The Spurlock Museum on the campus of the University of Illinois is — truly — one of my happy places in Champaign-Urbana. I ...

The Great Cover Up, the annual fundraiser which features a ton of local bands performing as their idols, takes place this ...

The 16th annual Champaign-Urbana Folk & Roots Festival was held this past weekend. Attendees enjoyed and participated in over ...

Life moves pretty fast, and I’ve been trying to slow down and enjoy little moments of calm. When I heard that Cloud9 ...

Early voting officially began on September 26th, which is also the day that vote by mail ballots were sent out. It’s no ...

Earlier this week, I sat down with Jenelle Orcherton, the one-woman force of nature behind C-U Jazz Fest, arguably ...

Carrie Chandler is no stranger to the Champaign-Urbana music scene. Whether she’s setting the stage as the talent buyer and ...

Elly Hanauer-Friedman was elected to Champaign County Board in 2022. When Smile Politely interviewed her (and colleague Jenny ...

In an effort to encourage safe opportunities to walk and ride to school, MTD, area schools, and more organizations are ...

Opened in 1974, Urbana’s Common Ground Food Co-op is celebrating 50 years of business this Friday, October 11th at Prairie ...

Mahomet's newest restaurant Briks Pizzeria is now open. Take a look at some of the pizza Alyssa tried with her kids.

Back in July, you were amazing and supported the magazine to the degree that we sold out of the Martinelli’s Market gift ...