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Check out the new faculty exhibition at the Kran-nert Art Museum.

Need an excuse to splurge on a sweet treat this weekend? Get the scoop on a foodie holiday you won’t want to miss.

David glosses over the fl imography of this past summer, and highlights the movies that made it positive.

Christine sat down with Palehound’s Ellen Kempner to discuss the band’s new album and, of course, Kelly Clarkson.

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Q&A: PUNCH BROSGet to know Chris Eldrige before the bands Ellnora set!

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EDITOR’S NOTEANWEN PARROTT

IN THIS ISSUE

DIGGING FOR FIRE: REVIEW

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Last January, I drove from Champaign with a van of other students to volunteer at a refu-gee center in Atlanta. I spent a week meeting individuals from around the world who were forced from their homes and resettled in the U.S.

I worked in various departments around the bustling offi ce, helping to distribute clothes and a few pieces of furniture – items that, for many of the people I met, became the entirety of their worldly posses-sions. I spent time in the on-site daycare facility and was introduced to children who were born and raised within the confi nes of a refugee camp, and each morning I taught in a women’s literacy class. In this classroom, I witnessed women - ranging from 19 to 65 - memorize the English alphabet, spell their names, diagram a sentence, learn to recognize American traffi c signals and in a myriad of ways (both small and substantial) celebrate their wom-anhood and acknowledge their shared strength.

It was one of the most important weeks of my life, in part because I truly believed in the importance of what I was doing and where I was, but primarily because I was forced to acknowledge the weight of my ignorance on a daily basis. I met people torn from their home countries and I didn’t know why; my understanding of political upheaval, religious turmoil and the pervasive effects of war in other parts of the world was – and sadly remains - largely nonexistent. While volunteering, names of foreign countries briefl y mentioned on the news became more than snippets heard in passing – people were suffering in these far-off places, and they continued suffering when media coverage petered out and stopped. As weird as it is to think, the refugees that I met in Atlanta were the lucky ones; only a hand-ful of people in their position were relocated to a country in which they could live at peace.

For one week’s time, this was all I could think about; but when I came back to school and got busy, thoughts of the people I met and the hard-ships their family members continued to face oc-curred less and less frequently.

In the past few weeks, a number of haunting pho-tographs and news reports regarding the lives of refugees have caught the world’s attention. This time around, I pledge to pay attention to one of the most important humanitarian issues of our time; it’s easy to forget that when the stories stop, the violence doesn't.

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»FEARLESS FLEET FEETAll the finishers and staff at Chicago Women’s Half Mara-thon last weekend! The weath-er was cruel but we conquered

it in the end! Thank you ice towels.

»URBANA LOVELiving in Champaign after liv-ing in Urbana for two years. Where are all the pretty flow-ers and gardens?

» WELSH NAMESThat one UK weatherman that flawlessly pronounced the name of that one Welsh village, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-

gogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

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NATALIE DURST

At 7:46 a.m. this morning, Altgeld Hall’s chimes will toll for two minutes. These chimes signify the collision of two airliners into the World Trade Center. This is one of many sounds ringing out in memory of the tragic events that occurred on Sept. 11 fourteen years ago.

The fire department, police department, church-es and houses of worship are encouraged to ring bells and sound sirens for a minute at noon today. All of these tolls are to commemorate the bravery of all those affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Along with the sounds that will echo, Cham-paign-Urbana will host a 9/11 Memorial Cer-emony from 8:45-9:39 a.m. Rev. John Sims, who spent time as a disaster chaplain, will be a fea-tured speaker at 2 p.m. in front of the Champaign County Courthouse. In addition to this, there will be a variety of events, such as a free concert by the University’s School of Music.

Please come out and remember the courage of so many on Sept. 11 and show support to those who act as our everyday heroes.

AN ECHOING MEMORY HONORED BY

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MOVIE REVIEW: DIGGING FOR FIREJOSH PETERSON

WHEN you’re excited to see a movie, part of the experience is the actual trip

to the theater- the feeling of, “Yes, I know that this is a total rip-off and that I could stream this online for free, BUT I LOVE LIAM NEESON DAMMIT, so take my 12 bucks; it’s a small price to pay for 'Taken 6: At this Point, It’s Just Bad Parenting.'”

