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Your 9-5 or that dreaded family reunion might be boring, but the rides there don’t always have to be. This sum-mer, learn the tricks of creative commuting.

Take some time to catch up with our columnists! In this week, Melisa provides a poetic interpretation of the confusingly blissful start of a relationship.

Round Table Review Check out what the buzz music staff has been listening to

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Video games have never been my forte. When I’m not getting spiked and smashed in Super Smash Bros., I’m double-jumping straight off the edge. The mechanics of Call of Duty have evaded me

for years. My proudest achievment playing Halo was figuring out that I could honk the Warthog. But when someone busts out Super Mario Bros. 3, you’d better watch your Goombas: I’m coming for them.

Bringing the old NES I found in my grandpar-ents’ basement to college was one of the best decisions I have ever made. For once, I’m the one who plays the game like a pro, pulling off the cool-est stunts and wreaking complete havoc across the occupied Mushroom Kingdom. But what ap-pears to the casual observer to be exceptional skill and talent on my part is, in reality, a farce. I played this game for hours on end with my sister as a kid. I know every hidden 1-up and mushroom throughout the first three worlds like it’s my job. I visit Coin Heaven every chance I get, not because I need the coins or the extra lives—if you don’t have at least 15 lives by the time you curb stomp the first Koopaling, you’re doing it wrong—but simply because I can. My advantage feels insanely unfair whenever I play with friends, but I suppose that must be close to how those same friends feel when they lap me (again) in Mario Kart.

After a while, though, the gameplay can get a bit stale. So I recently compromised my integrity for the sake of sport: I found a Super Mario Bros. 3 walk-through online. I’m already familiar with most of the secret spots in the levels, but the walkthrough has pointed out a few things to me that I never would have caught on my own. In the first world alone, the way I play the game has been totally rev-olutionized. For example, if you complete the first level with a matching number of coins (11, 22, 33, etc.), a matching second-to-last digit in your score (...10, ...20, ...30, etc.) and finish on an even time, the Hammer Bro. later in the world transforms into a Coin Ship. This walkthrough has breathed new life into those first few worlds, reinvigorating my love for Super Mario Bros. 3. There’s plenty more secrets to unlock, but I won’t share them here—after all, I have to maintain my edge somehow.

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SEASON OF THE WITCH

This summer, the Rare Book & Manuscript Li-brary presents “Fire Burne and Cauldron Bubble: Witchcraft at the Dawn of Modernity,” an exhibi-tion exploring the West’s long-term fascination with witchcraft and demonology using early printed texts from the library’s collection. The displays are rotated every semester with work from the University, guest curators, graduate assistants and professors.

The 21 displayed books, curated by graduate as-sistant David Morris, offer glimpses of engravings, diagrams and yellowing pages from Medieval times to the Enlightenment.

“Witch trials—and executions—occurred in parts of Europe during the lifetimes of such harbingers of modernity as Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant and Voltaire,” Morris’s introduction explains, explaining sorcery’s infl uence on a turbulent Christian society.

The exhibit’s title comes from Shakespeare’s Mac-beth, a tragedy deeply embedded in popular percep-tions of witchcraft. As a part of the exhibit, Morris includes Shakespeare’s First Folio (perhaps one of the library’s most well-known acquisitions) among exor-cism pamphlets, witch trials and scholarly debates, which discuss that the blending of popular and ob-scure is what makes witchcraft an enduring interest.

This wicked exhibit is open Monday-Friday until August 8 in the room 346 of the Main Library.

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» Man Drinking Monster in Mei-jer: It’s Monday night and there’s a storm brewing in Champaign. The sky is getting dark and the winds are beginning to howl. I’m inside of a barren Meijer, check-

ing out and ready to go home. This trip to the gro-cery store had been uneventful and quiet, unlike my other visits there when I witnessed a near-fi st fi ght in the check-out aisle or when I saw a lady purposefully drive into an old man for presumably walking too slow. As I check out my fi nal item, something to my left catches my eye. Inside the children’s cloth-ing section, I see quick head movements becom-ing visible through the size 12 pajamas. I wasn’t mistaken: It was a man drinking Monster as fast as he possibly could and looking frantically in both directions. This wasn’t John Dillinger, but in Meijer there’s a chance he could be. When he spotted me starring at him, confused, from the aisle, he immediately found a place under some children’s clothes to ditch the can and run out of the store. It doesn’t take much to make a grocery trip memorable and this did the trick. Way to go, Monster Man.

