Ebertfest 2025 opened with a familiar paradox: honoring the past by shaking it loose from its pedestal. In a year when cinema ...

Walt Bowman — the proprietor of The Safe Haven studio — is a homegrown multimedia creative, entrepreneur, and visionary. He’s ...

Celebrate The Dude on May 17th at the 2nd Annual Out of Your Element: A Big Lebowski Festival at Normal Theater. The festival will feature the 1998 cult classic The Big Lebowski, created by the ...

Lyric Theater’s production of Claudio Monteverdi’s Orfeo opened at Krannert Center’s Tryon Festival Theater. Monteverdi’s ...

Champaign-Urbana is a city with many of the amenities you would expect of places with a much larger population — especially ...

Mark your calendars for Monday, May 5th as the Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company presents their Annual 5-5 Art Auction at Jupiter’s at the Crossing. This whimsical fundraiser features 55 local artists ...

For an organization with a park named after it and an annual fundraiser that draws 500 participants to nine area bars, the ...

RESIST is back — louder, brighter, and more determined than ever. After a pandemic pause and a few political hurricanes, the ...

Coverage of the local music scene has been a core component of Smile Politely since its founding. Our music section covers a ...

For an organization with a park named after it and an annual fundraiser that draws 500 participants to nine area bars, the ...

Welcome to the City, taking place Saturday, May 10th, at 7 p.m. at Gallery Art Bar, is a show featuring several talented ...

Champaign-Urbana DIY record label Pretzle Records has grown in visibility over the past year. Pretzle Records initially was a ...