This year’s WILL Vintage Vinyl Sale will take place in Lincoln Square Village (mall) in downtown Urbana this Saturday, May 16. The sale offers discount prices on used records, DVDs, CDs, and working stereo equipment …
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Radio Reader gives voice to print media
WILL Radio’s free service reads newspapers to visually-impaired listeners. This weekend, annual Vintage Vinyl Sale proceeds will benefit it.
Empowering consumers one phone call at a time
The Consumer Health Hotline helps residents under duress understand their rights and consider their alternatives.
Factory Girls tracks massive migration
A recently released book explores the travels of millions of rural villagers to the factories of urban China, and the impact of this life across generations.
World class world music
Mark Laughlin gets pointers from one of the world’s greatest percussionists, Bolokada Conde, living in our own backyard.
Delivering Books Behind Bars
Mark Laughlin shares his experiences working with the UC-IMC’s Books to Prisoners program, where even a Dean Koontz novel can go a long way.
Romancing the Written Word
A local group of aspiring romance novelists discuss the genre’s growth — “Today the woman doesn’t need the man; she chooses the man.” — and reveal that, like all writers, a little help from one’s peers can go a long way.
Keeping Up with the TIMES
“My background is in feminist activism, so I really don’t know how I showed up here.” It’s a Monday morning, and Jason Greenly (pictured above) is talking about the road that led him to his …