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MOVIES & TV

Certain summer successors surprisingly triumph over originalsBY ALEX WEN

On June 13, two of the most hotly an-ticipated sequels came out to block-

buster results. How to Train Your Dragon 2 and 22 Jump Street are both well on their way to surpass-ing $100 million worldwide. It’s not especially noteworthy that blockbuster sequels can be suc-cessful. However, for blockbuster sequels to not only be critically acclaimed, but also surpass their predecessors is a rare feat.

Hollywood loves sequels. There’s a reason that Transformers 5 is already in development before the fourth, Transformers: Age of Extinc-tion, is even out. It’s easy money and a safe bet for film studios. Not coincidentally, Hollywood sequels are also often the bane of film enthusi-asts’ existences. When these sequels sell like hotcakes, their primary reason for existing be-comes about filling movie executive pockets instead of embodying genuine artistic expres-sion. That’s not to say most movies don’t exist to make money: Directors need to put food on their table, too. However, it means that even when a story is done, if there’s more money to make, the show must go on.

The result? A lot of franchises run to the ground, resulting in poor remakes, and a large number of bad sequels. Thankfully, 22 Jump Street and How to

Train Your Dragon 2 both manage to transcend the success of their predecessors with the elegance of Toothless’s aerobatics.

It would be absurd to force an amateur painter to add elements to a Picasso painting and claim that it was previously unfinished. Yet, this is how many Hollywood franchises are born. After initial success, studios (who own the rights) greenlight a sequel (sometimes directly against the wishes of directors) and produce a follow-up. This often leads to inferior sequels that don’t have the same quality and lack the origi-nal’s narrative authenticity. How to Train Your Dragon 2 and 22 Jump Street circumvent this issue by performing the cinematic equivalent of inviting Picasso back to improve his paintings. Having the original directors return to their film franchises better preserves the artistic vision set out for these movies.

Moviegoers are a fickle bunch, though. They want more of the same, but they want something unique and different, too. Remember the run-away success of The Hangover formula? What about when the same thing is done two more times? As the Rotten Tomatoes scores show, the original had a respectable 79% for its non-stop humor and clever script. The sequels got

ratings of 34% and 19%, with critics none-too-impressed with the rehashes. Even audiences were less receptive, as although The Hangover 2 was a box office success, the third Hangover struggled to entice watchers. Nobody wants to watch the same plot because they already expe-rienced it when they saw the first film.

22 Jump Street solves the issue of originality by tackling it head on. The sequel is a tongue-in-cheek critique of action and comedy films, refer-encing its sequel status multiple times. While 21 Jump Street derived much of its humor from the situational dynamic of two adults as high school-ers, 22 Jump Street works as a smart satire. Audi-ences get to see their favorite stars go through the same zany action sequences, but they’re laughing for all the different reasons.

Similarly, How to Train Your Dragon 2 retains key components from the first film, but expands it in a different direction. The sequel opens featur-ing a thrilling ride with Hiccup and Toothless: It captures the mystical wonderment that made the original so enticing. While the first movie was all about connecting humans (and the au-dience) with dragons, the dragons become a backdrop in the sequel for what is really a movie about family. What was the main narrative focus

of the original film becomes a narrative tool in the sequel, and this shift in focus allows audi-ences to experience something new while being immersed in the same fictional world they’ve come to love.

These sequels’ ability to break into a new direction is even more impressive, since com-edies and children’s animations are often boxed in by Hollywood perceptions. Comedies are often perceived as the most lowbrow of enter-tainment, but the sequels this season prove that certain members of the genre are much more ambitious than expected. 22 Jump Street not only delivers the laughs, but delivers to audi-ences a clever message on its place in Holly-wood. It has enough jokes to keep the audiences satisfied, but it also leaves them with some food for thought. Likewise, How to Train Your Dragon 2 doesn’t let its stigma of being a children’s film from tackling mature familial issues.

With both of these films well on their way to being just as commercially successful—if not more so—than their predecessors, they serve as reminders that the number two does not necessarily mean adding another one of the same. After all, it’s a totally new number with twice the possibilities.

