…to the states, and cities like Urbana. The EPA still cares. They just don’t have the authorization to do anything. That’s why local governments, like Urbana’s, must act. The National…
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Generation Exxay
…with cartoons, sitcoms, and commercials, but we are able to deal with that with a certain dignity. We are supposedly distrustful of authority — as if that’s a bad thing….
Today an Oscar. Tomorrow insane.
…the quote of quadriplegic Irish author Christopher Nolan, who died last week: “My mind is like a spin-dryer at full speed, my thoughts fly around my skull while millions of…
The live nude girl in the devil’s territory
Authors Kathleen Rooney and Kyle Minor will read at the Illini Union Bookstore on March 3 as part of their 25-city Live Nude Girl in the Devil’s Territory Tour. Joining…
This is pretty, and this is ugly
…be that the apartments deemed “ugly” by the LBC authors will be seen as beautiful by others. But the people who live near them now don’t like them. My parents…
The Overture: Feb. 23 to March 1
…Foundry Field Recordings sandwiched between two local rock acts [Ed note: the author of this article plays in World’s First Flying Machine]. If you caught Foundry Field Recordings’ set at…
Speakers in C-U: Feb. 23–29
…Janet Burroway Book Reading and Signing WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 23, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Illini Union Bookstore — Author’s Corner Burroway, author of Bridge of Sand, a novel about…
Classic film Napoleon worth the watch
…Walking on Snow. Our author may get a chance to watch and review it; if not, he will sort through the myriad other films coming out and try to say…
Blogging on her way to “normal”
…my author’s platform was,” Tennant remembered. “And I was like, ‘My what? I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about.’ “ Little did she know that she was expected…
The Weekender: Feb. 13–15
…aspiring author? From noon to 3 p.m., the local chapter of the Romance Writers of America gathers in the basement of the Urbana Free Library to talk shop. Visitors and…