What might Champaign-Urbana have looked like under authoritarian rule? Author Sarah Lariviere, a Champaign native with deep roots in Central Illinois, explores this premise in her rousing novel Riot ...

After the insanely cold weather earlier in the week, these sunny 20 degree days feel like a heat wave and had me thirsty for something cold. This Thursday, go for the cold fudge snowstorm at ...

Six Midwestern photographers and writers pierce the veil of “flyover country” in Between Us, an intimate portrait of life in America’s heartland as it actually exists — far from the cornfield clichés.

If you want, you can be busy this weekend. Restaurant Week commences, plus dance in person and on film, live music here and in Bloomington, Illinois basketball, and more.

In a basement at the Urbana Free Library, something wicked this way came. When writer and first-time director Bi An decided to transform an ordinary immigration interview into a surreal horror story, ...

Complaining about the weather is a time-honored Midwestern pastime and the Editorial Board is not immune to its allure. We ...

The Mahomet Aquifer is the most important aquifer for all of east central Illinois, and the League of Women Voters of ...

New year, new foods to eat and drinks to drink. H Mart has just opened in Urbana. Restaurant Week is about to start. We see ...

To call Meagan Hennessey and Richard Martin an adorable couple sounds trite given the impressive gravity of their creative projects, but spend ten minutes with them and it’s clear — their preservation ...

Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery's Little Bloom on the Prairie cheese was just named one of the top 60 cheeses in the whole world.

The fine folks over at WEFT 90.1FM have recently debuted their new mobile app, which houses everything they do right in the ...

Perhaps you or someone you know has been involved in CU One to One Mentoring, work that is deeply impactful on young people ...