BEST 2024 - Smile Politely — Champaign-Urbana's Culture Magazine
Dec 12, 2024 · Amanda Brennan on Twitter BEST Rumspringa: The Emu. Oh, to be a captive emu who has escaped captivity. In early May 2023, an emu was spotted crossing I-74, but was able to evade capture.It was spotted a couple weeks later, prompting SP’s Mara Thacker to pen this love letter to the emu. In July of this year, the emu — a lady emu — was captured and returned to her owner in Vermillion County.
Three predictions for 2025 - Smile Politely — Champaign-Urbana's ...
5 days ago · If you’ve been reading this magazine long enough, you know that we care enough to call some things out at times. Mostly, what we publish is just a constant stream of validation and positive reviews of what happens inside of our community. But our Editorial Board does some harder line examinations ...
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Nov 20, 2024 · It’s hard to believe 2024 is coming to an end. And while it’s easy to focus on all of the uncertainty 2025 will bring to our country, the Editorial Board wanted to instead, zoom in and focus on what Champaign County has been up to this year.
Our 2025 wishlist - Smile Politely — Champaign-Urbana's Culture …
Dec 4, 2024 · We’ve come to the end of 2024, and more immediately, the end of our publishing year. Continuing this annual tradition, we’ve outlined some hope and wishes for next year, in no particular order.
Your 2024 guide to shopping locally - Culture - Smile Politely
Nov 27, 2024 · Hello Smile Politely readers, this is your once-upon-a-time Culture Editor tapping back in to bring you our annual guide to offer some holiday shopping inspiration. Everything feels awful and overwhelming right now, and maybe your holidays are looking a bit different this year because of it. You might be starting new traditions and leaning into the people you’ve chosen to surround yourself with.
Pay attention to the entire ballot and vote like your future …
Oct 9, 2024 · Early voting officially began on September 26th, which is also the day that vote by mail ballots were sent out. It’s no secret that we at Smile Politely share progressive liberal values and in this two-party system tend to vote for Democratic candidates, so we’re not going to focus much on the presidential and other contested races on the ballot.
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See you in 2025! - Smile Politely — Champaign-Urbana's Culture …
Dec 13, 2024 · This was our last week of publishing in 2024. We will resume our regular, full publishing schedule on January 13, 2025, but we’ll have The Weekender for you on January 9th. Before then, check back ...
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Food + Drink Wrapped 2024 - Smile Politely
Dec 12, 2024 · This year, we wrote a lot about the area’s food and drink scene from restaurants to bars, coffee shops to farmers markets and food trucks. In 2024, Smile Politely food writers covered eats and drinks across 15 cities in Central Illinois: Champaign, Urbana, Savoy, Arthur, Brocton, Bloomington, Farmer City, Gibson City, Georgetown, Mahomet, Monticello, Paxton, Sidney, St. Joe, and Tuscola.