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THE REBIRTH OF A BUTCHER SHOPUrbana “pop-up” shop looks to the futureBY PAUL ANGELILLO

N ews that the Urbana Butcher Shop was to close its doors shocked customers nearly

three weeks ago. The announcement, made on Facebook, cited the struggle community busi-nesses face during the summer, and declared that the shop had hit a “financial wall” that could not be recovered from.

The butcher shop was the sort of unapologetic place that would proudly display the cuts of goat and lamb and different animal heads in the win-dow and, more than simply selling its wares, would converse and work with its patrons to prepare exact cuts that would otherwise be hard to find. Each of those cuts, mind you, would be locally sourced and subject to strict, personal standards of quality and expertise of prepara-tion that simply could not be beat in CU. It was a throwback to the butchers of old, and it de-veloped a legion of passionate customers that made sure to outpour their disappointment at the store’s fate online.

Though tinged with sadness and regret, the closing did not mean the complete end to ac-tivities at the shop. With so many passionate customers and a lease on the space for another year, the team has decided to convert the space into “a commercial kitchen/pop-up restaurant dinner headquarters,” offering a rotation of dif-ferent chefs and culinary concepts a home. A la carte, no reservation and cash only, the pop-

ups aim to be a to the point “badass restaurant extravaganza” in Urbana.

The first pop-up was headed by Chef Dan Gar-rison, who had recently come on to work at the butcher shop after bouncing around several kitchens in the area. While the sudden closure was surely a bitter pill for Garrison to swallow, the chef took the dinner’s turnout as a positive sign, acknowledging the sort of leap a $40-per-plate dinner, the first of its kind in the location, represented.

BYOB only, most diners embraced the chef’s suggested pairing of a sparkling wine or pinot noir while water, iced tea and coffee were all made available throughout the meal. The seat-ing arrangements, two large tables fitting up to 10 each, gave the event a further, communal feel with conversation buzzing at both ends of the space for the duration of dinner. The crowd indeed varied, but all present were enthusi-astic to taste and disucss the food as well as mourn the loss of the butcher shop. Meanwhile, the open kitchen—now unobstructed by the butcher’s display—maintained a sense of flow and intimacy as both the dishes and their cook eased their way across the room.

Chef Garrison introduced each of his creations with a loving sort of ownership and pride that brought smiles to diners’ faces. The started, a chilled Chioggia beet soup with mojito mint and Spanish chorizo, titillated the palate, with the

spicy sausage providing the perfect counterpunch to the cool, sweet refreshment of the beets. What followed was a composed salad featuring a secret mix of spicy greens, assorted sliced vegetables and an autumn berry vinaigrette. The texture and crispness of the salad was undeniably, delightfully fresh while the autumn berry made a surprisingly flavorful dressing.

The star of the show was undoubtedly the deep fried, cornmeal crusted rabbit Chasseur served with Hunter’s Sauce, braise and mashed purple top turnips and Southern style Swiss chard and kale with butcher’s bacon. The rab-bit, though a tough sell for many, was as crisp and succulent as any fried chicken anywhere. Meanwhile, the mashed turnips acted as per-fect, smooth ,faux mashed potatoes. The Swiss chard and kale–mixed with a bit of honey–melt-ed in the mouth and formed a perfect partner-ship with the fatty, tender bacon chunks.

Autumn berries made another appearance during dessert as a gelato, nestling itself be-tween two additional scoops of house made vanilla gelato to make for a perfect ending. The dishes were all substantial portions and, in sum, formed a satisfying meal that justified the ask-ing price while pulling no punches in celebrating the very best local ingredients available around Central Illinois.

Far from showing any sign of slowing down,

the shop’s next pop-up event is already sched-uled for this coming Monday, July 7. Instead of another pay-in-advance, formal dinner, the event, titled Shack Series Vol. 1: Smoke Shack, will be offering first come first serve barbecue sandwiches, platters and sides celebrating the Carolina, Texas and Kansas City regional styles. Spearheaded by Chef Josh Boyd, the selections of pulled pork, Texas beef brisket, smoked chicken and more—all locally sourced and lovingly prepared—is sure to draw a crowd to the shop. Though Boyd hosted Taco Shack, Lobster Shack and Fried Chicken Shack dinners at Carmon’s, the pop-ups now look to become a staple at the butcher shop, continuing through-out all of this year and next on the first Monday of every month.

