URBANA - CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS SEPTEMBER 23
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URBANA - CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS SEPTEMBER 23
URBANA - CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2015 “Life is short; therefore, I shall be a crusader, in the fight, against ignorance and fear, beginning with myself.” — Dorothy Vickers-Shelley 05 SCHEDULE 09 VENUES 11 MUSIC 23 TECH 41 LIT 51 MADE 55 SHOW SERIES 59 FOOD + DRINK 60 TRAVEL 62 PARTNERS 74 PAST 77 JOSH‘S FUND 78 FESTIVAL TIPS + DEDICATION SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY+THURSDAY WEDNESDAY KRANNERT ART MUSEUM 500 E PEABODY, CHAMPAIGN 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 10:00 PM RUSS EVATT JAIME BRUNTON MARK NEELY BIG SCARY FERAL STATES THURSDAY RESEARCH PARK ATKINS BUILDING RESEARCH PARK ENTERPRISEWORKS 1800 SOUTH OAK ST, CHAMPAIGN 60 HAZELWOOD DR, CHAMPAIGN 9:30 AM NURTURING TECH TALENT: BEST PRACTICES FROM THE FIELD 11:00 AM THE SOCIALLY CONSCIENTIOUS STEM COMPANY: HOW AND WHY 1:15 PM MAKING BIG DATA ACTIONABLE: VISUALIZATION IN THE REAL WORLD 2:45 PM TECH FOR ALL: HOW INNOVATION IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE 9:30 AM DESIGN THINKING 11:00 AM AGRICULTURE & ENTREPRENEURSHIP: HOW TO TEACH AN OLD INDUSTRY NEW TRICKS 1:15 PM WHAT THE INTERNET OF THINGS REALLY MEANS 2:45 PM THE STUDENT EMPLOYMENT MODEL: STUDENTS IN THE INNOVATION STRATEGY BLUE WATERS 1725 S OAK ST, CHAMPAIGN 3:00 PM BLUE WATERS TOUR 4:30 PM BIKE RIDE TO URBANA THE IRON POST 120 S RACE ST, URBANA 8:30 PM ADAM FEIN 9:30 PM RYLEY WALKER 11:00 PM THE EAGLE ROCK GOSPEL SINGERS 12:15 AM BULLY TECH CRAWL VARIOUS LOCATIONS 4:00 PM PALEGRAY LAB PERSONIFY [co][lab] PIXO SILVERCREEK 402 N RACE ST, URBANA 6:30 PM KENNA MAE 7:15 PM OWEN THE ROSE BOWL 106 N RACE ST #1, URBANA 7:30 PM 8:15 PM 9:00 PM 10:15 PM CALEB COOK BAND CODY LEE THE FIGHTS WHITEY MORGAN CAFETERIA & COMPANY 208 W MAIN ST, URBANA 5:30 PM PAUL DOFFING 7:00 PM CHRISTINE SNEED 7:30 PM MICHAEL CZYZNIEJEWSKI 8:00 PM LADAN OSMAN SIPYARD 204 W MAIN ST, URBANA 5:30 PM CREATIVE DESIGN AND ENGAGEMENT: A ONE-ON-ONE WITH MIKE RENAUD 6:45 PM FIBER-OPTIC INTERNET: A MICRO AND MACRO DISCUSSION, CHAMPAIGN-URBANA AND BEYOND 00 SCHEDULE FRIDAY KRANNERT CENTER TRYON FESTIVAL THEATRE KRANNERT CENTER LOBBY 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA 11:00 AM STEPHEN WOLFRAM 10:00 AM TRADE SHOW / DEMO DAY 7:15 PM PATRICK WATSON 8:45 PM TUNE-YARDS KRANNERT CENTER STUDIO THEATRE 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA 1:00 PM 2:15 PM 3:30 PM 4:45 PM MONEY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INFLUENCE IN THE MIDWEST THE SEPARATION OF EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING IN MEDIA CONSUMPTION OF MUSIC: THE IMPACT AND RAMIFICATIONS OF IMMEDIACY IN MUSIC PUSHING PERFORMANCE IN SPORTS AND WEARABLES 6:30 PM ADRIAN MATEJKA 9:30 PM JENNINE CAPÓ CRUCET 10:00 PM JANAKA STUCKY 10:30 PM MARCUS WICKER KRANNERT CENTER STAGE 5 CANOPY CLUB 10:00 PM BRAIDS 11:00 PM ZOLA JESUS 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 12:00 AM 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA 708 S GOODWIN, URBANA AMPLIFI DIRTY DI$CO KRUCIAL SAVOY CHANNING MURRAY FOUNDATION 1209 W OREGON, URBANA 9:30 PM 10:30 PM 11:30 PM 12:45 AM EURIAH SINGLE PLAYER WHITE REAPER BEACH SLANG 00 SCHEDULE SATURDAY BACARO BLIND PIG BREWERY 11:00 AM SUSTAINABLE FOOD: THE ADAPTATION OF FOOD PRODUCTION THROUGH INNOVATION 12:30 PM THE METHODOLOGY AND SCIENCE BEHIND THE BREW 5:00 PM LIT CRAWL 113 N WALNUT, CHAMPAIGN BIG GROVE TAVERN 1 E MAIN ST, CHAMPAIGN 2:00 PM THE FUTURE OF IMMERSIVE TECH AND VIRTUAL REALITY HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 1 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 3:30 PM 5:00 PM 6:40 PM 8:20 PM 10:30 PM TARA TERRA NE-HI PURE BATHING CULTURE PURITY RING RUN THE JEWELS MIKE N MOLLY‘S 105 N MARKET, CHAMPAIGN 4:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 11:30 PM 12:30 AM LIT CRAWL ELENA PASSARELLO BRIAN EVENSON JORTS NICK DIAMONDS COWBOY MONKEY 6 E TAYLOR, CHAMPAIGN 5:00 PM 11:00 PM 12:00 AM 1:00 AM 00 LIT CRAWL CHURCH BOOTY DALIPOP BONES JUGS N HARMONY 120 N NEIL, CHAMPAIGN THE BLIND PIG 120 N WALNUT, CHAMPAIGN 11:00 AM BOOK FAIR HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 2 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 2:45 PM 4:10 PM 5:50 PM 7:30 PM 9:45 PM AMERICAN WRESTLERS SARAH JAFFE WILD ONES HANA T.R.U.T.H + KLEVAH MEMPHIS ON MAIN 55 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 4:00 PM LIT CRAWL 11:45 PM TAKE CARE 1:00 AM MOON DUO EXILE ON MAIN ST. 100 N CHESTNUT ST, CHAMPAIGN 12:30 PM 1:30 PM 2:30 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM WOLVES TO WHALES NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART BOYCUT JESSICA HOPPER LIT CRAWL CIRCLES BOUTIQUE 114 N NEIL ST, CHAMPAIGN 5:00 PM LIT CRAWL HIGHDIVE INDOOR 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 11:30 PM THE PALMER SQUARES 12:15 AM PSALM ONE 1:15 AM K.FLAY THE ART THEATER 126 W CHURCH ST, CHAMPAIGN 6:00 PM MORTIFIED HIGHDIVE PARKING LOT 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 12:00 PM THE MADE FEST SCHEDULE SUNDAY HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 1 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 3:10 PM 4:50 PM 6:50 PM 9:15 PM AERO FLYNN THE BESNARD LAKES SYLVAN ESSO RIDE MIKE N MOLLY‘S 105 N MARKET, CHAMPAIGN 6:00 PM C.L.A.W. CHAMPAIGN LADIES AMATEUR WRESTLING 10:30 PM BOOKMOBILE! 11:15 PM PUJOL HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 2 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 2:30 PM 4:00 PM 5:50 PM 8:15 PM MOTES DIANE COFFEE CATHEDRALS CASPIAN 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 10:30 PM GRANDKIDS 11:30 PM ELSINORE 12:30 AM STRAND OF OAKS MEMPHIS ON MAIN COWBOY MONKEY 11:00 PM REBECCA REGO & THE TRAINMEN 12:15 AM LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES 10:30 PM WICKED WALLS 11:45 PM TRULY 1:15 AM TERMINUS VICTOR 55 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN EXILE ON MAIN ST. HIGHDIVE PARKING LOT 12:30 PM NORTHERN BORDER 1:30 PM CONCERNED FATHERS 2:30 PM HOT HAND LUKE & THE SOUND 12:00 PM THE MADE FEST 100 N CHESTNUT ST, CHAMPAIGN HIGHDIVE INDOOR 6 E TAYLOR, CHAMPAIGN 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 3:30 PM RESINATER 00 VENUE LOCATIONS RESEARCH PARK / EAST CAMPUS DOWNTOWN URBANA KRANNERT ART MUSEUM PERSONIFY 500 E PEABODY, CHAMPAIGN 206 W MAIN ST, URBANA RESEARCH PARK ENTERPRISEWORKS 60 HAZELWOOD DR, CHAMPAIGN SIPYARD 204 W MAIN ST, URBANA RESEARCH PARK ATKINS BUILDING 1800 SOUTH OAK ST, CHAMPAIGN CAFETERIA & COMPANY 208 W MAIN ST, URBANA BLUE WATERS 1725 S OAK ST, CHAMPAIGN DOWNTOWN URBANA SILVERCREEK 402 N RACE ST, URBANA [co][lab] 206 W MAIN ST, URBANA THE IRON POST PIXO 120 S RACE ST, URBANA 121 W GOOSE ALLEY, URBANA PALEGRAY LAB 102 E MAIN ST, URBANA 00 THE ROSE BOWL 106 N RACE ST #1, URBANA VENUE LOCATIONS CENTRAL CAMPUSTOWN DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS THE BLIND PIG BREWERY 120 N NEIL, CHAMPAIGN 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA CHANNING MURRAY FOUNDATION 1209 W OREGON, URBANA THE CANOPY CLUB 708 S GOODWIN, URBANA EXILE ON MAIN STREET 100 N CHESTNUT ST, CHAMPAIGN BIG GROVE TAVERN 1 E MAIN ST, CHAMPAIGN ECE BUILDING 306 N WRIGHT, ROOM 3002, URBANA THE ART THEATER 126 W CHURCH, CHAMPAIGN DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN CIRCLES BOUTIQUE THE HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR ANNEX 114 N NEIL, CHAMPAIGN 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN MIKE N MOLLY‘S THE HIGHDIVE 105 N MARKET, CHAMPAIGN 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN THE BLIND PIG 120 N WALNUT, CHAMPAIGN BACARO 113 N WALNUT, CHAMPAIGN MEMPHIS ON MAIN 55 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN COWBOY MONKEY 6 E TAYLOR, CHAMPAIGN 11 Of all the genuinely rewarding moments I’ve had programming the MUSIC component of The Pygmalion Festival since the very beginning, there was nothing quite like being able to confirm one of my very favorites from when I was a kid growing up here in Urbana. I’ve always been into Shoegazing. After all, the festival is named after Slowdive’s last LP. My band took its cues from My Bloody Valentine and Radiohead (who I consider to be part of the clique — let’s fight about it!). From an early age, I was obsessed with an album called Nowhere by a band called RIDE. So, when they announced that they’d reformed and would be doing their first shows in twenty years, I jumped on it, all the way back in fall of 2014. That they were willing to perform here in Champaign-Urbana — the only tertiary market on their entire world tour — is a testament to this community’s illustrious history, and to the audiences that have made Pygmalion a household name, industry-wide. And that’s just our headliner on Sunday evening. From start to finish, I can’t remember feeling quite as excited about each night, because of the musical diversity that exists this year. Our first ever country show with Whitey Morgan and The Fights at The Rose Bowl Tavern in Urbana? Yes, please. Tune-Yards inside of Krannert Center? Indeed. A progressive EDM act with a live band called Savoy? I had to. Run The Jewels and Purity Ring outside on a Saturday night in Downtown Champaign? This will be Pygmalion’s biggest show in its history. It just so happens that Nick from Sylvan Esso is the same Nick from Headlights, who were a Champaign-Urbana based Polyvinyl band that I was honored to represent as an agent for five years. We’ll welcome him back with a big hug, alongside his partner, Amelia, who is the sweetest. If you’ve been to Pygmalion before, expect the same level of intimacy and high-quality production as you’ve come to expect from us in the past. And if this is your first year, thank you for choosing to be part of our special weekend. I hope you will recognize how decidedly different this sort of festival experience is. Indeed, it’s the only way we’d have it. — Seth Fein; Founder and Director of MUSIC MUSIC WEDNESDAY+THURSDAY WEDNESDAY KRANNERT ART MUSEUM 8:30 PM 10:00 PM 7:30 PM BIG SCARY FERAL STATES 500 E PEABODY, CHAMPAIGN Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Big