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2 days ago in Community, Entertainment, News
The Beat on Market Street returns this summer with four themed block parties in downtown Champaign
The Beat on Market Street is returning this summer with four themed block parties on the second Saturday of June, July, August, and September in downtown Champaign.
3 days ago in Entertainment, Music
New Wings exhibit traces Paul McCartney’s reinvention as husband, father and bandleader
The largest collection of Paul McCartney's personal artifacts ever publicly displayed is part of a new exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame centering on his life after The Beatles.
3 days ago in Entertainment
Bam! Pow! Krakoom! The everlasting allure of the American comic book
Pick one up. Be seduced by its glossy cover. Gaze upon the impossibly muscular body clad in a skin-tight suit. Our hero or heroine will surely be soaring, shouting, blasting a villain into next week. They are ridiculous. They are addictively great. Comic books, of the superhero variety, are 100% American.
3 days ago in Entertainment
John Travolta surprised with honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
John Travolta was surprised with an honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his directorial debut Friday.
3 days ago in Entertainment, News
Virginia Theatre to screen Young Frankenstein in honor of Mel Brooks’s 100th birthday
The Virginia Theatre will screen Mel Brooks's 1974 classic Young Frankenstein on June 28 as part of the News-Gazette Film Series, celebrating the comedy legend's 100th birthday.