So when I heard almost a year ago that one of my favorite directors and favorite actors had a movie that they co-wrote premiering at Sun-dance, I was hyped to a point just under "Star Wars" level. In my most feverish dreams, "Dig-ging for Fire" would be a selection for the 2015 Ebertfest, and I would watch it in all of its glory in the Virginia before listening to Joe Swanberg and Jake Johnson explain every microscopic detail of the fi lm, revealing it to be even more genius than the fi rst viewing suggested. At the very least, I thought I would watch it at The Art, the kind of theater that Swanberg’s subtly beautiful and electrically emotional fi lms seem to be made for. I just wanted to see it somewhere that befi tted the experience I expected from a movie that I hoped would be my favorite of the year.

Swanberg has made a career out of making a film a year that is meager in both budget and

plot and yet still high on emotional payoff. Re-sults have been varied - as Woody Allen has proven, no one can make a good movie every year - but the highs have soared, with two films in Swanberg’s catalogue being among my fa-vorites that I’ve seen in this blurred lane of low budget dramady bliss (the artist formerly known as mumblecore). "Digging for Fire," in that respect, seemed to mark a bit of a depar-ture or at least an evolution for Swanberg. For one thing, there was the fact that a rare Sawn-berg plot point occurs: Johnson’s character, Tim, finds an old gun and a bone buried in the backyard of the house he’s staying at with his wife and young son, setting the rest of the film in motion. Then there’s the cast. Holy shit, this cast: my boy Jake, Rosemarie DeWitt, Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, Brie Larson, Mike Bribiglia and freakin’ Orlando Bloom (who is shockingly not playing an elf). Swanberg’s films tend to have two to three characters of impor-tance in them, therefore only really necessitat-ing a few recognizable actors, but this seemed shaped up to be a true ensemble picture, a new and exciting foray for Swanberg.

The beginning of the film does appear to be

heading in that direction, with Tim’s wife (De-Witt) leaving him for the weekend so that he can do their taxes. Still intrigued by the bone, Tim instead invites over friends to have a beer or two, and after being properly lubricated, they decide to start digging to see what else might be buried in the backyard.

Meanwhile, Tim’s wife, Lee, leaves their son at her parents' for a while in order to spend a night out with old friends, a night away from the worries of which preschool they should send their son to or if Tim will actually grow up and do the taxes. When her friends bail, she ends up sitting next to and flirting with the charming Ben (Bloom) at a bar, and her night follows its logical path from there.

I wish I could report that while digging, Tim found actual fi re. I wish that Ben had turned out to be an elf, or a vampire or a robot in disguise. I just wish that something more had happened in this fi lm.

This movie isn’t actually about digging for anything, except maybe for a sense of self-worth. Tim and Lee both are having problems dealing with these new responsibilities of age and figuring out where the wants and needs of their youth fit in with that. Johnson captures

this disconnect perfectly in the only poignant scene of the film as Tim tries to explain to his oldest friend what it’s like to be a father, only to have him respond by repeating over and over again how hard it must be to never sleep. “There’s also, like, the fact that there’s a per-son,” Tim murmurs under the incessant chorus of “No sleep, no sleep.”

That’s some advice that Swanberg might have taken himself when constructing this film. That these characters are supposed to be people- not just notes on a scale that help him deliver whatever message he’s trying to get across. My head tells me that the big idea here was that even though Tim and Lee are married, they should be free to still be their own people and be independent despite that. Which is obvi-ously fine and healthy. But watching this movie, the only takeaway I really had was that Swan-berg seems to think married people should be entitled to “getting some” on the side.

This is (hopefully) due to the main flaw of the film, which is to assume that we will believe in Tim and Lee’s relationship enough to sym-pathize with the dissonance they feel as they half-heartedly pursue other people instead of just thinking that they’re assholes. Swanberg’s best films, "Nights and Weekends" and "Drink-ing Buddies," (which, by the way, are also films where nothing really happens) still manage to find excellence through the chemistry be-tween two people, captured with pure honesty by Swanberg. By separating his couple from the onset, however, Swanberg removes his great-est asset from his repertoire and is left trying to piece together tension and emotion without any foundation on which to build.