Scary are an indie-pop duo that have been taking the island-continent by storm. Just two years ago, their sophomore album Not Art was named one of the best indie albums to come out of Australia, earning them the 2014 Australian Music Prize, as well as nominations for the Triple J Australian Album of the Year award. THE FIGHTS THURSDAY THE ROSE BOWL 106 N RACE ST #1, URBANA 7:30 PM CALEB COOK BAND 8:15 PM CODY LEE 9:00 PM THE FIGHTS 10:15 PM WHITEY MORGAN THE IRON POST 120 S RACE ST, URBANA 8:30 PM ADAM FEIN 9:30 PM RYLEY WALKER 11:00 PM THE EAGLE ROCK GOSPEL SINGERS 12:15 AM BULLY 11 Though modern country music is seemingly mired in complacency, Whitey Morgan is certainly a shining exception. Mixing influences from modern folk with the grittiness of classic outlaw country music, Morgan crafts a sound that is both refreshing and unique, and the nation is taking notice. In 2010, he signed to Bloodshot Records out of Chicago, and since then, has seen the release of two albums: a self titled effort in 2010 and Sonic Ranch in 2015. A bully is an instigator, an aggressor — someone who can spot your weaknesses and exploit them mercilessly. Thus, Bully is a curious name for a Nashville quartet that is transforming familiar ‘90s alt-rock (Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Weezer) into smart, sharp-edged millennial indie rock, but “bully” is certainly an apt description for the band’s churning guitars, rambunctious rhythms, and tightly coiled intensity. Their debut Feels Like sounds alternately like a balled fist and a fresh bruise. MUSIC THURSDAY+FRIDAY THURSDAY SILVERCREEK 402 N RACE ST, URBANA 6:30 PM KENNA MAE 7:15 PM OWEN CAFETERIA & COMPANY 5:30 PM PAUL DOFFING Owen is the solo project of Chicago's Mike Kinsella. As a departure from over a decade of work playing in a variety of bands — Cap'n Jazz, American Football, and Their / They’re / There to name a few — Owen became Kinsella's way of finally exercising complete creative control over all aspects of a project, including songwriting, recording, and overall artistic direction. Owen's musical output as evolved from sparse acoustic offerings to lush, string-filled arrangements. 208 W MAIN ST, URBANA This man literally tours by bicycle. Use your semiconductor inside of your smart phone to seek out information about him. The real deal. FRIDAY KRANNERT CENTER TRYON FESTIVAL THEATRE 7:15 PM PATRICK WATSON 8:45 PM TUNE-YARDS 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA Merrill Garbus has performed as tUnE-yArDs since 2009, and that band name has always been synonymous with forward movement — whether because of her explosive performance style or the always-surprising way in which her songs unfold. Nikki Nack, the stunning third album by the Oakland-based band, is a complex showcase of how Garbus's songwriting has blossomed, and a testament to how current technologies can combine with themes from the past. 11 MUSIC FRIDAY KRANNERT CENTER STAGE 5 10:00 PM BRAIDS 11:00 PM ZOLA JESUS THE CANOPY CLUB 9:00 PM 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA For Zola Jesus’ fifth studio album, Taiga, frontwoman Nika Roza Danilova relocated from central Los Angeles to Vashon Island in the Puget Sound, in effort to immerse herself in the natural world. Taiga is an undeniable transition for for Zola Jesus — described by the artist herself: “The music on the record is massive, with big brass and beats and crystal clear vocals.” 708 S GOODWIN, URBANA AMPLIFI 10:00 PM DIRTY DI$CO 11:00 PM KRUCIAL 12:00 AM SAVOY Savoy is a live electronic rock trio from Boulder, now living in Brooklyn, consisting of DJ Gray Smith, DJ/guitarist Ben Eberdt, and drummer Mike Kelly. Their distinctive style incorporates the classic sound of rock 'n' roll into techno, dance, and bass music. Featuring live instrumentation (drums and guitar), as well as vocals from Grammy-nominated artist Heather Bright, Savoy’s legendary live performances have been referred to as "one of a kind" and "the best [show] around." CHANNING MURRAY FOUNDATION 9:30 PM EURIAH 10:30 PM SINGLE PLAYER 11:30 PM WHITE REAPER 12:45 AM BEACH SLANG 11 1209 W OREGON, URBANA Beach Slang are a band who have garnered a lot of attention considering that they've only released two 7-inches, 2014's Cheap Thrills On A Dead End Street and its companion Who Would Ever Want Something So Broken? Refreshingly this Philadelphia-based act have built their hype the old-fashioned way, without any gimmicks or marketing teams. That feeling of youth and vulnerability also lie at the core of Beach Slang's music, which is part punk, part pop and all catharsis. MUSIC SATURDAY HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 1 3:30 PM TARA TERRA 5:00 PM NE-HI 6:40 PM PURE BATHING CULTURE 8:20 PM PURITY RING 10:30 PM RUN THE JEWELS HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 2 2:45 PM AMERICAN WRESTLERS 4:10 PM SARAH JAFFE 5:50 PM WILD ONES 7:30 PM HANA 9:45 PM T.R.U.T.H + KLEVAH 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN Purity Ring returned this year with their highly anticipated sophomore album, Another Eternity, after the strength of their debut album Shrines pushed them through the few years following that 2012 release. Though they are now working at a higher resolution, Purity Ring remain hands-on with every aspect of their project. As usual, the band produced and recorded Another Eternity entirely themselves, and the record revels in its upfront melody, clarity, and confidence. El-P and Killer Mike, two of the most distinctive and celebrated names in rap, might have seemed like an unlikely pairing on paper, but the duo subverted and pulverized all expectations with their critically lauded Run The Jewels collaborative LP in 2013 and the hotly anticipated follow up, Run The Jewels 2, in 2014. Run The Jewels cemented their musical alliance with an album of uncompromisingly raw, forward thinking hip-hop and garnering limitless critical accolades. 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN In Champaign-Urbana’s hip-hop scene, two female emcees occupy the space amongst the most lyrically talented. T.R.U.T.H, who originally hails from Chicago, forms poignant and socially conscious rhymes over old school production, while Klevah, originally from Urbana, weaves a web of words that is extremely easy on the ears. 11 MUSIC SATURDAY MIKE N MOLLY‘S 105 N MARKET, CHAMPAIGN 11:30 PM JORTS 12:30 AM NICK DIAMONDS MEMPHIS ON MAIN 11:45 PM 1:00 AM 55 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN TAKE CARE Formed in San Francisco in 2009 by Wooden Shijps guitarist Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada, Moon Duo’s first two critically acclaimed EPs, Killing Time (2009) and Escape (2010), fused the futuristic pylon hum and transistor reverb of Suicide or Silver Apples with the heat-haze fuzz of American rock ‘n’ roll to create tracks of blistering, 12-cylinder space rock. MOON DUO HIGHDIVE INDOOR 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 11:30 PM THE PALMER SQUARES 12:15 AM PSALM ONE 1:15 AM 11 K.FLAY Nick Thorburn (aka Nick Diamonds) is a Canadian musician, composer and producer best known for starting and co-fronting the cult indie rock band The Unicorns when he was still a teenager. After only a year of touring, the band dissolved, and Thorburn joined the band Islands, with whom he released five studio albums and played major stages from Coachella to Primavera Sound. Cristalle Bowen, professionally known as Psalm One, is a native Chicagoan and released her debut album, Bio:Chemistry, while studying chemistry at the University of Illinois in 2002. In 2006 Psalm One became only woman signed to the prestigious, fiercely independent record label Rhymesayers Entertainment after leaving her job as a chemist and releasing her commercial debut, The Death of Frequent Flyer. MUSIC SATURDAY COWBOY MONKEY 6 E TAYLOR, CHAMPAIGN 11:00 PM CHURCH BOOTY 12:00 AM DALIPOP 1:00 AM BONES JUGS N HARMONY EXILE ON MAIN ST 12:30 PM Bones, jug, xylophone, kazoos, steel pan, resonator guitar, banjo, double bass, drums, donkey jawbone, all sorts of noise makers… these are just some of the instruments Bones Jugs N Harmony use to conjure up their eclectic acoustic sound. The group began in December 2012 with the vision of being a pop-up party on street corners, at farmers markets, in living rooms (and kitchens!), or even amplified in a club. 100 N CHESTNUT, CHAMPAIGN WOLVES TO WHALES 1:30 PM NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART 2:30 PM BOYCUT Boycut is the result of a musical marriage of songwriters Joe Meland and Emily Otnes, who met while gigging in central Illinois. Both came from differing musical backgrounds — from folk and country to classical and experimental — yet were looking for an outlet to release ideas stemming from an untapped passion for pop music. Having released their debut EP, Alien, the duo have shown a knack for crafting infectious melodies over atmospheric instrumentals. 11 MUSIC SUNDAY HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 1 3:10 PM AERO FLYNN 4:50 PM THE BESNARD LAKES 6:50 PM SYLVAN ESSO 9:15 PM RIDE HIGHDIVE OUTDOOR STAGE 2 2:30 PM MOTES 4:00 PM DIANE COFFEE 5:50 PM CATHEDRALS 8:15 PM CASPIAN 11 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN As 2012 slipped into 2013, Nicholas Sanborn and Amelia Meath reconvened in the unlikely artistic hub of Durham, N.C., a former manufacturing town with cheap rent and good food. Sylvan Esso became a band. A year later, their self-titled debut arrives as a necessary pop balm, an album stuffed with songs that don’t suffer the longstanding complications of that term. RIDE were a British alternative rock band that formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence Colbert, and Steve Queralt. Following the break-up of the band in 1996, members moved on to various other projects, most notably Bell who became the bassist for Oasis. Finally, RIDE is giving the people what they want by reconvening for a much-awaited North American tour in 2015. 