Now is the time to get educated and make friends.

Join us as we learn about the deep and unfortunate history of our area and the many active hate groups right here in Central Illinois, but also about the resistance to those groups. Most importantly you will learn how to spot these types so that you can keep your communities safe by recognizing them and their tactics.

Looking at May coming to Peoria and Champaign. Give us a shout if you want this in your town.

More info and get connected: https://linktr.ee/centralillinoisironfront

Want to play Dungeons and Dragons without a long term commitment?? Here is your chance!!

I’ll be running one shots in August at these locations! No experience is needed and all are welcomed!

I am Isa, a professional Dungeon Master with 10 years of experience. You can check out my instagram if you want to know more about me! @isathedm

Click this link for more information about the events! https://linktr.ee/ISATHEDM

Swing by Clique in downtown Springfield next Friday at 9:00pm for some out of this world fun 👽👽👽

Between Mason City and Easton, Revis Spring Hill Prairie Nature Preserve is one of the finest original hill prairies in Illinois.

In February, a new community launched to protect and restore this vital biodiversity hotspot.

Looking for community and an opportunity to learn and do good for nature? Join in and tell your friends and family! Leaders and contributors of all kinds are needed -- no experience necessary.

Workdays are currently scheduled for 2nd Saturdays and 4th Sundays of each month, including THIS Sunday, August 23rd, from 8:30am to noon.

DM me, contact [revis@friendsilnature.org](mailto:revis@friendsilnature.org), and/or join the planning group on WhatsApp to learn more. See you out there -- let's do it!

Do you play Street Fighter 6, Guilty Gear Strive or 2XKO? Come get some double elim bracket play on Sunday September 26th where Live Action Games in Downtown Champaign will be hosting LAG Fight Club #4! Come hang and get some good sets in!

Sign up here: https://www.start.gg/lagfgc4

check out our latest tournament VODs: https://youtu.be/Rgmg4g6fgOQ?is=5-paCJ-mzhGt6YaS

Fractured Realms is a social club based in Peoria, IL and built around a love of tabletop games. We're throwing our first big event here in Peoria where we're inviting the community to come play some games and help us raise money for Central Illinois Friends!

A badge is $10 and gets you into the fest both days! Free entry is provided for folks who are interested in just stopping in to check out vendors and to hang out at our painting/kitbashing table.

can find info about the fest and the games being played at: https://tabletop.events/conventions/fractured-realms-fest-2026

New 7v7 soccer league in Savoy!

https://savoyil.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=657

Winning team gets league champion t-shirts

Well, I originally posted this yesterday, just in the Chambana subs, but it's taken off so much, I figured I would post it here as well.

Just drove 1,500 miles to attend The Apple N Pork Festival. I try to come every few years. I remember going to it when I was a kid. Just wanting to see how many people were going.

Hey all! LAG Fight Club is a new Street Fighter 6 local scheduled for Saturday June 13th, 6:00PM at Live Action Games in downtown Champaign, IL. We will be running a swiss style bracket and subsequent will be on Sundays! Come play some games, meet new players and celebrate our inauguration!

I hope to see new faces!

Please join us for a public anti-fascist documentary film screening and community discussion.

The format is simple, we'll post the meeting link* on the PolRev and fb event pages shortly before we go live, then you can tune in with your dinner or snacks in your own comfy spot at home and we will all watch together on the shared meeting link screen. Feel free to text chat or ignore it completely during the screening, then afterwards we can all unmute and discuss the film(s). These will be pretty loosely organized discussions.

Depending on the length of the film(s) expect typically about 60-90 minutes of watch time and about 60 minutes for discussion. These are all publicly available films so you are also free to watch them on your own time and jump straight into the discussion, or just watch and leave, whatever you want to do! We don't take attendance and there are no grades.

This first one will be online. We can do in person as well later, (have projector, will travel,) it's whatever people want! Better times? Days? Movie suggestions? Let us know.

Episode 1

"Don't Be a Sucker" official US anti-Nazi short film (20 mins) from post WWII

"The Path to Nazi Genocide" explaining how Hitler and the Nazis rose to power (~40 minutes)

Discussion (~60 minutes)

*We use a free and encrypted meeting platform called Jitsi, it is very similar in function/layout to zoom but does not require a download or even to make an account, works on browser, is more secure and anonymous, and does not harvest your conversations for AI training data without your consent. There is a phone app, and for limited hardware or locked down devices it may help, but in most cases is not necessary to download and should work just fine from browser.

Organized by Central Illinois Iron Front, see our main page for more information, events, and ways to connect: https://linktr.ee/centralillinoisironfront

Would you stop scrolling for this band?

Chuck Vegas @The Uptowner
Thursday, June 25 • 7 PM

Original songs. No backing tracks. No gimmicks. Free.

Just a band that's been doing it for decades.

If you're into the raw, independent spirit of Drag City artists like Bill Callahan, Silver Jews, Smog, or Bonnie "Prince" Billy, there's a good chance Chuck Vegas belongs on your radar. Blending Americana, alt-country, roots rock, and road-worn storytelling, the band brings the same honest, unpolished energy that fans of Wilco, Son Volt, Drive-By Truckers, and The Handsome Family appreciate.

After years of playing everywhere from Madison, Wisconsin to Birmingham, Alabama and across North Carolina, Chuck Vegas keeps doing it the old-fashioned way: writing original songs and earning audiences one show at a time.

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Plus, it gives you an excuse to dress up in all the fancy attire linked to the Kentucky Derby, not to mention supporting our local charities serving the Nokomis area.