Maybe that’s why the best moment of the film was the end, in which Tim and Lee reunite after their weekend apart. The rest of the story falls pretty flat with Swanberg wasting his extensive cast by giving them fleeting roles (no joke, Anna Kendrick might have just accidentally wandered onto the set) in what is really a movie about one marriage. The end result is ultimately okay- if not a little annoying. Maybe it was fitting then that I ended up watching this film not in a the-ater of any kind, but rather with my computer burning on my lap, combining with my already overheated bedroom and stiff, uncomfortable walls to create an experience totally devoid of any kind of amenity. That’s fine though. I’ve watched plenty of movies like that. It just wasn’t what I expected from this one.

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BY KEYURI PARMAR

THERE has been a new trend on Green Street this past year with new

bubble tea shops. The newest addition to this group is Chatime, an international chain. I vis-ited Chatime with a friend after class on a hot afternoon looking for something refreshing. Many people had the same idea; Chatime was fi lled with customers and had a line of about 10 people. The store was fairly small but fi lled with modern seating and had music playing. There were some pictures hanging on the wall and a large map. My guest and I took some time to decide on what to drink, because there were so many options. The menu has eight different drink options ranging from juice, bubble tea, bubble pop tea, mousse drinks and more.

Although the line was long, it did not take too long to approach the register. The employees were friendly and greeted us. When we asked questions about some of the teas, however, the employees did not seem to have much knowledge of certain drinks. They still aided us so we ordered drinks we were content with. My guest waited about 10 minutes to receive her drink, but it was not a quick process for my order. My tea was on the counter within 10 minutes but my guest and I waited about 20 minutes for the mousse. This is defi nitely not a stop-and-go tea shop, because the drinks do take some time to make.

My guest and I bought three drinks to share and experiment. Our fi rst one was the Lychee Black Tea, which was a typical black tea with a slight lychee taste and some pieces of lychee within the tea. Lychee is a tropical, sweet, fl eshy fruit that grows within a shell. The tea was refreshing but nothing memorable. This fruit tea was slightly under fi ve dollars for a regular size tea, which is rather pricey in comparison to other tea shops on campus.

The second drink that we tried was the Passion Fruit QQ with Passion Fruit Tea and Coconut Jelly. This drink was sweet, tangy and delicious. There was a lot of passion fruit fl avor with the juice and tea mixed together, and the coconut jelly was fi rm and added more fl avor to the drink. The cup was fi lled almost half way with the jelly, which I thought was excessive, but a jelly lover would have been content. This drink cost about $5.20, which I also thought was on the pricey end of the spectrum.

The last drink we tried was the Tieguanyin Tea Mousse. We had no idea what to expect when we

ordered this but decided we should try something new. This drink took about 20 minutes to make, so we had high expectations. This drink consisted of black tea with a foamy mile topper, which mixed into the tea. The drink reminded me of something similar to a tea latte. The Tieguanyin tea was not very bold or fl avorful, and the milk toned down the fl avor even more. The foam topping added a unique characteristic to the drink. My guest and I agreed that it was good to try, but we would not go out of our way to get it again.

Overall, Chatime has an enormous menu with plenty of options and has already become a popu-lar tea shop on Green Street. The prices are higher in comparison to other tea shops but depending on the tea can be worth the extra dollar. Unlike the Milk Tea House, everything at Chatime was fresh. A good chunk of time is needed to visit this tea shop, because most orders take about 10 minutes to make. Chatime has a lot to offer but still needs to overcome some fl aws.

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COME TO THE DARK SIDE

LADIES and Gentlemen: the Dark His-tory Convention is in town! This

event is scheduled to arrive annually to Cham-paign. It is a two-day event that consists of various guests, including John Borowski (fi lm-maker), Maureen Hughes (author) and Charles D. Mosiant (comic book artist). All specialize in knowledge of organized crimes, tragedies and topics related to the "darker side" of our history.

Many of these artists have researched the lives of horrifi c historical fi gures including H.H. Holm-es, one of the fi rst documented serial killers, who set up shop in Chicago during the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and Jack the Ripper, the still-unidentifi ed serial killer that terrorized Lon-don in the late 19th century.

Others cover topics such as the Shelton Gang’s relation to Al Capone. The Shelton Gang gave Ca-pone and his men a run for their money. As a boot-legging gang, this Williamson County-based gang ensured that the poor souls affected by Prohibition were given means to avoid a strictly sober existence.