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN Caspian is a rock band from Beverly, Massachusetts. Nobody sings. Most of the time, they play heavy, other times, quite soft. Since 2004, Caspian have performed over 650 concerts, bringing their music to 40+ countries stretching over 4 continents. They released their fourth studio album, Waking Season in 2012, and a companion EP Hymn For The Greatest Generation in November 2013. The band is releasing their new record Dust and Disquiet this month. MUSIC SUNDAY HIGHDIVE INDOOR 51 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 10:30 PM GRANDKIDS 11:30 PM ELSINORE 12:30 AM STRAND OF OAKS MIKE N MOLLY‘S 6:00 PM From the first bars of HEAL, the exhilarating melodic stomp of "Goshen '97" puts you right into Tim Showalter's fervent teenage mindset. "The record is called HEAL, but it's not a soft, gentle healing, it's like scream therapy, a command, because I ripped out my subconscious, looked through it, and saw the worst parts. And that's how I got better." HEAL embodies that feeling of catharsis and rebirth, desperation and euphoria, confusion and clarity. 105 N MARKET, CHAMPAIGN C.L.A.W. CHAMPAIGN LADIES AMATEUR WRESTLING 10:30 PM BOOKMOBILE! 11:15 PM PUJOL MEMPHIS ON MAIN C.L.A.W., aka Champaign Ladies Amateur Wrestling, is a collective of fun, smart and creative women who perform a funny and exciting lineup of professional-style wrestling matches accompanied by live music (props to the C.L.A.W. house band Bookmobile!). C.L.A.W. was launched in the spring of 2015. No Jell-O. No mud. All C.L.A.W. 55 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 11:00 PM REBECCA REGO & THE TRAINMEN 12:15 AM LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES A hushed folk sound has been cultivating itself for years. At the forefront of such a sound locally is Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen. Not just another country singer talking about trains and railroads, Rego works Midwestern ideals, small town luxuries, and the importance of family into the patchwork Americana sound of The Trainmen. 22 MUSIC SUNDAY COWBOY MONKEY 6 E TAYLOR, CHAMPAIGN 10:30 PM WICKED WALLS 11:45 PM TRULY 1:15 AM TERMINUS VICTOR EXILE ON MAIN ST 12:30 PM 22 Heavy-pop-psych innovators & former Capitol & Sub Pop artist Truly have toured the U.S., U.K., and Europe and released several EPs, singles and two highly critically acclaimed full length albums, including Fast Stories… from Kid Coma. This is their first U.S. tour in almost 15 years. 100 N CHESTNUT, CHAMPAIGN NORTHERN BORDER 1:30 PM CONCERNED FATHERS 2:30 PM HOT HAND LUKE AND THE SOUND 3:30 PM RESINATER Resinater is precisely the type of band you might expect. Stoner rock and noise, formed from a raucous group of musicians in Champaign-Urbana. Over the past year and a half, the TECH component of the festival has taken on many different forms. Although it has changed and morphed over that timespan, the mission and vision from the beginning has been clear: To celebrate what makes Champaign-Urbana one of the most viable tech hubs not only in the United States, but in the world. Implementing Tech into Pygmalion Festival has taken a ton of time, discussions, arguments, handshakes, and hugs, no doubt. We’d be doing ourselves a disservice to implement something without engaging with the human beings that create and innovate every single day of their lives. With that due diligence, this addition to the festival has been an undertaking, but the process has taught us a great deal about what is truly possible because of the great minds that exist in C-U. We are far too excited to explore the possibilities, and present TECH in 2015. Joining four major portions of our cities has been incredible: Champaign, Urbana, Research Park, and Krannert Center — we are presenting speakers, guests, demos, companies, hell — even robots — during the inaugural Tech component. Thursday showcases the best and brightest that exist at Research Park, concluding with a tour of Blue Waters Supercomputer — one of the fastest of its kind on the planet. Explore Downtown Urbana’s budding tech scene. Listen to a discussion about fiber-optic internet in C-U (I want faster internet, too — believe me). Have your mind blown by Stephen Wolfram’s keynote on Friday at Krannert. Test out Oculus Rift — it’s bananas. Witness rock legend Jimmy Chamberlin discuss consumption of music and media through technology. Demo drones through Horizon Hobby. Learn more about the science of brewing over a cold one on a Saturday afternoon. You know all of those semiconducting chips that exist in the phone you use probably all-toooften? You likely have one in your pocket as you read this, or you’re reading it on something that has one. Epiworks in Champaign makes them. They’ll be set up on Friday. The rich history of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has produced some extraordinary things: YouTube. PayPal. The ILLIAC. The LED. The MRI. All of them started here — no joke. The technology that you utilize every single day was most likely developed, in some capacity, in Champaign-Urbana. It truly is mind-boggling to tap into the brilliance that exists here. Without the community, we’re not even close to what we are, which makes this particular component incredibly exciting. We hope you join us. — Patrick Singer; Director of TECH TECH THURSDAY RESEARCH PARK ATKINS BUILDING 1800 SOUTH OAK, CHAMPAIGN Catherine Singer is a Senior Engineering Director and the Site Director for Yahoo Champaign located in the Research Park. She leads the Advertising Data Systems Development Teams, and moved to Champaign and joined the Urbana Design Center of Motorola. NURTURING TECH TALENT: BEST PRACTICES FROM THE FIELD 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM CATHERINE SINGER Senior Engineering Director, Site Director, Yahoo Champaign LAURA FRERICHS Director, University of Illinois Research Park Laura Frerichs is responsible for managing startup company incubation services at EnterpriseWorks, marketing the Research Park, and supporting the University of Illinois’ economic development efforts. KEN TAYLOR Senior Software Engineer, Agrible LAURA BERG Director of Human Resources and Recruiting, Wolfram VIGNESH HIRUDAYAKANTH Software Engineer, TURN, Inc. RESEARCH PARK ATKINS BUILDING 1800 SOUTH OAK, CHAMPAIGN THE SOCIALLY CONSCIENTIOUS STEM COMPANY: HOW AND WHY 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Brett Walker is a UIUC PhD in Materials Science and Engineering and is the CEO of Electroninks Incorporated, which produces conductive inks for printed electronics and Circuit Scribe. Circuit Scribe is a rollerball pen that writes with conductive ink to prototype circuits instantly. BRETT WALKER CEO, Electroninks, Inc. ANN PEEDIKAYIL Senior Engineer, Caterpillar LAURA WEISSKOPF BLEILL Associate Director, University of Illinois Research Park ASHLEY MAY Outreach Director, Society of Women Engineers, UIUC 22 Ann Peedikayil works in the Caterpillar Champaign Simulation Center, working with the Advanced Virtual Product Development Group as a machine level simulation and structural performance analyst. TECH THURSDAY RESEARCH PARK ATKINS BUILDING 1800 SOUTH OAK, CHAMPAIGN Scott Althaus’ research explores the communication processes that support political accountability in democratic societies and that empower political discontent in non-democratic societies. MAKING BIG DATA ACTIONABLE: VISUALIZATION IN THE REAL WORLD 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM SCOTT ALTHAUS Director of Cline Center for Democracy, UIUC LORETTA AUVIL Technical Consultant, Illinois Informatics Institute, UIUC CHARLES LINVILLE President, Ploughman Analytics ROBERT BRUNNER Professor of Astronomy, UIUC RESEARCH PARK ATKINS BUILDING 1800 SOUTH OAK, CHAMPAIGN TECH FOR ALL: HOW INNOVATION IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM PATRICIA MALIK Loretta Auvil works at the Illinois Informatics Institute (I3), and has worked with a diverse set of application drivers to integrate machine learning and information visualization techniques to solve the needs of research partners. Dr. Patricia Malik works with college students through the many transitions they experience in young adulthood, with the ultimate goal that they may independently manage the many facets of their disability leading to increased personal empowerment. Interim Director of the Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES), UIUC JOSH GEORGE Director of Public Relations, IntelliWheels, Inc. AADEEL AKHTAR Co-Founder, PSYONIC DAVID KIRBY Graduate Student, School of Social Work, UIUC MARISSA SIEBEL-SIERO Co-Founder, VP of Sales, IntelliWheels, Inc. Josh George is known as one of the fastest wheelchair racers in the world, traveling the globe racing as part of the USA national team since 2004, racing in three Paralympics, and has been participating in adaptive athletics since he was a kid. 22 TECH THURSDAY RESEARCH PARK ENTERPRISEWORKS 60 HAZELWOOD DR, CHAMPAIGN Scott Daigle co-founded IntelliWheels in 2010 along with Marissa Siero and Josh George. Scott serves as the lead engineer, CEO, and benevolent overlord of the small Champaign based company. IntelliWheels is working to bring smart design thinking to the world of wheelchairs. DESIGN THINKING 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM SCOTT DAIGLE Co-Founder, IntelliWheels, Inc. DEANA MCDONAGH Associate Professor of Industrial Design in the School of Art + Design, UIUC BRUCE VOJAK Associate Dean and Adjunct Professor, UIUC College of Engineering MARK NOLAN Director, IT and Economic Development, UIUC Office of Corporate RESEARCH PARK ENTERPRISEWORKS 60 HAZELWOOD DR, CHAMPAIGN AGRICULTURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: HOW TO TEACH AN OLD INDUSTRY NEW TRICKS 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Dr. Deana McDonagh is an Empathic Design Research Strategist who focuses on enhancing quality of life for all through more intuitive and meaningful products, leading to emotional sustainability. Rob Hornbaker serves as the President of Tyto, Inc., which is developing mobile applications that allow agriculture growers and others a better view of their equipment logistics while assessing efficiency and value. ROB HORNBAKER President, Tyto, Inc. CHRIS HARBOURT CEO, Agrible CHRIS CHAUVIN Site Director, ABInBev Bud Lab ROGER VANHOY Director of Life Sciences, UIUC 22 Chris Harbourt acts as a scientist with an