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The week in news: Students protest data centers; early voting begins in Illinois
On campus: Students, community rally for data center regulation Students for Environmental Concerns protested large data centers in a rally held Friday. It was joined by members of Students for Socialism, Prairie Rivers Network and Resist AI Data Centers Champaign County in…
Gabriela Garcia teases new material at PYGMALION Day 3
The audience’s chatter subsided, and their focus sharpened as Gabriela Garcia prepared to share her latest work at the Analog Wine Library on Saturday night. The book talk event was part of PYGMALION, an annual festival in Champaign-Urbana that spans music, comedy, literature and…
‘Animation After Dark’ brings animated shorts to PYGMALION Day 3
Laughter and gasps occasionally rippled through Tiernan Hall as community members watched animated short films during Saturday night’s program “Animation After Dark.” The event brought together fans of animation for an evening of screenings, which showed 12 different films. As…
Kassa Overall performs transformative jazz set at PYGMALION Day 3
On Saturday night, PYGMALION welcomed Kassa Overall to Urbana, where he and his touring band performed an alluring, one-hour jazz-fusion set at Gallery Art Bar. Overall was raised in Seattle — a city that influenced his musical identity by laying down traditions of both jazz and…
Salaryman plugs into PYGMALION Day 2 after 20-year hiatus
Indie electronic rock band Salaryman received a warm welcome back to the rock world Friday with its Day 2 PYGMALION performance at The Lake House in Crystal Lake Park in Urbana. The outdoor venue had families and Champaign-Urbana residents gathered around the stage ahead of…
Nirosta Steel, Barwick, Lattimore bring musicality to PYGMALION Day 2
Music reverberated throughout the Tryon Festival Theatre in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Friday, featuring openers Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore, along with headliner Nirosta Steel. The show was part of PYGMALION, a festival running Thursday through Sunday…
Rare Book and Manuscript Library obtains first edition of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’
The University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library opened a new exhibit Thursday, celebrating its acquisition of a first edition of Mary Shelley’s groundbreaking novel, “Frankenstein.” The exhibit, titled “‘I could people the hours with creations’: Celebrating Mary Shelley’s…
Racing Mount Pleasant headlines night of music at PYGMALION Day 2
Tote bags and flowy skirts were scattered throughout the crowd at Racing Mount Pleasant’s show Friday night. The band performed at the Rose Bowl Tavern alongside openers Tractor Kings and Candi Jenkins. The bands performed as part of PYGMALION, an annual music, comedy, literature…
Lisa Low preaches poetry at PYGMALION Day 2
Under overcast late-September skies, students, residents and literary enthusiasts alike trickled into Urbana’s Analog Wine Library at 6 p.m. Friday for an evening of poetry, prose and pinot noir. The reading’s featured author, Lisa Low, is a poet whose work explores estrangement,…
Astronomy On Tap proves science is for everyone on PYGMALION Day 2
Scientific language can often be difficult to understand for the average person, which is exactly what Astronomy On Tap strives to change. Gallery Art Bar hosted the international organization for the second day of PYGMALION Friday evening. Astronomy On Tap formed in New York…
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Robby Hoffman delivers raunchy comedy at PYGMALION Day 1
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts welcomed Emmy Award-winning comedian Robby Hoffman to the Tryon Festival Theatre Thursday night. As one of the headlining acts for PYGMALION, Hoffman’s set started at 7:30 p.m. and lasted just over an hour, including topics like “nepo…