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Stories & Beer Presents: The Out of Towners | Indi Go | Saturday 5-8 | BYOB | Free This Saturday, a couple of the folks who throw together Stories and Beer will be presenting you with a crew of talented writers (and apparent weirdos) from Southern Illinois University's MFA Program. Now, I know what you're probably thinking: why are you bringing writers from the most backwards region of Illinois (and perhaps the USA) to come read about whatever they write about …
Stories & Beer | Sunday, April 10th | 4 p.m. | The Iron Post | Free One of the awesome things about co-hosting a reading series like Stories & Beer is asking a bunch of writers who you really like to read together. This time around, I personally feel like we have a crazy-eclectic group of writers coming together at the Iron Post to rock the Stories & Beer mic. Here's the rundown: Two UIUC faculty, one of whom, Alex Shakar, has a book forthcoming later this …
Stories & Beer | Indi Go Gallery | Sunday 3/13 | 6 p.m. | BYOB This coming Sunday, we're taking Stories & Beer "on the road," by which I mean we're moving from Urbana all the way to the wilds of downtown Champaign. Sunday is the kickoff of the Early Spring Literary Festival, with readings by William Gillespie and Amy Hassinger at the Figure One Gallery at 4 p.m. We wanted in on that hot Lit Festival kickoff action so, …
Stories & Beer | Sunday, November 14 | 4 p.m. | The Iron Post First off, if you weren't at last month's Stories & Beer, here's a little taste of what you missed: Not a bad start, if we don't say so ourselves. Sets a high standard for this Sunday's reading, really. Luckily, local slam poet Suzy Requart, recent MFA grad Harmon Neal, current MFA students Sean Karns and Eduardo Gabrieloff, and featured reader Andy Devine are on deck to take …
Sunday, Oct. 3rd | 4 p.m. | Iron Post After a summer-long hiatus, the Smile Politely/HOBART collaboration we call Stories and Beer has found its way back to the Iron Post. As was the case last year, we hope to provide C-U with a wide array of local, visiting and U of I affiliated authors alongside a wide array of imbibements (honestly, as much as we like stories, we're all probably a little bit more partial to the beer component …
Stories & Beer #5 | Tuesday | 5-7 p.m. | Iron Post | Free As our final Stories & Beer of the spring approaches, let us take a moment to reflect upon the awesomeness of the last one, before forging forth to preview the next! And let us start by praising our kick ass audiences. Since beginning this project back in February, we at Smile Politely and Aaron (over at HOBART: another literary magazine) have been delighted to see how …
When Kyle Minor's collection, In The Devil's Territory, came out last year, I was, I'll admit, a little scared to read it. Scared, on the one hand, in that way that I'd met and even hung out with Kyle a handful of times, and also I knew the people behind the press publishing the book, and so if I didn't love it, what does one do? Do you conveniently never bring it up? Do you lie and say how much …
The idea behind Stories and Beer is painfully simple: get a group of people together who like to drink beer and hear stories — then provide them with stories and with beer. In the past you've been able to access the fun, post facto, via the audio clips we've attached to our recaps, but this time, ladies and gents, we've stepped it up a notch (cue 2001: a Space Odyssey soundtrack, NOW!): we have video! Now continue reading so you …
Who says the sequel can't be as good (or even better?) than the original? There are the obvious exceptions: Godfather II, The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens. But we would also like to remind you of Evil Dead II. Back to the Future II. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. And, now, S&B 2. The problem, most people argue, with most sequels is the akin to the sophomore slump in music: trying to live up to high expectations, trying too hard to …
"Bring da motherfucken ruckus" the Wu Tang challenged. And when the Wu commands, we listen. The very hyphenated nature of the city/cities we live in go to show the very dichotomy we constantly find ourselves immersed in, and the too-frequent isolation between the either/or. Champaign v. Urbana. University student v. local. Even within the University, and even more specifically (for our purposes) within the English Department: Creative Writing v. Literature. Fiction v. Poetry. Thus, our ampersanded attempt to break …
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nice fishnets you’ve got there, dan!
Soo is smile politely in the business of editing comments? Interesting. Way to preserve our 1st am.
great. another TGIF documentary.
This movie is a throwback in the best possible way. Such a delight. By the last scene, I was actually grinning ear to ear!
There are plenty of war movies that do not show one second of fighting or death or blood. There are many feel good war movies. This movie is meant to be inspirational and uplifting. I don’t watch the boondocks because that show is degrading and racist. I…
I think Cameron and scorsese are addicted to the innovations of movies rather than the actual movies themselves. As we saw in Avatar. The look was amazing but the tale was as old as time haha. And as far as Scorsese is concerned he’s made plenty of…
thank gha’al for dan hill
You are right, the Scorsese “vision” of the future is much more horrifying. This actually surprises me because Cameron seems like the MOAR MOAR MOAR TECHNLOGY!!! guy. What does Scorsese even mean “there is no subject matter that can’t absorb 3D?” Yeah a sensitive love story could…
What type of war movie is a “feel good” movie. Look out Hitla, here we come!!!! That doesn’t make them seem as educated men like the Tuskeegee were. Take that Mista Hitla… It was garbage and a the Boondocks creator wrote the script. Have you ever heard…
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Nope. It’s the back (east) side of Urbana Tire Company at 202 S. Vine. How much is a hug and kiss worth? Do I have to take them all at once or can I break it up?
FACT: Silverfish feed only on carbohydrates, such as starches and sugars. They will not consume proteins or fats (the main materials from which human beings are constructed). THUS: That was not actually a human waiter we were conversing with, but rather a lifelike simulacrum created from semi-digested Fruit Loops.
nice fishnets you’ve got there, dan!
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The geniuses at the News-Gazette site have it all figured out. This happened because we don’t have the Chief!
Pamela - Are the roasteries in Seattle as clean as CSR? It always disturbs me a little that it is so clean in there.
Now you will be able to munch on pizza and shrimp cocktails in downtown Urbana (whilst a DJ spins?) after your dissolution of marriage http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/features/its-your-business/2012-02-05/its-your-business-new-pizza-place-downtown-urban Is this a franchise of a Reno pizza joint, or just a coincidence of name? http://www.blackrockpizza.com
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That’s what she said.
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Love CSR. Apart from making my way through the regular roasts in 1/2 pound increments, I also like to pick up some of the little sample packets of the flavored stuff for when the lady and I feel like getting crazy. Sticky Bun is pretty nice.
If you happen to be getting a divorce, or fighting a DUI prosecution, downtown Urbana is a great place to eat.
HUUUUUUGE fan of their Black Velvet roast…It makes up about 75% of my coffee intake. LOL CSR is definitely one of those Champaign institutions that I brag about to people not from here. :-)
We like CSR too! We french press at home and I leave the lid off while it steeps—letting the ground beans bloom. Then, like in your tasting, I scoop off the top layer before pressing. We really need to invest in a burr grinder though, as I…
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just confirmed: there will be white russians served. the art abides.
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FACT: Silverfish feed only on carbohydrates, such as starches and sugars. They will not consume proteins or fats (the main materials from which human beings are constructed). THUS: That was not actually a human waiter we were conversing with, but rather a lifelike simulacrum created from semi-digested Fruit Loops.