Though shanks, ribs and sausages have yield-ed to one-night dinners and classes, Urbana Butcher Shop seems far from relinquishing its influence on CU’s food scene. Though others might’ve accepted defeat and cut their losses, the team should be celebrated for putting their cleaver between their teeth and delivering deli-cious food to Urbana, one way or another.

Information on the Urbana Butcher Shop and their events can be found online at https://face-book.com/thebutcheruc.

The former butcher shop makes way for pop-up shops. Photo by Diana Diggs

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LEAVING ON A HIGH NOTEHank. plays its final show SaturdayBY SEAN NEUMANN

It had been agreed it was a good three years. Sitting around a small coffee shop

booth, the members of Hank. laughed about a story from a previous tour.

The four-piece emo band was staying at a house in Columbus, Ohio. The tenants there had a human-sized blow up doll named Randy , a gift from a former girlfriend for when she wasn’t around, guitarists Teddy Lerch and Ryan Brewer explained. The idea was hysterical to the two, but they mostly crack up at Randy’s presenta-tion. The doll was life-sized, expressionless, and had a little red heart innocently drawn on the wrong side of the chest.

“We could tell tour stories for a week straight,” bassist Darwin Keup said in agreement with his bandmates. And seemingly, they could. After three years, three demo releases, plenty of tours and a full-length album, Hank. produced count-less memories for its four members, but soon the band will be another one on its own.

The VU band is offi cially breaking up after its July 5 show at Mike 'N' Molly’s, the same location the band celebrated the release party for its debut album Pinched.

“We agreed that we were splitting up a few months ago,” Lerch said. “What might be news to some people is already in the background of our thoughts.”

Hank.’s intricate song-writing and mix of styles is what made the band one of the most recog-nizable and popular in the CU music scene. The four members each brought a different trait to Hank. Lerch’s emo-driven writing style some-how found a way to complement perfectly with Brewer’s melodic hike up the guitar neck, while Keup’s energetic live performance on bass pro-vided a glimpse into a world where nu metal was draped in punk. All happening while drummer

Nelson Cowan’s near-robotic movement behind the drumset kept the three others bound together in perfect tempo, holding his drumsticks halfway up like a scrappy lead-off hitter who rarely fails to get on base. That’s the thing that made Hank. the wonder it was. If you spent too long watch-ing Keup punch at the air in between notes, you might miss Lerch slightly leaning back, keeping his balance just enough to gauge the perfect hold on his guitar neck in order to tap out another baffl ing riff. There was so much going on, in both sound and performance, that each time Hank. played, it managed to be something new.

But the problem is, what made Hank. killed Hank. The band’s unnaturally contrasting styles ultimately led to fed-up sessions where the mu-sical direction became disputed. In style, Hank. was bound to split up and after three years; the four musicians made a veteran decision to pull the plug before the bulb burned out. As Lerch explained, the decision was communal between the four friends. If there was ever a comfortable way for a band to break up, Hank.’s fi nal chapter is the one at end of that book.

Lerch happily explains the soon-to-be former bandmates’ living situation, which has them still occupying a home together in Champaign, dubbed the “Hunk. House” (the name is spelled “Hank,” but the “a” is fl ipped upside down to be read as a “u”). The residence is already a host to punk shows for local and touring bands and is also the host for Punk Rock BBQ Day festivities, a new Champaign holiday signed in by Mayor Don Gerard and cam-paigned for by Keup, himself.

The four members’ friendship is still vibrant in conversation, as if the band’s split hasn’t changed a thing between them. If anything, as Lerch ex-plained, the split had a positive impact on their friendship. "For three years my priority was in

Hank., but on the other side, it was sort of a relief," Lerch said. “Near the end, there was a bit of ten-sion and, there was a weight being lifted off, and I feel like it’s still for the best.”

The band’s split was tough to swallow at fi rst, Keup said, but each member has moved on musically and have already started new projects.

“It sucks that it ended the way that (Hank.) is—just done—but it’s not going to make us not play instruments,” Keup said. “I don’t know how to not play bass.”

