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Listen to poet Naveen Rimah read from their collection Scattered Mind on Thursday, June 16, at The Lit in Downtown Champaign.  Scattered Mind has been described as follows: “a book of poetry and pose—naveen rimah’s …

Summer is a great time to swing by Japan House for a tea ceremony. There are three more dates on the calendar for you to experience “Chado”, the Way of Tea. You’ll learn the history …

Ekta Garg, author of The Truth About Elves, is coming to the Champaign Public Library’s writer’s workshop series on June15th and she’s ready to help you solve your story problems. Garg is a “freelance editor …

40 North and the Urbana Park District have announced the date for the 2022 Crystal Lake Park Art Fair.  On August 6th, the park will be “transformed by over 40 local and regional art vendors …

David Rosenboom — post-genre composer-performer-interdisciplinary artist — is currently the George A. Miller Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois. Rosenboom is headlining an almost two-week long program this October. The first event, which is …

A Safe C-U is a new website created as a collaboration between First Followers and U of I students in HIST 386: Public History: Policing in the United States, taught by Dr. Tariq Khan. The class …

Editor’s Note: The June 15th workshop at The Urbana Free Library has been canceled.   The Urbana Free Library is trying to cover Urbana in poems, and needs your 2-4 line submissions by July 5th.  Submitted poems …

On Tuesday, June 7th, the Celebration Company at the Station Theatre will be holding auditions for Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews.  The Station Theatre’s announcement describes the play as “a fierce, biting comedy about family, faith, …

Jane Lynch, the wonderful actress from Glee, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and of course my favorites Best in Show and A Mighty Wind, has also taken on the role of promoting Illinois in an ad campaign for Enjoy Illinois. Lynch …