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Look for this artwork on MTD buses this spring
40 North has announced this year’s MTD ART featured artists: Top left: Cris Hughes, An Invitation (3D botanical collage); top right: Alex Harvey, Rolling to the Rhythm (ink gel pen); bottom left: Kamila Glowacki, No …
You can celebrate Holi in Uptown Normal on April 13th
Holi, the Indian festival of colors that happens every spring, fell on March 25th this year. But, you can still celebrate over in Normal on April 13th. The Asian American and Pacific Islander Club and …
Volunteer registration is open for Boneyard Creek Community Day
Every April, a whole bunch of volunteers take a Saturday morning to clear litter and non-native plants from designated areas along Boneyard Creek. If you are interested in doing that this year, organizers are looking …
See acclaimed writer Ben Lerner in conversation with Brett Ashley Kaplan on April 4th
Part of the Greenfield Lynch Lecture Series, “an annual lecture on Jewish American literature and literary studies jointly organized by the Department of English and the Program in Jewish Culture & Society,” poet and novelist …
ReStore is looking for home goods donations
Are you doing a little spring cleaning? Champaign County ReStore would love to take any home goods donations you might be ready to part with. From their Facebook page: “Our amazing ReStore volunteers have processed …
CI Med students have a free eye care clinic at Avicenna Health Center
In January, we shared that students from Carle Illinois College of Medicine were providing free women’s health services at Avicenna Community Health Center. Now, they’ve helped establish a free eye care clinic there as well. …
The Edible Book Festival is coming up April 6th
Do you fancy yourself a creative baking type person who also has an affinity for literature? Maybe you should submit an entry to the Edible Book Festival on April 6th at Common Ground Food Co-op. …
YWCA Champaign County is hosting an Old Skool Brunch at Neil St. Blues
This event has everything: Neil St. Blues amazing brunch buffet, a live singalong with DJ Silkee, and it’s a chance to support an organization that has a mission of empowering women and combating racism. They …
A new season, a new donation campaign
This week we announced our third donation campaign. Yep that’s right, we are asking for your support again. Last fall, after much consideration, we decided that asking our readers to contribute to our work on a quarterly basis …