Even more writers and artists add to this di-verse mix by providing tales of sinister figures from our more recent memory. Albert Fish, a notorious serial killer and cannibal active in the early 20th century, carries a long list of crimes against children. “Handsome Johnny” Rosselli, a mobster for the Chicago Outfit, was involved in various conspiracies, including a plot by the CIA to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

It is important to note that the organizers of the Dark History Con have been very clear about the purpose of this event: “Lest we for-get, it is the victims of these events that are the most important to remember. We do not glorify any of these people or events. They are, however, part of our history, a part that is very important to remember and learn from.” President of Dark History Con Brian Ward has echoed this response by emphasizing the posi-tive effects that can be gained by educating others on dark history.

On a brighter note, the Dark History Con will also feature Minda Powers-Douglas, Robbin Terry and Jim Heater. Minda Powers-Douglas is in charge of the Cemetery Club and has written numerous novels about the history and function of cemeteries and how they refl ect a culture's attitudes towards death. Powers-Douglas is a fountain of knowledge in regards to cemeteries across the nation and symbols adorning headstones.

Terry, on the other hand, is in possession of two haunted establishments, including the infamous Ashmore Estates, an alhmshouse turned psychiatric

hospital in Coles County, IL. He currently resides in his other haunted location, the R Theater in Au-burn, IL. Terry plans to bring the Original Mystery Machine, originally owned by Hanna Barbera Stu-dios and will have plenty of stories to share while he poses alongside the iconic van.

Jim Heater is a radio host for the show Para-normal Geeks. The show presents many guests, ranging from historian Ursula Bielski to meta-physical and paranormal expert Rosemary Ellen Guiley. The show truly does live up to its name, inspired by the book written by Sharon Day and Julie Ferguson in an effort to bring together

all those even casually interested in UFO and Bigfoot sightings, or the possibility of haunted houses and hospitals, into a fun-loving group.

Clearly, the Dark History Con is also pursuing this line of thought. Feeling curious about some of the world’s most notorious criminals or want-ing to learn more about the lesser-discussed parts of our history? You’re not alone. The Dark History Con offers a perfect cocktail of artists, authors, fi lmmakers, scholars, collectors and investigators excited to share their knowledge and experiences with Con-goers.

Whether a dark history fanatic or hater, it’s

clear that this convention will be an interesting experience. For a full list of guests, visit www.darkhistorycon.com.

Prepare for Halloween a bit early this year by attending the Dark History Con, which arrives at the Fluid Events Center (601 N Country Fair Dr.) in Champaign on September 19 (10 a.m. – 12 a.m.) and 20 (11 a.m. – 5 p.m.). General admission is $5 and tickets can be purchased at the Dark History Con's website.

SHIVANI DHARMASANKAR

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CHICAGO COMEDIAN BRINGS HUMOR TO IRON POSTLAUREN EIDEN

THE Iron Post is hosting its next Stand-Up Com-edy Showcase tonight at 9 p.m., featuring

the highly-recognized Chicago comedian Sean White. A Georgia native, White fi nds his humor in extremely personal issues he’s faced throughout his life. In 2014 Chicago Magazine named White one of the Top 16 Comics in Chicago. White has been performing stand-up for roughly 10 years now but admits it took at least seven years of that time for him to fi nd his voice and really take off.

“Eventually what happened is my family passed away, and I also got divorced in the middle of all of that. And it kind of just shook me as a person and made me rethink and reevaluate who the hell I was and what was important to me,” White said. “So, I

just started writing about whatever I wanted to let come out of my mouth. Just let it out.”

White credits his successful comedy style to his “backward” approach. While he said it is typical for comics to search for funny topics and then talk about it, he decides what he wants to talk about fi rst and then fi gures out how to make it funny for the audi-ence. Motivation is the key to his work, White said.

“I feel like I didn’t have much of a choice wheth-er or not this is what I wanted to talk about. It was all I could think about, because it was all that kept happening,” White said. “So it removed the question of what to talk about and only left the question: ‘how do I make this funny?’”

This past May, White decided to share his jokes

of hardship with a larger audience than usual: the entire internet. He released his fi rst album, Dead and Gone, which can be found on both iTunes and Amazon. The album includes 14 stand-up bits, where he talks about the two-year time frame when multiple family members of his died all while he was going through a divorce with his wife.

