Spurlock Museum is adding a new permanent exhibit this weekend that showcases the elements of pow-wows. Welcome to the Pow-wow: An Intertribal Pow-wow Experience opens April 1st with a celebration at 4 p.m. featuring a performance …
United Way of Champaign County and the Champaign County Home Visiting Consortium, with grant funding from Birth to Five Illinois, are partnering to offer free developmental screenings to kids ages birth to five in Champaign …
*Editor’s Note: This event has been postponed due to weather. Stay tuned for a rescheduled date. The rally is part of a nationwide initiative from Queer Youth Assemble. There will be marches and rallies across …
Mark Roberts — comedian, actor, playwright, and creator of the show Mike & Molly — will be performing at SURFACE 51 during the Boneyard Arts Festival. Roberts is a Tolono native, and has often returned …
Due to a lack of trained election judges, several polling locations have had to be relocated and consolidated. Find a complete list of polling locations here. (But note the following relocations.) Here’s the updated list, …
Ebertfest has announced the remainder of the films and guests that will be a part of 23rd annual festival. The theme for the event this year is “Empathy at the Movies”, and it will honor …
Brass Rail, the quirky dive bar of Downtown Champaign, will temporarily close its doors as new ownership takes over the bar. A longtime bartender of The Rail wrote in a public post on Facebook: …the …
Next month, Common Ground is offering a special pav bhaji pop-up by Chef Sirisha Bhandaru, an instructor of Common Ground Indian cuisine classes since 2016. For just two hours on Saturday, April 15th, diners can …
Punk rockers! You won’t want to miss The Raging Nathans‘ show at brand new Champaign venue, The Space, with support from Champaign area bands Mid Nite Leg and Power of Dusk. This will be the …
Mhondoro Rhythm Success is an uplifting Zimbabwean pop music ensemble based in Champaign-Urbana. The band performs popular music from Zimbabwe by artists such as Thomas Mapfumo, Oliver Mtukudzi, and John Chibadura. Its members are either …
Every 10 years, the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) reviews accredited museums, and over the course of 50 years, the Museum of the Grand Prairie has received accreditation all five times. According to their press …
After less than a year on University Avenue in Champaign, Mother Murphy’s is closed. They announced the closing on Instagram yesterday. The original location in Normal remains open.
On May 17th, Illinois Humanities will recognize leaders who “exemplify the humanities in action across the state” with Public Humanities Awards. One of those will go to Rebecca Ginsburg, Director of the Education Justice Project …
The newest breakfast joint in Champaign is Just Yolkin’, which opened last month beside Jupiter’s at The Crossing. Just Yolkin’ serves breakfast dishes and lunch sandwiches plus coffee, juice, and adult beverages. My husband and …
With the help of a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a team that includes representatives from The Grainger College of Engineering, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, …
*Editor’s note: This event has been postponed due to weather. Stay tuned for a rescheduled date. There is just something about doing a little yoga outside. It’s just a different sort of experience than being …
NORDEN’s BÄM! — Boneyard Arts Market — will return during 40 North’s Boneyard Arts Festival. This year’s market will feature goods from more than 40 vendors, and will happen in the east and southeast wings …
Maestro Ian Hobson, Music Director and Conductor of Sinfonia da Camera, has been offered this esteemed position, which he will do in addition to his work here. Here is the press release from Sinfonia da …
Cloud9 Cannabis, the newest dispensary in Champaign-Urbana, will open next week off North Prospect by the new Fernando’s restaurant. Joining nuEra Champaign, nuEra Urbana, and Sunnyside, Cloud9 Cannabis will sell a variety of cannabis products …
The Eric Show is an annual juried art exhibition hosted by 40 North and the Illini Union in honor of Eric Steffensen, a high school student and aspiring artist who was killed by a drunk …
After tomorrow, Champaign will be less delicious because small Japanese bakery Kaori’s Oven is closing. Owner Kaori Ishibashi shared on Instagram that the bakery will be closed until further notice after Thursday’s hours, so the …
Surely you’ve seen someone post about it over the past few days, and now I am. The 12 foot high, 15 foot long woolly mammoth statue was installed just outside the Natural History Building yesterday, …
Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood, Whip Smart, Abandon Me, and Body Work, will be speaking at the Spurlock Museum on Thursday, March 23rd. Her visit is sponsored by the Kaplan Family Writer-in-Residence Series, the Creative …
The consolidated election is coming up on April 4th, and Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons is looking for about 100 more election judges for election day. There are 67 polling places that he is trying …
On Wednesday, March 22nd, from 2 to 3 p.m., Dr. Michele Ramsey, Associate Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences and Women’s Studies at Penn State Berks, will be presenting “Women at Work: Strategies for Managing …
After a bit of a hiatus, brunch is coming back to Maize at the Station on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with new menu items, including a make-your-own Michelada bar. Maize will also …
Sidney Dairy Barn opened for the 2023 season over the weekend. The ice cream shop will now be open every weekend with spring hours Fridays through Sundays from 2 to 7 p.m. Follow Sidney Dairy …
There will be several opportunities this week to interact with Maekawa, the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney artist and Manga instructor. You can attend the artist talk virtually as well. Register for the Zoom here.