The band experienced a lot during their three years together, including three different line-ups. Enta guitarist Daniel Lee was an original founder of the band, Lerch said, but eventually left the band, leaving them as a three-piece in 2012. Ryan Brewer, who ended his project Good Night and Good Morning in 2013 and recorded Hank.’s Chinaski Demos, offi cially joined the band in 2013, just three months before the release of Hank.’s debut album, Pinched.

“They went into the studio and did all their stuff, and I ended up taking the raw, unmixed songs and I sat in my room for three straight days and just wrote and recorded,” Brewer said. “I recorded all my parts to the record within three days and almost drove myself insane in the process.”

Brewer’s addition to the band was noticeable, launching Hank. into new genres and putting them

over as one of the best local bands. Pinched. landed at the number two spot on buzz’s Best CU Albums of 2013 list and number three on Smile Politely’s. Hank. not only made a name for themselves in CU, but throughout the Midwest as arguably the best emo band in Champaign—a central point in the Midwest music scene.

But much like the Randy doll from Columbus, Hank.’s anatomy wasn’t in the right place: They realized the pieces are better fi t somewhere else. For Lerch and Cowan, they believe their tight-knit emo sound is best fi t in their new band Daukis, while Keup found a fi t for his intense stage pres-ence in the loud, Springfi eld-based band Our Lady. Brewer’s technicality is able to live on through an upcoming solo effort, and his work behind the scenes continues through the production of folk-musician Doby Watson’s new record.

“When we started, we weren’t sure what kind of music we wanted to make,” Cowan said after Keup explained there was a lack of agreement between the members about the band’s musi-cal direction. “I think we know a little bit more about that now.”

What made Hank. a cultured band is also what led to its split. Pinched. will always remain a tan-gible memory for the CU music scene while for those in Hank., personal stories from tour like Randy will remain as a reminder that the band’s three-year run was accomplished, and one Lerch said he’s proud to look back on.

“I’ve probably left Illinois only a few times in my life before we toured,” Lerch said, telling more stories from tour. “Hank. is what made me see the ocean for the fi rst time.”

Catch Hank.’s fi nal show this Saturday at Mike 'N' Molly’s with Woodie and Animals in Human Attire. Doors open at 7 p.m., and cover costs $7.

“NEAR THE END, THERE WAS A BIT OF TENSION AND, THERE WAS A WEIGHT BEING LIFTED OFF, AND I FEEL LIKE IT’S STILL FOR THE BEST.” - TEDDY LERCH

Used with permission from Hank.

Hank. Through the Years

First Show September 29, 2011

Schrader EP November, 2011

Daniel Lee leaves band January, 2012

Venture EP March, 2012

The Chinaski Demos September, 2012

Ryan Brewer joins bandJanuary, 2013

PinchedJuly, 2013Final ShowJuly 5, 2014

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CONVERSATION PIECESWhen the Xpress’ speakers are booming, so is community innovationBY CARLY GUBBINS

B efore it was transformed into the giant boom box structure that it is today, the

Hip Hop Xpress was an old, beat-up trailer that was being used for karaoke. With no money to spend, University Professor William Patterson secured the trailer that would continue his com-munity engagement project on the last day of its sale. “I said to the seller, ‘Man, I got to have this vehicle... I promise the University will pay you.' Ultimately, he gave it to me in good faith,” Patterson said.

After all the research, dedication and passion Patterson has put into the trailer, he could use some of that good faith right about now. The Hip Hop Xpress is quite literally a conversation piece for Patterson’s larger project, N Search of Hip Hop, which recognizes extraordinary genius in urban communities “where people do extraor-dinary things in spite of their social conditions,” Patterson explained. What the Xpress trailer, which is really a fully-equipped recording studio, exists "to set up and inspire change for condi-tions of urban spaces. It creates the possibilities for folks who are doing ghetto genius, if you will," Patterson said. The Xpress has come a long way, but it’s not going anywhere.

No, seriously. The trailer sits due to the lack of funding Patterson needs to keep those wheels (and records) spinning.

