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How To Submit Your Event or Information for the UBA Top Ten
We want to ensure that we are promoting you the best and most accurate way we can!
In order for us to ensure that your event or information is included in the Top Ten correctly and according to our layout requirements, please use the following criteria. Please send:
- A title for your event or promotion
- A catchy tag line (if not supplied, we will make one up for you)
- One picture
- A 3-5 sentence description
- A contact number, e-mail OR website for the event or informative blurb
- Date of event (if applicable)
- Time of event (if applicable)
- Place of event (if applicable)
- Address of event (if applicable)
- Admission fee (if applicable)
To be included in the upcoming issue, you must submit this information TWO WEEKS prior to your event (if it is an information submission, by every Monday). If it is not in this format, we will ask you for a re-submission. Send your information to: tyla@urbanabusiness.com
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Skyline Plunge: Toss Our Boss
If every downtown Urbana business gave just $20, we could reach our goal of $1,000!
Help Tyla, Katie and Johnnica raise $1,000 to rappel Susan 17 stories
down Illini Tower! Drop your donation off by the
UBA office to make her sweat! A spectacle never seen before in
Champaign-Urbana is heading this way, thanks to Respiratory Health
Association of Metropolitan Chicago (RHAMC) and our partnership with
S.T.A.R.
(Sport, Tourism and Recreation Association). Rappelling
17 stories down the exterior façade of Illini Tower will be 80
adventurous Illinoisians taking "the plunge" for bragging rights and
the
promotion of lung health.For more information, call
( 217) 344-3872 or click here!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Illini Tower
409 East Chalmers Street, Champaign |
The Bitter Tears, Ussop the Liar, Claire Johnson & Ben Leddy
Chicago's alt-county-rock spectacle The Bitter Tears comes down for
their first Chambana show!
"From Punk Planet: 'Chicago's got a new contender. Orchestrated in madness, wits, and a
sense of humor, I'm placing all my bets on the Bitter Tears.' "The Bitter Tears have staked their reputation on a sometimes lewd
and entertaining theatrical live show, always heavy on spectacle. With
their new release, Jam Tarts In The Jakehouse, The Bitter Tears display
their creative growth as both musicians and storytellers. The album
utilizes smart and direct pop structures to drive the menacing,
old-school twang of the songs, deftly melding it all into an aesthetic
that owes as much to Weill and Waits as Big Star and Hank.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
8:00 pm
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
202 South Broadway Avenue, Urbana
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'8 Under 21' Opening Reception
Live music by local singer and songwriter Liesel
Booth!
Eight
emerging local artists under the age of 21 will be showing their
photographs, drawings and paintings at
Amara. There will be live music by local singer songwriter Liesel Booth. Come to the
party to celebrate creativity and meet the artists - Max Tomaszewski, Coy Wentworth,
Allegra Wentworth, Magdalena Nilges, Sergio Juan, Gretchen Booth, Stevie
Pimblott and Sinha Agha.
For more information, call (217) 328-9642.
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Amara Yoga & Arts
300 South Broadway Avenue, Urbana |
Seven Year Existence
With special guests "Burried in Black" and "Crane and Badger"!
Come out to Po' Boys in Urbana and enjoy Seven Year Existence with special guests "Burried in Black" and "Crane
and Badger" play at Po' Boys live on Saturday from 8:30 pm to 12:00 am.
There is only a $5 cover to hear these live, local rock bands. We will
have $2 domestic draft beers! Come enjoy the music with us!
For more information, call (217) 367-2255.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
8:00 pm - 12:00 am
Po' Boys BBQ & Pizza
1901 South High Cross Road, Urbana |
Now Showing Single-Family Homes!
Real Estate consulting services with over 300 unites at more than 90 locations!
 The Weiner Companies, Ltd. have
been in the real estate brokerage and management business since 1971.
The Weiner Companies, Ltd, have been the name to turn to for rentals and
professional brokerage and real estate consulting services with over
300 units at more than 90 locations.
Check out our website to view Single-Family Home Rentals. For more information, call (217) 384-8001 or e-mail info@weinercompanies.com The Weiner Companies, LTD
211 East
Green Street, Urbana
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"I Do" Wedding Expo
Be sure to check out the Downtown Urbana businesses that will be present!
Join the creators of "I Do" Magazine and dozens of vendors at the second
annual "I Do" Wedding Expo. Whether you want to go traditional or
trendy, you'll find advice and resources for everything you'll need to
plan your special day. Be on the lookout for downtown Urbana businesses that will be present:
Heartland Gallery
Silvercreek Restaurant
For information about the show or to be a vendor, call:
Jackie Martin at
(217) 351-5275
Sunday, March 21, 2010
12:00 - 4:00 pm
Hilton Garden Inn
1501 South Neil Street, Champaign |
Heartland Highways Season Features
Madeline's
"Urbana's
Ace of Cakes!"
 This show is all about talented women. She hasn't made it onto Ace of Cakes or
Cake Boss yet, but Buffy Vance of Madeline's Confectionery in Urbana has
a pretty impressive craft all on her own. She'll tell us all about
sugar art in this episode.
Sunday, March
21, 2010
4:00 pm
WEIU TV
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Studebaker John & The Hawks with special guest The Delta Kings
A Blues, Brews, & BBQ preview night!
Studebaker John rocked the the 2008 Blues, Brews and BBQ main stage and
is ready to throw down in Urbana once again. Join Fluid Events as they
present Studebaker John with special Guests The Delta Kings.
For more information, click here!
Friday, March 26, 2010
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
88 Broadway, Lincoln Square Mall
142 Lincoln Square, Urbana
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CCRPC
Business Loan ProgramsLoans for New
and Expanding Businesses in
the Community and Region.
