| Taste of Champaign-Urbana |
Tantalize your taste buds with CU's finest foods!
Experience the ultimate in open-air dining with the Champaign Park District this weekend at Taste of Champaign-Urbana! Take your pick of dishes as a variety of local food vendors and restaurants put out their best selections for you to sample. We've also got a feast for your ears! Taste of CU offers free concerts from some of the best bands around. And don't forget to check out our Arts and Crafts vendors along with all the fun, family-friendly entertainers, inflatables, pony rides and more! Taste is fun for everyone, and best of all the proceeds benefit our Champaign Park District Youth Scholarship fun. C-U there!
Be sure to check out UBA members who will be at the Taste: Smoothie King, Blues BBQ, Manolo's Pizza & Empanadas, and Siam Terrace!
Friday June 19th, 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Saturday, June 20th, 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sunday, June 21st, 11:00 - 6:00 pm
5:30 - 8:30 pm
Champaign Park District
Westside Park, Champaign |
| Prom Benefit for Hunger Relief |
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Dance the night away while helping feed the hungry!
Paramount Staffing is hosting a prom benefit to raise funds and help fight hunger in our area. Dance the night away to prom songs from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and today's most popular music. Cap off the evening with a dance to the official theme song, Bon Jovi's "I'll Be There for You" and help crown the King and Queen. H'ors d'oeuvres and cake will be served and a full cash bar is available, so all prom-goers must be 21 and older.
For more information, call (217) 365-9355.
Saturday, June 20th
8:00 pm - 12:00 am
609 Edgebrook Dr., Champaign |
| The Manifestation of Art |
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Learn the secret to getting what you want in life!
Head on over to Beads N Botancials Saturday
to learn practical, hands-on ways to bring prosperity, abundance, love and laughter into your life. Bring a notebook, your sense of adventure, and thoughts on what you'd like to accomplish in your life over the next ten years or more. Cost is $65 and materials are included.
For more information call (217) 365-9355.
Saturday, June 20th
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Beads N Botanicals
117 N. Broadway, Urbana
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| Iron Post Street Fest |
| Don't miss these great bands!
 The Iron Post will be hopping with bands and music this Saturday night. At 5:00 pm the High Cross Road Blue Grass Band will have a reunion special, and starting at 7:30 you will be able to listen to the great sounds of Big Grove Zydeco. Then to cap off the night, at 9:00pm Mhondoro will give a stellar performance for all.
For more information call (217) 337-7678.
Saturday, June 20th
5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
The Iron Post
120 S. Race, Urbana |
| The Mystery of Irma Vep |
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Don't miss this great performance!
In this hilarious two-man spoof on Gothic melodrama, Lord Edgar brings his delicate new bride, Lady Enid, to his country estate, Mandacrest, for a respite from her life on the stage. The trouble is, between the eccentric staff, rumors of werewolves and vampires, and the ever-haunting presence of Lord Edgar's first wife, Irma Vep, the fragile Enid begins to wilt! Audiences will relish every fast-paced twist in this quickest-of-all quick-change shows in which a meager two performers take on a cast of eight to deliver a veritable feast of comedic hijinks.
For more information call (217) 333-6700.
Sunday, June 21st
1:00 pm
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana |
| Kids Art and Yoga Camp |
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Let your kids enjoy the art of yoga!
 This summer camp will be a blend of art projects and yoga classes in a fun and relaxed environment. All art activities will be open-ended and provide an opportunity for the kids to be themselves without the fear of failure. Kids will also learn basic yoga elements through focused breathing, play, and storytelling. Cost is $100/week.
For more information call (217) 328-9642, or visit http://www.amarayoga.com.
Monday, June 22nd
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Amara Arts & Yoga
Lincoln Square & Vine Street, Urbana |
| Golf Outing to Benefit Crisis Nursery |
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Have fun while supporting a great cause!
The Andersons agribusiness is again hosting their golf outing to benefit Crisis Nursery and Earth Partners ( http://www.crisisnursery.net). This fun event will be held at Stone Creek Golf Course on Tuesday, June 23. Range balls at 7 a.m. and Tee Time at 8 a.m. Cost is $500 to be a full hole sponsor, $250 to be a half hole sponsor. The cost to play is $100 per person or a team for $400. Golfers can still sign up!
Tuesday, June 23rd
7:00 am
Stone Creek Golf Course, Urbana |
| Eastland Apartments Ribbon Cutting |
Help us welcome a new business! 
Eastland Suites is opening a new department, Eastland Apartments. After the ribbon cutting there willl be an open house for all to attend. Please help us welcome them to the community by attending this event!
For more information call (217) 367-8331.
Wednesday, June 24th
3:30 pm
Eastland Apartments
1905 North Cunningham Avenue, Urbana
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| Wednesday Wii |
Chill out indoors this summer with a Wii!
