Illinois Public Media News

While indoor movie theaters are closed in the state because of the pandemic, drive-ins were able to open May 8, making them one of the rare forms of public entertainment right now. 

Novelist and Illinois native Dave Eggers' latest book, The Captain and the Glory, is an allegory about a large cruise ship that replaces a respected, experienced captain with someone who is none of those things.

Reporters Christine Herman and Sam Dunklau help answer your questions related to COVID-19 in Illinois.

Today on The 21st: answering listener questions on COVID-19, revisiting a conversation with author and Illinois native Dave Eggers, and looking at one of the few public entertainment venues open during the pandemic: drive-in movie theaters.

In newsrooms across the country, obituary desks are expanding as they work to try and celebrate life during this global pandemic.