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Triptych has a cool new mural

June 26, 2019 / 12:51pm / Julie McClure

Last week, my family spent a lovely evening at Triptych Brewing. Yes we brought the children to a tap room, no judging. There was Dragon… More »

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Champaign Outdoors will teach you how to camp this Sunday

June 26, 2019 / 10:28am / Julie McClure

Here's the thing about me and camping. I used to do it a lot as a kid, as a Girl Scout to be specific. I… More »

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Inside the artist’s talk: Diving deep into Don Lake’s watercolor retrospective

June 26, 2019 / 8:59am / By Debra Domal

Debra shares what she learned from Don Lake's artist talk, given in support of his watercolor retrospective, currently showing at the Giertz Gallery at Parkland College. 

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Try a Do Good Date Night at Eastern Illinois Foodbank

June 26, 2019 / 8:21am / Julie McClure

My husband and I have reached that stage of parenting which I like to refer to as "the promised land"; we don't have to hire… More »

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Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band has passed away

June 25, 2019 / 3:39pm / Patrick Singer

Jeff Austin, founding member of the influential bluegrass band Yonder Mountain String Band, has passed away at the age of 45, per an announcement today.… More »

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You can get Curtis Orchard apple cider doughnuts this week

June 25, 2019 / 2:50pm / Jessica Hammie

Curtis Orchard is making a fresh batch of apple cider doughnuts this week, and they will be ready on Thursday, June 27th between 3 and… More »

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Two chances to catch the Illinois Marching Illini in concert this summer

June 25, 2019 / 1:52pm / Debra Domal

The Illinois Marching Illini will be offering two concerts on the Quad this summer. This Thursday, June 27th, from 7 to 9 p.m., you can… More »

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Local musicians save the day

June 25, 2019 / 11:00am / By Nicole Lanphier

Last week a show at the Sipyard went awry, but local musicians stepped in, and fun barely missed a beat.

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Urbanizing the undiscovered country, part one

June 25, 2019 / 9:00am / By Micah McCoy

Micah explores Brian O’Neill’s photographs of CU's changing urban landscape in preview of the Elective Reportage exhibit opening at Analog on July 5th.  

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Common Ground’s annual Ice Cream Social is coming up this weekend

June 25, 2019 / 8:01am / Julie McClure

If you like ice cream and also music and helping the community, then be sure to check out this event on Saturday, June 29th. Red… More »

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There’s a Pride parade in Paxton this weekend, and that’s awesome

June 25, 2019 / 7:29am / Julie McClure

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a live show of the podcast Still Processing, which features two culture writers from The New York Times. Jenna Wortham… More »

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