 Enjoy "Wednesday Wii" on Wednesdays this summer through July 29. Children through 5th grade are invited to attend this free program. No registration is required.
For more information, call (217) 367-4069.
Wednesday, June 24th
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Urbana Free Library
210 W. Green St., Urbana
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| The Social Media Revolution |
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Get media savvy!
 Please join us for the Startup Café on June 25, 2009 at EnterpriseWorks from 11:30-1:00 for a lunch forum with social media experts, Eric Olson and Frank Gruber. Pizza and soda will be provided at the event by EnterpriseWorks. If your firm is interested in meeting shortly with Eric and Frank following their presentation, please let us know in advance so we can try to make arrangements. RSVP by June 22nd!
Thursday, June 25th
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Atrium of EnterpriseWorks
60 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign |
| Urbana Blues, Brews, and BBQ Festival |
| Enjoy a fantastic time at a free event good for the whole family!
 A free two-day event, including live entertainment, great food, arts boulevard, family activities and much more. Friday's entertainment includes: Delta Kings, The Kinsey Report and Sonny Landreth. Saturdays Entertainment includes: The Impalas, Gina Sicilia, Bob Margolin, Eddie the Chief, Pinetop Perkins and Buckwheat Zydeco.
Friday, June 26th
Saturday, June 27th
Noon - 10:30 pm
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Downtown Urbana Now Has a Barber!!
For those of you who prefer the services of a barber, H2O Salon has now added one to their already talented staff. Appointments by phone and walk-ins are both welcome. Ask for Gabriel. Price is $20 per cut.
For more information, call H2O Salon at (217) 337-1480.
109 North Broadway, Urbana |
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Friday Night Pizza at Mirabelle
124 W. Main St.,
Urbana
6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
(or until sold out) each Friday
Pizzas can be pre-ordered at
(217) 202-1919. Traditional toppings are available plus a specialty pizza cut for slices or order each night. The pizzas are freshly made including the hand tossed dough and Matthew Kitzmiller's very own sauce.
Whole pizzas start at $12.00 and can be picked up or seating is available outside with sidewalk tables and chairs (weather permitting). |
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Market at the Square
Corner of Illinois & Vine St.
Urbana
All that rain and heat means Market shoppers will enjoy a veritable plethora of fruits and vegetables at the Market this weekend. As the last of the asparagus is harvested, the beans start to come on. As the heat and humidity start to tax the strawberries, the blueberries and peaches start appearing on Saturdays. We'll have asparagus, beans, peas, salad greens, spinach, potatoes, cabbage, onions, leeks, broccoli, greens, herbs, berries and much more at the Market this weekend.
A couple new additions to tell you about - Staff of Life Bakery & Farms of Dwight, IL will offer up stoneground wheat breads, cookies, and quickbreads in Row 5. Roth Countryside Produce from Morton, IL is back, also in Row 5. Mileur Orchard will be bringing their peaches and other stone fruits starting this weekend - find them in Row 4.
Three other things worth mentioning:
U-Cycle will be out at the Market, ready to answer any and all questions about the City's recycling programs, including the new rgulations for the battery recycling program. Come visit Courtney at her tent, which is right next to the City's tent at the northwest corner of the Market.
Also, Urbana's Fire Rescue will be "filling the boot" for the Muscular Dystrophy Association this Saturday. They'll be the guys with the fire engine on the blocked-off area of Walnut Street - go visit and help them fill that boot!
Lastly, if you like photos of the Market, go check out our Flickr photostream - new photos are usually posted every Monday or so. Food for the food nerds, crowd shots, photos of sparkly bits and colorful odds and bobs, farm photos - if it's Market-related, it's there.
http://market-at-the-square.blogspot.com/2009/06/
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Farmers' Table Project |
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Fresh, Healthy, Delicious Meals
The Channing-Murray Foundation is starting a new program titled The Farmers' Table Project. The mission of this project is to educate the Champaign-Urbana community about the importance of shopping locally, eating seasonally, and to build community around slow food. Founders Steve Moore and Erin Brunelle are organizing The Farmers' Table Dinner: a non-profit, volunteer-run, vegetarian meal that features local products purchased directly from farmers and business-owners at the Urbana Farmers' Market.
The dinners will be held at the Red Herring on Saturday nights from 7-9pm for the duration of the market season. The menu for the dinners will feature the best of what is available at the Market that day. What you can always count on is that it will be a fresh, delicious, and healthful meal, prepared with love and local ingredients.
Tickets cost $20 for a three-course meal. Reservations are required, and can be made by calling Erin at 217.840.9388 or by purchasing tickets at the Tiny Greens Farm booth at the Market. If you would like to be involved, email us at FarmersTableDinner@gmail.com or find us on Facebook at The Farmers Table Project.
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