By Mariah Schaefer
December 6, 2015
The audience strolled into Dance Rehearsal Krannert long before the concert started on the second floor of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Family, friends and dance enthusiasts were there for one reason: to watch the December-graduating seniors in the University’s department of dance pe...
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By Frances Welch
October 5, 2015
It goes without saying that The Canopy Club manages to book and promote a pretty diverse bill of artists each month; some acts are more surprising than others, considering certain artists’ large followings (Young the Giant, Young Thug) and the rather unknown following of Champaign-Urbana (pretty m...
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By Robin Dean
January 29, 2015
The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts will host a night full of music that reveals an assortment of colors, textures, images and storytelling. The concert will be led by composer and percussionist Adam Rudolph who is the current George A. Miller Visiting Artist. The Go: Organic Orchestra will embody...
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By Elizabeth Dye
October 22, 2014
Blind Summit Theatre, whose colossal 60-foot tall Voldemort puppet performed at the 2012 London Olympics, has returned to the United States from England with a tour that includes one 2-foot tall, three-man-operated puppet and a table as the prop.
Inspired by both British playwrights and world religion, “The Table...
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By Rebecca Jacobs
September 17, 2014
No, there won’t be a chorus of moos and oinks echoing from livestock at the 2014 Allerton Music Barn Festival. Instead, live performances of string, brass and other instruments will fill the barn, engaging audience members in a rustic setting.
Now in its eighth year, the annual Allerton Music Barn Festival...
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By Daily Illini Staff Report
December 25, 2013
The Illinois State Police, along with the Champaign Police Department, conducted an Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement covert detail on Dec. 11.
A total of 27 citations were issued by the ISP and the Champaign Police Department. Of the 27 citations, nine were issued at Red Lion, eight at Joe’s Brew...