eye on innovation and sales. He brings a lifetime of agricultural experience to the team and splits his time between corporate functions, marketing, and technical work on Agrible’s range of products. TECH THURSDAY RESEARCH PARK ENTERPRISEWORKS 60 HAZELWOOD DR, CHAMPAIGN Owen Doyle is a University of Illinois alum with nearly 15 years in and around the electric utility industry. In February, Ameren opened the Innovation Center in Research Park, in which Doyle has served as the Site Manager for. WHAT THE INTERNET OF THINGS REALLY MEANS 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM OWEN DOYLE Site Manager, Ameren Innovation Center GEOFFRY WESTPHALL Senior Manager of Intellectual Property, Grainger JED TAYLOR Director of Operations, Technology Entrepreneur Center DAVE COHEN Co-Founder, Petronics RESEARCH PARK ENTERPRISEWORKS 60 HAZELWOOD DR, CHAMPAIGN THE STUDENT EMPLOYMENT MODEL: STUDENTS IN THE INNOVATION STRATEGY 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM MASHA TRENHAILE Site Manager, AbbVie Innovation Center KEITH BUJAK Senior User Experience Engineer, John Deere DANA COHEN Events and Workforce Development Coordinator, University of Illinois Research ART JACKSON Strategic Resources Manager, State Farm Geoffry Westphall has worked with Grainger for nearly 30 years, and is currently the Senior Manager of Intellectual Property. Westphall is the Site Manager, and Grainger is focused around an Internet of Things theme. Masha Trenhaile is the Site Manager for AbbVie Innovation Center, that opened in the Research Park in the Fall of 2014. Trenhaile manages the operations of the center from hiring of the students, procuring projects for the center and ensuring that the projects are completed on time and on Keith Bujak is a user experience professional who makes stuff better by translating user needs into actionable solutions. He solves problems through the lenses of cognitive psychology, educational technology, and mechanical engineering. 22 TECH THURSDAY BLUE WATERS 1725 S OAK ST, CHAMPAIGN BLUE WATERS TOUR 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM As the panel discussions at Research Park come to a close, there will be a free, self-guided tour of the Blue Waters Supercomputer as a part of the Tech programming. Visit the facility, walk around, and learn more about what makes it so special. The National Petascale Computing Facility is located at 1725 S. Oak St., and the front entrance to the building faces the corner of Oak St. and St. Mary’s Rd. Parking for the National Petascale Computing Facility is available in University of Illinois parking lot E-14 just across Oak Street. If you have a parking permit for any lot on campus you can park in E-14 in a non-metered spot. If you do not have a parking permit, metered parking is available along the west edge of the lot. There are also many CUMTD busses that drop off at LotE14. CHAMPAIGN CYCLE IN URBANA 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM BIKE RIDE TO URBANA S RACE ST W PENNSYLVANIA AVE S 4TH ST NATIONAL PETASCALE COMPUTING FACILITY NORTH WEST EAST ST. MARYS RD SOUTH 22 TECH CRAWL DOWNTOWN URBANA W WATER ST NORTH WEST EAST PALEGRAY LABS SOUTH GOOSE ALLEY PIXO SIPYARD N BROADWAY AVE COLAB N RACE ST PERSONIFY W MAIN ST FIRST ROBOTICS TEAM 4096 33 TECH THURSDAY SIPYARD 204 W MAIN ST, URBANA CREATIVE DESIGN AND ENGAGEMENT: A ONE-ON-ONE WITH MIKE RENAUD 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM MICHAEL RENAUD Vice President and Creative Director, Pitchfork CATE KOMPARE UX Designer Lead, Pixo SIPYARD Michael Renaud is the Creative Director for Pitchfork, the world's most widely respected guide to music. He leads a team that visualizes the website on a day-to-day basis, in addition to their two festivals in Paris and Chicago, and their quarterly print publication, The Pitchfork Review. The design of such endeavors has led to many Webby, SPD and min awards, a National Magazine Award for digital excellence and many more. 204 W MAIN ST, URBANA FIBER-OPTIC INTERNET: A MICRO AND MACRO DISCUSSION, CHAMPAIGN-URBANA & BEYOND 6:45 PM – 8:15 PM MARK SCIFRES CEO, Pavlov Media PETER FOLK CEO, Volo Broadband LEVI DINKLA CEO, iTV-3 JESSE WALTON Regional Director of Interactive Media, Comcast JUSTIN HILL CEO, Prominic.NET 33 Mark Scifres is Founder and CEO of Pavlov Media, which he started while working on his engineering degree at the University of Illinois in Champaign. While at the U of I, Mark had an idea that off-campus and private certified housing could be networked together. That was more than 20 years ago and Pavlov Media has grown into a multi-million dollar operation, providing television, broadband and telephone services in more than 170 markets in 42 states. TECH FRIDAY KRANNERT CENTER TRYON FESTIVAL THEATRE STEPHEN WOLFRAM KEYNOTE 11:00 AM Stephen Wolfram is a distinguished scientist, technologist and entrepreneur. He has devoted his career to the development and application of computational thinking. His Mathematica software system launched in 1988 has been central to technical research and education for more than a generation. His work on basic science — summarized in his bestselling book A New Kind of Science — has defined a major new intellectual direction, with applications across the sciences, technology and the arts. In 2009 Wolfram built on his earlier work to launch Wolfram|Alpha to make as much of the world's knowledge as possible computable — and accessible on the web and in intelligent assistants like Apple's Siri. In 2014, as a culmination of more than 30 years of work, Wolfram began to roll out the Wolfram Language, which dramatically raises the level of automation and built-in knowledge available in a programming language, and makes possible a new generation of readily deployed computational applications. Stephen Wolfram has been the CEO of Wolfram Research since its founding in 1987. He was educated at Eton, Oxford and Caltech, receiving his PhD in theoretical physics at the age of 20. 33 KRANNERT CENTER LOBBY STAGE 5 BAR EAST NORTH SOUTH WEST 33 TRADE SHOW / DEMO DAY WILL CALL DRONE DEMO 33 TECH FRIDAY KRANNERT CENTER STUDIO THEATRE 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA Michael Solana works at Founders Fund, where he focuses on the intersection of creative programming and the firm’s network of entrepreneurs, technologists, and professionals. His leading initiatives have included CS-183, Shop Talk, Anatomy of Next, and Symposium (F50), the firm’s annual summit. MONEY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INFLUENCE IN THE MIDWEST 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM MICHAEL SOLANA Director of Brand and Community, Founders Fund KARIN O‘CONNOR President, Perimeter Advisors, Member, Hyde Park Angels SUK SHAH CFO, Avant DENNIS BEARD Managing Partner, Serra Ventures KRANNERT CENTER STUDIO THEATRE THE SEPARATION OF EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING IN MEDIA 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM TOMMY CRAGGS Former Executive Editor, Gawker Media SARAH BUHR Writer, TechCrunch JESSICA HOPPER Editor-In-Chief, Pitchfork Review LISA BRALTS-KELLY Marketing Director, Illinois Public Media 33 Karin O’Connor is the founder of Perimeter Advisors, an advisory firm that assists owners of promising mid-market companies with planning and execution of value enhancement strategies. 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA Tommy Craggs is an Urbana native, and former Editor-in-Chief of Deadspin, and former Executive Editor of Gawker Media — one of the most widely read and followed media entities on the web. Craggs’ work elevated Deadspin to be recognized as the most revered sports blog in the world. Sarah Buhr writes full-time about digital health, tech culture and biotechnology for TechCrunch. She has worked in TV, radio and online news for over a decade with top news organizations including TechCrunch, NPR, and USA Today. TECH FRIDAY KRANNERT CENTER STUDIO THEATRE 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA CONSUMPTION OF MUSIC: THE IMPACT AND RAMIFICATIONS OF IMMEDIACY IN MUSIC 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM JIMMY CHAMBERLIN CEO, LiveOne; Founding Member of Smashing Pumpkins ROSE MARSHACK Professor of Arts Technology, ISU; Founding Member of Poster Children CHRIS KASKIE President, Pitchfork BRANDON STOSUY Managing Editor, Pitchfork KRANNERT CENTER STUDIO THEATRE Grammy Award winning musician, writer, producer, and educator, Jimmy Chamberlin was a founding member of the Smashing Pumpkins and the band’s highly acclaimed drummer for over 20 years. In 2013, Chamberlin helped co-found LiveOne Inc., a digital entertainment startup. Rose Marshack spent two decades performing original punk rock music throughout the U.S. and Europe with her bands Poster Children and Salaryman. Marshack is known as a pioneer in facilitating audience participation via technology. 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA PUSHING PERFORMANCE IN SPORTS AND WEARABLES 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM Will Leitch is a senior writer at Sports On Earth, culture writer for Bloomberg Politics, contributing editor for New York Magazine and the founder of Deadspin. He is the author of four books: Are We Winning, God Save The Fan, Catch and Life as a Loser. WILL LEITCH Senior Writer, Sports on Earth; Founder, Deadspin TAYLOR ROOKS On-Air Talent, Big Ten Network JEN QUINLAN Marketing Director, Rithmio KEVIN JACKSON Senior Research Scientist, Beckman Institute for Advanced Taylor Rooks is currently an on-air talent for Big Ten Network, doing both studio and sideline work. Her prior experience includes working with the PGA Tour, Comcast Sports Network in Chicago, and CBS Sports Network. 33 “Smart Bar” Hackathon The festival and AB InBev’s Bud Lab have partnered up for the “Smart Bar” Hackathon, taking place throughout the weekend at the ECE Building. What is it? Want to come hack with one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies? That’d be Anheuser-Busch InBev. And we want to give over 100 talented developers, designers, marketers, and entrepreneurs the chance to show off their skills at a 3 day Hackathon from September 25th to 27th. The Hackathon is focused on creating the “Smart Bar”. In coordination with campus groups and partner vendors, we will have various hardware & sensor technologies available for hacking with the goal of inspiring new and innovative ways to engage bar patrons & generate data-driven business insights back to retail owners. