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After twenty years, Carolyn Adams has decided to retire from the Champaign County Historical Archives. Her last day will be Sunday, March 3. Throughout her years of service to us, she... read more >
Like fairy tales with a twist? Try the new Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer. Starting with Cinder, and followed by Scarlet, Meyer introduces beloved fairy tale characters (including... read more >
Please join us Wednesday, February 27, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. as we welcome University of Illinois Assistant Professor Kevin Hamilton for a discussion of his new comic book A Place in Time: Two Paths... read more >
eBlack Champaign-Urbana is joint project between the community and the University of Illinois. Its goal is to provide a centralized collecting portal on the web to document the African-American... read more >
Ever since I can remember, I’ve had a special fondness for home decoration. The psychology behind it especially thrills me, since I was a psychology major during undergrad. I love the effect that... read more >
Hot off the press—Jackson Meyer is back in action in Julie Cross’ latest novel, Vortex, which just came out in January 2013. Vortex picks up where Tempest left off, charging straight into the... read more >
Very nice article about researching African-American genealogy in today's Chicago Tribune. "Because of racism, prejudice, discrimination, black people have been left out of history, their... read more >
Your Children’s Department subscribes to a wide variety of magazines that are just begging for you to read them! Our most popular magazines for our youngest patrons are Baby Bug and National... read more >
“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no... read more >
Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1858. This portrait, taken by an itinerant photographer named Samuel Alschuler, is the only known portrait of Lincoln taken in Urbana. Lore passed down through the... read more >