By Frances Welch
September 8, 2015
Filed under Life & Culture
Stretching back to the 16th century, the guitar has evolved as much as the timeline of human history. Originating from what was once called a long-neck lute, today’s modern counterpart has developed into the backbone of all musical genres. Music lovers can continue to celebrate this diversity and evolution o...
Tags: 16th century, 2005, Affordability, artists, bluegrass, Bucky Pizzarelli, buddy guy, c-u, country, Cu, Curatorial Approach, Daily Illini, drive-by truckers, Ellnora Guitar Festival, Ellnora Krannert, Guitar, Hans Ulrich Obrist, illini, Instrument, jazz, krannert center director mike ross, krannert center for the performing arts, legends, Longneck Lute, Market, Musician And Music Curator David Spelman, new york guitar festival, Performance, punch brothers, Rock, secondary, September 10, taj mahal, Thursday, top stories, Topstories
January 22, 2015
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Since Monday, Alex Lando and Joe Zerka, also known as “hotdoggers,” have been driving the Wienermobile through campus honking and waving at passersby while sharing their stories of how they became drivers. Now they are recruiting college students to become the next class of hotdoggers, the 28th in Osca...
Tags: Alex Lando, Amanda Hedberg, automobile, business_technology, cities, country, front_lead, gas stations, Grocery Stores, hot dog high, Hotdoggers, illinois, joe zerka, journalism, karl mayer, lifeandculture, media, nabisco, Oscar Mayer, Outlets, Public Relation, Red Cross Foundation, Ronald Mcdonald House, state number, Teambuilding, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, university of minnesota, University Of Wisconsin Madison, urbana_champaign, wiener whistles, wienermobile
By Susan Szuch
November 20, 2014
Filed under Life & Culture
For many students, Thanksgiving Break means taking a bus, driving or flying home to see family and friends.
However, that doesn’t mean there is any shortage of things to do for those who stay at the University. From simply enjoying the company of others on Thanksgiving Day to volunteering, these ...
Tags: 19th annual festival of tees, aroundcampus, Board Member, Bright Starts, bus, Cafeteria, canned goods, cds, christmas, College Students, country, crystal lake park, Daily Bread, decorations, Dinner, fellowship, flyers, Foreign Exchange Students, gift basket, gift gallery, High School, illinois, junior league's festival of trees, karen kane, Lake House, Laura Gerhold, league locker, lifeandculture, maddie headtke, mia radanavong, new covenent, parkland students, race, Race St., Rams Ticket Package, Run, saturday, School Year, Soup Kitchen, student senate office, Stupid Tourists, summer camp, sunday, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Break, thanksgiving day, Turkey, Turkey Trot, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, Urbana, urbana high school, Urbana Park District, urbana_champaign, wreaths
October 28, 2014
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In many places around the world, poor sanitation is not an easy problem to fix. But the issue kills far more people each year than warfare, according to the World Health Organization.
In places like Nigeria, for example, approximately half of its population of 170,000 million people suffer from defici...
Tags: Adu Achi, aroundcampus, canadian samaritans for africa, cholera, country, dina betts, dry season, Elementary School, Emily Matijevich, engineering, engineers without borders, Freshman Year, Ground Water Summit, illinois, Illinois Branch, Immigrant, junior, lifeandculture, malaria, national groundwater association, Nigeria, nigeria water project, nigerians, project member, registered student organization, Ryan Migalla, stan chu ilo, Typhoid Fever, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Village, Water Supply, William King, World Health Organization
October 9, 2014
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While Halloween may still be a few weeks out, the Immersed in Ink Tattoo Arts and Horror Festival is bringing the creepy atmosphere to Champaign-Urbana starting Friday with live tattooing, body suspension and celebrity guests.
The festival will be visiting Champaign for the first time as the final s...
Tags: 313 Suspension, actor, Arizona, aroundcampus, Artist, artists, Atmosphere, Bed Of Nails, bob elmore, Bobby Moss, body suspension, Booth, Brent Barry, broken glass, burlesque, Carnie Sandwich, celebrity artists, celebrity guests, Cinderblock, coney island, Convention, costume, costume contests, country, country fair drive, crowd participation, Drink, dustin mathis, email, entertainment, Equipment, eric cain, Festival, Fire, fire-breathers, Flatland Tattoo, Flesh, Fluid Event Center, Friday, Grove City College, halloween, Heather Moss, hooks, human suspension performance, Human Volunteer, illinois, immersed in ink tattoo arts and horror festival, justin brewer, Leatherface, leshay west, lifeandculture, Live Tattooing, metal mafia, Michael Myers, michonne, moses mosely, mousetrap high-five, Mousetraps, ms. tattoo pageant, pain threshold, Piercing, private shop, Public, q & a, Rates, revolt tattoo studio, scripted show, sean mcmillan, Selling Body Jewelry, Shows, sideshows, sparks, sponsor, Stick And Pokes, Straightjacket Escapes, sunday, Tattoo Contests, Tattoo License, Tattooing, ten-city tour, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, the captain's sideshow, the walking dead, Tickets, Timeless Art Tattoo, tom hills' carnival of curiosity and chaos, Tony Moran, tour, Two Shows, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, visitors, Volunteer, weekend pass, zombie pet
October 1, 2014
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For artist Nathan Westerman, nothing about his colorful, latex-covered plywood pieces is complicated. He doesn’t want it that way.
None of his art is political either, nor does it have any underlying message woven deep into its artistic minutiae. For him, there’s a subtlety about how one color is...
Tags: Abc News, amara yoga & arts, ann rasmus, Art, Arts_entertainment, Boneyard Arts Festival, Color, community, country, Display, Display Designer, dump and run, Executive Director, Exhibit, Faa, Faculty, green street, illinois, indi go artist co-op gallery, Installation, Installations, Landfill, Latex Covered Plywood Piece, leadership skills, Leftover Material, lifeandculture, Local Artists, Local Venues, Mfa, mike doyle, nathan westerman, painting, photography, plywood, Political, program director, Prominent Figure, Provisions, Reclaim, Role, scrap, Sculpture, Service Projects, staff, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, University Ymca, Urban Outfitters, urbana_champaign, video, work, works, Y
By Annabeth Carlson
September 16, 2014
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Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. These are just a few of the popular social media giants and apps out there today. However, a new app is on the rise on college campuses across the country. Known as the “Anti-Facebook” by its creators, this app is called Unseen.
Unseen is an anonymous photo-sharing ...
Tags: Amber Leff, anti-facebook, Apps, austin, avatar, bearch, business_technology, caption, Ceo, College Campuses, College Students, Commentary, country, Creators, Depression, Digital Lab For Manufacturing, direct messaging component, email, Facebook, google apps store, Illegal Drug Use, illinois, Instagram, Iphone App Store, lifeandculture, Mental Health Professional, michael schramm, motherboard, Munjal Budhabhatti, Photo, Photo Sharing App, press release, Public Relations Representative, Racism, Rules, Social Media, Social Network, South, Southeastern Conference, suicidal thoughts, techcrunch, texas, texas a&m university, Tim Knudsen, Twitter, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, university of mississippi, unseen, urbana_champaign