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 5:30 PM DOORS OPEN 6:30 PM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION 7:00 PM START IDEA PITCHES - 60 SECS TO PITCH! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 12:00 AM - 9:00 AM 12:00 PM 5:00 PM 8:00 PM CODING! BUILDING! HACKING! LUNCH HOW TO PITCH WORKSHOP (OPTIONAL) ON-SITE ACTIVITY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 12:00 AM - 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 3:00 PM CODING! BUILDING! HACKING! TECH SUPPORT RESTARTS TECH CHECK CODING ENDS!!! - LUNCH DEMOS AND JUDGING WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING BUILDING 305 N WRIGHT ST, ROOM #3002, URBANA, IL TECH SATURDAY BACARO 113 WALNUT ST, CHAMPAIGN SUSTAINABLE FOOD: THE ADAPTATION OF FOOD PRODUCTION THROUGH INNOVATION 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM ALBERT BURNEKO Writer, Deadspin SINDHA AGHA Social Movement Lead, Hampton Creek DREW STARKEY Head Chef, bacaro BLIND PIG BREWERY Albert Burneko is a harried dad and eating enthusiast; he writes about food, sports, and culture for Deadspin. His chicken cutlet recipe earned inclusion in Best Food Writing 2014 by DaCapo Press; his Skyline chili and Philadelphia 76ers opinions earned him countless enemies in Cincinnati and Philadelphia. Sindha Agha is the Social Movement Lead at Hampton Creek, a technology company pioneering in the food space that has raised over $120M. Agha organizes the company’s grassroots movement, using guerrilla growth tactics to amplify their global impact. 120 N NEIL, CHAMPAIGN THE METHODOLOGY AND SCIENCE BEHIND THE BREW 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM ANTHONY BENJAMIN Owner, Head Brewmaster, Triptych Brewing BILL MORGAN Head Brewmaster, Blind Pig Brewing ERIC ADKINS Lab Tech, Goose Island Brewery ALEX KUNZELMAN Head Roaster, Columbia Street Roastery Anthony Benjamin is the majority owner and sole managing partner of Triptych Brewing. Founded in 2012, the brewery opened in February 2013, and brews and packages all of their beer in Savoy and also operates a small taproom in the brewery. Since opening, Triptych has brewed over 200 batches spanning dozens of styles and in 2014, Triptych won a silver World Beer Cup medal for their English Brown Ale known as Dirty Hippy. 33 TECH SATURDAY BIG GROVE TAVERN 1 E MAIN ST, CHAMPAIGN THE FUTURE OF IMMERSIVE TECH AND VIRTUAL REALITY 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM Steve LaValle started working with Oculus VR a few days after its successful Kickstarter campaign and led its R&D efforts up to its $2 billion acquisition by Facebook in March 2014. He is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois. STEVE LAVALLE Computer Scientist, UIUC; Principal Scientist, Oculus VR ROGER DICKEY Founder, MafiaWars, CEO, Gigster ZAVIAN PORTER Designer, Deep Silver Volition SANJAY PATEL CEO, Personify 33 Roger Dickey is a serial entrepreneur & active angel investor. He entered the games industry in 2007 with a Facebook app startup. After an acquisition by Zynga, Dickey went on to found Mafia Wars, FishVille, and five other titles in his three years there. When I approached Jodee Stanley with the idea that she and I might combine our efforts to attach a literary component to what was at that time the Pygmalion Music Festival, neither of us were entirely certain of what we were getting ourselves into. We had faith that the community would appreciate the novelty of a literary component amid the excitement of the music lineup, if not the merit of our authors’ performances — especially if it’s offered free of charge. Both of us had experience coordinating reading series here in Champaign-Urbana and both of us had witnessed different elements of our local literary community gather together to celebrate local, visiting, and university authors alike. But in September of 2013, when we rolled out our first readings as the Pygmalion Literary Festival, we were overwhelmed at what we experienced at each of the four events we organized: locals mingled with festival goers, students with their professors, authors with the townies who came out to see them perform. Our audience showed up en masse, wearing their enthusiasm on their sleeves. Ever since that first year, Jodee and I have let our ambition grow along with our audience, bringing on Matthew Minicucci, a world-class poet in his own right, to help coordinate the Pygmalion Book Fair and Lit Crawl, a multi-venue literary romp through downtown that features both local and nationally known authors. This year’s festival also offers six distinct performances over the course of four days, featuring writers such as Pulitzer Prize Finalist Adrian Matejka, literary icon Brian Evenson, and Ladan Osman, one of the most shining talents in the world of poetry today. The authors who comprise Pygmalion Lit this year are also a representation of our local literary community, with the authors Michael Czyzniejewski, Jamie Brunton, and Russell Evatt returning to town after getting their start at the University of Illinois’ creative writing program, where Jodee now serves as Director. That’s not to mention local boy done good Mark Neely, who will be returning to his hometown and alma mater to read from his astounding new collection of poetry, Dirty Bomb, and former C-U resident Jennine Capó Crucet, whose new novel Make Your Home Among Strangers was called “smart, scathing, and hilarious” by Vanity Fair. This year we’re also trying something new by bringing in the stage show Mortified, featuring normal folks reading from the most embarrassing artifacts from their childhoods and adolescent years. How crazy is that? Well, it’s a little off the beaten path of what people see as being a literary event, but frankly, that’s what we’re interested in because we feel like that’s what gets people engaged. Ultimately, as an educator working in our local public schools, I view that the work Jodee, Matt and I do with Pygmalion LIT — in addition to being a lot of fun — as being an effort to promote community literacy by throwing a great big party for the readers and the writers here in our community, free of charge. So how about this? We’ll strive to do just that this weekend, and then later, throughout the year by way of our newly minted non-profit organization, called the C-U Literacy Foundation (find out more at culiteracy.org) but in the meantime, grab a drink, find a good seat, and enjoy the fun. You owe it to yourself, homie. — Caleb Curtiss; Co-Director of LIT LIT WEDNESDAY+THURSDAY WEDNESDAY KRANNERT ART MUSEUM 6:30 PM RUSS EVATT 7:00 PM JAIME BRUNTON 7:30 PM MARK NEELY 500 E PEABODY, CHAMPAIGN Mark Neely is the author of Beasts of the Hill (winner of the FIELD Poetry Prize) and Dirty Bomb, both from Oberlin College Press. His poems have appeared in Gulf Coast, Indiana Review, Boulevard, Sonora Review, and Barrow Street. He teaches at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana where he lives with his wife and two children. THURSDAY CAFETERIA & COMPANY 208 W MAIN ST, URBANA 7:00 PM CHRISTINE SNEED 7:30 PM MICHAEL CZYZNIEJEWSKI 8:00 PM LADAN OSMAN Christine Sneed's third book, Paris, He Said (Bloomsbury USA) was published in May 2015. Her first book, Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry won AWP's 2009 Grace Paley Prize, was named a finalist for the 2010 Los Angeles Times book prize in first-fiction, and was chosen as Book of the Year by the Chicago Writers Association in the traditionally published fiction category. “Thus I perish in amazement…” — Janaka Stucky 44 LIT FRIDAY KRANNERT CENTER STUDIO THEATRE 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA ADRIAN MATEJKA 6:30 PM Adrian Matejka was born in Nuremberg, Germany and grew up in California and Indiana. He is a graduate of Indiana University and the MFA program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His first collection of poems, The Devil’s Garden, won the 2002 New York / New England Award from Alice James Books. His second collection, Mixology, was a winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series and was published by Penguin Books in 2009. Mixology was a finalist for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature – Poetry. His most recent book, The Big Smoke, was awarded the 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. The Big Smoke was also finalist for the 2013 National Book Award and for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. He is a winner of the Julia Peterkin Award and recipient of two Illinois Arts Council Literary Awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lannan Foundation. His work has appeared in American Poetry Review, The Best American Poetry 2010, Gulf Coast, Ploughshares, Poetry, and Prairie Schooner among other journals and anthologies. He teaches in the MFA program at Indiana University in Bloomington and is currently working on a new collection of poems and a graphic novel. KRANNERT CENTER STUDIO THEATRE 9:30 PM JENNINE CAPÓ CRUCET 10:00 PM JANAKA STUCKY 10:30 PM MARCUS WICKER 500 S GOODWIN, URBANA Jennine Capó Crucet is the author of the novel Make Your Home Among Strangers (August 2015) and the story collection How to Leave Hialeah, which won the Iowa Short Fiction Award, the John Gardner Book Prize, the Devil's Kitchen Reading Award, and was named a Best Book of the Year by the Miami Herald and the Latinidad List. 44 BOOK FAIR NORTH DUMPSTER TAPES BATHROOMS CURBSIDE SPLENDOR PITCHFORK REVIEW BAR DOOR TO SOUTH WING QUIDDITY NINTH LETTER CANARIUM BOOKS HOBART NINTH LETTER HOBART NORTH ENTRANCE THE BLIND PIG 120 N WALNUT, CHAMPAIGN 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM 44 CU POETRY UIUC WRITING PROJECT BOOK FAIR SOUTH BATHROOMS POETRY ANTILEVER PRESSGANG/ BOOTH THE JOURNAL TWO DOLLAR RADIO INDIANA REVIEW AUTHOR’S BOOKS (LOCAL & FEST) MISSOURI REVIEW MOON CITY BLUESTEM PLEIADES ROSE METAL PRESS FORKLIFT OHIO MID-AM REVIEW BLACK OCEAN