“I think we should raise chickens,” Thomas said.
If you look at the Museum of the Grand Prairie’s Facebook page, you will see a masked Abraham Lincoln waving hello and saying, “We’re ready to go, but slowly.”
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The Orpheum Theatre opened on Oct. 19, 1914, taking over from the venerable Walker Opera House as the new local home of Vaudeville. Provisions had been made for showing moving pictures due to their rapidly increasing popularity. In fact, a film had been shown following the Vaudeville acts si…
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I’m sitting on the porch enjoying the mild breeze. The dogs keep reminding me they haven’t had supper yet, but the sun is still high at 6:30.
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It’s a cool morning in Birdland, and I’m mulling over the wonderful community event in Monticello yesterday.
Early Saturday morning, I was watering my recently planted flowers and carrying on a one-sided conversation (apparently, talking to them bolsters their self-esteem and they flourish) when my neighbor shooed her dogs outside.
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Perry Morris, an emeritus board member who has been involved with the Orpheum since the campaign to save it began in 1989, said while the closure 'is especially disappointing,' he is 'very optimistic that the theater can once again have a new life.'
While it received donations, federal loans and grants, 'unfortunately, the efforts that have been made were not enough,' said an announcement from its board.
In Birdland, it’s high spring.
What do the Hudson River and a stretch of land along Goodwin Avenue between Green Street and Springfield Avenue have in common? They both at one time had an underground ventilation system.
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In the late summer of 1998, I visited my parents in Washington state. At the time, my grandpa was living with them, and I was eight months pregnant with our first child.
On March 13, in response to the spreading coronavirus pandemic, the Urbana Free Library shut its doors for the first time in over 100 years and only the second time in its 147-year history.
Maybe it was the letterhead stationery my mother made for me on the copier when I was about 10. Across the top was my name and address; at the bottom of the page was a “Peanuts” strip where Linus was running away. Lucy calls after him: “Write!” As a child, I didn’t catch Lucy’s sarcasm. Prob…
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Sooo ... how's quarantine going for you guys?
I hope today’s readers will take the time to thank and support the vital work of our communities’ many libraries, archives, museums and cultural organizations.
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The Champaign County Historical Society, organized in 1958, began scouting potential locations for a county museum in the 1960s. The group was anxious to find a home for artifacts related to county history but needed funding and a suitable location.
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It was the simplest of times. Making mud pies in the backyard and drinking water from the water hose. ‘I had a wonderful childhood! ... I had boundaries, but I was free to explore within those boundaries. That freedom fostered a sense of creativity and ingenuity.’ Little did Asia Fuller Hami…
When most people come to the William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College for a show, they are greeted by a 50-foot dome and the impressive — but imposing — Zeiss star projector. As the programs begin, the lights get dimmer than they would in a movie theater, which may briefly create …
In Birdland, we have been through a couple of seasons this week. Winter returned on Tuesday and Thursday. But now it is spring again, and I’m ready to begin.
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To her fellow grandparents aching for contact with their grandchildren, 'what I would say right now is I feel your pain,' Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin said. 'But we need to stay apart for now.'
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