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Registration ongoing for Boneyard Fest
Artists and venues still have a couple weeks left to register for participation in 40 North | 88 West’s Boneyard Arts Fest. It’s Year 7 for the shindig, which is now four days long (April …
Introducing the Champaign-Urbana Open Access Coalition
The Champaign-Urbana Open Access Coalition is a group of community organizations and individuals who are exploring the possibilities of open access to broadband and digital inclusion within Champaign-Urbana, focusing on the north end of C-U …
Blog Watch: The Daily Kvetch
There is a new blog up at the217.com that seems promising: The Daily Kvetch. Oh sure, it’s only posted twice in two weeks (thereby disqualifying it from living up to its name in a literal …
Introducing The SPlog
What’s the best way to find out what’s going on in Champaign-Urbana? You tell us! Got a link, announcement, photo, mp3, or video clip you want to share? Post it in Smile Politely’s SPlog, our newest section.
Sneak peek at new New Ruins CD
Here’s “Lake” from the New Ruins’ forthcoming album We Make Our Own Bad Luck, alvailable on CD and on limited edition brick-red vinyl via Parasol. Catch the band at their record release show this Saturday …
Things you probably do(n’t) need
How about this? (In this recurring post, we’ll be suggesting items for sale on Champaign-Urbana’s Craigslist that you really shouldn’t have to live without.)
Braid plays to a lame crowd
Here’s an old video of Braid playing on the University of Illinois campus, but we can’t tell where. (Can you?) Our guess is this footage is from 1998, when the “Please Drive Faster” single came …
Illini open baseball season with a win
Illinois capitalized on a slew of errors to beat Iowa in its season opener, 8–3, says the Baseball Zealot over at his new blog, the Illinois Baseball Report. After losing 14–7 in game two of …
Klezmer music comes to C-U, says lbotp
Read all about it.