PRESS SUNDRESS SOUTH ENTRANCE 44 LIT CRAWL SATURDAY 44 4:00 PM 5:00 PM EXILE ON MAIN ST COWBOY MONKEY 100 N CHESTNUT ST, CHAMPAIGN 6 E TAYLOR, CHAMPAIGN Kathleen Rooney Lindsay Gates-Markel John Dudek More TBA Jim Warner Eric Sirota John McCarthy John Milas MIKE N MOLLY‘S THE BLIND PIG 105 N MARKET, CHAMPAIGN 120 N NEIL, CHAMPAIGN Adam Prince Peter Kispert Zachariah McVicker More TBA Colin Winnette Kristin Walters Ryo Yamaguchi Roya Khatiblou MEMPHIS ON MAIN CIRCLES BOUTIQUE 55 E MAIN, CHAMPAIGN 114 N NEIL, CHAMPAIGN Aaron Burch Blake Kimzey Scott Nelson More TBA! Jac Jemc Charlotte Pence Nolan Grieve Angela So LIT SATURDAY EXILE ON MAIN ST 3:30 PM JESSICA HOPPER THE ART THEATER 6:00 PM 100 N CHESTNUT ST, CHAMPAIGN 126 W CHURCH ST, CHAMPAIGN MORTIFIED MIKE N MOLLY‘S Jessica Hopper is a music and culture critic based in Chicago. Her work has been included in Best Music Writing 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2011. Her book, The Girls Guide to Rocking, was named one of 2009’s Notable Books for Young Readers by the American Library Association. Her forthcoming book The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic is due out next spring. Hailed a “cultural phenomenon” by Newsweek and celebrated by This American Life, Entertainment Weekly, Time, Wired, The AV Club, The Today Show, and beyond, Mortified is a storytelling project where adult participants take the stage to share their most embarrassing childhood artifacts (journals, letters, poems, and more) with others, in order to reveal some awkward truths about their lives. Mortified celebrates the stories revealed through the strange and extraordinary things we created as kids. 105 N MARKET, CHAMPAIGN 7:30 PM ELENA PASSARELLO 8:00 PM BRIAN EVENSON Brian Evenson is the author of a dozen books of fiction, most recently the story collection Windeye (Coffee House Press 2012) and the novel Immobility (Tor 2012), both of which were finalists for a Shirley Jackson Award. His other award-winning books include the novels Last Days and The Open Curtain, and the story collection The Wavering Knife. 44 The C-U Literacy Foundation believes that connecting local, university-affiliated, and visiting authors to students in local public schools can have a profound impact on how young learners view themselves, not only as readers, but as students and as citizens. Learn more about their mission at: CULITERACY.ORG The idea of consumption has been on my mind for as long as I can remember. Whether or not it’s physical, or abstract, I am constantly trying to process what it means to ingest, and how it affects my life. Here in the United States of America, we’ve taken that idea, fattened it up, turned plots of land into malls and mini-malls and flea markets and now, taken plots of server space and turned those into online shopping centers that quite literally knows almost no bounds. So the concept of The Made Fest is simple: Collect an incredible group of artisanal makers, working on specific crafts, and put them on a small plot of urban space, and create the kind of mall I’d actually want to go shopping in. At its heart, this is an open-air, two-day pop up where you can buy just about anything that you’d likely never find inside of a brick and mortar here in the modern era. From screen printed shirts, created on-site to flasks made of handmade pottery in an actual kiln, here is where you can explore any number of vendors, and remind yourself what it means to connect the consumer with the maker. We’ve added food trucks this year, which is its own kind of handmade craft in and of itself, too. As that scene continues to grow, we’re ready to celebrate it more and more each year. Champaign-Urbana continues to expand and become a reflection of the communities that populate us: Suburban Chicago, Korea, China, downstate farmlands, and more. As such, we’re only too excited to be able to offer Pygmalion Festival attendees a chance to consume something unique this weekend. My best advice? Buy something for yourself, and for someone else as well. In my experience, there’s absolutely nothing as rewarding as giving a gift to someone you love, and hearing the question: “Where did you find such a thing?” Your knowing smile in the response is worth the cost, every time. See you in the aisles! — Justine Bursoni; Co-Founder and Director of MADE THE MADE FEST MAP NORTH 9 8 7 6 TODAY’S SPECIAL THE BENCH SAUVAGED DIGIKATE + XXMEDIUM 36 17 16 15 PRAIRIE EMPIRE JEWELRY BUSTLEWORSHIP KAYTDID MINIATURES + + SIR CHAMBER KRANNERT PROMENADE WESTMORELAND PLACE EAST NORTH SOUTH WEST 35 55 24 23 22 JUDIEE MEHNDI BY MERIN + PEGHEADS OCÉANNE 34 33 32 31 30 POPPY AND PINECONE LIZA MICHELLE JEWELRY HALF HAZARD PRESS SUSAN HARUM HANDCRAFTED BRAIDED JEWELRY ASTRAL RILES + REAL.SOAPS + JODI LYNN’S EMPORIUM OF DOODLES THE MADE FEST MAP SOUTH 5 4 3 2 1 EXISTITCHIALISM EXQUISITE CORPSE BOUTIQUE BERGFIELD CLAY WORKS A LITTLE TODAY + SOPHIE MCMAHAN 419 TRADING CO. 10 + WINCHESTER CRAFT 14 13 12 11 OWLNECK DESIGNS CULIKARAMA GLAMROCKS JEWELRY ARTERY INK + PEACHES & SCIENCE 21 20 PERENNIAL SOAPS LALO 19 18 LUMBERING BEHEMOTH CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN + ARTHUR’S PLAID PANTS 29 28 27 26 25 MILLER WOODWORKS MEDITATIVE MANDALAS + NICHI AVENUE BLACKDOGCIRCUS BEARMOJO DEAR HOME VINTAGE + THIS LOVES THAT 55 PYGMALION SHOW SERIES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 CURSIVE WITH SPECIAL GUEST: WITHERSHINS DOORS AT 7PM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 BRIAN POSEHN DOORS AT 7PM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 PHOX WITH SPECIAL GUEST: COUGAR DOORS AT 6:30PM THEHIGHDIVE.COM 55 ALL SHOWS AT 51 E MAIN STREET CHAMPAIGN, IL PYGMALION SHOW SERIES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 PEELANDER-Z WITH SPECIAL GUEST: BOOKMOBILE! DOORS AT 7PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 SUN STEREO WITH SPECIAL GUEST: BONES JUGS N HARMONY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 POKEY LAFARGE DOORS AT 7PM THEHIGHDIVE.COM 55 ALL SHOWS AT 51 E MAIN STREET CHAMPAIGN, IL FOOD+DRINK With dozens and dozens of restaurants and bars available across the cities, C-U has plenty to offer in terms of variety and quality while you’re enjoying the festival. The restaurants, bars, and cafes listed below are supporters of The Pygmalion Festival. Please consider choosing these joints to patronize while you are at the festival. They help make this whole deal happen. But mark our words — we don’t work with any business that we wouldn’t gladly patronize ourselves. That’s a promise. THURSDAY IN DOWNTOWN URBANA CAFETERIA & COMPANY FLYING MACHINE COFFEE COMMON GROUND FOOD CO-OP SILVERCREEK THE COURIER CAFE FRIDAY AT KRANNERT CENTER DISTRICT INTERMEZZO MANOLOS PIZZA & EMPANADAS ESPRESSO ROYALE RED HERRING SATURDAY + SUNDAY IN DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN BACARO FARREN‘S MIGA BIG GROVE TAVERN JUPITER‘S SEVEN SAINTS GUIDO‘S COWBOY MONKEY CAFE KOPI PEKARA BAKERY AROMA CAFE LOOKING FOR LATE NIGHT EATS? DP DOUGH MERRY ANN‘S DINER FOOD TRUCKS THURSDAY AT RESEARCH PARK SATURDAY + SUNDAY IN DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN ROK‘S TACOS THE CRACKED TRUCK PIATO TO GO THE POP STOP SHADY DAWGS DRAGON FIRE PIZZA Oh, and also — don’t forget to tip your bartenders and baristas, friends. ROK‘S TACOS We’ll have a variety of food trucks and mobile eateries on site for Pygmalion Festival this year. A lot of food trucks can be pretty meh, but these are damn good, and you should patronize them. 55 TRAVEL WHERE TO STAY? If you’re traveling to Champaign-Urbana, or have a friend that is, we’d recommend checking out one of these hotels for the weekend of the festival: GETTING AROUND C-U? With a festival spread throughout both Champaign and Urbana, there's myriad options to get you to where you need to go. Biking? Hit Champaign Cycle on Thursday during the TECH Crawl and select from some of the finest brands you can imagine. Taking the Bus? C-U is home to one of the finest and most comprehensive bus systems in the entire nation. Check out cumtd.com for bus schedules and routes. Best part? $1 per ride. Taking a car? Uber announced that it would enter the Champaign-Urbana market earlier this year, and we couldn't be more thrilled. In no time flat, you can get from your hotel to the venues, and if you are new to Uber, it's absolutely FREE with the code PYGMALION. 66 Turn the page and you will see dozens of logos from partners. Without them, The Pygmalion Festival is not possible. PARTNERS The reality of the situation is simple: The Art Theater was the first single-screen theater co-op in the country. Take a moment, if you please, and check out a film. Or, you know, Mortified on Saturday evening. If Michelin gave stars to off-market restaurants, bacaro would rank. Lunch on Friday is always a gem. This weekend, it extends to Saturday for our Food TECH panel, as well. Before there was Oculus Rift, there was The Cave at the Beckman Institute. Stop by their booth at the TECH Trade Show. When you mix local farm-to-table know how, and metropolitan sensibility, you get Big Grove Tavern. Past 9 p.m., they served poutine with braised beef. This is a real thing. When you think of Blind Pig around here, you think about the history of Downtown Champaign. Now in its fifth permutation, and with a bottling facility about to open, we’re just waiting to buy a six-pack. A regional corporate sponsor that requires little else than its name: Budweiser. We drank it before, and we drink it now, and that’s the honest truth. Stemming back to antiquity of modern Urbana, the oldest part of town around here, the Busey name is synonymous with getting things done. Since 1993, or 1992, can’t remember — Cafe Kopi has basically set the standard in this part of the country as a space that truly understands the idea of a coffee house. An experiment in social laboratory, an incubator, a place to hang: Cafeteria & Co. plays host to both Pizza M and Flying Machine Coffee. A better idea, you won’t find in Downtown Urbana. Since 1998, The Canopy Club has hosted thousands of shows, many of which have been part of Pygmalion. Seriously, with a recent facelift, this spot is worth it. Stop by Manolo’s for the best NYC style pie