Ever found yourself saying “It Sucks To Be Me?”

As Kate Monster from Avenue Q says…
“Thanks!
I like romantic things
Like music and art.
And as you know
I have a gigantic heart
So why don’t I have
A boyfriend?
Fuck!
It sucks to be me!”

Post below why it sucks to be you and you could win tickets
to see Avenue Q on Sunday, December 6th at Assembly Hall.
Winners will be notified on December 1st!

Check out their youtube video

**Must be 18 or older to win. IMC employees are not eligible. Prizes are not transferable.
Winners are determined by random selection of entries. One entry is allowed per day per contestant.
Posts must be received before midnight on 11/30/09. Winners will be notified by email on 12/1/09.**

“WIN TICKETS TO THE ILLINOIS VS. IOWA FOOTBALL GAME!

We are accepting photo entries NOW sent to promo@illinimedia.com

Decorate your balcony or porch (for those of you in houses) with the most extravagant halloween decorations. If you don’t have a balcony or porch decorate your window instead!  Somewhere in your decorations be sure to include the numbers 217 in it! Take a picture of it at the best angle possible and email it along with your name, phone number, and email address. All entries will be posted on the217.com (exact link will be posted shortly). Voting will open up to the public and the entry with the highest vote wins 2 tickets to the Illinois vs. Iowa game!

Important dates:
TODAY – Promo@illinimedia.com begins accepting entries
10/27/08 – Last entries will be accepted no later than 11:00am
10/27/08 – Voting opens at 5:00pm
10/30/08 – The voting ends at 5:00pm and winners are announced and notified

ALSO the first 25 entries will receive a pair of tickets to attend the halloween movie night at the Virginia Theater in Champaign.

Also be sure to check out Illini Media’s balcony that we will be decorating for halloween!”

Want to take your honey out to a movie for Valentine’s Day? Face2Face is giving away tickets for the feature film Bee Movie showing February 12 & 14 at the Historic Virginia Theatre at 7pm.

Bee Movie is an animated comedy written by Jerry Seinfeld who plays a bee named Barry Benson who just graduated from college and wants to pursue his career goal by making honey. One day venturing out of his hive, Barry discovers that humans eat honey, and for revenge wants to sue them for it. The film features favorite voices from Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Chris Rock, and John Goodman.

The Face2Face team will distribute tickets for Tuesday February 12 showing on campus in front of the Union (quad side), this Thursday February 7 at 2pm. For the Valentine’s Day showing Face2Face will distribute tickets next Tuesday February 12 in front of the Illini Media Building located on 512 E. Green St. at 2pm.

Don’t miss your chance for taking your honey somewhere special for this Valentine’s Day week!!!!

Be the “hey-wanna-go-see-a-movie-tonight-it’s-on-me” kinda movie star! We’ve got the hookup for up to a YEAR of free movies for you and a friend. We’re running over with free ticket offers…good ones, funny ones, and oscar-worthy ones. Take your pick:

- Turn in a Best of CU ballot at the Illini Media Building and get a pair of tickets to see American Gangster at the Virginia Theatre Reel Deals showing next week (refreshments are super cheap there too!)

- Starting Friday, Jan. 25…stop by the Illini Media Building, 512 E. Green, to pick up a pass to see the movie “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins” before it even opens! The advanced screening is at the Beverly Cinemas on January 30 @ 7PM. Just get a pass from the 2nd floor help desk.

- Put in your picks for The Daily Illini’s 16th annual OSCAR CONTEST. Find a ballot in The Daily Illini or at the Savoy 16 movie theater. Be the one to read the mind of the Academy and pick the correct winners and you’ll be sitting on a pair of free movie passes each week for the entire year!

We’ll just add to this list when we can pass on the movie love. Check back!

Keith Urban and special guest Gary Allan

This Saturday the 10th @ 2:30pm in front of Buffalo Wild Wings, face2face will be giving out free Keith Urban tickets for Nov. 15th (Thurs) @ 7:30pm. If you’re a fan of this cutie’s country singing, head down Saturday and win tickets to see him and special guest Gary Allan in their “Love, Pain & the whole crazy World Tour”! We will giveaway tickets to the first two people we see at B Dub’s wearing…

cowboy boots
a cowboy hat
a leather jacket
a plaid shirt
a decorative belt buckel

Location:
Buffalo Wild Wings (B Dub’s)
907 W Marketview Dr # 5
Champaign, IL

Jimmy Eat World’s new release “Chase This Light” is in stores now… GO BUY IT!!

Who doesn’t love Jimmy Eat World? Their new album Chase This Light just came out this October, and it features awesome songs such as “Big Casino”. The album totally rocks and everyone should peep it on jimmyeatworld.com and then come to the front of the Illini Media building (512 E. Green St.) between 3-430pm Thursday Nov. 8th to win free tickets to their concert at Assembly Hall November 16th @ 7pm. See you all there!

We were so overwhelmed with entries late Friday that we didn’t get them all posted. Apologies to those who told all there friends that their online coloring page debut was this weekend…but frankly we took the weekend off. Here are some additional entries. Such use of color!…and glitter!…we were amazed at the deft use of pencils and stroke! Winners will be notified by email tonight! Good luck.

Thanks to all who entered the Saltimbanco Coloring Contest. See the below entries, they’re creatively drawn.

Face2Face is giving away 10 free pairs of tickets to Cirque Du Soleil’s Saltimbanco. Saltimbanco is inspired by the lifestyle of urban dwellers. The characters are fun, fresh, and flexible. You will be swept away to a world of mystery. Men, impress the ladies with your interest in high culture. Women, share the delight of a night out with your love or girlfriends.

Witness this fantastic expression of culture by winning tickets. How do you win tickets? It involves bringing out your inner child. Either click the following link saltimbanco-drawing.pdf to the drawing or tear it out of the DI or Buzz, color it creatively and bring it to the Illini Media Building (512 E. Green) by Nov. 2. Face2Face will also be distributing the blank drawings on Thursday at 2:30pm. Your work will then be posted in this blog for all to enjoy. There will be a drawing on Nov. 5 to win tickets to Saturday, Nov. 10’s (3:30pm) showing of Saltimbanco at Assembly Hall.

Visit Assembly Hall for information on the show.
Learn more about Saltimbanco.

To all of the people who are so kind to have checked out our new the217.com Web site, we want to really REALLY thank you by giving you free stuff!! Register a profile at the217.com throughout the month of November and you’ll be entered in a drawing to BE the217.com VIP!

We’ll be giving one winner a laptop to keep them connected to the217.com everywhere they go!! Other VIP prizes include a spa treatment ahh relaxing, a swank dinner date impress a hottie with this one, they’ll think your rolling in the dough … then be sad when you can’t keep up with the lifestyle of fine dining, and more!

… Look for more face2face updates on upcoming events and FREE giveaways ; )