Smile Politely has published several articles about the issue of carbon sequestration around the Mahomet Aquifer. For anyone ...

It’s 7 a.m. and raining as I walk through the woods of Allerton before starting my first day at the Play All Day Retreat by ...

A very busy spring weekend awaits you: live music and theater, trivia, the return of the outdoor market, and free comic books for all.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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