around and a traditional twist on Argentine empanadas. With as much biz-nass happening in Champaign County, it was wise for the community to buy in to an Economic Development Corporation. You might not recognize it always, but 66 PARTNERS this is your engine. A staple for years, Champaign Cycle Co. sells the finest rides, and fixes the stickiest repairs. Join us for a bike ride from Blue Waters to Downtown Urbana for the TECH Crawl. As far as fast casual chains go, Chipotle never makes you feel bad about yourself. Rather, quite the opposite. They took the Mission-style burrito and made it available. Hats off. Our second city, the people who operate the nuts and bolts in Champaign just seem to get it these days. Their assistance in realizing Pygmalion is almost unmatched. Head of the table in so many ways, we’re in the midst of an Urbana renaissance. Old town feel, new city concepts. Won’t be long, and it’s about to matter. Home to a dozen plus start-ups, [co][lab] is at the same time affordable and energized. Stop in during TECH Crawl. There’s no way to describe where we live as a city without Columbia Street Roastery. The only true developer of coffee within an hour’s drive, they go direct to growers, and have an eye for exceptional products. Embrace the hype: Common Ground Food Co-op provides us with actual food, and does it with its ownership in mind. And that means you. We own it. And that counts for everything. A rare moment where the store that sells vintage becomes vintage, in and of itself, Dandelion always has the freshest wears and jewelry. That they share a space with, Exile on Main St., the only established record shop in town, well, see you there. Simple, affordable comfort food is always best served from Nonna’s kitchen. But DP Dough is glad to step in, if and when necessary. Seriously, super good. Perfect late at night. Amidst the deluge of interstate chain hotels, Eastland Suites has always been a cut above. Clean, affordable, and convenient for travelers. Kind of can’t miss for the every person. 66 PARTNERS One of the only decent bagels you can find in these parts, Einstein Bros. is basically always on point. I mean, seriously, they have lox, yo. Perhaps you are reading this on your smartphone? If so, you can probably thank Epiworks. Literally, they produce the semiconductors that operate your device. They function and live and work here. Totally insane. Like Cafe Kopi, there’s the old school set when it comes to pulling a shot of Espresso. That they proclaim to be Royale, well, shit — there’s a reason why they have six locations and was founded here. Pound for pound, Farren’s has long been presented as having the best burger in town. And you know what: it’s true. An institution by now, you can bank on everything that comes out of its kitchen. If you’ve been to the Brass Rail too late at night, or just wanted to make your night a bit more fun, chances are, Fireball Whisky, passed you the puck. Enjoy. A flower shop, and just so much more, Fleurish provides us with easy access to the simplest way to smile. A local florist that just gets it. Chicago’s own, Goose Island is officially a household name, thanks to a consistent perspective on what it means to produce a good beer for many at once. Hear one of their own speak about how it comes together with local brewmasters. When it comes to event planning around these parts, there’s Herriott’s and then there is everyone else. We work with them every year because without fail, they are as dependable as the stage the bands play on. When it opened in 1999, The Highdive reminded the entire community what it means to live in a small city. The best mid-cap room in downstate Illinois, by far. Another Lit Mag, but this one has Aaron Burch at the helm. Hobart rules. Drones are fun to fly. That’s just a fact. Horizon Hobby produces more than most 66 PARTNERS companies, and you should come test one out on Friday at Krannert. For serious, you can come fly drones at Pygmalion. The final piece of the puzzle to cement Downtown Champaign as a destination, Hyatt Place has immaculate rooms, steps from the festival, steps from everything, and with a baller breakfast. Honestly, we’ve considered just pretending we’re guests in order to munch one of those sausage sandos. Holy God. There’s so much action at Research Park, the iHotel is likely the finest independently operated lodging choice in 100 miles, in any direction. With a multi-dimensional convention center, there is always something interesting happening within its walls. For years and years, the Illini Media Company has provide thousands of students the opportunities to gain actual experience working in media. Stuff you can’t learn in the classroom — I mean, just check out their alums: Roger Ebert, Will Leitch, and Hugh Hefner, to name a few. Hell, even the humans putting these words into this very guide. These cities aren’t much without Public Broadcasting, and our local team is as good as it gets. Illinois Public Media keeps us informed, stays on task, and is always engaging. Tune in, turn on, and stream 24 hours a day. You don’t know pleasure until it’s 2 a.m. and you are ripped to the core when Insomnia Cookies shows up at the door. That rhymed. All right, then. A hair salon, yes, but a trendsetter to be sure — Ippatsu sits in Midtown Champaign as a force. No one walks away dissatisfied. An small upstart hair design studio, Jaivika takes a vision, and brings it right to the way you want to look, situated in the heart of Campustown. Personal attention is what you will find here. A classic: Jameson is a brand we poured long before they were supporters of the festival. That they are, simply reinforces our instincts. It’s not often that it happens, but here, it has. 66 PARTNERS Perhaps the only campus bar to serve the kind of food you’ll fight parking for, Joe’s Brewery just knows how to man a grill, and also, throw the kind of party you wanted to be at in college. Oh, what’s that you see? A new building in Campustown where there used to be a blighted piece of nothing? Yeah, you can probably thank JSM for that. Can you believe it?! A car wash! A local car wash called Keep It Clean supports Pygmalion! Yeah, us too. An anchor of the gorgeous Lincoln Building in Downtown Champaign, Kessler Optical sells glasses, that’s true — but this is truly a medical facility, as well. Dr. Lawrence is a caring, and thoughtful pro. Nicest guy you’ll meet this week. On a campus filled with engineers, it’s refreshing to know that Krannert Art Museum exists. Their collection includes everything from Warhols to Picassos, and their seasonal shows never miss the mark. A veritable mountain of African art, highlights an amazing amenity in our community. Listen, we don’t want to freak you out here, but Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is the reason Pygmalion exists. We encourage you to search the name on your device at some point, and learn about its history and its current season of performances. Quite literally, the envy of the entire nation within its arena. Corporate sponsorship is real. Some corporate sponsors want to offer you basically nothing in exchange for everything. MailChimp is the opposite. They basically offer everything, and frankly, ask for almost nothing in return. They just want to see communities grow culture. It’s amazing. The accounting firm that handles so many locals, you just have to thank them for all the hard work the give to their clients. Martin, Hood, Friese & Associates handles our piddly account, too. Response time: immediate. Where there was once Vriner’s, now sits Memphis on Main, home of the Loose Tap, this staple in Downtown Champaign has a small stage, and yes, Moon Duo is performing on it this weekend. I will be there. My name is Seth. I wrote this. 66 PARTNERS A secret pancake recipe, a diner stack the size of you and your friend’s stomachs, Merry Ann’s Diner, is a go-to, late at night, early in the morning, or anytime, anyday. They literally do not close. Except for like, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, for like, eight hours. Automatic for the People. While you’re visiting the lovely Krannert Art Museum on Wednesday evening, thank Michael’s Catering for providing hospitality. Look to them for your next event, perhaps. The most well designed restaurant in the history of Champaign, perhaps, Miga is playful with its food and cocktails in ways about which most others don’t dare dream. Try the House Salad followed by the Butter Fish. Heaven. Just, heaven. Ground zero for bands just getting started, and the best beer garden you can imagine, we work with Mike N Molly’s week in and week out to program and produce its shows. Also, yes, it’s true: the show was named after the bar. Not the other way around. Consistently topping the list of best public transit system, the MTD takes you anywhere you need to be. Its comprehensive bus lines are mind-blowing. The reason we have a LIT component, Ninth Letter actually cares about the function of reading and writing. Hear poets, novelists, essayists, and professors, all weekend long. Buy the books at The Pygmalion Book Fair at Blind Pig on Saturday. Tremendous gift to all of us. A studio unlike anything else even remotely around here, the duo that runs Norden German Design out of [co][lab] are progressive in ways that we can barely discuss. You just have to see it. Check it at the TECH Trade Show. If there were a way to quantify the importance of Parkland College, NCSA would have to build another Blue Waters. Legendary amongst its peers, this learning center is basically the vanguard of community colleges, nationwide. Their radio station, WPCD 88.7, is a long time Pygmalion sponsor, and we’re only too honored to have them back again. Check out their booth on Saturday at the Highdive Outdoor Annex! Perhaps you are curious about Pavlov Media? Perhaps your wireless connection is weak? Pavlov fixes that problem for you. A resource that is undeniable for hundreds of 77 PARTNERS thousands, if not millions of people, nationwide. Use the network Pavlov #PygFest during the shows at Highdive Outdoor Annex. The only bakery with a leader worth its salt, Pekara Bakery provides dozens of local joints their baked goods and