Facebook post yesterday: So what happened? I don’t know, TBH. I… More »

Food & Drink

Jupiter’s is a local mainstay for pizza and play

December 11, 2018 / 7:00am / By Sarah Meilike

Sarah revisits Jupiter's at The Crossing.

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Franklin STEAM Academy is hosting an Arts Showcase on Thursday

December 10, 2018 / 3:26pm / Julie McClure

Check out the creativity of some of our local middle school students this week as Franklin opens their doors for an Arts Showcase. Here's what… More »

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Order some challah from Ilini Hillel

December 10, 2018 / 2:41pm / Jessica Hammie

This semester, Illini Hillel has hosted Challah for Hunger, an opportunity for people to help make and/or buy challah as a means to raise money… More »

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Phoenix Botanical is hosting a Rolling 101 class next week

December 10, 2018 / 2:15pm / Julie McClure

Next up in Phoenix Botanical's educational series is Rolling 101, and that title is pretty darn self-explanatory. The class will be next Monday, December 17th… More »

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Ninth Letter has nominated several of their published works for The Pushcart Prize

December 10, 2018 / 1:02pm / Julie McClure

The Pushcart Prize, a literary series published annually, features works published in small presses, and Ninth Letter is one of those small presses. This year… More »