By Lillian Barkley
April 28, 2015
David Sedaris has a key to the city and promised to steal Champaign’s riches while its citizens sleep.
The author was honored with the key by Mayor Don Gerard before his performance, “An Evening with David Sedaris,” at the Virginia Theater on Sunday.
“He was everything that’s advertised,”...
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By Camille Murray
April 22, 2015
Three days. Seven locations. Twenty-nine performances.
This is what music-lovers have to look forward to at the 2015 ELLNORA Music Festival. The annual event will be held Sept. 10 through Sept. 12 at the Krannert Center. This year’s list of scheduled performers was announced Monday.
The festival began...
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By Annabeth Carlson
January 21, 2015
Meagan Hennessey is a manager of web services for the College of Business, updating websites and helping faculty with their sites. But what people may not know is that she won a Grammy — and may have another on the way.
With husband Richard Martin, Hennessey owns Archeophone Records, which means the archae...
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By Declan Harty
February 5, 2014
For over 20 years, Grammy-winning artist Patty Griffin has been an active member of the folk music industry. Despite the constant change of the field, she has continued to produce and perform her own original music.
“I have just been making my way through the world,” Griffin said. “I have been lu...
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January 29, 2014
Although loyal to his alma mater, University of South Carolina, musician Darius Rucker said there is a chance he might root for the Illini in the future. Rucker’s current “True Believers” tour will be coming to State Farm Center on Wednesday evening. With his recent 2014 Grammy win in the “Be...
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