| C-U Folk & Roots Festival |
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Come out with friends, family and instruments and join the fun!
 The First Annual Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival announces its performance and event schedule for September 25th and 26th in and around downtown Urbana! Featuring old-time, bluegrass, blues, conjunto, Cajun and Creole, Irish music, storytelling and more, this all-volunteer-run festival will feature over 70 outstanding artists and performers.
Highlights include alt-country singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks, champion Irish fiddle player Liz Carroll, Los T-Birds (a fabulous conjunto band), Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp, Tango Nero, the Prairie Dogs, New Orleans Jazz Machine, Illinois Rail bluegrass band, Kilborn Alley, the Corn Desert Ramblers and much more, as well as dances, workshops, jam sessions, an open stage, and family activities.
This is an indoor-outdoor festival, so come out with your friends, family and instruments and join the fun rain or shine!
Friday, September 25 & Saturday, September 26, 2009
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| Art Gallery Bicycle Tour |
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Enter to win a new Trek 7100 Hybrid bicycle!
 Join us for an urban bicycle tour of the galleries and unique shops in Champaign-Urbana. This is a leisurely ride for which you set your start time, 10 AM to Noon, ride at your pace, stop for lunch, and visit each gallery for as long as you desire. Discover galleries that you may not know and see art of all kinds including glass, painting, fabric, and sculpture. You will also receive chances on a drawing for a new Trek 7100 Hybrid bicycle donated by Champaign Cycle and additional prizes donated by the participating galleries. Participating local restaurants will offer discounts so you can enjoy lunch on your tour or a snack at the end. Your entire $10 entry will be donated to 40 North | 88 West Champaign County Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council.
or call (217) 352-7600 for more information!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Anita Purvis Nature Center, Crystal Lake Park,
Broadway & Country Club Rd, Urbana |
| Psychic & Health Fair |
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Catch some insights into Palmistry and Psychics!
Come and join us for Palmistry, Psychics, Tarot Readers, Reiki, Reflexology, Foot massage, Stone Readings, Mediums, Spiritualists and more!
$20 per session. Register at the door.
For more information, visit:
Saturday, September 26, 2009
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Beads N Botanicals
117 North Broadway Avenue, Urbana |
| Public Forum on Big Broadband Proposal |
Public forum including a program overview and Q&A time!
The Champaign-Urbana Cable Television and Telecommunications Commission's Broadband Access Committee is hosting a public forum to discuss the Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband (UC2B) proposal. The forum will present the public with an overview of the proposals and provide the opportunity to ask questions and make comments.
The UC2B proposal seeks a total of $28.3 million dollars to improve broadband/Internet service and bolster public computing resources in our community. If the grant is approved, Federal, State, and local dollars will be used to provide low-cost Internet services to underserved neighborhoods, network essential community agencies, support 46 public computing centers, and create dozens of new jobs in our community.
Read the proposal and summary docs:
Saturday, September 26, 2009
12:30 pm
Urbana Council Chambers
400 South Vine, Urbana |
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Guitar From Scratch Class |
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A great refresher or beginner course!
 This will be a group class for people who are just learning to play the guitar or have no experience playing the guitar. Also, this is a great refresher course if you played guitar years ago and you want to get started again.
Learn basic guitar skills including right-hand and left-hand techniques, strumming styles, tuning your guitar, and a lot of chords. You should come away from this class with a better understanding of playing the guitar and the desire to keep playing your guitar.
Please contact us if you need a guitar as a limited number of guitars are available during the six-week class period for an additional fee. Also, we will be using picks for the class and we will not be doing any finger-picking. Class will be taught by local guitar players Rob Krumm (four sessions) and Randy Cordle (two sessions).
For more information, contact:
Rob Krumm
Class starts Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Every Tuesday 9/29/09 - 11/03/09
7:00 - 8:15 pm
Fee: $90
Community Center for the Arts
IMC Building (old Urbana Post Office), 2nd Floor 202 South Broadway, Urbana
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| Digital Primitives Performing at IMC |
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Explore the roots of free jazz!
Digital Primitives is a New York City-based collective trio featuring Assif Tsahar, Cooper-Moore, and Chad Taylor who together explore the roots of free jazz by delving into American and African folk, pop and blues. They are touring in support of their second CD "Hum Crackle & Pop" on Hopscotch Records.
The Digital Primitives show will start at 8:30pm with a short set by Ferrocene3, an Urbana-Champaign based improvising trio featuring Jason Finkelman (percussion + laptop electronics), Jay Eychaner (synthesizer) and Nick Rudd (el. guitar).
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
8:30 pm
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
202 South Broadway, Urbana
$10, $6 students |
| Long Range Transportation Plan Meeting #2 |
| What is the Long Range Transportation Plan?
The CU Urbanized Area Transportation
Study LRTP is a document detailing how the local area transportation network should evolve over the next 25 years. This includes identifying existing conditions, future infrastructure needs, possible funding sources, and an implementation plan. The LRTP is the framework behind many of the major transportation enhancement projects in the urbanized area.