Each April, volunteers gather to help clean up a section of Boneyard Creek including: Scott Park, Kaufman Lake/Heritage Park, Boulware Trail, Hedge Rd Pop Up Park, Anita Purves, Boneyard Creek Crossing, Savoy Rt 45, U …
The taco truck Guerrero Azteca opened in January and regularly parks in the Piccadilly lot on W John Street in Champaign. Yesterday, I checked out the new food truck and ordered three tacos ($9): chicken, …
Flex your foodie and creative muscles and make a literary masterpiece for the Champaign-Urbana Edible Book Festival, sponsored by the U of I Library. Anyone in the community is invited to make an edible creation …
Fifty years ago today, Paul Lauterbur of Stony Brook University, and eventual U of I faculty member, published a paper in Nature establishing zeugmatography as a “viable way to visualize objects with a magnetic field …
There’s plenty of nostalgic music news this week. In addition to Three Dog Night playing The Virginia in July, 38 Special and Winger will play Gibson City’s Gibson Area Hospital and Health Services Summer Bash …
The storefront previously occupied by Firedoll Studio, which recently moved to the former Skins and Tins location at 29 E Main Street, will not remain empty for long. Greener Goods Shop + Refillery is moving …
Three Dog Night will perform at The Virginia Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on July 13th. Tickets are on sale now (starting at $40); there are still some good seats left. Three Dog Night has been …
Cloud Mountain Kombucha is teaming up with Katie’s Cocktails to bring a new mocktail class series to Urbana. Taught by beverage professional Katie Carrillo, the series’ first drink is a mocktail called red raspberry and …
Cao’s Hot Pot restaurant will soon open on Sixth Street in Campustown across the street from Poke Lab in the space where Mitsu & Tsaocaa was. The hot pot restaurant is not new to C-U. …
Last year, Mike Ingram organized a prom giveaway for area students to get dresses accessories for free. He’s doing it again this year, and expanding to menswear as well. Dates for the giveaway have yet …
In 1985, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp founded Farm Aid, a massive concert benefit for farmers in America. That first concert was held here in Champaign, at Memorial Stadium; 80,000 people attended. Now, …
On Sunday, March 26th, head to The Space, the new venue founded by the Weird Meat Boyz, to check out three incredible acts that will span rock/punk/post-punk/noise/singer-songwriter genres. Cover is $10, and the show is …
With support from Champaign County American Rescue Plan funds, as well as Justine PETERSEN Housing and Reinvestment Corporation, Busey Bank, and PNC Bank, the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation is now able to offer microloans …
What’s a folk school? A folk school is a place for adults, usually, to learn something new outside of the confines of a traditional academic system with degree requirements. Folk schools often offer skill-based classes, …
We’re about to enter into one of the best times of year to experience Japan House. Soon the Sakura trees will begin to bud and bloom, and if you want the full Japan House spring …
On March 24th at Krannert Center, Sinfonia da Camera will present “English Painter, Poets, & Playwrights, with a little help from Lyric Theatre at Illinois. The performance will begin with three pieces: Walton: Portsmouth Point Overture, …
Artist, performer, and University of Illinois professor Deke Weaver’s next installment in his life-long Unreliable Bestiary project will be CETACEAN, or The Whale. (Cetaceans are marine mammals including whales, dolphins, and porpoises.) It will premiere …
Ebertfest is coming back to the Virginia Theatre April 19-22, and now some of the films and special guests have been announced. Oz, well known as the voice of Yoda and many Muppet characters, as …
Ope! Tomorrow, March 10th is National Ranch Dressing Day, and around these parts, ranch is a religion. Get out of here with bottled ranch. We are Midwesterners, and we have ranch pride — at least …
A new light installation is illuminating the windows of the former Ko Fusion space at 1 Main Street and the former Desthil space at 301 N Neil St. It’s the work of Jake Metz and …
The Champaign Park District’s latest facility opened last fall, and I finally got over there to take a look inside. The facility has multiple spaces for fitness, including a gym with upper level walking track, …