Patterson received a public engagement grant for this project in 2010. During the project’s pi-

lot run, Patterson took the Xpress to the Bristol Park neighborhood, a re-developing commu-nity. When some visitors asked him how much it would cost to record in the Xpress, Patter-son replied, "It doesn’t cost you anythingm as long as you make sure the block is safe." When Patterson discovered that these people had a recording studio in their house, it dawned on him: Solar power. "That’s an entry point for families that may have limited means, but a lot of them have big screen TVs and things like that," he said. "I wanted them to use trailer to introduce them to the energy costs in operating their house and their recording studio so that they have money for other things."

So, Patterson started doing research on Uni-versity professors who study solar power and energy efficiency. Patterson was able to work with Engineering professor Philip Krein, who suggested that a senior design class turn the trailer into a solar-powered recording studio as a project. Patterson is amazed by the work the work that the College of Engineering has done. The engineering students were able to create mechanisms that would allow Patter-son to record in the Xpress for one hour using solar power alone, "which is a significant piece considering that, in some of these spaces, we don’t have power," Patterson said.

The technology has been built, but it has not been installed. "I don’t think that installation will occur

unless another professor picks it up or I end up working in some capacity," Patterson said.

However, Patterson will be teaching an Engi-neering 198 elective in the fall called "Decoding Dr. Dre: Adventures in Urban Engineering."

"I don’t know if we’ll be able to use that class as a part of the Hip Hop Xpress, but I’m really more about orientating students to the ideas of how someone like Dr. Dre created and pro-duced a company like Beats Audio to this, now, conglomerate that has evolved through Apple,” Patterson said.

The Xpress is a pretty amazing concept that has “potential for greatness,” as Patterson said. Other universities have expressed interest in what Patterson is doing, but he has yet to ex-plore those options. "I love the U of I. This is my hometown, so I’m very interested in the Orange and Blue going to the next level in this area," Patterson said.

"What I’m excited about is that everyone who hears about Hip Hop Xpress wants to see the trailer in action… so, I’m very eager to continue the work, but I’m not at the position to con-tinue the work because I don’t have a funded position," Patterson said. It’s great that people are excited about the Xpress, and Patterson is very grateful for the progress the project has made. However, "it takes a lot of people to get inspired and keep the conversation going," he said. Today, that seems nearly impossible with-

out social media. Patterson created a Facebook page, Twitter and blog for his N Search of Hip Hop and Hip Hop Xpress, but they have not been updated in a while.

Not being from the Social Media Generation is only a part of what has kept him from updating the accounts. "I’ve been in such survival mode,” Patterson said, "that it’s been not having the flexibility to have a lot of time to do it and figure out how to survive."

Here’s what Patterson envisions the social media to be used: He’s hoping that, through funding and a professorship that supports hav-ing the Hip Hop Xpress "inspires someone to say, 'Well, I’m going to tweet about this,'" and so on. "The project has been very organic for me in that way. I find people that are very interested in it and pick up stuff, taking it to the next level," Patterson said.

Patterson is interested in getting young peo-ple within the community talking and thinking about their possibilities. Getting these kids to realize that their interests and skills can be ap-plied in an educational and professional capac-ity is key. It is a way to establish themselves "in a society that does not know how to engage them," Patterson said.

"Timing is of the essence," Patterson said about the Xpress. "Young people are seeing the possibilities and, they’re doing great stuff, so we just want to capture it."

The Hip Hop Xpress truck. Urbana, IL. Photo by Professor William Patterson.

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The Hip Hop Xpress truck. Urbana, IL. Photo by Professor William Patterson.

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A CREATIVE COLLECTIONParkland College’s “Through the De-cades” exhibit showcases years of stu-dent talentBY ANWEN PARROTT

T he exhibit currently on display in Parkland College’s Gietz Gallery is a unique one.

While many exhibitions are shaped by a shared theme or focus on the works of one or two related artists, Parkland’s "Through the Decades" show-cases over four decades of student work, creating a collection of pieces that are as varied as they are captivating.

In the early 1970s, the Fine and Applied Arts De-partment at Parkland began purchasing particu-larly strong student works at the end of each aca-demic year. These pieces were added to Parkland’s permanent collection of artwork, which serves as a model of what effective and well-executed art looks like. Although these drawings and paintings are examined and appreciated in art classes and occasionally put on display throughout the halls of Parkland College, they are seldom seen by the re-mainder of the community. "Through the Decades" presents a rare opportunity to open the collection up to those outside of campus.

