In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Friends of WILL, Illinois Public Media welcomes NPR Weekend Edition host Scott ...

Last Sunday, the United States Marine Band swept into Foellinger Great Hall at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, ...

Opened in 2017 on Fifth Street in Campustown, BrewLab Coffee is very much a college spot, but this special latte is also ...

Thursday, October 10th Sip discount boba, KungFu Tea, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., buy-one-get-one-half-off This weekend, Campustown’s ...

The Great Cover Up, the annual fundraiser which features a ton of local bands performing as their idols, takes place this ...

The Spurlock Museum on the campus of the University of Illinois is — truly — one of my happy places in Champaign-Urbana. I ...

Life moves pretty fast, and I’ve been trying to slow down and enjoy little moments of calm. When I heard that Cloud9 ...

Earlier this week, I sat down with Jenelle Orcherton, the one-woman force of nature behind C-U Jazz Fest, arguably ...

The 16th annual Champaign-Urbana Folk & Roots Festival was held this past weekend. Attendees enjoyed and participated in over ...

Early voting officially began on September 26th, which is also the day that vote by mail ballots were sent out. It’s no ...

Carrie Chandler is no stranger to the Champaign-Urbana music scene. Whether she’s setting the stage as the talent buyer and ...

Elly Hanauer-Friedman was elected to Champaign County Board in 2022. When Smile Politely interviewed her (and colleague Jenny ...