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Theatre review: Timon of Athens

If you are looking for a uniquely different, yet always intriguing version of a classical Shakespeare play venture over to [...]

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Hidden Gem: In Which We Serve (1942)

Years before his epic cinematic masterpieces, Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia and Passage to India, director David [...]

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Catching up with Grandkids

A few days before Grandkids’ Friday performance at the Union Fest, I was lucky to talk to guitar player Evan [...]

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Likes and Gripes

Sam Bakall Editor-in-chief likes Spontaneous trips to Walgreens: Admit it. You’ve all done this at some point. You’ve taken a [...]

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Heads up: Commencement and Mother’s Day

Congratulations to all those walking the stage at commencement this weekend. From all of us at buzz, we hope that [...]

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Sounds of summer

Walking down the cobblestone sidewalk, the sounds of finger-snapping, shoe-tapping jazz music mingled with the rhythms of acoustic guitar float [...]

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An indie film star is born

Jacob Wysocki is nothing like the title character he plays in his feature film debut, Terri. He prefers ’90s Fresh [...]

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The Avengers: review

Go see this movie. Seriously. The Avengers is what a summer blockbuster should be. It’s a fanboy or fangirl’s wet [...]

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Summer Camp

Spiritually akin to Tennessee’s Bonnaroo, Summer Camp Music Festival offers a top-notch camping and live music experience that’s slightly more [...]

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Soundset

The pride of Midwest hip-hop is coming back to Minneapolis on May 27. Soundset Music Festival will bring in big [...]

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Bonnaroo music festival

This summer’s festival lineups feature one of the strangest mixes of nostalgic reunions and fresh talent, and Bonnaroo Music Festival’s [...]

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Workin’ at the tattoo shop

This is the first in a three-part series of articles about tattoo culture in Champaign-Urbana. Marisa Gwidt is a guest [...]

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The first-ever Y.A.M.M. Festival

The Independent Media Center will be hosting the first ever Youth Arts Music and Media (Y.A.M.M.) Festival at its downtown [...]

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End of the year recap

THE LAST WEEK OF FINALS always punctuates the end of the year and starts up the whole mess of feelings [...]

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