…and local authors. Just last month was Lit Fest at PYGMALION, and we even have an annual Edible Book Festival. So, if everything is so great in Champaign-Urbana and Illinois…
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Homecoming: An Illinois tradition
…event I have coming up in a few weeks with the author Luis Alberto Urrea.” Ross worked with me to share some of his extensive knowledge with a Homecoming history…
It’s Friday the 13th…are you superstitious?
…the superstition surrounding Friday the 13th, various traditions attached misfortune to Friday and to the number 13 separately, then a Victorian author merged them into one with a novel called Friday,…
Take a look behind the scenes of October Dance
…performance will evidence this. Their conviction and authority in the work is quite amazing. Dance at Illinois on Facebook SP: How is this year’s October Dance different from previous years?…
Five things in arts: October 2023
…hooping and fire dancing, and music. Urbana Fall Fusion Festival Downtown Urbana Oct 7 Sa 4 to 8 p.m. Free Katherine Gaffney Poetry Reading and Author Event: Katherine Gaffney Katherine…
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón is coming to Spurlock
…the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. She is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry….
The spotted lanternfly has made its way to Illinois
…find them around here, alert local agriculture authorities by sending photos to [email protected]. (Then you can kill them, but make sure you scrape the eggs with rubbing alcohol into a…
Weekender: September 22-24
…book titled Made in Chicago: stories behind 30 great hometown bites (which I read and loved). The authors will be reading chapter introductions to iconic Chicago food and drink like…
Riffing through gender barriers with Rose Marshack’s Play Like a Man
…the Poster Children have been touring since 1991 and bassist and author Rose Marshack has logged uncounted hours on the road. In its pages, she chronicles the everyday life of…
Eat food by Chicago’s Bacci Pizzeria and meet Made in Chicago authors this PYGMALION
…writers are coming to PYGMALION. At Analog wine bar, authors Monica Eng and David Hammond will read from their new book Made in Chicago: stories behind 30 great hometown bites…