You’re moving soon, and you’re not taking that never-used mini Crock-Pot with you. Or those dead batteries. Same with that pile of clothes, a foot-tall stack of old magazines, and the busted microwave. You don’t …
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Happy Birthday to the Brass Rail, Which Celebrates Its 75th Tonight
Downtown Champaign’s oldest bar—as old as the end of Prohibition — is throwing itself a party, with bands, birthday presents and, of course, cheap beer. Three dollars gets you in to see Dottie and the …
Take Two Wheels Tomorrow for National Bike to Work Day
If rusty chains, blown-out tubes or any other cycle malady has been keeping you from participating in this week’s Bike to Work Week (May 12–16), and you feel like you don’t have the tools or …
Rising Food and Fuel Costs Create Problems For Local Food Bank
Late last year, the increasing prices of food and fuel were putting pressure on the Eastern Illinois Foodbank’s ability to meet the needs of hungry people through its food pantries in the 14 counties surrounding …
Cakes on Walnut Opens Today
Cupcakes, among life’s extravagances, are now available to regularly indulge in at Cakes on Walnut, a cupcake shop at 114 N. Walnut open for business today (April 22) at 7 a.m. Vanilla, chocolate, classic yellow, …
Rock Against Rape Benefit Show This Saturday at the Highdive
Though not as heinous as the act of rape itself, blaming rape victims is an infuriating practice that, for reasons beyond this writer, has not yet died. (You might ask the Los Angeles Times or …
Sweet Escape: Cakes on Walnut Slated To Open Later This Month
After about two years of learning how to build a business, and a year of renovation and construction at 114 Walnut Street in downtown Champaign, Trisha Bates and her sister, Amanda, are almost ready to …
A New Brain Opens Tonight at Midnight
“In the 21st century, with all of the chaotic things going on around you, you lose sight of the person standing right beside you,” Zev Steinberg, senior in Theater at the University of Illinois says. …
Inner Voices presents Endangered Black Girls Tonight at Armory Free Theater
Inner Voices, a University of Illinois social issues theater group, presents the last of three performances of Endangered Black Girls tonight at Armory Free Theater. The play was written by Ruth Nicole Brown, assistant professor …
Telluride’s Mountainfilm on Tour at the Virginia Theatre Tonight
Telluride’s Mountainfilm on Tour, a touring short film festival, makes an appearance this evening at Champaign’s Virginia Theatre. Ten short films (mostly documentary shorts, with some animation and political satire mixed in) will be screened, …