Filmmaker Stone, Comedian Oswalt Slated For Ebertfest
Those who annually block out their calendars for late April in Champaign are getting a sneak preview of who they can see at the annual Roger Ebert film festival.
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News
University Administrators Warn Of Problems With Budget Cut
Fifth Pension Lawsuit Filed By U Of I, Parkland Employees
U. Of Illinois Adds Sex-Changes To Insurance
Obama Condemns Russian ‘Intervention’ In Ukraine
Report: Fewer Illinois Kids Lack Health Insurance
U Of I Trustees To Weigh Sex-Change Insurance For Urbana Campus
Many County Clerks Not Ready To Issue Licenses To Same-Sex Couples
Candidates Disagree On Government Unions
Iranian Women Make A Push For Greater Opportunities
Agriculture
Focus
Encore: From the Ground Up
Do you grow vegetables in a garden or in pots around your home or apartment? If you do -why did you start? If you don’t, why not? This hour on Focus, Lisa Bralts talks with Jeanne Nolan, author of “From the Ground Up” about why she does and how she learned.
Live and Local
The Claudettes Play Champaign
The Chicago-based piano-and-drums duo The Claudettes have a curious back story involving a bar owner named Claudette who hired them as her house band. But that’s a distraction from music they describe—with question marks—as “post-burlesque? neo-vaudeville? cosmic cartoon music?” Or, some kind of fusion of blues, jazz, soul and punk. The Claudettes will play in Champaign Friday night, and they’ll play for us live, and loudly, on the Friday edition of “Live and Local.”