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"A finger-lickin' -- and pickin' -- good festival!"
A free two-day event, including live entertainment, great food, an arts boulevard, a diverse mix of activities for all ages, plus much more. The under 21 crowd can enjoy Guitar Hero contests, plus many other carnival style games. Those who are over 21 can quench their thirst with a plethora of brews on tap, including Leinenkugel, Miller, and Blue Moon among others. Come listen to the great sounds created by some legendary names in music, such as slide guitarist Sonny Landreth and Buckwheat Zydeco. There will be a well-rounded mix of all different genres of blues, plus great selections of tasty barbeque, including Lil' Porgy's, Blues BBQ, Black Dog Smoke and Ale House, Foudini's and Engelbrecht Grills and Cookers. As musician Buckwheat stated, "it's going to be a party!" For more information, call (217) 359-6960, or visit http://www.urbanablues.com. Friday, June 26th
5:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Saturday, June 27th
Noon - 10:30 pm
Main Street, Dowtown Urbana |
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Get the BZZZZZZZZZZZ word!
Join us at the Anita Purves Nature Center for National Pollinators Week, a week dedicated to recognizing and conserving the animal pollinators that play a vital role in producing the food and nature that we enjoy. Join experts of the University of Illinois' new Pollinator Discovery Center as they help you study bees up close and personal. All ages are welcome to attend this fun, informational event.
For more information and to register, please call (217) 367-1544.
Saturday, June 27th, 10:00 am
Urbana Park District
Anita Purves Nature Center, Urbana |
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Foot Reflexology with Marlita!
Not a class, but an opportunity for you to pamper yourself. This special type of foot massage is available by appointment (recommended) or walk-in. Reiki Healing Sessions will also be available. Cost for massage is $65 per hour and $35 per half hour.
For more information or to make an appointment, call (217) 365-9355.
Saturday, June 27th
Noon - 5:00 pm
Beads N Botanicals
117 N. Broadway, Urbana
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| Community Celebration |
Come to King Park on Saturday for the
annual community celebration that takes place to celebrate local community activists. Mo' Betta Jazz band will be part of the entertaiment, plus there will be a free lunch. This event is a great opportunity to see some folks you know and enjoy entertainment, food, and fun activities for kids.
Saturday, June 27th
1:30 pm
King Park
1108 Fairview, Urbana
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| Rooms with a View Gardener Walk |
| Love horticulture? Check this event out!
 The theme this year, "Rooms With a View" emphasizes outdoor living at its finest. Guests will be treated to a variety of outdoor spaces that invite intimate conversation to those that embrace wide-open vistas, and almost everything in between. Vendors of unique gardening supplies and plants will be also located at the Master Gardeners' Idea Garden on South Lincoln Avenue, and there will be several featured demonstrations during the day. Artful Containers with Dianne Noland will be presented at 10:30 a.m. and Weed 'em and Reap will be presented at 1:00 p.m. by Sandra Mason. Ikebana demonstrations will be held at the Japan House at 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 in advance and $12.00 on the day of the event. Tickets are available at the University of Illinois Extension Office at 801 N. Country Fair Dr. in Champaign and local garden centers.
For more information, call Karyn Traum at (217) 333-7672 or visit http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/champaign/mg.
Saturday, June 27th
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Champaign County Master Gardeners
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| CU Folk & Roots Festival Benefit |
| Help support the festival while listening to great music!
 The newest festival on the local scene, the CU Folk & Roots Festival, is scheduled for September 25 & 26, 2009 in downtown Urbana. With music, storytelling, hands-on activities for all ages, jam sessions and dances, the Folk & Roots Festival will offer something for everyone. To help support the Festival, there will be a benefit show at the Rose Bowl Tavern featuring three local bands. The music starts at 6pm with the Ruthless Goats playing old-time string band music. The Backyard BBQ Band follows at about 7pm with blues, honky-tonk and western swing music. The evening will be topped-off by the Corn Desert Ramblers (starting at about 8:30) playing traditional bluegrass and more. A $5 donation gets you in for an evening of great local music and your chance to support the CU Folk & Roots Festival.
