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The Spring/Summer 2021 issue of Ninth Letter is out and available for purchase online. Check out the TOC for a list of authors in this multi-genre offering. Happy reading. Top image from the Ninth Letter website.

Summer is upon us, more things are opening up, and many of us are itching to get out into the world. However, there will still be those lazy, rainy, just too damn hot days of …

Don’t feel like cooking? Takeout pizza from Pizzeria Antica is always a good idea. The Margherita pizza ($14) is made with crushed San Marzano tomato, fresh bail, and fresh Mozzarella. Still piping hot from the …

Industrial Donut is getting into the weather business…sort of. The store has set up a little weather station outside, and as you can see in the photo, it’s very easy to read the measurements and …

It is berry season. From now until the end of June, you can enjoy strawberries that you picked yourself at Butler Strawberry Acres. The strawberry patch is open early at 7 a.m. until noon, so …

Next time you hit the great outdoors, make sure to enjoy the Great ARTdoors. A  “collaboration between the Spurlock Museum, the Urbana Park District, the Champaign Park District, the Urbana Arts and Culture Program, and …

While I wait for the Sakanaya Downtown location to open, I am enjoying Sakanaya’s original Green Street location. Recently open for indoor dining, Sakanaya has lunch specials like the Sakanaya special roll ($10). The Sakanaya …

There are two new outdoor public seating areas in Downtown Urbana right on the curb of Main Street called Curbanas. These enclosed seating areas are made on a raised deck structure next to the sidewalk. …

Urbana Free Library posted this aerial photo of Brookens from 1973. According to the post, the building was Brookens Junior High from 1970 to 1980. Of course now it’s the home of Champaign County Administrative …