Carrie Chandler is no stranger to the Champaign-Urbana music scene. Whether she’s setting the stage as the talent buyer and ...

In an effort to encourage safe opportunities to walk and ride to school, MTD, area schools, and more organizations are ...

Elly Hanauer-Friedman was elected to Champaign County Board in 2022. When Smile Politely interviewed her (and colleague Jenny ...

Opened in 1974, Urbana’s Common Ground Food Co-op is celebrating 50 years of business this Friday, October 11th at Prairie ...

Mahomet's newest restaurant Briks Pizzeria is now open. Take a look at some of the pizza Alyssa tried with her kids.

Back in July, you were amazing and supported the magazine to the degree that we sold out of the Martinelli’s Market gift ...

After a brief postponement from this summer, Champaign County Forest Preserve District and Watson’s Shack & Rail have teamed ...

Champaign-Urbana is fortunate to have a program like Keep Champaign Beautiful, which is run through Feed the Thing at the ...

Champaign-Urbana always has so much going on and this weekend is packed. Between the seasonal shifts that make C-U a place of ...

Here at Smile Politely we are nothing if not evangelists for our local parks. If you haven’t taken the time to peruse our ...

This month brings opportunities for spectacular dance, great theatre, visual art, one of my top three favorite films of all ...

Thursday, October 3rd Check out brand new video games, Jupiter’s at The Crossing, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., prices vary Jupiter’s at ...