Sunday, June 28th
6:00 pm
Rose Bowl Tavern
106 N Race, Urbana |
| I Am My Own Wife |
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Don't miss this great performance!
This Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway smash tells the true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, the German transvestite who somehow managed to survive both the Nazi regime and the brutally repressive East German Communist dictatorship. Professional actor and UI Department of Theatre faculty member Henson Keys gives a bravura performance in this technically and emotionally demanding piece featuring von Mahlsdorf and almost 30 other characters.
For more information call (217) 333-6700.
Sunday, June 28th
1:00 pm
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana |
| CARE for a Taste |
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Help support a great cause!
 Help us celebrate our 5th anniversary while
raising funds to benefit the CARE Center's programs in our community. Enjoy a sampling of gourmet foods and desserts paired with specially-selected wines. Mingle with friends or simply take in the ambiance at Milo's beautiful new location.
For more information call ((217) 417-3160
www.carecentercu.org.
Sunday, June 28th
2:30 - 4:30 pm
Milo's Restaurant
Philo & Windsor, Urbana |
| UFL Reads! Strong Women |
Join this book club!
 They face challenges. They're bright and determined. They're women we can relate to or admire or criticize. Spend the summer with UFL Reads!, our book club for adults, as we meet several unique women. This Sunday, UFL Reads! will disucss the book, American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld, a book about Alice Blackwell, a woman married to the president of the United States. But how did she get there? And is she happy? Rumored to be loosely based on Laura Bush, American Wife depicts an intelligent, yet frustrated woman, exploring the changes of Alice's life, from childhood to the White House.
For more information, call (217) 367-4069.
Sunday, June 28th
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Urbana Free Library
MacFarlane-Hood Reading Room
210 W. Green St., Urbana
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| Heartland Bank & Trust Ribbon Cutting |
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Help welcome a new UBA member!
 Heartland Bank and Trust is opening a new branch in Urbana. Please help us welcome them to the neighborhood by attending this ribbon cutting ceremony.
For more information, call (217) 359-5555.
Tuesday, June 30th
2:00 pm
1812 South Philo Road, Urbana
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| Singletons TGIF |
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Meet singles like yourself!
 Come out to Lincoln Square Village Friday night for a fun opportunity to meet and greet with other fellow singles in the Champaign-Urbana area. Celebrate the end of the work week by relaxing and meeting new people while enjoying the great ambience at 88 Broadway.
For more information call (217) 367-7329.
Friday, July 3rd
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
88 Broadway
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Art Mart is Carrying Gelato!
Two weeks ago, just in time for the summer heat, Art Mart started serving gelato.
Gelato is Italian ice cream that is made with whole milk rather than cream. It has far less fat than ice cream, but because of the churning process it is still as creamy and delicious. The gelato is made from real ingredients and fresh fruit juice.
Flavors to choose from are: Mango, Strawberry Rhubarb, Cappuccino, Tahitian Vanilla, Dulce De Leche, Birthday Cake and more!
For more information call (217) 344-7979.
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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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Check out Furniture Lounge's new website!!
For more information, call Furniture Lounge at (217) 344-1500.
126 West Main, Urbana |
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Market at the Square
Corner of Illinois & Vine St.
Urbana
All hail the appearance of the summer stone fruit! Local trees suffered greatly in this past January's freeze, but southern IL is picking up the slack. The lovelies pictured above were brought to us by Mileur Orchard out of Murphysboro, IL - they'll also have apricots, nectarines and, later in the season, apples. Let's hear it for stone fruit!
Produce this week:
arugula, asparagus (the last!), basil, beets, broccoli, cabbage, cilantro, cucumbers, field greens, garlic scapes, green beans, green onion, kale, kohlrabi, leaf lettuce, leeks, parsley, peaches, potatoes, radishes, spinach, sugar snap and other peas, summer squash, swiss chard, tomatoes, turnips, zucchini
This weekend's Market will offer a record number of vendors (over 80 at last count), a Bloodmobile, Blues, Brews, and BBQ steps away in Downtown Urbana, righteous heat & humidity, and plenty more.
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.
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