Laredo native Adrian Quesada, of Black Pumas and Grupo Fantasma fame, got an Academy Award nomination for the song "Like a Bird" from the film "Sing Sing." ...
What might Champaign-Urbana have looked like under authoritarian rule? Author Sarah Lariviere, a Champaign native with deep roots in Central Illinois, explores this premise in her rousing novel Riot ...
Nickel Boys, which received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, was shot almost entirely in the POV of boys in the fictitious Nickel, based on the real-life Dozier School ...