A recent string of sinus surgeries stranded Alex Gentner on dry land for two months — the longest stretch of time he’s gone between scuba dives in a decade. Since 2007, Gentner has suited up and …
Posts by Jenna Kurtzweil:
The power of books
A pumpkin spice latte. The footlong sub of commercial-jingle fame. A gallon (or so) of gas. But your five dollars may best be put to use this weekend at the Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners Benefit …
Access determined: U of I digitization project revitalizes, returns Native records
“This item is currently under review and is not available to the public.” A digital stroll through the Archive of Native American Recorded History turns up this phrase more than once. It represents the heart …
Champaign County Forest Preserve District is turning 75: Here’s how to celebrate
If “semisesquicentennial” doesn’t flow quite right off the tongue, you can wish the Champaign County Forest Preserve District a happy 75th anniversary instead. This summer (and throughout the year), South-Central Illinois’ string of sylvan pearls is …
“You come from somebody”: A conversation with Angela M. Rivers and Dr. Barbara Suggs-Mason
One hundred fifty-four years ago, Frederick Douglass visited Big Grove Tavern. It wasn’t Big Grove Tavern in 1869, though. When Douglass famously orated at the corner of Neil St. and Main St., the City of …
Gamers, dreamers, spiritual seekers: Find your moment at 123 W Main
Tourists and travelers; ramblers and regulars; students, shoppers, and seekers of all sorts. Pedestrians browsing Urbana’s picturesque Main Street are bound to pass beneath a certain banana-yellow sign, emblazoned with sixteen letters in a thorny …