Urbana

With Spark closing and the Orpheum looking ahead to the next 25 years, we ponder the possibility of a truly great children's museum.

We hear of ICE in big cities, but in C-U, immigration arrested two men at Siam Terrace on Main Street in downtown Urbana, a supposed “Sanctuary City.” 

We think Champaign-Urbana needs better public art.

The Champaign-Urbana community is coming together for the thirteenth year in a row in order to spend a day giving back to the environment and cleaning up the area. 

Spring's winter weather didn't stop the C-U March for Our Lives event.

Nidhi talks with Lisa Bralts, Director of Content and Strategic Communications at Illinois Public Media, about her journey to Champaign, and how she found an interest in the intersection of food and sustainability and communication. 

Nicole drops by the 15th screening of Racial Taboo at First Mennonite Church in Urbana to reflect on the the film's continued relevance for Champaign County. 

In this new venture, Tish explores the migration stories of how people from all walks of life, from all over the world, end up in C-U. We start with Nubras Samayeen's story, a PhD student in architecture and mother of two from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dane ponders the presence of churches in malls, in particular those in our own Lincoln Square Mall.