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If you love the magical world of the Harry Potter series and the mythical action of the Percy Jackson series, you will also lose yourself in the world of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. But, wait, the... read more >
Last week, young patrons greeted some very unusual visitors to the library - miniature horses! Star, Rascal, Faith and Linzee arrived in Deb Murphy's trailer. They jumped out of the... read more >
Two collections have recently been processed and are now fully accessible at the Champaign County Historical Archives of The Urbana Free Library.The Champaign Urbana Woman’s ClubThe Champaign Urbana... read more >
It is as difficult to give a succinct description of Robert Crumb and David Zane Mairowitz’s Kafka as it is to give a succinct description of Mr. Franz Kafka himself. Kafka begins with a quote from... read more >
A sharped eyed staff member spied this image from our collections: Apparently, sightings of unexplained phenomena and Unidentified Flying Objects are not uncommon here, as this June 6, 1969... read more >
Have Book, Will Travel… at the speed of light!Next Wednesday, June 19th, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., join us in the Lewis Auditorium for an epic evening at the library. With a costume contest, DC &... read more >
Tyler Stoddard Smith claims that the aim of his book is “to look into some of the shadier corners of human history, and to shed a little light on an eternally compelling figure: the... read more >
The Urbana Free Library Children's Department has many awesome programs lined up for kids this June. First up is "March with Gandhi (with Alice)" on this Thursday. Children's Author, Alice McGinty,... read more >
A dark and gritty story with supernatural elements built around Friederich Nietzsche's famous quote "And if though gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee." That is MAOH:... read more >
As we leave behind the month of May, we can look back to past celebrations of spring that occured in our community. On May 11, 1942, in the midst of wartime angst, the... read more >