Gettin’ to It: The Jazz Life of Christian McBride

Gettin’ to It: The Jazz Life of Christian McBride

URBANA  – Jazz legend Christian McBride visited the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana campus in Spring 2022. He spent the majority of the week working with students in the School of Music through masterclasses, culminating in a performance of his work, “The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons,” at Krannert Center for the Performing…

Local organizations attend online forum to discuss housing needs for immigrant families
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Local organizations attend online forum to discuss housing needs for immigrant families

Local organizations that help provide housing for new immigrant families in Champaign-Urbana are seeing an increase in need. The C-U Immigration Forum is a local group that discusses the concerns of immigrants in Champaign County. The group hosted an online forum this week, inviting different organizations for a conversation on the housing shortage in Champaign-Urbana,…

217 Today: Piatt County Board rejects wind farm proposal

217 Today: Piatt County Board rejects wind farm proposal

Monday, April 24, 2023 Today’s headlines: Closing arguments are expected to begin on Monday in one of Illinois’ most consequential corruption trials of the past decade. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition calling for a federal recall of some KIA and Hyundai cars after they said the companies failed to take steps to…