Happy New Year, everyone! If you’re looking for something to do to say goodbye to 2024 and hello to 2025, you’re in luck.

United Way of Champaign County brought Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to the area, and since its launch last December ...

For many people, the popular notion of tattooing is rooted in the designs now collectively referred to as American (or ...

Hey folks, Tom here. Just wanted to get in one last little tidbit before the holidays. Illinois Terminal is Champaign’s own ...

This time of year should be a season of joy, and people 21+ can add a little cannabis for some extra merry and more ...

J’Lyn Hope considers herself from Urbana because “she doesn’t know anything else.” Currently performing in Champaign-Urbana ...

It’s been a full year of this new Thursday Thursday column. This year, I shared 48 unique drinks from a corn milkshake to ...

This year, we wrote a lot about the area’s food and drink scene from restaurants to bars, coffee shops to farmers markets and ...

Elm City Urbana opens in the space that was once Cafe & Co. The new café will serve small-batch coffee from their roastery in ...

Indeed, it is the last day of publishing for us here at Smile Politely for the year, though you will see a few items posted ...

A staple of Downtown Champaign since 1993, Cafe Kopi will close its doors permanently this Sunday evening on December 15th.

The fun folks at Champaign Movie Makers invite you to their latest cinematic experiment this Sunday at the Channing-Murray Foundation. Fresh from the editing room floor, this new short film debuts as ...