Gallery director and co-curator Lisa Costello was strongly in favor of opening the collection up to the public. “Right now, Laura O’Donnell, the collections coordinator, and I are focusing a lot of our energy on the student collection,” Costello said. "So this was a great opportunity to highlight what we have accomplished with the collection, and show many of the really successful works that have been cre-ated in the Art and Design program at Parkland over the years. (We wanted to) highlight the collec-tion as a whole and see it as a living, visual archive of the artwork that has been and continues to be a

part of Parkland College," she said."Through the Decades" contains a variety of

two-dimensional works as well as a few recently created three-dimensional pieces.

"We wanted to include pieces from all of the decades—1970s to current works," Costello said. "There are oil paintings, watercolor, charcoal, pastels, collage, color-theory studies, prints and graphite drawings."

The inclusion of three-dimensional pieces, however, posed a challenge. The Art and Design program at Parkland extends far beyond two-di-mensional works; the exhibit would be incomplete without them, yet the limitations of space and funds proved problematic.

"Unfortunately, we don’t have space to prop-erly store and care for three-dimensional works of art," Costello said. "Because we don’t collect 3-D works of art, Chris Berti, who teaches Sculpture, 3-D Design, and Ceramics, loaned us some wire sculptures completed by students in 3-D Design. They are pretty amazing when you see that they are three-dimensional drawings in wire!"

There are noticeable differences in the styles of art produced from era to era, adding to the "fullnes" of the collection; the major commonal-ity lies in the quality of each piece.

"What I think is quite impressive is that there have been quality works continuously collected," Costello said. "They withstand the test of time!"

The "Through the Decades" exhibit will be on dis-play in the Gietz Gallery through July 24.

Parkland College exhibition. Photo by Vaidas Simaitis


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A support group for people with any mental illness that is closed to people without one. Drop-ins are welcome at no charge. Facilitated by non-professionals who are regular members of the group, the group is warm and welcoming to new members. Confidentiality is assured. Call or email for more information.

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BOOKS $ PRISONERS VOLUNTEERINGThursday, July 10; 2-4 p.m.

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REIKI HEALING CIRCLEWednesday, July 9; 6-7:30 p.m.

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Pre-hydration and pre-registration are required.

GIVING FORWARDWednesday, July 2-Sunday, July 13

9 E. University Ave., Champaign (indi go Artist Co-op); free

A group of local watercolor artists are joining together to donate the proceeds of sales of their artwork to the Chez Family Foundation Center for Wounded Veterans. Each artist will have originals and giclées available for purchase from July 2- 13. A reception to meet the artist is scheduled for July 11 at 7 p.m.

URBANA’S MARKET AT THE SQUARESaturday, July 5;

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Corner of Illinois & Vine, free SHACK SERIES VOL. %: SMOKE SHACKMonday, July 7; 5 p.m.

119 W. Main St., Urbana, a la carte

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The Art Theater Co-op, Champaign

Raised in a convent and on the cusp of becoming a nun, 18-year old Anna has no idea of her past. As a sheltered orphan, before her impending status as a nun, the Mother Superior brings attention to Anna about her last living relative. Upon their meeting, Anna learns a plethora of information ranging from her family’s past to her present circumstances. From her Jewish parents’ deaths during the Nazi occupation to her real name, the memories of the Holocaust are shown in a haunting and poignant manner. Intermingling Ida’s personal experiences with the overall effects of postwar Communism, the film is sure to impress and affect viewers.

HANK. & LAST SHOWSaturday, July 5; 7 p.m.

Mike 'N' Molly’s, $7

One of CU’s most popular bands, Hank., will be playing its final show on Saturday. If that’s not enough, Animals in Human Attire and Woodie are opening up the show.

SPINDEPENDENCE W/ DJ DELAYNEY & DJ KOSMOFriday, July 4; 12 a.m.

Cowboy Monkey; free

DJ BELLYSaturday, July 5;

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Cowboy Monkey; free

DJ DELAYNEYFriday, July 4;

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HighDive; $5

HOMEROOM '()Saturday, July 5; 7 p.m.

The Canopy Club; $10

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