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Free Comic Book Day is a national holiday on May 1 where people can go to comic book stores and get FREE comics! Action Jackson Comic Books is a new store in Urbana that will be participating this year.

Check out Alex Wong’s thoughts on Krannert’s production of the re-discovered Tennessee Williams play.

In celebration of warm spring weather, whip up this light and zesty lemon cake in just a few minutes - right in your microwave!

Josh Peterson and Jeff Bishop write a two-part review of the Ebertfest film "The End of the Tour," with comments on the film and actors alike.

Buzz’s Kailey Helgesen caught up with the Slovenian electronic artist ahead of his performance at the Ill Rock Block Party this Saturday at The Canopy Club.

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Last Friday, I attended one of the lunchtime talks offered by the Of-fice of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations in their “Lunch on Us” series. This particular installment featured a lecture by Professor Helen Neville, a faculty

member in African-American Studies and Educa-tional Psychology, who spoke powerfully about the destructive nature of color-blind racial ideology. As I sat and listened, I was struck by the pertinence of Dr. Neville’s research. Although I wouldn’t have been able to fathom this last week, her work has become even more important within the past few days.

The concept of color-blind ideology is fairly straightforward: it describes the disregard of ra-cial identities and differences under the guise of “political correctness.” It’s an ideology present in the declaration “I don’t see race, I see people.” It seeps into the notion that we “live in a post-racial society” and it is at work when psychologists fail to acknowledge the experiences unique to people of color when giving diagnoses. Color-blind ideology results in the erasure of entire histories and identities but continues to be implemented because it is safe; it allows the tricky topic of race to be avoided and ignored. It allows distributions of power to remain unequal and unchecked.

I get it - conflict is generally unpleasant, but has any social ill ever been resolved with silence? Is it possible to fix something that people refuse to deem broken?

As highlighted by the string of events in Baltimore, there are real, brutal, deadly problems with racism in our country. Millions of Americans have been structurally disempowered and systemically ren-dered voiceless. There is no easy way to fix this – but we can start by addressing that we do, indeed, have something to address.

We need to talk about race. We need to acknowl-edge privilege where privilege lies and understand that what is happening in Baltimore did not start with the untimely death of Freddie Gray, nor did it start in Baltimore. We need to facilitate this sort of dialogue on our campus and it needs to happen on a much grander scale than an afternoon talk with 30 attendees.

Nothing that I’m saying is radical or revolutionary. In this community alone, similar statements have been said in hundreds of ways by people who are far more articulate than I am. Please, read what they’ve written. Start talking.

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»THE NEW AVENGERS MOVIE GETTING BAD REVIEWSPlz marvel, no more. We don't need 30 superhero

movies a year.

»SURPRISE FINALS WEEK SICKNESSBeing relatively healthy all semester and getting sick during fi nals. I feel like a liv-ing, breathing garbage pile

but that's fi ne! I love fi nals!

»NOT SWEATER WEATHERI am incredibly excited about the weather forecast for the upcoming week. 80 degrees or higher projected for Mon-day through Thursday...can’t

wait! Something about warm weather just seems to make me irrationally happy despite the looming amount of fi nals preparation that I will have to inevitably face.

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Round up all your friends and family on May 2 and stampede over to the Orange and Blue Rodeo Roundup at the Champaign County Fairground. This rodeo, hosted by the Rodeo Club at the Uni-versity, is a great opportunity to participate in some fun events, such as the Behind the Chute Tour and meeting the Cowboys and Cowgirls.

At the Orange and Blue Rodeo, there will even be a clown. Not only is this a wonderful outing for the family, but the fun you have here will go towards supporting our veterans via donations to the Wounded Warrior Project. And don’t hesitate to continue the party after the rodeo at Fat City Bar and Grill where the Matt Poss Band will be performing.

The doors will open for the rodeo at 5 p.m. and you can fi nd your tickets online at www.event-brite.com/orangeandbluerodeoroundup.

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THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF CU

CHRISTINE PALLON

LAST year, buzz launched the fi rst-ever Sound of CU concert at The Highdive. The

show celebrated the vibrant Champaign-Urbana music scene with performances from Decadents, Cheef, The Social Alcohol Band and The 92s.

