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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is collaborating with Krannert Center
The library will be hosting a lecture/reception on November 28th from 4 to 6 p.m. that provides insight into an upcoming Krannert Center production: No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. From the press release: Both …
MTD is offering free rides to the polls
If you are planning to vote on Tuesday (which of course you should unless you’ve already voted), MTD is ready to help get you there. They will be offering free rides to polling places tomorrow. …
A heckuva lot of people are voting on campus right now
It seems that voting at the Illini Union is up in this midterm year, rivaling the 2016 early voting turnout and well out pacing the total 2014 midterm turnout. Here’s what’s happening today: The line …
You can try out some games at CUDO Plays Playtest Convention
Each year CUDO Plays, a local board game competition, offers up a chance for community members to come out and play game prototypes that have been created by the competition teams. This year’s event will …
Allerton has a full month’s worth of holiday activities in December
If you are looking for some ways to get yo self in the holiday spirit, just head to Allerton’s website. They are offering a little something for everyone during the month of December. Here are …
Snow Globe will be returning to the Orpheum in November
Halloween is over, so now it’s officially acceptable to start talking about the holiday season. I actually heard “Winter Wonderland” this morning on Sirius XM. And speaking of winter wonderlands… Orpheum Children’s Science Museum will …
Here’s a somewhat angry, slightly off the rails 2018 voting guide
Julie takes a look at the 2018 midterms.
You can dress up like Beetlejuice and go to Seven Saints for Halloween
Maybe after you’re done handing out candy to those little whippersnappers that come to your door you’re planning to hunker down in your jammies with that extra bag you kept stashed “just in case” and …
Illinois Theatre has a production opening at Krannert Thursday and the title won’t fit here
This Thursday at 7 p.m., Illinois Theatre will open The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade. It’s kind of …