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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Tuesday, July 21, 2026
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| TODAY — Tuesday, July 21 | | ★ Tavern Tuesdays Happy Hour — 3:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] No Band, or maybe there is sometimes... either way it's happy hour for folks that drink. Tavern Tuesdays, 3-6pm 🥃Blantons $7🥃 Eagle Rare $4🥃 E.H. Taylor… | | ★ Chicago Farmer Folkin' Tuesdays — 5:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] 🤠 Folkin' Tuesdays are back‼️ Chicago Farmer, solo acoustic, every Tuesday in July. 5 -7pm. No cover. No frills. Songs, stories, jokes, good times! 🍻Chicago… | | ★ Urbana Tango Week Faculty & Guest Concert — 8:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Urbana Tango Week Faculty & Guest Concert a Part of CU Tango Music Workshop Tuesday, July 21st 8pm - No cover An evening of tango music performed by our… | | ● Graduate Writing Group: Summer 2026 — 9:00 am · Online -OR - In-person at the Main Library, Orange Room [UI Campus Calendar] Create the \"write\" habit! Our writing group provides graduate students with dedicated time to make progress on writing in a supportive atmosphere. The… | | ● Tuesdays at Ten | From Urbana to Hollywood in the 1920s — 10:00 am · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] Join us at the library for coffee, socializing, and learning something new. | | ● Champaign County Health Care Consumers — 11:00 am · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Need Help with health insurance or accessing healthcare? CCHCC is at The Urbana Free Library! | | ● Crochet-a-thon! — 12:00 pm · Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign [UI Campus Calendar] Presented in conjunction with Stitching Ecologies: Urbana-Champaign Satellite Crochet Coral Reef, this community crochet gathering invites participants to… | | Power Skills Series: Avoiding HR Pitfalls with Eric Ferguson and Paige Hall — 12:00 pm · EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive [UI Campus Calendar] Registration Required: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/499300684 Join us on Tuesday, July 21 from noon to 1 p.m. for the Power Skills Series: Avoiding HR… | | ● FriendShop Special Open Hours + Tag Bag Sale — 1:00 pm · FriendShop Bookstore [Champaign Public Library] Celebrate the Library's 150th Birthday! — The FriendShop Bookstore Tag Bag Sale starts a day early this month! Take home a bag full of books for just $1!… | | ● Intro to Apple Computers — 2:00 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] Staff will demo how to get started using an Apple computer. If it's been awhile or you want to learn more about Apple computers then this is the workshop… | | ● The Library’s 150th Birthday Party — 4:00 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] 150 Years at Champaign Public Library — Today marks 150 years since our library was founded as a public library. | | ● Stitching Circle — 5:00 pm · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Want some company while you craft? Join our circle on the second and third Tuesdays of the month. | | ● Game Night at the Museum — 6:00 pm · The William R. and Clarice V. Spurlock Museum [UI Campus Calendar] It’s game night! Bring the whole crew for a night full of board games, lawn games, and fun at the museum. There’s something for kids, parents, and everyone… | | ● Pajama Storytime @ Douglass — 6:30 pm · Douglass Branch Library [Champaign Public Library] Put on your pajamas and join us for stories, songs, and fun! For kids 5 years and younger with a parent or caregiver. |
| | TOMORROW — Wednesday, July 22 | | ★ Vine Street Syncopators — 5:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Old-timey, dixieland, new orleans style, early jazz - swing music at The Rose Bowl Tavern. Yes to dancing! 🎶Jazz Happy Hour at The Rose Bowl Tavern (Every… | | ★ Trivia Night — 7:30 pm · Rose Bowl Tavern, 106 N Race St #1, Urbana, IL 61801, USA [Rose Bowl Tavern] Every Wednesday, Trivia night at The Rose Bowl Tavern in downtown Urbana. 7:15 sign up 7:30 start teams of up to 6 players. 1st place = $20 gift certificate… | | ★ Jazz Jam — 10:00 pm · 106 North Race Street ##1, Urbana, IL 61801 [Rose Bowl Tavern] Jazz Jam at Rose Bowl Tavern!The Rose Bowl Weekly Jazz Jam.Bring your instrument and come play with the house band. Led by a rotating house band every week.… | | Salesforce App Builder Certification Training in Champaign, IL — 8:00 am · Champaign, IL [Eventbrite (Champaign, IL)] Design the data model, user interface, business logic, and security for custom applications. | | You're Invited: Open House at HQ! — 9:00 am · 206 N Randolph St [Eventbrite (Champaign, IL)] Join us for a fun and friendly Open House at HQ—a behind-the-scenes look at our space, our people, and how you work smarter. | | ● Better Business Bureau: Senior Scam Stop — 10:00 am · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] Be Aware, Be Alert, Be Safe — Join Jessica Tharp, CEO and President of the Better Business Bureau as we discuss scams that target individuals. | | ● Project READ Conversation Group — 10:00 am · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Registration-only Project READ English conversation class | | Quick Start Workshop: Using the Pope Tech Accessibility Tool — 10:00 am · https://illinois.zoom.us/j/86185796842?pwd=vJaZ2iMn2Wvo0RVgp8O9Wn4KpRKbZU.1 [UI Campus Calendar] Get up to speed on using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide to make Canvas pages more accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start… | | Women in Tech Luncheon with Melinda Miller — 11:45 am · EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive [UI Campus Calendar] Registration required: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1656245331Join Research Park on Wednesday, July 22 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for a Women in Tech… | | ● Break Program Series: Mario Kart Live Course Challenge & Open House — 12:00 pm · Grainger Engineering Library 1301 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 [UI Campus Calendar] Explore Grainger Engineering Library, the IDEA Lab, and more campus resources at our first ever Summer Break Program: Mario Kart Live Course Challenge &… | | Quick Start Workshop: Using the FACT Moodle Accessibility Checker — 1:00 pm · https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85954915158?pwd=bb9PsENH0YXXdHZnjzE6Wn2bWl8au2.1 [UI Campus Calendar] Learn how to improve the accessibility of your Moodle material by using the new FACT Accessibility Checker developed by ATLAS. This hands-on session will… | | JUMP XR Summer Internship Showcase — 1:30 pm · Everitt Laboratory, Room 1302 [UI Campus Calendar] Join the Simulation Team for a showcase of this summer’s XR internship projects. The JUMP XR Summer Internship Program brings together students from UIUC… | | ● Kids in the Studio! | Summer Drop-in Hours — 2:00 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] This summer, drop by The Studio every Wednesday from 2 to 4pm for fun activities, games, and crafts, for school-age kids 1st through 5th grade with their… | | ● Film-Fanatic.Club board social — 5:00 pm · Nat Cohen Building, 136 W Main St, Urbana, IL 61801, USA [Chambana Film Society] join us at yellow rabbit for cocktails and free appetizers. 'secret' entrance is the last bookshelf on the right (look for the yellow rabbit). push the… | | ● Practicing Resilience In Complex Times: An In-Person Storm Work Experience — 5:30 pm · The Urbana Free Library [Eventbrite (Urbana, IL)] Resilience is practice, not perfection. Join this workshop to gain nervous system tools, a real pause, and your Storm Work Workbook. | | ● Studio Workshop | Intro to Sewing — 6:30 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] |
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