Let’s talk about balloon releases. Balloons are released into the air all the time for memorials and other celebrations. Often, people organize balloon releases after the death of a friend or loved ...

When I was a kid, helium balloons signaled that a party was special. Ordinary balloons filled with ordinary air were ordinary. Helium balloons could fly high, and helium itself could make anyone speak ...

My mom takes things literally, like laboring on Labor Day (my birthday), and, more recently, naming riding in a bucket as her top bucket-list item. It was more like a basket, I guess, attached to a ...

Editor's note: this story was originally published in February 2023. Modern art is basically a con game. And by that I mean, the value of a piece of modern art is not intrinsically in the item, but in ...

The balloon glow at last year’s Champaign County Balloon Festival at Dodds Park in Champaign. The balloon glow at last year’s Champaign County Balloon Festival at Dodds Park in Champaign. A number of ...