While Champaign-Urbana actually saw a quite long spring for once, we are officially in the sweating-your-butt-off part of the ...

Those of us who call Urbana-Champaign home know it’s not quite like any other place. There’s a certain spirit in the ...

The Beat is a block party initiative put on by the City of Champaign, started last year, to enliven the local music scene in a way that gives music-enjoyers somewhere safe and fun to party ...

Tucked off of busy Kirby Avenue in Champaign lies a time capsule. Not the kind buried in aluminum boxes underground and full ...

Prior to the release of her new album How Are You Lately?, Smile Politely had the chance to catch up with Peoria-based ...

It was a full house in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts’ lobby for Illinois Soul’s Juneteenth Celebration ...

As Seinfeld’s George Costanza famously said when a woman cut ahead of him in line, “You know, we’re living in a society.

We’re taking a publishing break next week. It’s a time when our editors get to relax and recharge for the second half of the year. We’ll resume publishing on Monday, July 7th. In the meantime, ...