Dead and Gone is not the fi rst time he shared his feelings about the losses he’s suffered but rather a collection of some of the best jokes on these subjects. He admits that before preparing full sets about his family or divorce, he would sometimes break down on stage and start yelling about things he hated. White once even did an entire night of stand-up just reading three pages of pros and

cons he wrote about his family being dead. Dis-cussing topics so close to home allowed White to begin writing comedy that he cared about.

“I tasted the great feeling you get from being able to get that off your chest and having an audience laugh with you and understand that you weren’t trying to be angry, you weren’t try-ing to yell at anybody. You just wanted to get something out and share it,” White said.

He began writing stand-up in college when his now ex-wife brought up the idea. As he started to write original comedy sets in order to prove to his girlfriend that he actually knew what he was talking about, he struggled to fi nd stages to perform on.

“One day my girlfriend was like ‘oh by the way, I invited 40-something people over to our friend’s house tonight, and you’re doing stand-up for them.’ And I was like ‘Oh, yeah of course. Yeah, because I do it all the time, not a problem.’ So I did it for them and it went okay with them, but that’s because they’re my friends,” White said. “That was probably the worst set ever.”

White has now expanded his resume to much more than just that performance for his friends 10 years ago. He has spent the past year traveling the country doing live shows. Since September he has done stand-up in big cities such as Milwau-kee, Portland, Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York and Chicago, to name a few. White is also currently working to get his second comedy album, titled Angry and Alone, produced.

“Anger as in how it’s one of our motivational forces that we have. Hate is bad, but anger can be helpful if you know how to use it. And then alone being that it’s okay to be comfortable with being alone. You don’t have to always be a part of the group,” White said.

Angry and Alone is another album where White cracks jokes about some more serious and per-sonal topics. White said that he has had anger management problems since he was nine years old. As a child, he remembers getting separated from all the other kids because of these mental issues he struggled with.

If any of the themes White focuses on - death, divorce, anger or being alone - resonate with you-or even somewhat interest you, then you are in luck. He is grabbing the best jokes from both Dead and Gone and Angry and Alone to create a “sam-pler” of his work for his show at The Iron Post.

The Stand-Up Comedy Showcase at The Iron Post

(120 S. Race St, Urbana) will also feature opener comedians Jason Melton and Dave Losso. The show is $7 at the door.

Photo by Anthony McBrien at Honk Honk Photography


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Q&A: PUNCH BROTHERSCHRISTINE PALLON

ON SATURDAY, Krannert welcomes groundbreaking acous-

tic band Punch Brothers to the stage as part of Ell-nora Guitar Festival. The group (which includes UIUC alum Noam Pikelny) is touring in support of their latest album The Phosphorescent Blues, which masterfully blends classical music, traditional blue-grass and contemporary acoustic music.

We caught up with guitarist Chris Eldridge ahead of their performance at Ellnora, who gave an insight into the band’s creative process and their recent ex-perience as artists-in-residence at Oberlin College.

»buzz: I know that you come from a musical family. What’s your earliest musical memory?

»Chris Eldridge: Oh, gosh. There was so much of it, I’m not sure I can separate it out. When I wasn’t around my father and The Seldom Scene, I was with my mom, who was arguably the bigger music lover in the house. One of the fi rst things I remember was actually Glenn Gould playing Bach. We would listen to that a bunch. My mom loved Glenn Gould playing Bach.

»buzz: You’re a graduate of Oberlin College, where Punch Brothers has served as artists-in-residence. What was it like for you to return to your alma mater- this time in the role of a mentor rather than a student?

»CE: It was great! Oberlin is a really remarkable place. I feel like a lot of the kids at Oberlin are really

interested. They work hard, and they’re passionate people. It was really a joy to get to interface with these brilliant, interested and questioning kids. It was invigorating for us as a band, because we wrote some of the last record at Oberlin. We would teach for three days and then stay for another three or four days. We don’t all live in the same town, so when Punch Brothers writes, we have to get together to do it. At Oberlin, when we would get together to write after talking about these high ideas with students, it really made us kind of step up our game a little bit. It made us feel like we really had to deliver since we were talking about these things with the kids. They were just inspiring to be around, just how passionate they are about music. It’s easy to forget just what it’s like to be 18-years-old or 20-years-old and to have nothing else in the world but music.

