While my arrival to Pricklefest 2025 last weekend was slightly delayed due to weather, I’m glad I braved the rain to catch ...

Art in a park, live music in Champaign and Bloomington, plus a gorgeous weekend to enjoy the last weeks of summer vacation.

If you caught Champaign Urbana Drama Makers’ Gypsy, you got a recent taste of traditional burlesque. Classy strip teases, ...

The Fourth of July in Champaign County featured the Champaign County Freedom Celebration. Personal troubles with the name ...

The Champaign County Forest Preserve is hosting an event that sounds like summer Saturday tailored perfectly to little ol ...

News came last month that, due to losses of over $360 million, OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana will discontinue ...

This month marks TEN WHOLE YEARS since I started writing for Smile Politely with the very first volume of A Building, A ...

Cooperative housing is a low-cost, community-oriented alternative to apartment rental or home ownership. In this system, a ...

In Champaign on Neil Street and Springfield Avenue, a groovy new mural recently appeared for a new store called Resistance ...