This week is the last week of publishing for the year on Smile Politely, and I want to end 2025’s Thirsty Thursday column ...

In case this sounds unfamiliar, let’s discuss it a bit. The Odyssey Project within the Humanities Research Institute at the ...

Uncle Louis burn down your tree? Snots drink all its water? Did the Grinch undeck your halls? Well, the City of Champaign will be collecting trees on Monday, January 12. The collection program is free ...

This January, the town’s most famous barbecue restaurant will close its Urbana location (again). Black Dog Smoke & Ale House ...

Listen up: the University of Illinois Press teamed up with The Country Music Foundation last summer and dropped one of the ...

December 21st, the Winter Solstice, officially marks the shortest day of the year. After that we, the daylight hours will ...

This year has felt a little like the WORST, huh? So much of 2025 has been a dumpster fire. It’s not just the antics of the ...

A year ago, when we published this annual article, we were post-2024 elections facing the terrifying uncertainty of what the ...

As we move into a challenging 2025, let us remember to make note of the things that give us normalcy and happiness, and bring ...

Champaign-Urbana’s sorry forever just released their first EP this past weekend, learning to be. Founded in 2024, the Midwest ...

Sinfonia da Camera is stepping out of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, where it resides, for one last time in ...

Reader, sometimes I fail you by not staying locked onto my phone, following all of the goings and comings in town in time to make it to our weekly calendar. Here’s one I missed. This ...