Please join us at the next meeting to see how the transportation network within the urbanized are is projected to change by the year 2035. See how the roadway , transit, bicycle, pedestrian, rail and air travel improvements will make the transportation network safer and more efficient
For questions or to arrange special accomodations:
Thursday, October 1, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Illinois Terminal
45 East University Avenue, Champaign |
| It's All In The Jeans Day |
| Wear jeans and support breast cancer awareness!
When we heard the cure for breast cancer could be found in the genes, we decided to ask everybody to wear them.
Celebrating our 5th annual It's All in the Jeans Day, Provena Covenant Medical Center Foundation is asking employees of area businesses and schools to make a $5 contribution giving them the opportunity to wear jeans on Friday, October 2nd in support of breast cancer awareness.
Involvement is easy. Select a Jeans Day coordinator at your business; someone to collect the contributions and oversee employee involvement. Enroll by Friday, September 18th. A participation packet will be sent to you and will include posters and flyers to promote the event as well as stickers to be worn by participants on It's All in the Jeans Day. Breast cancer awareness materials will also be provided for your staff.
Check out the fabulous selection of Jeans Day merchandise!
Print Off Jeans Day Participant Materials!
Friday, October 2, 2009
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H2O Salon & Spa Features the "Green" Haircut |
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Haircut, Blowout or Lunchtime color through October!
 The "green" haircut uses all organic shampoos, conditioners and styling products and the "lunch-time color", a service including color and blowout all within your hour lunch break! Also, Jr Stylists Ethan Madarieta and Carly Benjamin will be offering free "shampoo bowl experiences" with a hair cut, blowout or lunchtime color through the month of October.
What you can expect from an experience is a shampoo, hot towel conditioning treatment, essential oils, pressure point, facial and scalp massage. In between services you can come in for a free bang trims!
For more information, visit:
Everyday through the month of October
Try us during your lunchtime or salon hours
109 North Broadway Ave., Urbana |
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Urbana Sculpture Project: Call for Art! |
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Help beautify and improve the city streetscape!
The City of Urbana is seeking submittals of images of original, pre-existing sculptural works to be considered for the installation and exhibition in the Iron Post Courtyard on Elm Street, and in the Philo Road Business Corridor in Urbana. Up to four, free-standing sculptural works of art will be selected for a two year installation period. The selected locations are open air settings with high visibility.This Call for Art is a project of the City of Urbana Public Arts Program. A goal of the Program is to beautify and improve the city streetscape while enriching the lives of Urbana residents and visitors. Selected artists will received a two year rental payment and an installation and removal stipend for each sculpture.
For additional information, contact:
Anna Hochhalter
Urbana Punlic Arts Coordinator
Interested artists should review guidelines and submittal requirements prior to submitting anapplication
Submission deadline: Monday, October 19, 2009
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The UBA Presents: cornUcopia |
Come celebrate the harvest with the City of Urbana. Enjoy this fall harvest theme, with a cornucopia of caramel apples, pumpkin cookies, and plenty of other foods and fall colors!
Wednesday, October 14
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Urbana Civic Center
108 East Water Street |
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La Gourmandise Bistro Lunch Special |
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119 W. Main St., Urbana
Chicken Oskar (breaded, topped with asparagus, crabmeat and hollandaise) served with fries and soda $7.95
Seafood Quiche
with cup of soup (lentil-potato, split pea, peanut chicken, goulash, or french onion $6.75
New hours!
Tuesday - Friday
10:30 - 8:00 pm
Saturday 8am-8pm
Sunday 8am-2pm
German Dinners
available
Tuesday -Saturday
4:30 - 8:00pm |
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Urbana's Market at the Square |
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Corner of Illinois & Vine
Here's a sampling of what we're looking at in terms of what'll be available at the Market this weekend:
apples, peaches (final week), sweet corn, fennel, fresh herbs, leeks, onions, potatoes, heirloom tomatoes, chard, cabbages (including Napa - my fave), lettuces and salad mixes, green beans, okra, eggplant, hot & sweet peppers, broccoli, squashes - also, locally-raised meat and eggs, award-winning goat cheese, honey, and much more.
As we begin the Fall produce season and start the home stretch (there are 7 Markets left before we close up shop for the year), I'd like to invite all our regular patrons to celebrate the Market and bring a friend along this weekend - especially if that friend has never attended the Market before, or rarely attends. The Market is a truly unique experience in Urbana-Champaign that appeals on so many levels - the gustatory and the social chief among them. Your friends deserve to discover what they're missing.
So, go on - bring someone! We'll see you out there!
-Lisa Bralts, Market Director
For more information on the market, visit their blogspot at this link! |
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Xinh Xinh Cafe Open Sundays! |
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Xinh Xinh Cafe will begin opening on Sundays starting October 4th!
Located at:
114 North Vine Street
Suite H, Urbana
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Furniture Lounge has a new website! |
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Furniture Lounge has a new website. Check it out!
Located at:
126 W Main, Urbana |
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ACE Awards |
The ACE Awards, presented annually by 40 North | 88 West, honor those who have made contributions to the arts through education, media, advocacy and public service, local business and nonprofit organizations.
Nominees include artists, students, faculty, non-profit administrative staff, business owners and employees, elected and appointed officials and other individuals and organizations actively supporting our creative community.
The ACE Award presentations will take place on Thursday, October 22, 2009, 5:30pm at The Highdive, 51 E. Main, Champaign. | |
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