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Melissa Merli

@mmerli

Arts reporter at News-Gazette. Arts lover. Arts blogger. Photographer, reader, artist.

 Champaign-Urbana, IL
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Joined December 2008
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Thanks! I truly enjoyed covering the #arts in #chambana! Great people and great things are happening here. teapawt.org/moonshinejug/status/91…
hugh bridgeford (@moonshinejug) profile picturehugh bridgeford@moonshinejug3 Oct 2017
All the best in retirement to @mmerli . We will miss the way you have shone your journalistic flashlight on creatives in Champaign Urbana.
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Urbana Pops@UrbanaPops2 Oct 2017
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever... fb.me/8ZDXHlr0T
Gorecki Symphony No. 3 "Sorrowful Songs" - Lento e Largo

Gorecki Symphony No. 3 "Sorrowful Songs" - Lento e Largo

Soprano: Isabel Bayrakdaraian, Sinfonietta Cracovia, conducted by J...

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For the 4th time, scientists at @LIGO and Blue Waters have discovered a gravitational wave from a black hole merger: ncsa.illinois.edu/news/story… – at Urbana, IL
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Norman Lear@TheNormanLear27 Sep 2017
As a combat vet, I fought Nazis ofWWII. Today I #takeaknee, once more, in solidarity w/my brothers&sisters still fighting 4 equality&justice – at Los Angeles, CA
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George Saunders fans wait to have books signed by him after his @ThePygFest talk @KrannertCenter.
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Look for @TheatreIllinois alum Lisa Rothschiller on the TV show “The Middle” @ABCNetwork.
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Summer-like temperatures, but we're starting to notice those fall colors around BIF 🍂 Stay cool out there, #Illini! #LastDayofSummer
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ARTnews@artnews21 Sep 2017
Kerry James Marshall has created a mural for Chicago featuring Oprah Winfrey, Suzanne Ghez, and more bit.ly/2ygyqEf
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Former business professor Mark Roszkowski to be recognized with memorial bulb garden at Allerton Park news-gazette.com/news/local/…
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Thanks to @news_gazette for highlighting the work of our own Sam Smith: news-gazette.com/news/local/…
Music created path for award recipient's humanitarianism in Africa

Music created path for award recipient's humanitarianism in Africa

Krannert employee Sam Smith, who will be presented with the Humanitarian Relief Award at Saturday's fourth annual Immigrant Welcome Awards, got started with his efforts while working with drummer from

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one of my favorite visual artists.... teapawt.org/OutsiderArtFair/status…
Outsider Art Fair (@OutsiderArtFair) profile pictureOutsider Art Fair@OutsiderArtFair20 Sep 2017
Read @latimes review of @theicala inaugural Martín Ramírez exhibiton: lat.ms/2xn1f4o
Review: The mystery of an artist only deepens: The remarkable drawings of Martín Ramírez at DTLA's...

Review: The mystery of an artist only deepens: The remarkable drawings of Martín Ramírez at DTLA's...

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Republican #Ilga @_ErikaHarold gets endorsement from House GOP leader Jim Durkin @ABC7Chicago
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Julie Wurth@jawurth19 Sep 2017
ISU announces $150 million fundraising campaign news-gazette.com/news/state/…
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Great show. So glad she was able to perform at #ELLNORA @KrannertCenter. teapawt.org/jgmachain/status/91000…
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#Marquee is being refurbished at the @FischerTheatre in Danville, IL. Opened in 1884 as #vaudeville house.
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Mexican Old Master picture—rediscovered in the Bronx—gets fresh look for Met show ow.ly/9Fh030fgcfu @FordhamNYC @metmuseum
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Extraordinary concert at #ELLNORA by flamenco composer/ guitarist & others incl a dancer. @Kr
Hot bluegrass: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen. #ELLNORA @KrannertCenter
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