…variations form, standing alongside Bach’s magnificent Goldberg Variations. William Kinderman is a gifted pianist, Beethoven scholar and lecturer who teaches at the University of Illinois. He authored the monograph Beethoven’s…
Search Results for: author/166541
Books to Prisoners: Literacy as a Right
…the two local Champaign County jails and publishes a ‘zine of inmate-authored words and art. According to Suzanne Linder from Books to Prisoners, the inmates’ reactions were, “Largely appreciative. We’ve…
Summer Studio Theatre Company Announces This Year’s Season
…the ghosts real or merely projections of a young woman’s fears? To celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial birth year, SSTC presents author James Hurt’s version of Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight….
The Illinois Marathon: An Opportunity to Show Off
…of us there: your humble author and SP Editor-in-Chief Chris “I run through ridiculous levels of pain” Maier were among the estimated 35,000 participants clogging the streets of Nashville. While…
No Reason to Eat an Egg
…rancher, outspoken vegan, activist and author Howard Lyman. The restaurant provided an excellent vegetarian, all-you-can-eat buffet. Cristy: At $8.50 a person — which included the food, drinks, dessert and tips…
Human Rights Take Center Stage Tonight
…for Human Rights, which his based in Geneva, Switzerland. He’s also an internationally renowned authority on indigenous cultures and human rights. Burger’s lecture coincides with the 60th anniversary of the…
Spring Reading for Fans of Batted Balls
…streaking Scrubs, winners of nine of eleven.) THE LONG BALL, Tom Adelman Adelman is one of my favorite baseball authors, even though he’s just two books into his career. His…
Spring Yard Waste Collection Ends Next Week in Champaign
…live. The city of Champaign authorizes Spring and Fall collections of yard waste each year, and according to this map, May 2, next Friday, will be the last day that…
Ebertfest — Staying True to its Roots
…biography of the famous Japanese author; The Band’s Visit, a comedy from 2007 about an Israeli band that’s forced to stay in a remote Egyptian village; and Housekeeping, about an…
Hanging with Junot Díaz in Key West
…for fiction less than two weeks ago and makes Oscar Wao one of those books, like Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, where the author not only tells the story of an…