breads. Their Bistro on Neil is a must-stop for those new to town, or just visiting for the weekend. The locally owned and operated Pepsi Bottling Company is so generous to this community, it’s hard to choose anyone else with which to work. Personify has been a true partner in understanding the vision of the festival’s inaugural TECH component, and their tech is simply awesome. Immersive video technology that puts you where you need to be, when you need to be there. As one of the fastest growing design firms around, Pixo has one of the most creative teams around these parts, existing in Downtown Urbana. Polyvinyl Records — home to releases from American Football, Japandroids, Mates of State, Braid, of Montreal, Alvvays, STRFKR, Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, and more, catch their unofficial showcase at Channing Murray on Friday featuring Beach Slang and White Reaper. These dudes that run The Pop Stop seem like they are having the best time. They make homemade ice cream and yogurt and fruit bars and they have bicycles to sell them out of. It’s nice to have them around, Norman Rockwell-style. When we say that people “get” the vision of Pygmalion, look no further than the crew at Prominic.NET. In all reality, their services are vital in support of businesses and their hosting needs. Plus, Justin Hill is going to try to keep things tame on the fiber panel discussion. Let’s see about that. The only energy drink that cares enough about music to support it, Red Bull keeps you moving and dancing, long after your second wind. An annual supporter, we are always honored they show up. Serving vegan food that appeals to everyone, the Red Herring has been around since the counter-culture took over campus in the late 60s, early 70s. A place for progressives to 77 PARTNERS take action, we love them so. Dozens of companies and thousands of people exist on the campus of Research Park, UIUC’s home to the most impressive development in the last decade. Join us on Thursday morning into the afternoon for eight different panel discussions about how we behave, where we’re going, what we are doing, and why it matters. As familiar as any family name around, the Robeson Fund serves the community by contributing in a variety of ways, to myriad events and organizations in Champaign-Urbana. Always an honor to be on their list. Acting as an arm of the Champaign County EDC, the Small Business Development Corporation provides insight and consultation for creating and improving the entrepreneurial culture around these parts, which we’re thankful for. For those pursuing TECH, Singleton Law Firm handles anyone who needs the support of those who know the best way to maneuver in the field. A lawyer who will speak fairly, each and every time. The same company that produces The Pygmalion Festival also produces Smile Politely, which is an online culture magazine. You can only read it on the information superhighway, because printing anything is moronic. Wait. No. Shit. We did it again! The savior of Savoy! Triptych Brewing has done us right by producing tall boy cans of Pygmalion Pilsner and man, oh man is it good! Try one wherever TECH events are held, and perhaps elsewhere as well! Some of us graduated from the UIUC School of Art + Design. Others of us marvel that the way they engage their students. Regardless, the LINK Gallery is where we host Opening Night, and for that, we are grateful. A benchmark for disruptive TECH, Uber has shown up in C-U as a game-changer. The most important and immediate result of a sharing economy, these are supporters of what we do, and that says a lot to us. Soon enough, the University Group will have developed First St. between Springfield and 77 PARTNERS White in Midtown Champaign, and when they do, you will be all like: “Yes”. This unassuming guitar shop on Neil St. plays host to the best intimate shows, lessons, and the finest brands around. The Upper Bout gives away an axe every year at Pygmalion. Not because they have to, but because they want it in a player’s hands. That’s the spirit. Our friends at Urbana Business Association have one goal in mind: change the culture, one partner at a time. Producers of the Sweetcorn Festival, these are the people that make it all happen east of Wright St. You’ve probably heard a lot about the fiber game in Champaign-Urbana, but you really should look to the folks at Volo Broadband, who truly believe and know what it means to look and support local. You want faster internet, right? Us too. Screen printing lives — and Weiskamp makes it so. Between workshops on how, to their memorable displays in the front windows, this team is up for any project, the more creative, the better. Here is a radio station broadcasting from the north part of Chicago. WLUW is run by Eleni, who used to run WPCD 88.7, one of the best radio stations in the area. They will both be set up on Radio Row at the outdoor shows at Highdive. Check ‘em out, and see what’s what. We’d love to try to pretend that we can speak about Stephen Wolfram, and his company and his keynote speech, and everything they provide to this community and to this world. But it’s just not right. It’s not possible at the end of these thank yous. You just have to see for yourself. Ask Siri. She’ll tell you about it. 77 PAST MUSIC The 1900s ?uestlove A Great Big Pile of Leaves Alex G American Football Andrew Bird The Antlers The Appleseed Cast Asobi Seksu Autolux Bare Mutants Bass Drum of Death Bear Hands The Beauty Shop Best Coast Big Freedia and the Divas Bishop Allen Black Mountain Bleached BLK JKS Blues Control Bob Nanna The Books Braid The Breeders Brooke Waggoner Built to Spill Candy Claws Cap’n Jazz Caribou Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Catfish Haven Caveman Centaur Chin Up Chin Up CHVRCHES The City on Film Cloud Nothings Cold Showers Colour Revolt Common Loon Company of Thieves Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons Count This Penny Craft Spells Cults Cut Chemist Cut Copy Damien Jurado Dan Deacon Daniel and the Lion Danielson Dark Meat Daughter David Bazan David Dondero Dawes Deafheaven Decibully Deerhoof Denison Witmer Dessa Diamond Youth Dianogah Dinosaur Jr. Dirty Projectors The Dodos Doogie Horner DTCV Earth Elf Power EMA Eternal Summers Evangelicals Ex Hex Exit Verse Explosions in the Sky Fang Island Foundry Field Recordings Frankie Rose Gang Gang Dance Gardens & Villa Gazelle Grave Babies Grizzly Bear The Head and The Heart Headlights The Henry Clay 77 PAST People High Places The Hood Internet Holy Fuck The Horse’s Ha Hospitality HUM Hundred Waters IDA Into It. Over It. Iron & Wine Ivan & Alyosha Janelle Monae Japandroids Jenny Hval Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter Jessica Lea Mayfield The Jillionaire Joan of Arc Joe Pug Johnathan Rice Jookabox Josh Berwanger Band Julia Holter King Dude Kishi Bashi Kurt Vile and the Violators Laetitia Sadier Larry and His Flask 77 The Life and Times Light Pollution The Like Young Little Green Cars Liturgy The Living Blue Liz Janes Lonelyhearts Lord Huron Low Lower Dens Lucero The Luyas The M’s Major Lazer Man Man Mansions on the Moon Maps & Atlases Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s MartyParty Maserati Mates of State METZ Midnight Magic MiM0SA Miniature Tigers Modern Kin Monotonix Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band Murder By Death Mutual Benefit My Brightest Diamond My Jerusalem Nat Baldwin New Ruins NewVillager Nick Thune Night Beds of Montreal Okkervil River On An On Owen Oxford Collapse The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Panda Bear The Parson Redheads Pattern Is Movement Phantogram Pillar Point Plastician + / - (Plus/Minus) Pomegranates Psychic Twin Purling Hiss Pwrfl Power Ra Ra Riot The Range Real Estate PAST The Redwalls RJD2 Roky Erickson with Okkervil River Salaryman San Fermin Saturday Looks Good To Me Shipwreck Skream So Many Dynamos The Soil and The Sun Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Speedy Ortiz Stagnant Pools STRFKR Sun Kil Moon Surfer Blood Sybris Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Tennis Thao with the Get Down Stay Down Those Darlins Times New Viking Titus Andronicus Toro Y Moi Turbo Fruits Twin Peaks Twinsmith Tycho Unknown Mortal Orchestra Unwed Sailor Viva Voce Warpaint Washed Out Wavves Wax on Radio William Fitzsimmons Willis Earl Beal Withershins Xiu Xiu YACHT Yeasayer Yo La Tengo Youth Lagoon Zeus LIT Aaron Burch Adam Prince Amelia Gray Amy Sayre Baptista Andre Perry Alissa Nutting Audrey Petty Bayo Ojikutu Chad Simpson Charlotte Pence Dan Chaon Elizabeth Ellen Erika L. Sanchez George Clark Jamaal May James Greer Jennifer Percy Jensen Beach Kathleen Rooney Kyle Minor Lania Knight Letitia Moffitt Lindsay Hunter Matt Bell Matthew G. Frank Peter Orner Rachel Cantor Richard Siken Roxane Gay Scott McClanahan Tarfia Faizullah Ted Sanders Timothy Denevi Tom Williams 77 Josh’s Fund is the official charity of The Pygmalion Festival. $1 of every ticket will go to support scholarship funding for nurses training in oncology. For more information and to donate, please visit JOSHSFUND.ORG RULES TO NOTE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 01 All Outdoor Shows are rain or shine. 02 No Refunds — No Exceptions. 03 Yes, you have to wear your wristband the whole time; we do too. 04 No outside food or drink, except breastmilk or formula. 05 All bags subject to search. 06 Don’t act like an idiot, ferchrissakes. 07 Get off your high horse, will ya? 08 Don’t use your cell phone inside of Krannert or The Art Theater. 09 Remember to call your parents, they miss you always. 10 Connect to free WiFi on Saturday and Sunday through the network: Pavlov #PygFest 11 That’s also the official hashtag: #PygFest 12 If you have any questions or issues, get with us: [email protected] 13 You can do anything you want in this life. 14 Next year, we might add more components to the festival, because we’re fucking insane. 15 Seriously, no, for real, get off your high horse. We’ll get off ours, too. 16 Go have fun. Enjoy Champaign-Urbana with us. The Pygmalion Festival 2015 is dedicated to the memory of Bart Tredway and Mary Ellen “Mel” Farrell.
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