Champaign’s Assembly Hall is a most endangered historic place, reports the Chicago Tribune. I drive past this building every day on my way home from work and have enjoyed many […]
Month: April 2008
Joe Evans profiled in Richmond’s “Style Weekly”
Joe Evans, author with Christopher Brooks of the new autobiography Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues, is profiled by Richmond’s Style Weekly. […]
Getting to Know Champaign-Urbana, Part 4
Oronte Churm writes about the elementary education system in Champaign-Urbana at Inside Higher Ed. “Everyone (but me) seems to know the names of the best primary school in town (private tuition is $1,000 […]
Out of the blue
Yesterday we received word of two positive events: The New York Post requested Karen McNally’s When Frankie Went to Hollywood: Frank Sinatra and American Male Identity for an April review date and […]
Going for 4,000
A few times a day I receive “friend” requests for Roni Stoneman’s MySpace page. All are immediately approved. C’mon, help Roni get to 4,000 visitors this week and join Bill, Fat Shirleys: […]
Just Landed: A Wide Array of New Books
Eight new books recently landed on my desk. The Man Who Adores the Negro: Race and American Folklore by Patrick B. Mullen (April 7, 2008) Nietzsche’s Philosophical Context: An Intellectual Biography by […]