Buzz and WPGU bring back Sound of CU for round two on May 1 at Cowboy Monkey. This year’s Sound of CU is bigger and better than be-fore: now a two-night event taking place on May 1 and May 8, even more local acts will get to be part of the celebration.

Friday night's kickoff event will feature perfor-mances from ZXO, Kenna Mae and Penny Horses. ZXO is a new project from Ryan Brewer, former member of Hank. and Good Night & Good Morn-ing. Local folk outfi t Penny Horses, who were re-cently featured on the Crashing the Heirship com-pilation, and singer-songwriter Kenna Mae round out tonight’s lineup.

May 1 - Sound of C.U. KICKOFF 9:30-10:00 P.M. - Kenna Mae 10:15-11:00 P.M. - ZXO 11:15-12:00 A.M. - Penny Horses 12:15 - 1:15 A.M - Cowboy Monkey DJ

The event continues next Friday with even more local acts. Local rapper T.R.U.T.H, shoegaze/post-rock outfi t Withershins and stoner rockers Resin-ater headline the event. Unlike last year’s Sound of CU where all of the bands were chosen by voters, this year voters only chose the opener for the May 8 show in an online poll. This voter-chosen band will be announced shortly.

MAY 8 - Sound of C.U. 9:30-10:00 P.M. - Opener TBA 10:15 - 11:00 P.M. - Resinater 11:15-12:00 A.M. - T.R.U.T.H 12:15-1:15 A.M. - WithershinsThis year’s Sound of CU showcases the di-

verse talents of the Champaign-Urbana music scene. From new music of local veterans like Ryan Brewer of ZXO and the roots and folk sounds of Penny Horses and Kenna Mae at to-night’s kickoff show, to the shoegaze stylings of Withershins, stoner rockers Resinater and local rap sensation T.R.U.T.H at next week's event - it’s safe to say that Sound of CU will have a little something for everyone.

The Sound of CU takes place on Friday, May 1 and Friday, May 8 at Cowboy Monkey. Cost of entry for each night of Sound of CU is $5. Ages +19. Music begins each night at 9:30 p.m.

Photo by David Cubberly

Used with permission from Penny Horses

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THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF CU Q&A: SPEEDY ORTIZ

FRAN WELCH

WITH their new album Foil Deer, Speedy Or-tiz has once again proven to be at the

forefront of the indie rock revolution. Frontwoman Sadie Dupuis created a lyrically challenging album that expanded beyond her relationships and heart break, bringing forth societal issues that she felt needed to be discussed.

The album is unapologetically mind twisting, poetically inventive, with songs refl ecting an ex-cellently executed approach to organized chaos, making Foil Deer an album that will surely take Speedy Ortiz to the next level of success. On the day of their album release, buzz spoke with singer and guitarist Sadie Dupuis and guitarist Devin McKnight to discuss Foil Deer and their tour with Krill and Two Inch Astronaut, which stops at The Highdive on May 4.

»buzz: Your album came out today. Congrats! Are you guys doing anything special today to celebrate?

»Sadie Dupuis: Not really. I have a doctor’s appoint-ment and we leave on tour tomorrow so I think today is a lot of last minute things. I need to go buy beer to take on tour and I’m helping my friend move.

»buzz: Since the end of your last tour and up to your album release, how has your year been so far?

»SD: It’s been okay. We’ve mostly been having time off and not doing much. We fi nished this record in the fall and have had most of this year off, so it’ll be a bit of a learning curve to get back to the daily grind. We’ve been cramming in practice this past weekend and it was like, “Ah, I can’t play guitar or sing anymore.” So we’ll see how this fi rst week of shows goes.

»buzz: What do you think the main difference is between Foil Deer and Major Arcana?

»SD: I think the production is way different. We were defi nitely a lot more intense on making sure this was a distinct recording from what we just sound like live. Even going into it we knew this was going to be a very different sounding record. On Major Arcana, we had toured those songs a lot, playing some songs over 100 times before we recorded them. Live was the only way we could imagine the songs. On Foil Deer, even though the demos have been played a bit more nuanced, we didn’t want them to be a live representation of what the songs could be. It almost became a free-for-all for exploring what each song could turn into by using different gear, effects, or weird noises in the background.

»buzz: Some have said that Foil Deer is a more tech-nical representation of your guitar playing. Was that a goal you had in mind?

