Weekender: September 5-8
A very busy weekend for anyone who wants to be entertained, including two music festivals, the return of Art Mart’s beloved pumpkin cookies, and the debut of Urbana’s Night Market at the Square.
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Smile Politely
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Flying Monkey Cafe at Curtis Orchard is open for lunch
Curtis Orchard's restaurant Flying Monkey Cafe is open for the season serving lunch everyday. Diners order food by checking off a paper menu of entrees, sides, sweets, and drinks, then handing it to staff. The comfort food menu offers Italian…
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Joy Yang is building an interdisciplinary community
Dr. Joy Yang is a skilled pianist and thereminist, who recently graduated from the University of Illinois with her doctorate in jazz performance. Excited by the prospect of continuously expanding and building a community here in Champaign-Urbana, Yang founded an…
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Hari Kondabolu is really, really funny
I’ve been following comedian Hari Kondabolu's career for more than a decade, when I was introduced to him and his work on the show Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. I would describe him as a super smart, informed comedian…
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Writing Madvillainy and Midwest Emo with Will Hagle
While describing his debut book, Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series Madvillan's Madvillainy, Will Hagle told me, “The biggest lesson I took from Madlib and MF DOOM in doing research for the book is that they just did whatever they thought was…
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Into the outdoors with Nurtured in Nature
Nurtured in Nature is a new BIPOC outdoor wellness program, organized and directed by Tomas Delgado and facilitated by Healthy Champaign County, that invites Champaign-Urbana’s BIPOC community members to spend some time on easy hikes, meeting new people and learning…
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