By Samuel Cheung
April 3, 2016
With a 4.6 star review on Google and a 4.5 star review on Yelp,ag Maize is a favorite restaurant of students on campus, but its cramped space turns some customers away. “Maize is the best Mexican restaurant on campus, but one of the main reasons I don’t go is the limited space,” said Jack Carrer...
Tags: centerpiece, Downtown Champaign, illinois, Illinois Terminal, Location, maize, mexican food, news, News Centerpiece, News Top Stories, newscenterpiece, restaurant, top stories, Topstories, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, university_of_illinois, urbana champaign
By JuYeon Kim
September 20, 2015
The C-U Pride Fest was from September 18th through the 20th. The festival celebrated individuality and freedom to love whomever.
December 8, 2014
Known for its gourmet cupcakes, Cream & Flutter is transforming the way the local community thinks of sweet treats.
Located in the heart of downtown Champaign at 114 N Walnut St., customers can find a wide variety of sweets, such as cookies, homemade macarons and marshmallows, along with custo...
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By Lillian Barkley
November 12, 2014
For most, VHS tapes are dusty memories in a forgotten box, technologically obsolete. But for Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, creators of the Found Footage Festival, the tapes are a comedic gold mine.
The 10-year anniversary tour will be at The Art Theatre Co-op in downtown Champaign on Wednesday a...
Tags: Arts_entertainment, austin mccann, Chief Keith, Downtown Champaign, Erik Rush, found footage festival, illinois, inside and outside custodial duties, Inside The Actor's Studio, Jane Fonda, joe pickett, John And Johnny Show, Mcdonald's, nick nolte, nick prueher, playstation, the art theatre co-op, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Vhs Tapes, wild west
By Rebecca Jacobs
September 25, 2014
While Pygmalion Festival goers watch the music performances at the price of a ticket, book fans can enjoy the literary part of the festival for free.
Now in its second year, the Literature Festival grew to seven readings over four days, from last year’s four readings over two days. The Lit Fest will bri...
Tags: alumni, Arts_entertainment, authors, ballerina, book, book fair, Book Fans, Cab, Chicago, cover, crapalachia: a biography of place, Creative Writing, Downtown Champaign, Editor, English, Esquire Lounge, Federal Mexican Troops, Festival, friendship, Funky Chicken, hill william, History Teacher, illinois, Illinois Volleyball, Iowa, jamaal may, jobs, jodee stanley, Lecturer, lifeandculture, lit crawl, lit fest, Literary Festival, Literary Journal, literature festival, Mexico, Music Performances, namibia, ninth letter, Paper, Peter Orner, Planners, presses, Pygmalion Festival, Pygmalion_2014, readings, Scott Mcclanahan, sewer department, Tanks, Tarfia Faizullah, Ted Sanders, The Keepers, the second coming of mavala shikongo, the washington post, ticket, typical literary story, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Venues, Wife, Writers, Writing Process
By Sarah Soenke
September 25, 2014
While Made Fest may have been a dash in last year’s Pygmalion Festival, this year it is a main ingredient. Nearly 50 vendors will line The Highdive Outdoor Annex with booths featuring vintage and handmade goods on Saturday and Sunday, doubling the amount of sellers and open hours from its debut last...
Tags: 1976 Camper, Alexia Brown, Apple Cider, Artificial Ingredients, Artist, Arts_entertainment, attendees, austin, bands, Bar, Bursoni, Caveman, Ceramics, Cinnamon Sugar, coast to coast mobile vintage shop, Coloring Books, Creator, Curator, Doughnut Shop, Downtown Champaign, Drink Selection, festival days, food, food booth, Founder, Gourmet, Greeting Cards, handmade goods, handmade instruments, illinois, Jaimee Dormer, james kyung, Jasmyne Monaco, Jewelry, Justine Bursoni, lifeandculture, local community, made fest, Main Street, major lazer, Maple Pecan Crunch, market street, Marketplace, media, Midwest, Owner, pandamonium doughnuts, pb&j, Portability, preservatives, prints, Pumpkin Spice, Pygmalion Festival, Pygmalion_2014, Resale Clothing Store, sellers, seth fein, Shop Owner, shopping, Sponsors, sweet treats, tattoos, texas, The Highdive Outdoor Annex, The Square, Trans Fat, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana's market, urbana_champaign, Vendor, Vendors, vintage, Vintage Clothing
By Alexander Vassiliadis
September 17, 2014
A theater has a wide variety of purposes. From movies to gatherings, certain theaters specialize in showing different types of art, and for The Art Theater Co-op, a combination of dance and film took place at the downtown Champaign venue.