»SD: I feel like my guitar playing isn’t mas-sively different. I think that Devin is a technical player and we work really well with each other.

»Devin McKnight: Yeah, that’s tough. I guess it was kind of technical but a lot of the songs came pretty easy going, at least on my end.

»SD: A lot of my guitar playing is very riff based. I’ll have an idea for a guitar part that is pretty dis-tinct. I think that the way our old guitarist played, he was coming from a noise, free, whatever background. But I think Devin plays a riff or two [laughs], so that gave us more opportunities to play off what one another was doing.

Read the rest of our interview with Speedy Ortiz on readbuzz.com.

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BUZZ REVIEW: PRAIRIE FRUIT FARMS

JAMES SINGER

FOR a true farm-to-table experience, why not visit the farm? My friend and I de-

cided to take advantage of this beautiful Spring Saturday, pack up her two year old daughter, and head to Prairie Fruit Farms to try their locally-sourced breakfast. Pulling into the parking lot, the fi rst thing we notice is a line of people waiting to enter the dining room, which would normally be a terrible situation with a toddler in tow, but this is no ordinary breakfast establishment; it’s a fully functioning goat farm with a petting and

feeding area fi lled with adorable baby goats. My friend and I take turns exploring with her daugh-ter while the other holds our place in line. The entire facility is immaculate and the baby goats are too cute for words.

As I wait in line, I peruse the local offerings, including organic vegetables, herbs and potted plants for sale by Tomahnous Farm; unique, rus-tic breads from Stewart’s Artisan Breads; freshly picked early season ramps from Cow Creek Farm and, of course, delicious cheeses and gelatos

produced by Prairie Fruit Farms. We indulge in a couple generous samples offered by co-owner Les-lie Cooperband, who is very pleasant and knowl-edgeable. She explains how their Moonglo cheese is a raw milk, tomme-style cheese, meaning it is made from unpasteurized goat’s milk. The cheese is simply divine, with a smooth texture and a sharp, nutty fl avor. Cooperband explains it is a washed rind cheese, prepared with a “tea” made from the farm’s Moonglo pear leaves (hence the name), then aged for three to four months. I make a mental

note to buy some on my way out.We enter the charming dining room, fi lled with

family-style seating, and read the chalkboard menu for the day, which features a quotation from Robin Williams proclaiming, “Spring is nature’s way of saying LET’S PARTY!” Today, the farm of-fers a breakfast sandwich, buttermilk pancakes and a goat’s milk yogurt parfait with granola.

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CU BALLET PRESENTS: SWAN LAKE

COREY BLUMENTHAL

THE Champaign Urbana Ballet is perform-ing "Swan Lake" this Saturday and Sun-

day, May 2-3, at the Virginia Theatre in Cham-paign. A tale of love intertwined with exciting scenes of dangerous magic and memorable music, CU Ballet has brought new depth to this classic performance that debuted almost 140 years ago in Moscow.

“The show is family-oriented and can be en-joyed by any age group,” said Kay Greene, the

Executive Director of CU Ballet. “It’s impressive what the volunteers got together for the show. We have a very strong volunteer core.”

The company relies heavily on community members and volunteers to help with the produc-tion aspects of their ballet performances. These volunteers help with both the set construction as well as costume designing—"Swan Lake’s" rich medieval style will surely awe the audience and add to their experience as viewers. Artistic direc-

tor Deanna Doty has been in charge of creating a wholly unique look for the production.

“All of the materials that went into making the costumes for 'Swan Lake' were enough to cover fi ve and a half football fi elds, if that helps to put it into perspective,” said Greene. “The whole thing is quite impressive looking.”

The CU Ballet is also incorporating a new idea into their show this coming weekend. In order to help viewers understand what is going on throughout the ballet, they will begin each mati-nee with a session of “miming.”

These sessions will have a dancer from the show perform a specifi c facial emotion or dance move and there will be a narrator to explain to the audi-ence what it is supposed to mean. This is being done to add an element of education to the show as well as to benefi t a diverse crowd with varying experiences with the art of ballet.

“This educational aspect is to show the audi-ence what exactly is being done throughout the ballet. We will have a narrator explain the mimes exact movements,” said Greene. “We have part-nered with the Girl Scouts and a lot of them will be in the audience this weekend.”