»buzz: Through this residency, you have the op-portunity to work with students and help them grow as musicians. Have the students at Oberlin taught you anything about music?

»CE: Yeah, definitely. I learned a lot just from hanging out with the kids there. There were a couple of students in the TIMARA program, which stands for Technology in Music and Re-lated Arts. It’s essentially electronic music - it’s almost electronic music meets academia. They were playing this amazing music. It really blew

my mind, because I had never heard this kind of music before, which is interesting at this stage in the game- to come across something that, from an artistic perspective, is something you’ve never heard before. It’s almost like a movement in music. That’s just an example from one evening hanging out with these kids, who showed us stuff we had never heard before. Everybody there, they’re into what they’re into, and it’s easy to get pulled into that, because everyone has such different interests.

»buzz: Over the years, how would you say that Punch Brothers has changed- in terms of both sound and the general creative approach to the band?

»CE: I think that we fi rst became a band and were writing music together, we went through growing pains. We hadn’t quite fi gured out how to most effectively work together and to play to everyone’s strengths. There was maybe a sense that “well, we’re all good instrumentalists, so we should all be able to do everything that we can think of.” For instance, for us, maybe we can get all the notes out, but personally for me, playing a crazy part isn’t what I do the best. Over time, we learned to embrace the individuals in the band while still trying to make a group statement. We learned to play to people’s strengths and still play collective music and make a collective statement.

»buzz: You guys, as a band, have such fantastic chemistry as musicians. The way you bounce off of each other and build such complex compositions truly speaks to that chemistry. That sort of chemistry makes me curious about the role improvisation plays in your music. Do you guys jam and improvise much, particularly during the writing process for an album like The Phosphorescent Blues?

»CE: Oh, absolutely. So much of it comes from that. Somebody will bring in a seed or a bigger idea, but someone will usually show up and have something they think is cool. Sometimes there’s nobody who’s interested at all, and sometimes it’s something you think is kind of a throwaway, and it’s something they love and kind of dive in on. Once that process starts, theres a lot of improvising that goes on. Writing music engages the same part of your brain that improvising engages. You’re trying to create something and conjure up music that didn’t ex-ist before. That’s a big part of the process, just trying stuff and seeing what sticks, and playing until the pieces come into place

»buzz: The Phosphorescent Blues opens with “Familiarity.” It’s ten-and-a-half minutes long and certainly not a conventional opening track. What’s the process like for a song like this? Do you sit down and say “okay, this song is going to be 10 minutes

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»CE: [Chris] Thile had a vision for that one. He had a vision for these three parts. We talked about it before we even wrote the music. He had decided that we could have a fast arpeggio at the begin-ning. That was the extent of that idea. I know it started off with “let’s start with this fast arpeggio” and then the next section kind of grew organi-cally out of writing sessions in Charleston, South Carolina. We just started playing, and it was really born out of improvisation. The sort of rhythmic pattern and muted rhythm on the mandolin and guitar were born out of improvisation. It all kind of depends. Each section’s a little bit different. With that song, there was definitely premeditation.

»buzz: Punch Brothers has always been an incred-ibly ambitious project. How would you describe the exploration that takes place on The Phosphorescent Blues? At any point in the process, did you find your-selves pushing the band into new territory?

»CE: Yeah, that’s always the goal - to find new things. We don’t want to retread the same ground over and over. That said, there’s things that still work. The song “Boll Weevil” is close to bluegrass. We approached that like a bluegrass tune, which is something that we really know. On the record we need that for balance. That song really helped out the whole of the record, because we were pushing elsewhere. I think that pushing and ex-ploring is always something that this band strives to do with our music. We don’t want to tread the same ground all the time.

»buzz: What’s coming up in the future for Punch Brothers?

»CE: We’re going to work on some new music, and I’m sure we’ll have new material to play within the next year. It’s hard to say right now. We’re definitely in as much musical love with each other as we’ve ever been, so there will definitely be things to come.

On Saturday, September 12, Punch Brothers will perform at Tryon Festival Theatre at Krannert Cen-ter for the Performing Arts as part of Ellnora Guitar Festival. Show starts at 2:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $10-$44 dollars. All-Ages.


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Saturday, Sept. 12; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; 129 N. Race St., Urbana

Enjoy an outdoor movie theater as you watch the classic film Ghostbusters. UrbanaLove connects community members and local businesses as the movies plays and various activities, music and short films are shown.

