As we move into a challenging 2025, let us remember to make note of the things that give us normalcy and happiness, and bring ...

This year has felt a little like the WORST, huh? So much of 2025 has been a dumpster fire. It’s not just the antics of the ...

This January, the town’s most famous barbecue restaurant will close its Urbana location (again). Black Dog Smoke & Ale House ...

We’ve made it through another year of publishing at Smile Politely. In 2025 we published more than 1,300 articles and SPlogs.

A year ago, when we published this annual article, we were post-2024 elections facing the terrifying uncertainty of what the ...

In case this sounds unfamiliar, let’s discuss it a bit. The Odyssey Project within the Humanities Research Institute at the ...

This week is the last week of publishing for the year on Smile Politely, and I want to end 2025’s Thirsty Thursday column ...

Sinfonia da Camera is stepping out of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, where it resides, for one last time in ...

Reader, sometimes I fail you by not staying locked onto my phone, following all of the goings and comings in town in time to make it to our weekly calendar. Here’s one I missed. This ...

A holiday so dedicated to music that we just can’t seem to get away from it. But when it comes to live orchestral ...

Champaign-Urbana’s sorry forever just released their first EP this past weekend, learning to be. Founded in 2024, the Midwest ...

December 21st, the Winter Solstice, officially marks the shortest day of the year. After that we, the daylight hours will ...