Perhaps you already knew this, but I did not and was struck by the beautiful piece of red oak shared on the Landscape Recycling Center’s Facebook page. It made me pine (pun absolutely intended) for a …
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Watch U of I Professor Craig Koslofsky talk about the history of skin
University of Illinois Professor and historian Craig Koslofsky is working on a new book: The Deep Surface: Skin in the Early Modern World, 1450-1750. He explores topics of race and representation of Blackness and whiteness, …
Jessica Hammie
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Early voting begins February 23rd
Yes, it’s true. It’s time to vote again. The general election is April 4th. You can find all your voting information (including sample ballots and vote by mail info) on the Champaign County Clerk’s website. …
Jessica Hammie
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View Resilience: The Heart of Ukraine, photographs by Michael Andrews, at KCPA
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is showing an exhibition of photographs by Michael Andrews. The exhibition opens on Sunday, February 26th, ahead of the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine concert that night. The …
Jessica Hammie
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Hear Rose Marshack of Poster Children talk about her new book
Rose Marshack — musician, author, professor — will be talking about her new book, Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children, at 2 p.m. on March 4th at Exile on Main Street in …
Jessica Hammie
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CLAW is recruiting
Have you ever wanted to professionally wrestle, or be involved behind the scenes with professional-adjacent wrestling? This is your moment. CLAW — Champaign Ladies Amateur Wrestling — is recruiting for all positions, and you can …
Jessica Hammie
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Stream Nicole Anderson-Cobb’s Homegrown through February 26th
For the next nine days, you can stream playwright Nicole Anderson-Cobb’s Homegrown: An Insurrection Play. The Station Theatre has made it accessible for online viewing through midnight on February 26th; tickets are $5. The play …
Jessica Hammie
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Getting to know the Aizuri Quartet
This weekend at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts you can experience a performance from the Aizuri Quartet, a string quartet of four amazing women: Emma Frucht and Miho Saegusa on violin; Ayane Kozasa on …
Jessica Hammie
Editor-in-Chief
Here are the Food for Thought discussions this semester
Food for Thought is a weekly discussion organized by the University of Illinois’ Asian American Cultural Center. Topics are relevant to the Asian American community and range from arts and culture to stress management and …
Jessica Hammie
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The Inauguration Celebration for the Urbana Poet Laureate is February 26th
The Inauguration Celebration for Urbana Poet Laureate Ja Nelle Davenport-Pleasure is from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, February 26, 2023 at the Spurlock Museum. There will be poetry readings, music by the New Souls, and …
Jessica Hammie
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