The dancers have been practicing 20 hours a week in order to perfect the choreography and prepare for the premiere this weekend.

“We have been practicing since the third week of January,” said Valerie Lisner, the dancer who will be playing the White Swan in the compa-ny’s performance.

Lisner and the two other leads are all high school students from the Champaign-Urbana area. As students, they must balance their dancing with their academic work.

“School comes fi rst,” said Lisner. “Although dancing has become such a major component of our lives.”

The three leads have taken a lot of practice time

to develop their characterization for the perfor-mance this weekend. The ballet is steeped in Eu-ropean and Russian folklore, and Tchaikovsky’s score is littered with leitmotifs, or short musical phrases that become associated with certain characters or moods. "Swan Lake" has many lay-ers of tradition and a long performance history for the CU Ballet to draw from.

“They really have to incorporate their mind,” said Greene of the performers and the process of character building. “It is a combination of facial expressions and body movements.”

Taylor Fedderson, the lead who will be perform-ing as the Black Swan, has faced the challenge of portraying such an “evil” character.

“She is very evil,” said Fedderson. “There is a need for stamina within this role. There is a scene where I dance for ten minutes straight.”

The 2010 fi lm Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, explores the immense pressure that dancers face in the professional world. In some productions of "Swan Lake", the same dancer plays both the White and Black Swan. Though they are often portrayed as twins or doubles, the dance styles for each character are radically different and physically intense. Two dancers that approach the roles need to see them as two sides of the same coin.

In a gesture towards the community that has helped support their work, the CU Ballet has partnered with local restaurants. Those who at-tend the Saturday night performance can visit Big Grove Tavern, Boltini, Cream & Flutter, Dublin O’Neils, Guidos or Legends with their ticket stubs for a special “Swan Lake offer.”

The CU Ballet will be performing "Swan Lake" for two days only: this Saturday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. as well as on Sunday, May 3 at 2:00 pm at the Virginia Theatre. For more information, visit thevirginia.org or call (217) 356-9063.

Posed Swan Lake cast members. Photo by Darrell Hoemann

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A SIT DOWN WITH NEWLY ELECTED CHAM-PAIGN MAYOR DEBORAH FRANK FEINEN

LAUREN EIDEN AND JIMIN SHIM

ON APRIL 7, Champaign County welcomed new mayor

Deborah Frank Feinen, who took home 41 percent of total votes to win the mayoral race. With 4,987 votes, she defeated incumbent Don Gerard by 1,174 votes; Joe Petry and Karen Foster followed with 2,254 and 1,114 votes, respectively.

As a resident of Champaign County for more than 40 years, Feinen has long been a community leader as a member of the Champaign City Coun-cil, a Commissioner and Chair of the Regional Planning Commission and the former Chair of the Policy Board for UC2B. She attended Mount Holyoke College and IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, then spent her last year of law school at the University of Illinois College of Law; she began her practice working for the Illinois Pollution Control Board in Urbana. buzz got the opportunity to sit down with her

to discuss her campaigning experience and what she hopes to accomplish as mayor. Here is what she had to say:»buzz: How would you describe your cam-

paigning experience?»Deb Feinen: Well, I’ve campaigned many times

before. I was on County Board and I’ve also been on City Council. But I was surprised by how much more high-profi le running for mayor is. People were really paying attention to the race, which was nice. They had four choices and people needed to pay attention and get to know the candidates.

»buzz: How did you get to where you are today? What journey brought you here?»Feinen: My mom was a County Board member

and the Champaign Circuit Clerk for about 25 years and my dad’s law partner was Congressman Tim Johnson, so I grew up with politics all around me. I think it’s just learning about the impact you can have on your own community if you’re willing to put yourself out there and work hard, and then learning how to campaign by being involved in a lot of different ones.

»buzz: Besides your family, what other politi-cians do you admire the most? Are there any that infl uenced you in your policy stance?

»Feinen: I’m a big Eleanor Roosevelt fan and have read biographies about her since I was a kid. Ob-viously my mom is someone that I admire— the way that she interacts with the public and made sure that she continued to be responsive is really important. I’m good friends with Gordy Hulten and I think the way that he has approached his job,

to be as fair as possible to everyone regardless of party or anything else, is very important. We’re here to listen to the public and I may not agree with you on every issue, I may not agree with you on any issue, but you have the right to be heard. As mayor, I need to offer you the respect to hear you out and talk to you about whatever issue is concerning you.

»buzz: What aspects of our community moti-vated you to run for mayor in the fi rst place?

»Feinen: I think making sure that we have a pro-fessional, respectful voice at the head of the City Council. Also recognizing that you’re sort of the fi rst among equals because you’re one vote and you still need to get everyone else - or at least four other people - to agree in order to get anything done. I’m very interested in broadband; I was very involved in our fi ber program and now that it’s in the ground, I want to see it really be utilized within our community. That’s something that’s really mo-tivating for me.

»buzz: Besides broadband, what are some other issues in our community that you would like to focus on?

»Feinen: We also have a gun violence issue in the city of Champaign that our police department has already started community meetings about. They started on campus yesterday [April 22] and will be going throughout the city of Champaign to meet with different communities to put together the strategic plan for dealing with it. We haven’t even had a city council study session yet to start talking about what the root causes are and what kinds of things we can do as a city council to sup-port the police department, but that’s coming and we’ll have those discussions.

»buzz: Based on your own knowledge, what do you attribute this surge in gun violence to?

»Feinen: I think that some of it is drug-related, but we’re still looking at what the basis is and trying to formulate a plan. But I think making sure people have jobs and things to do during the summer is really important, especially for kids because, left to their own devices, it’s a lot easier to get into trouble.

»buzz: Another issue that has been talked about a lot recently are the budget cuts made by Gov-ernor Rauner, especially for the University. How

are you planning to address this?»Feinen: We don’t know yet. We don’t know

what the amounts are going to be. I assume that everyone will have some amount of cut. There’s going to be some shared pain as we, as a state, start to dig out of the budget hole we’re in. I talked a lot during the campaign about Cham-paign County as a region and coming together as a community, rather than everyone fi ghting for their own dollars. For example, at the city it’s just as important to us that the University be a viable entity and continue to employ people and educate students, and that all the things that the research and jobs created at the University continue as they have for the city’s budget to be restored. We really need to be coming together and talking about it. If the social service enti-ties are cut, that’s often affecting the poorest of the poor or the mental health issues or the substance abuse issues. That increases the city’s policing costs. It’d be all well and good if the city’s share was completely restored but with-out everybody else in the community also being healthy budget-wise, that’s a problem.

Photo by Sonny An.

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ILLINIFEST STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW

JOSH PETERSON

ON MAY 3 the fi rst-ever Illinifest Stu-dent Film Festival will be

taking place on the University of Illinois campus. This festival is a celebration of student fi lmmak-ers from across the state of Illinois and is put on by students, for students. Every spring since 2013, the department of Media and Cinema studies at the University of Illinois has offered a class in which students learn about fi lm festivals across the world and their impact on cinema, both artistically and commercially. The class also entails a semester-long project in which the students organize, promote and put on a fi lm festival that showcases student fi lms. In the past it has been called the Illini Independent Film Festival and Etcfi lmfest, but this year the

students opted to go with a new name, calling their festival Illinifest.

This year’s festival had close to 60 submissions from 45 different fi lmmakers, composed of un-dergrads or recent graduates from universities in the state of Illinois. This year, four different colleges will be represented on the day of the festival: Colombia College Chicago, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Southern Illinois University and, of course, our very own U of I. When asked about the process for selecting the fi lms that will be screened, Submissions Com-mittee member Elain Guo said, “We want to keep all the submissions as fair and equal as we pos-sibly can and all the fi lms that we are screening at the festival are decided by votes from students

in our class.” The submissions from Illinois stu-dents are competing for seven different awards during the in-competition screening block in-cluding Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinema-tography, Best Acting, Best Documentary, Social Impact Award and Audience Favorite.

The festival also will feature an out-of-compe-tition screening block, which features fi lms from various professional fi lmmakers from across the country. Some of the fi lmmakers that will have their fi lms playing at Illinifest this year are Antho-ny Cabral, whose fi lm Broke Juke made its Chicago premier at the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival, as well as Jon Santiago, whose fi lm Banana Pancakes will also be screened and who is a graduate from Columbia College Chicago, just

like many of the student fi lmmakers whose work will be shown at the festival.

The festival has two panels, the fi rst of which, “The Transition from College to Career in Film” will be taking place at 11 a.m. before the festival begins. The panel features Cabral and Santiago and Champaign locals Luke Boyce and Brett Hays, both fi lmmakers who work at Shatter-glass Studios in Champaign. The second panel, “Diversity In Cinema,” will be held at the end of the festival after the presentation of awards to fi lmmakers. Doors open at 12:30 on Sunday at Lincoln Hall Theater on campus, and the festival is free to all who want to come celebrate the talented student fi lmmakers from across the state of Illinois.

Used with permission from Illinifest.

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We opt for two breakfast sandwiches ($8.75 each), a side of sausage links ($3.85), and a kid’s portion of pancakes, which is a great deal at only $4. They are topped with real maple syrup and fresh, locally-sourced whipped cream. Our breakfast sandwiches are complex and delicious. The chef layers a farm-fresh egg, house-made chorizo, farm-grown pickled jalapenos, black beans from Three Sisters Farms in Kankakee, fresh chevre cheese and homemade salsa inside of a freshly baked ciabatta bun from Pekara bak-ery. This sandwich is everything that farm-to-ta-ble is supposed to be: fresh, locally-sourced and unique. The fl avors blend perfectly; the creamy chevre compliments the spicy chorizo, which is not at all greasy like the store bought brands, and the ciabatta bun holds up nicely to all of the ingredients. I wash my meal down with a cup of robust, locally roasted coffee from Columbia Street Roastery ($2.00). I am pleased that no artifi cial sweeteners are offered with the coffee, only real sugar. Lynn Doran, the farm’s cheese-maker, tells me they make their own half and half by combining fresh goat’s milk with cream from Kilgus Farmstead’s pasture-raised Jersey cows in nearby Fairbury, Illinois. The same cream is used for the pancakes’ whipped cream. It becomes clear that Prairie Fruits strives to work coopera-tively with other like-minded companies who place the highest value on quality and environ-mental responsibility. Another such company is Piemonte Sausages, who provide the breakfast sausage— some of the best I have ever eaten; they simply melt in my mouth, with a perfect texture and mild fl avor. We fi ght over the last bite. The baby wins.

I am impressed with the effi cient and profes-sional staff, who pay attention to every small detail. Although she is very busy, sous chef Sarah Hess takes our order and answers my many annoying questions with no sign of agita-tion. It is a truly rare occasion to experience the combination of socially responsible commer-cial entities, naturally sustainable ingredients, bucolic scenery, a unique, delicious meal and

friendly, attentive workers. Even the farm dog, Blue, makes the rounds and greets the custom-ers with a smile.

As we leave, I take the time to talk to some fellow customers. I meet a young man and woman who biked to the farm from Urbana. They tell me it took under 30 minutes to make the trek; they seem thrilled to have a worth-while destination like Prairie Fruit Farms offer-ing them a delicious reward at the end of their journey. Another customer is Kristen Bosch, who is here with her family. She works for East-ern Illinois Foodbank and tells me how Cooper-band and her co-owner, Wes Jarrell, donate leftover items not sold at farmer’s markets to them. It’s refreshing to hear of local busi-ness owners who are not only committed to sustainability and locally sourced ingredients, but to giving back to the community as well.

I stop on my way out to talk some more with Cooperband, which proves diffi cult, not be-cause she isn’t happy to answer my questions, but because she is steadily selling their differ-ent wares to the many satisfi ed customers. The salted caramel gelato is a hot seller, as are all of the different cheeses offered that day, including three varieties of fresh chevre and their wonder-ful Huckleberry Blue. She also has house-made crackers and salted caramels for sale. Leslie tells me about the upcoming summer pop-up meals and elegant dinners, as well as the farm’s plans for expanded agritourism, all of which is detailed on their website, prairiefruits.com.

I leave with a package of Moonglo cheese and house-made Olive Oil and Black Pepper crack-ers; my fi rst bite of the combination of these two locally-produced treats leaves me speechless. I am keenly aware now of what separates a farm-to-table meal from other dining experiences. The difference is the commitment to freshness, the cooperation with other local producers and an unwavering attention to detail. And what a day this difference makes.

Used with permission from Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery.

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Belmont winner47 Kind of mirror or street50 Farm equipment51 “Fame” singer/actress

Cara54 Nose-in-the-air types56 “Absolutely Fabulous”

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