Serenity Stanton Orengo

The traveling holiday show A Magical Cirque Christmas is coming to the Virginia Theatre this December. Although the show will be performed in more than thirty cities across the country this season, there is a ...

Carnaval! was a party, and it felt like everyone was there. The celebration held annually on Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts included music, food, drinks, performers, and casino games. ...

I don’t venture to Mahomet very often, so I couldn’t believe that the absolute gem that is Lucky Moon Pies and More existed only ten minutes from my house and I had never been before. ...

A review of family dinner of pasta, pizza, and cake at Manzella's Italian Patio restaurant on First Street in Champaign.

More than a few years ago, I took a class as a graduate student at the University of Illinois called “Anthropology of Home.” It was one of those rare classes that sticks with you due ...

My family regularly frequents just about every doughnut place in town: Ye Olde Donut Shoppe, Industrial Donut, even the chains and groceries stores like Dunkin and Shnucks. Though our go-to favorite is Pandamonium Doughnuts, hands ...

Champaign-Urbana has a lot of good pizza. I don’t have the statistics to back this up, but I feel like we have a disproportionately high number of really good, locally-owned pizza options. I’m sure a ...

I made a summer resolution this year to check out more family-friendly events and spaces outside of Champaign-Urbana. I’m sure that I’ve heard about Balloons over Vermilion before, but it wasn’t really on my radar ...

I love a good epigraph, and these Brontë quotes that opens Reader, I is one of the more memorable epigraphs that I’ve seen. A clever and witty pairing, I immediately knew this collection was going ...

This month marks ten years since my husband and I moved from New York City to Champaign-Urbana. In the months and weeks leading up to that move, my primary concern — I kid you not ...