Champaign-Urbana’s community magazine FREE buzzweekly WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 more on FALL TV PILOTS 4 GO RETRO 8 HENRY CLAY PEOPLE 10 READBUZZ.COM Topless Female Dancers 18 to enter • Mon-Thurs 8pm - 1am VOL10 NO39 Fri - Sat 8pm - 2am • $5 Cover (Always Hiring, We’ll Train) buzzweekly SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 Silver All IN THIS ISSUE U of I GLOBAL LENS 5 Bullet Students YMCA hosts foreign fi lms Get In PRIDE FEST RECAP 6 What one buzz writer experienced 1401Bar E. Washington FREE Mon-Thurs GRIZZLY BEAR 9 Urbana Reviewing Shields, their latest 217.344.0937 21 & Over TWO BEERS AT IRON POST 9 www.silverbulletbar.net buzz talks to Dylan Heath about his local talk show CALENDAR 12 TAPAS 11 Your guide to this week’s events in CU ON READBUZZ.COM EDITOR’S NOTE A 30, 60A 30, OR 60 90 OR MINUTE 90 MINUTE MASSAGE MASSAGE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: SAMANTHA BAKALL Wonder what it’s like to be in the Marching Illini? Check out Clara’s new column and fi nd out! If you’ve ever sat in class and not paid attention (admit it, we’ve all done it), the things that you’re occupying your ARCARC 239-5865 239-5865 FOOD & DRINK: attention with are usually a million times funnier We talked about the best tacos in Champaign Urbana last week, so why not than they are when you aren’t restrained to an revisit the discussion about the trend of food amalgamations like Taco Bell’s awkward, squeaky, too small desk that’s being Doritos Loco Taco? Click onto the Food and Drink section on readbuzz.com kicked by your neighbor. But because you’re at- to read more. tempting to hide your laughter from a) everyone Expires 12/31/11 around you and b) your professor, holding in the giggles can become unbearable. MOVIES & TV: I seem to fi nd myself in this position a lot. Go to readbuzz.com to see our list of the Best TV Tumblrs! Take today for example. I was sitting in one of my classes when all of a sudden, this ridiculous con- versation between the managing editor, Nick, the music editor, Evan, and I happened on Facebook. What started as a simple conversation about the arrival of Seth Meyers coming to Illinois turned into COMMUNITY: a Halloween costume contest/Kane/Chyna/DQ/ Read Taylor Thomas’s column about what CU has to offer in the fall, from thrift Blizzaster/Don Quixote conversation that lasted the stores to frozen bananas. majority of an hour and probably caused Nick to be late for class (sorry), though I think he stuck around of his own volition, so it really was his fault. How we ever got there, I’m not really sure. MUSIC: All I do know is, as we were supposed to be seri- ously discussing an article of literature, I was awk- wardly smiling in the back of the room, desperately trying to hide my giggles from my professor who was eagerly looking for people to call on for their opinions. “What’s mine?” you ask? That trying to set up interviews with comedians while we attempt to portray comedians is a really funny idea, and that “a-blizza-zing” doesn’t quite have the nuance I’d like it to have in describing confetti cake blizzards from DQ (All the good “blizzard” words were used up when Chicago was left with buckets of snow. And none of those really encompassed how epic confetti cake blizzards were, anyways). I’ve decided to make it my goal for at least the next three months to really pay attention in class. When I can’t, my other goal will be to successfully hide fi ts of laughter from everyone. One day, I will hopefully join the ranks of those who managed to completely mask all emotions from the people around them, Check out our fi rst round of Pygmalion interviews online now! And if you’re a classical music en- while joyfully crying from laughter inside. Until then, thusiast, fi nd a preview of Emanuel Ax’s Krannert performance online, too! Read and go see him! I’ll probably stick to my awkward smiling and cough- ing fi ts. They work. Most of the time. 2 buzz readbuzz.com SEPTEMBER 20-26, 2012 HEADS LIKES & GRIPES UP! NICK MARTIN MANAGING EDITOR GRIPES » Mean looking dogs: When I was 9, I rode my bike down the block; without provocation, a scary German Shepard barked at me. I threw my bike to the ground and ran all