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For Gina Manola, there was no better way to honor her late husband than providing a space for people to enjoy the music he loved.
This week's lineup: Allison Semmes on Ollie Watts Davis; Carol Marin on Joe Wenzel; Michael Kelly on Heywood ‘Woody’ Sanders; Roxanne Decyk on Emily Watts; Carol Ross Barney on Jack Baker; Grace Hou-Ovnik on Louis Liebovich; Amber McReynolds on Brian Gaines; Scott Atlas on Gilbert Haight; Susan Avery on Marvin Geller; and Arielle Gross Samuels on Paul Braun.
The six-month silence of classical-music concerts was broken Sept. 13 when Ian Hobson opened the 37th season of the Sinfonia da Camera with a 3 p.m. piano recital in a tent on the grounds of the Campaign Country Club.
When he’s not at the bar known for its famous fried fish Fridays and catchy motto (“Food, Drink, Sports and ROCK!”), Grassman can usually be found onstage playing the guitar, drums, harmonica, mandolin, keyboards or kazoo with any of the three bands he’s a member of.
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Toast of Champaign's Sweet Adeline chorus could use your help this weekend.
Canceled in 2021, CU's Got Talent isn't done raising money for the community just yet.
Recollections of 2020 will include community sing-alongs from porches and driveways, anguished home-schooling sessions, and family weddings via Skype. Sweatpants and T-shirts became the new business attire, board games were cool again, silly livestreams the next best thing to “Saturday Night…
Today, Barry Houser was to be in his glory, surrounded by 400-plus members of the Marching Illini on Day 1 of training camp.
The Champaign Park District said Friday it has suspended public and private events at the Virginia Theatre through April 2021 due to coronavirus concerns.
I like to start my mornings off with a little soothing-to-the-soul music.
It won’t be quite the same as strolling through a crowd on a warm summer day, listening to live music, sampling restaurant foods and nibbling on ears of sweet corn, but two popular local festivals are proceeding in a pandemic-safer virtual way.
Mike Ross: 'As far as I can tell, unless criteria change, it’s hard to be able to imagine going into larger gatherings until that vaccine is out there and showing effective results.'
The news hit local blues icon Candy Foster like a ton of bricks: His longtime friend and mentor, Tony Zamora, 90, had passed away.
It's shaping up to be a school year like no other for everyone — including marching bands. Bob Asmussen looks at how several of them plan to adjust this fall.
Smartphone cameras invite shooting more photos than at any time in the history of photography.
In their decades of running Bowers Tree Experts in Danville, John and Pat Bowers have used bucket trucks for a lot more than just clipping high-hanging branches.
Normally, a crowd of 50 for a show at the 1,525-seat Virginia Theatre would not sit well with longtime director Steven Bentz.
Picking up from last week, we assembled another panel of 10 to guide us through the news-packed year that was 1980
Watch the video of 'C-U Sings Volume 1: Let It Be,' produced by Mark Rubel, Ryan Groff and James Treichler and featuring 41 singers and 15 instrumentalists.
CHAMPAIGN — After a surprising increase in April home sales compared to the previous year, May saw a steep year-over-year drop in Champaign County.
GIBSON CITY — Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In quickly sold out its two Saturday night showings of a recently recorded Garth Brooks concert.
With the state set to enter Phase 4 of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Restore Illinois plan, staff writer Anthony Zilis examines what various of University of Illinois venues are anticipating will change once students and visitors return.
The Champaign native and accomplished bassist has done all he can to reflect the outdoor nature of Allerton for the pre-recorded concert, which will be broadcast from 7 to 9 p.m. on WILL FM and streamed online.
To celebrate Juneteenth, the University of Illinois' Altgeld Chimes will ring out tonight for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began in March.
Steve Holstein: "It's rare that somebody has the opportunity to host any show for that long and have the level of success that we had. Am I sad that it ended? Yes. Am I sad the way it ended? Sure. I wish I could have had another month to reminisce and say goodbye."
As for those who were looking forward to The Beach Boys concert July 23 and country singer Billy Currington July 24, well, maybe another year.
The Beach Boys Country and country singer Billy Currington were scheduled to perform on July 23-24.
The music will be for seated diners only, and establishments “should be mindful of adjoining property owners and nearby residents,” Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin said.
I hope today’s readers will take the time to thank and support the vital work of our communities’ many libraries, archives, museums and cultural organizations.
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