The Champaign
County Regional Planning
Commission (CCRPC) is an intergovernmental organization that provides
and
administers a variety of planning, community & economic development,
early
childhood education, and social services for Champaign County
and surrounding area. The CCRPC is also a central resource for federal,
state, and local business loan programs. Currently, the CCRPC has loans
available for new and expanding businesses in the community. These
programs are designed to encourage business retention, expansion,
attraction,
and job creation as a result of economic development.
Businesses that
may
be interested in applying for a loan should contact:
Kathy Larson
(217)
328-3313
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Law Day Poster Contest
Posters capture people's
attention with a powerful graphic and
inspire with a message to your community!
All
public, private & home school students in grades 3-12 are invited
to participate in designing a poster to be entered to win in the Law Day
Poster Contest! Good posters
tell important stories to present and future generations.
Rules:
Any
media may be used to create a flat or two-dimensional effect (paint,
crayon, colored pencil, charcoal, ink or other materials). Poster size
must be 8.5" x 11" (portrait or landscape). All posters must be created
by an individual student rather than a team of students. Entries
completed by
students in their handwriting and coloring will score better.
For more information on Law Day 2010, click here!
All entries must be postmarked by April
15, 2010 to:
Law Day Poster Contest
c/o Early American Museum
PO BOX 1040
Mahomet, IL 61853-1040
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111 West Main Street
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 344-3872
Susan Toalson
Special Events Coordinator
Marketing Coordinator
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2010 UBA Board Members
President
Chris Harlan
Vice President
Stephanie Bond
Treasurer
Jennifer Rybicki
Secretary
Tom Carrino
Members
Joe Duchene
Wade Franklin
Pamela Franks
Ted Jeurrisen
Jan Kijowski
Brian McKay
Amanda McWilliams Dan Manolakes
Leah Pettit
Becky Weber
Paul Wirth |
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Prom Benefit for Hunger Relief
Save the Date! ...and go snag one too!
For the second consecutive year, our friends at Paramount Staffing are hosting the Prom Benefit for
Hunger Relief to raise funds for the work of the Eastern Illinois
Foodbank. But this is no prom for kids-we'll be featuring:
music through the decades spun by DJ Kris
Ehler of E Entertainment,dancing, a signature cocktail, heavy appetizers, prom couple photography, naming of the First State Bank Prom King and Queen, raffles & prizes (including a chance to win $1,000 in airfare!), and even a ride home for you and your car from Tatman's Towing (if
driving is not the best option at the end of the evening)!
Feel free to come dressed up in that original prom garb-or to wear
something a little more contemporary. We're delighted to have you any
way you come!...but 21 and over only, please.
Get your tickets now-there are only 200 available. (Go ahead, get
'em!) Call 217-328-3663 for more ticket information.
For more event information, click here!
Friday, March 27, 2010
7:00 pm - 12:00 am
Kennedy's at Stone Creek
2560 South Stone Creek Boulevard, Urbana |
Urbana Community Education will
be offering Business Aspect of Art class
If you would like to gain knowledge of
the business side of art, this is the class. Deborah Fell, a well known
quilt artist, will facilitate discussion including the following topics:
marketing your work, portfolios, necessary computer skills, artist bios
and resumes, the artist statement, venues, electronic portfolios,
inventory strategies, copyright issues, accounting and other issues
raised by students. Four sessions (8 hours) is $50.
For more information and to enroll, click here!
Class begins Tuesday, March 30, 2010
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Urbana High School, Room 1145
1002 South Race Street, Urbana
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Una Noche: Celebrating Great
Mexican
Life and Culture
2010 Big Read Celebration
Kickoff. The Big Read
is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership
with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.
The University of
Illinois Library is spear-heading this April's Big Read
celebration
to promote through reading the spirit of creativity and greater
cultural
dialogue throughout our community. This year's programming
focuses on the book, Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican
Short
Stories, and includes reading sessions, film and music events,
lectures,
and public school instructional sessions. Included in this April's
celebration is a special month-long exhibition at the Alice Campbell
Alumni Center entitled, Life in a Border Town, which features
photographs taken by fifth grade students from the Felipe Carillo
Puerto
Primary School of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. These images portray
the children's intimate view of their families, community, and life
in school, and the two curators of this exhibition will talk about
their
experiences working with the children to create this unique show.
For more information, click here!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Alice Campbell
Alumni Center, University of Illinois
601 South Lincoln
Avenue, Urbana
Admission: FREE
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American Diabetes Association Kiss a Pig Gala
Presented by
Health Alliance
The purpose of the contest is to raise
"votes/dollars" for candidates' campaigns. Each vote is
equal to one dollar. The candidate with the most
"votes/dollars" wins the privilege of kissing a
live pig. We honor
the pig because insulin, the drug used to
control diabetes, was originally
derived from a pigs pancreas. The Champaign
County Kiss-A-Pig Gala will benefit
diabetes research and education programs such as summer camp for
children with
diabetes. The gala includes a cocktail hour,
silent auction, dinner, live
auction and the kissing of the pig.
For more information and to enroll, click here!
Friday, April 9, 2010
6:00 - 10:00 pm
The Refinery, dinner catered by Jim Gould
$65 per ticket or $600 for a table of 10
with signage
for your business
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1 month free membership
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Amara Yoga & Arts is offering a Spring Membership Special for $59/month for a limited time, get the first month FREE when you sign
up for an annual membership (paid monthly by automatic payment by credit
card or
bank account)!
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"Bring a friend in for lunch at Silvercreek and receive the second entree half off!". Click here to print.
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| Valid March 12- March 19, 2010 |
10-50% off store-wide
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Stop by Furniture Lounge, located at 126 West Main Street in Urbana, and take advantage of 10-50% store-wide.
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