Category: Neighborhoods

Ebertfest, film critic Roger Ebert’s annual film festival, begins on Wednesday, April 17th at Champaign’s newly restored Virginia Theatre. Ebert died

By Emily Siner / For CU-CitizenAccess.org Leonard Doyle stands by the front window, next to the box office, and looks out. Park Avenue looks differ

By Emily Siner / For CU-CitizenAccess.org From the late 1800s to late 1900s, Champaign-Urbana was home to at least a dozen different opera houses,

By Emily Siner/ For CU-CitizenAccess.org --  Irene Phillips doesn’t do things half-heartedly. She doesn’t just sing in her church choir – she’s one

By Emily Siner/For CU-CitizenAccess.org After three years and $7,000 spent, founders of a nearly completed community garden in Douglass Park say th

While Champaign city officials have been working on redevelopment plans for the Bristol Park area for at least two years, some community members are c