ASANA & ACUPUNCTURE: THE LIVING YOGA CENTER AND URBANA ACUPUNCTURE Sunday, Sept. 13; 1:30-3:30 p.m.; The Living Yoga Center (212 South First St., Champaign); $20 per person

URBANA ART EXPO !"#$Sunday, Sept. 13; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Urbana Civic Center (108 E. Water Street, Urbana)

NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION FALL FOOTRACE $K WALK AND RUNSaturday, Sept. 12; 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; Arboretum (2001 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana)

SOLAR SYSTEM SAFARISaturday, Sept. 12; 7-8 p.m.; William M. Staerkel Planetarium (2400 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign)

JULIE AND NATHAN GUNNThursday, Sept. 17; 7 p.m.Krannert; $10-$54

ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS AT THE ORPHEUMWednesday and Friday, September 16 and 18; 11 a.m.–12 p.m.; 346 N. Neil Street, Champaign IL; Free

HOMER FARMERS MARKETWednesday, September 16; 5 –7 p.m.; 500 E. Second St., Homer IL; Free

SUSTAINABLE STUDENT FARMERS MARKET Thursday, September 17; 11:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana; Free

EVALYN PARRY’S SPINWednesday, Sept. 16; 7:30 p.m.; Krannert; $10-$29

As an award-winning Toronto artist, Evalyn Parry’s theatrical telling of a dynamic woman in history surely won’t disappoint anyone looking for a great way to make hump day a little better.

PRAIRIE FRUITS FARM & CREAMERY “FORK IN THE ROAD” TASTING TRAILSunday, September 13; 1:30-5:30 p.m.; Prairie Fruits Farm (4410 N. Lincoln Ave., Champaign); $35. Register online.

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COMMON GROUND FOOD CO%OP CLASS: GARLIC PLANTINGSunday, September 13; 2-3 p.m.; Flatlander Classroom (300 S. Broadway, Urbana); $7 owner/$12 non-owner. Register online.

LUNCH AT COMMON GROUND FOOD CO%OPThursday, September 17; 11 a.m.-8:00 p.m.Flatlander Classroom (300 S. Broadway, Urbana)

COMMON GROUND FOOD CO%OP STONE SOUP FUNDRAISER: EAT UP AND CHIP IN! Friday, September 18; 12-1 p.m.; Flatlander Classroom (300 S. Broadway, Urbana); $5 suggested donation

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BEST OF ENEMIESFriday, September 11; 7 p.m.; The Art Theater Co-op; $9.75

MERUSaturday, September 12; 7:30 p.m.; The Art Theater Co-op; $9.75

DEAD MANThursday, September 17; 10 p.m.; The Art Theater Co-op; $8

Starring Johnny Depp as William Blake, who befriends an outcast Native American named Nobody, the film follows their lives after they meet and pass through a mirror, discovering an uncharted world on the other side.

WOLF TOTEMSaturday, September 12; 1 p.m.; Carmike 13; $7.25

MAIDENTRIPMonday, September 13; 7 p.m.; Goodrich Savoy 16+IMAX; $9.75

SOLID ATTITUDE, WAVELESS, BULLNETTLE, TEDDY BOMBER, DOWNERS GROOVEFriday, September 11; show at 7 p.m.; The DingbatDungeon; $5; All-Ages

CHURCH BOOTY RECORD RELEASE SHOWFriday, September 11; doors at 8 p.m.; Mike N Molly’s; $5 in advance, $8 at the door; Ages 19+

Local funk outfit Church Booty celebrates the release of their new album with a show at Mike N Molly’s that features Mutts, Archie Powell & The Exports and Jeremy T. McConnaha.

NEOGA BLACKSMITH, DEADLANDS AND PENNY HORSESSaturday, September 12;doors at 8 p.m.; Mike N Molly’s; $7 ; Ages 19+

WEFT FEST, FEATURING WILDWOOD STRING BAND, KATIE FLYNN AND MORESunday, September 13; show at 5 p.m.; Mike N Molly’s; $7 ; Ages 19+

CHICAGO FUNK MAFIA AND KEVIN CORYThursday, September 17; show at 9:30 p.m.; Cowboy Monkey; $5; Ages 19+

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