the way home (in reterospect, this doesn’t make sense, but as a nine-year-old, FALL IS HERE turning around fast was probably hard). I still don’t like being around any dog bigger than a by Sam Bakall football. Early sunsets, shimmering orange, yellow and » Epilogue: “What a great ending! ... hey, wait a red leaves, and brisk, sweater weather mark the second! Oh no! Extraneous information!” -- What beginning of fall in CU. After a long, hot summer, I Say to 90% of Epilogues. Get your shit together, CU is ready to celebrate the beginning of cooler Epilogues! Don’t you understand the power of weather with seasonal events and foods. ambiguous understatement? My imagination Visit the Urbana Farmer’s Market to pick up sea- could have fi lled in those gaps! (notable excep- sonal fruits and vegetables that signify the start of tion: Harry Potter 7 [lol jk]) fall: bright orange pumpkins fi ll the back of trucks (almost) ready to be carved, shiny, crisp apples » Murderous Brides Out for Revenge! I thought lie waiting to be made into pies and sticky-sweet I left her for dead at the altar, but I was wrong! caramel corn sits seductively, fi t for snacking. She’s back and looking for retribution! Watch Or, if you like to be a little more hands-on, get as she tries to kill me with swords, kung fu, poi- up close and personal with the season and head soned champagne, and eventually suffocating to Curtis Orchard where you can pick apples, me to death as I’m trapped in a crawl space! purchase their delicious apple doughnuts, frit- Damn you, French temptress! I will never escape ters and cider and peruse the other selection of your cold allure! Illinois and fall garb. Find a bunch of people and sit in that big chair! Don’t forget to see some goats either. They’re real friendly, even if they try to eat your shirt. Once the leaves really start to fall, make sure to bring back the nostalgia and jump in a leaf pile or buzz’s two. If you can manage, try and go on a leaf pile crawl! Whoever jumps in the most piles wins! WEEK AHEAD If getting your fright on tickles your fancy, the Wesley Foundation hosts a haunted house that’ll be sure to scare your pants off. It runs from Oct. AMPHIBIANS VS 25-28 from 7-11 p.m. REPTILES Whatever you do, enjoy the beautiful weather and have a great time! Sept. 22 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm Anita Purves Nature Center, 1505 N. COVER DESIGN Lauren Blackburn EDITOR IN CHIEF Samantha Bakall Broadway, U. MANAGING EDITOR Nick Martin ART DIRECTOR Michael Zhang STAFF COPY CHIEF Drew Hatcher Can you tell the difference between a PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Zach Dalzell lizard and a salamander? I bet you can’t. IMAGE EDITOR Zach Dalzell BUZZ Not many people can. But that’s okay PHOTOGRAPHERS Animah Boakye, Constantine Roman, Olufolakemi Osibodu because Anita Purves Nature Center DESIGNERS Lauren Blackburn, Tyler Schmidt in Urbana is hosting Amphibians vs MUSIC EDITOR Evan Lyman FOOD & DRINK EDITOR Jasmine Lee Reptiles, an event centered on learning MOVIES & TV EDITOR Joyce Famakinwa the difference between these classes of ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Jessica Bourque COMMUNITY EDITOR Tom Thoren creepy crawlers. Start the day inside the CU CALENDAR D.J. Dennis Center learning about snakes and turtles COPY EDITORS Drew Hatcher and then hit the trails to try and fi nd DISTRIBUTION Brandi and Steve Wills STUDENT SALES MANAGER Kate Russell some real-life salamanders. ecause you’ll AD DIRECTOR Travis Truitt be braving the elements, make sure you PUBLISHER Lilyan J. Levant dress for the weather (and bring some ON THE WEB www.readbuzz.com snacks! you might get hungry out there!) EMAIL [email protected] WRITE 512 E. 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Chico & Rita (NR) Digital Presentation, English subtitles Fri: 6:30 PM | Sun: 8:45 PM | Thu: 6:45 PM The Bad Intentions (Las malas intenciones) (NR) By buzz Movies and TV Staff Digital Presentation, English subtitles Sat: 7:15 PM | Mon: 6:30 PM | Wed: 8:45 PM Father’s Chair (A Cadeira do Pa) (NR) elevision pilots have a reputation for being Digital Presentation, English subtitles Sat: 9:30 PM | Mon: 8:45 PM | Wed: 6:30 PM T universally awful.