For the first time in its history, The Art Theater Co-op, locat...
Tags: Art, artists, Arts_entertainment, Assistant To The Head Of The Dance Department, ball-culture, Choreography, Cinema, cinephiles, comeback, community, Concert Stage, Dance, dance at illinois, Dance Department, dance film festival, dance professor, Departments, Documentary, Downtown Champaign, Film, Film Enthusiasts, Fred Astaire, front_lead, Gathering, Graduate Student, illinois, jane powell, jumps, lgbtq community, lifeandculture, mark rose, Movies, new york city, paris burning, pop cultue, president of the board of directors, Professional Dancers, project, Public, Purposes, Rebecca Ferrell, Renee Wadleigh, Rhea Speights, royal wedding, september, short pieces, Showings, space, the art theater co-op, theater, theaters, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Waco
By Frances Welch
September 8, 2014
For most college students, lacking a green thumb and having a shrinking wallet can scare away any thought of plant ownership. However, a new pop-up business, Plant Mode, located in downtown Champaign, may be the perfect solution.
The tropical houseplant business will be moving from its current loft space to Furnitur...
Tags: 11 E. University Ave., botanist, Brooklyn, Business, business_technology, cacti, Chicago, christmas, College Students, Downtown Champaign, Facebook, front_lead, Furniture Lounge, houseplant, illinois, illinois natural history survey, J. Matthis Helmick, kokedama, lifeandculture, Little Victories, Loft Space, made fest, Main Street, Marimo, market street, October, Plant Mode, plant systematist, Sprout Home Chicago, Steve Hill, Succulents, Survey Associate, terrariums, The Highdive Outdoor Annex, tropical plant shop, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign
August 28, 2014
New and long-standing local music fans can unite Friday for a nostalgic reunion show at Cowboy Monkey in downtown Champaign. Current local bands, Elsinore and Hathaways, will join Champaign-Urbana native band Grandkids, which will be making a trip from Chicago on Friday.
“The idea was to have an end...
Tags: art rock, Arts_entertainment, Band, Chicago, College, Cowboy Monkey, Downtown Champaign, Elsinore, event, Folk, front_lead, Grandkids, guitarist, Hathaways, humblecore, illinois, Indi Go Artist Co Op, indie rock, James Hathaway, kate hathaway, Kyle Murphy, Lead Singer, Music, native band, October, Performance, pop, reunion show, Rock And Roll Music, ryan groff, Songwriting, spanish, Taylor Street, the pygmalion festival, Tickets, Tunes, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, vivian mcconnell
By Frances Welch
August 27, 2014
Often, images in the media portray societal standards of beauty that do not reflect the average individual. In spite of this issue, three local women, Anna Longworth, Alisa Greene, and Emily Otnes took a stance and created The BARE project, a series of 43 photographed individuals paired with separate, ha...
Tags: 97.5, Alisa Greene, Anna Longworth, aroundcampus, Bare, Beauty, Camera, Creator, Downtown Champaign, Emily Otnes, front_lead, hallie marshall, illinois, Indi Go Artist Co Op, journalism, las, media, New Director, nude, Parkland College, Photographer, prints, Radio Personality, the bare project, ui, uiuc, unconventional, unedited, university ave., university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Wnba Finals
February 19, 2014
Located in the heart of downtown Champaign, Pekara Bakery and Bistro specializes in making fresh and organic foods.
“We have a bake house on First Street that we use for our baked goods, and none of our breads have preservatives or artificial flavoring,” said Ryan Schwartz, a Pekara’s kitchen staff emplo...
Tags: American Eating Habits, boneyard coffee and tea of champaign, chelsea hendrix, Dish_of_the_week, Downtown Champaign, First Street, food_health, illinois, lifeandculture, Maya Brown, Nutella, pekara bakery and bistro, Ryan Schwartz, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign
