Archive for the 'C-U Confidential' Category

Don’t look NAFF in anger, JaPan

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

Many artists and creators in Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond are stepping up post-pandemic. Good for them! Where does that leave C-U Blogfidential, though? We’re not sure, and that’s not good.

Don’t ever let the dust settle, C-U

Thursday, June 25th, 2020

Self-restriction has been lifted as your humble editor rockets out the gate with fresh words on important topics and miscellany as well as dear old Dad. He might mention a few filmy things on top of that.

CUBlog open to resuming CUZine

Monday, May 11th, 2020

Our second post today is to field the idea of publishing the next issue of C-U Confidential this year. For the interim, we will need to handle it different since it began in 2007. Are you on board?

Feeling a little bit MICRO, are we?

Tuesday, October 29th, 2019

What a crock of hooey. The Art Theater is closing. The New Art Film Festival is in limbo. C-U Confidential #10 is still not fully distributed. What next? Oh, yes. We’ll always have MICRO-FILM. Right.

Concrete steps beget CUZine #10

Wednesday, July 31st, 2019

A cold, hard chill can put a little snap into your step when dulled by a clammy reality. That’s what finally broke us from our rut and resulted in C-U Confidential issue 10, now available for your reading pleasure!

Patience trumps pile-up at MFHQ

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

Now that C-U Confidential is guaranteed to return for a tenth round, we simply have to finish it off. Life never makes it that simple, though, even when bonus goodness steps into the pathway before the finish line.

Que será, será, CUZine 10 will be

Friday, January 25th, 2019

We are legitimately excited to be able to issue C-U Confidential #10, folks, although it’s clear we won’t be doing Confidential business as usual going forward. Give us a moment to have a moment, then.

CUZine budget fuss is legit issue

Friday, December 28th, 2018

It feels like we’ve been greasing the wheels forever to put C-U Confidential issue 10 on the board. We are hours away from the end of our current funding campaign and a third strike against it looms.

Help pad CUZine #10 with your ad!

Thursday, November 29th, 2018

Advertisers may contact us at any time about reserving space in the next issue of C-U Confidential, tentatively slated to street in January 2019. Want to be a pal? Take the info down and pass it around!

GoFundMe is “Go!” for CUZine #10

Monday, November 26th, 2018

It’s come to this. It could be worse. Let’s make the cultural life of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, a little bit groovier with a new issue of C-U Confidential digest. We need your help on this one, dearest C-U. Dig?

CUZine drive starts Cyber Monday

Thursday, November 15th, 2018

Just like the headline says, we’ll begin our on-line drive to partly fund the printing of C-U Confidential digest #10 on November 26, 2018, also known as (shudder) Cyber Monday.

…So we will rock you with CUZine

Thursday, November 8th, 2018

We may also have legitimacy and dependability in our print history, but our budget lifeline has dried up. It’s finally time to beg and grovel publicly for help to put C-U Confidential back on the board.

Indie Art Con is non-starter in C-U

Sunday, August 5th, 2018

Both C-U Confidential and editor Jason Pankoke made rare public appearances at the inaugural Indie Art Convention & Film Festival in Savoy on July 14, 2018. Unfortunately, very few others took in the show.

Ad booking begins for CUZine #10

Friday, July 20th, 2018

The tenth issue of C-U Confidential has been rescheduled for August-September 2018 release in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and other cities. Make sure your advertising message will be seen in its pages!

Media does matter in current titles

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018

Quick! Get your relevant summer reading in order with our suggestions! Here we title-drop a few media-centered books and journals that share some fiber of their being with publishing pros in central Illinois.