Downtown Urbana Winter Lights returns with a renewed commitment to showing off the joy of the season. On Saturday, December ...

A new bakery called Tous les Jours will be opening on Green Street on the first floor of new housing by Pacifica. The ...

The DSC will host their Holiday Open House featuring handcrafted soaps, candles, wax melts, tea towels, ornaments, and more handmade art created by their artists. Proceeds from purchases directly ...

Champaign-Urbana’s food scene had a lot going on this past month. In SP’s Food & Drink section, we shared new business openings, announcements of imminent closures, and lots of great restaurant ...

Hello, it’s me. I am back again with another round of holiday activity suggestions. Listen, I get it; as if there’s not enough to do this time of year other than just make it out ...

The City of Champaign is once again offering up to two hours of free parking at the Hill Street parking deck this December. The effort is to encourage residents and visitors to frequent downtown ...

I’ve already waxed poetic about the importance of shopping locally this holiday season, but I truly do mean it. There are ample opportunities to keep that dollar close to home when it comes to gifting ...

Derailed Fest, the spin-off of Railfest (previously held at the Brass Rail), will be presented by the local indie record ...

The Palace of Versailles in France is now displaying robes created over 300 years ago by Inohka, or “Illinois People” — Native American tribes whose homeland include Illinois. The robes are a focus of ...

Join BACH in Messiah Sing-along to close out the year of the choral group’s performances. The event will welcome folks to ...