This year’s Spring Jam at the University of Illinois saw a last-minute venue change due to severe weather concerns, moving ...

Warm weather makes me carve margaritas. And on this warm Thursday, I’m thirsty for one of my favorite margaritas: Maize’s ...

I love that the Gallery Art Bar hosts an artist’s work each month. May’s artist is Urbana’s manga phenom Kofi Bazzell-Smith.

We had our quarterly writer’s party at Maize last night, but before I joined the festivities, I had to swing by to witness my favorite rite of Spring: the erecting of the tent for patio ...

Next week, here’s an opportunity (amongst several outlined by our Culture Editor Louise Knight-Gibson this week) to treat ...

This is the month that not one, but two cicada broods will be emerging from the ground in the millions. I cannot wrap my ...

April 26, 2024, the University of Illinois’ College of Media screened 13 films from graduate and undergraduate students ...

Recently we stumbled upon an NBC Chicago article with the clickbait headline “This Illinois city is the 2nd loneliest in the ...

Recently we stumbled upon an NBC Chicago article with the clickbait headline “This Illinois city is the 2nd loneliest in the ...

WEFT 90.1 FM, the community radio station which played host to Smile Politely Radio for years until it went on hiatus a ...

This week amongst our Smile Politely editor group, we were just floored by the amount of trash that was collected by ...

When I’m asked what my favorite music genres are, I’m often hard-pressed to answer. How can I express my vast love of music ...