…author of the chapbook A Taxonomy of the Space Between Us, and Age of Forgiveness is his first full-length collection. Age of Forgiveness opens with two epigraphs. The second of…
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Weekender: November 10-12
…bakery. (AB) Visit The Militia House, Urbana Free Library, 4 to 5 p.m., free Author John Milas will be reading from his debut novel, The Militia House. There will be…
The Champaign City Council has allocated more funding for gun violence prevention
…outreach and engagement services to individuals, families and communities affected by violence” FirstFollowers: $686,841 for peer mentoring and their community re-entry program The Housing Authority of Champaign County: $150,000 for…
Author Laila Lalami will be at the Illini Union Bookstore on November 8th
Moroccan essayist and novelist Laila Lalami will be at the Illini Union Bookstore’s Authors Corner on November 8th at 4:30 p.m. From her bio: She is the author of five…
What’s In Your Bag, C-U: Lola Pittenger
…from local author, Heidi Esther, who came to my recent open house and thought I would enjoy it, I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet but I’m hoping for…
Learn about the 2023 Tagore Festival
…since 1989. The festival is a cultural celebration of Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), a Bengali activist, poet, author, artist and scholar. His wide range of prose can touch any human emotion,…
An inside look at Rent with music director Justin Brauer
…also proposed New York Housing Authority and Mixed-Use Development. I still like that last one, maybe I’ll use it sometime. Justin Brauer SP: Besides Rent, what else from this season…
The Murder at Old Willow Boarding School is a spooky new choose your own adventure book
…The Murder at Old Willow Boarding School by Jessika Fleck, a Champaign-Urbana based author who focuses on young adult and middle grade fiction. This choose your own adventure book came…
Brendan Slocumb’s visit to the Champaign Public Library
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the great authors series at the Champaign Public Library. For the first time, there was an afternoon music event and an evening…
Let’s talk about book bans
…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…