Champaign’s Independent Media Center explodes with dimention and color. When we last heard from him here at Smile Politely, ...

The bubble tea slush at Xinh Xinh Café is a delicious iced drink that comes in fourteen flavors. Read about the papaya ...

The Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association has named Champaign Centennial High School’s JV Girls Soccer coach ...

Reported crime in Urbana during 2022 and 2023 was the lowest it’s been for ten years, but you wouldn’t have known it from the ...

Celebrating its 20th year, the multi-faceted cultural event PYGMALION has unveiled its complete 2024 lineup. This year’s ...

Reported crime in Urbana during 2022 and 2023 was the lowest it’s been for ten years, but you wouldn’t have known it from the recently proposed more than $4 million increase in Urbana’s police budget ...

Kajiken restaurant will open soon in the space that was once Teamoji, a quick service spot for bubble tea and Korean hot dogs. The restaurant is a chain that originated in Nagoya, Japan and is famous ...

On Thursday June 20 (Forest cast) and Friday June 21 (Ocean cast), the Station Theater’s production of This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing by Finegan Kruckemeyer opened to full ...

We’re hopeful it will be worth the wait. According to the News-Gazette, the developers of Hotel Royer in Downtown Urbana, the ...

The Overture is a rundown of live music and performances happening in and around Champaign-Urbana each week. All of the ...

Take a drive for some produce, Monticello Farmers’ Market, 3 to 6 p.m., free but you’ll need money to buy things We have two ...

James Treichler has been inducted as a voting member of the Recording Academy for the 2024 class. Treichler, a local ...