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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Wednesday, July 29, 2026
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Today ☀️ 85° / 59° dew 57° comfortable | Thu ☁️ 87° / 58° dew 55° comfortable | Fri 🌧 77° / 64° dew 67° sticky | Sat 🌧 71° / 62° dew 64° sticky |
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| TODAY — Wednesday, July 29 | | ★ Derick Cordoba & Unified Currents — 5:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Derick Cordoba and Unified Currents live at the Rose Bowl Tavern Wednesday, July 29th 5-7pm with Kurt Reeder (Organ), Jamie Ryan (Drums), Mike Fenoglio… | | ★ 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.… | | ● 250 Years of Documenting Democracy — 8:30 am · Main Library [UI Campus Calendar] Every democracy leaves a paper trail. From the Declaration of Independence to today's digital records, government publications document the people,… | | Enrollment Express Check-in — 9:00 am · ACA U140 Meeting Room, ACA U140- Info Table [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: DEANS OFFICE Organizer: CLWilson@parkland.edu Categories: STUDENT ACTIVITIES Expected Headcount: 25 Event Locator:… | | 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. | | ● Mother Goose on the Loose Storytime — 11:15 am · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] Enjoy stories and songs for children ages birth through 6 years with their caregiver or parent. | | Prof. Christoforos Hadjicostis, Talk \"Resilient Distributed Average Consensus in Adversarial Multi-Agent Systems\" — 12:00 pm · ECEB 4070 [UI Campus Calendar] \"Resilient Distributed Average Consensus in Adversarial Multi-Agent Systems\" by Prof. Christoforos N. Hadjicostis, ECE, University of Cyprus The rise of… | | Writing Ethically and Effectively with GenAI — 1:00 pm [UI Campus Calendar] This presentation will review basic principles of writing with GenAI, including strategies for prompting, addressing different stages of the writing… | | Break Program Series: Scoops, Layers & Smiles: A guide to Traditional Halo-halo — 2:00 pm · Asian American Cultural Center/International Education, 1210 W. Nevada St. Urbana [UI Campus Calendar] Dive into a vibrant, icy adventure where you build your own masterpiece! From sweetened beans and chewy jellies to creamy ube ice cream, learn to layer this… | | ClarkLindsey Independent Living Group Tours — 2:00 pm · 101 W Windsor Rd [Eventbrite (Urbana, IL)] Come check out what independent living is all about at ClarkLindsey with a fun and casual group tour! | | ● 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… | | PowerUp Series: My 3D Printing Journey with Alex Chequim, DigiFarmz — 3:00 pm · EnterpriseWorks, 60 Hazelwood Drive [UI Campus Calendar] Registration Required: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1102442544 Join us for tomorrow’s PowerUp Series-- Alex Chequim with DigiFarmz will share his 3D… | | Art in the Parks: Nature Journaling — 5:00 pm · Mattis Park, 601 Devonshire Dr, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, United States [Champaign Park District] Connect with the great outdoors and discover creative ways to capture the beauty of nature in this engaging workshop for all ages. Join illustrator and… | | Grainger Engineering Chicago Alumni and Student Networking Reception — 5:00 pm · Discovery Partners Institute [UI Campus Calendar] Join us for an evening of connection and network building. We look forward to welcoming you to the Discovery Partners Institute in downtown Chicago for a… | | ● Beads + Seeds End of Summer Reading Chalk Party — 5:30 pm · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Join us to make a garden from chalk with artist Kinsey Fitzgerald! Then decorate your own flower pot to take home, plant seeds, grow a bead necklace, and… |
| | TOMORROW — Thursday, July 30 | | ★ Americana Happy Hour ft. Megan Bee — 5:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Americana Happy Hour ft. Megan Bee! live at the Rose Bowl Tavern Thursday, July 30th 5-7pm Happy Hour Specials:😊 $2 Hamms and PBR 😋 $5 "American Buffalo"… | | ★ Bat Factory || Goth Night — 8:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] 8pm till close. =GOTH || INDUSTRIAL || EBM || NOISE || SYNTHPOP || DARKWAVE || DARK ALT= Welcome to the Bat Factory,: where we like to look on the spookier… | | ● 250 Years of Documenting Democracy — 8:30 am · Main Library [UI Campus Calendar] Every democracy leaves a paper trail. From the Declaration of Independence to today's digital records, government publications document the people,… | | ● 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… | | Biomass Webinar Series Summer 2026: How Do You Grow Miscanthus in a Computer? Predicting Miscanthus Productivity in the Midwest — 12:00 pm · https://go.illinois.edu/biomasswebinarseries [UI Campus Calendar] Bryan Petersen, Ph.D. candidate at Iowa State University, will be speaking on \"How Do You Grow Miscanthus in a Computer? Predicting Miscanthus Productivity… | | ● Career Lunch & Learn — 12:00 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] Online Job Search 101 — Just bring your lunch and questions! We look forward to seeing you there. | | Beckman Visualization Lab Office Hours — 1:00 pm · 2203 Beckman Institute [UI Campus Calendar] Beckman’s Visualization Lab is open for office hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 1-3 p.m. in 2203 Beckman, which is located just across the… | | ● Teens in the Studio | Summer Drop-in Hours — 2:00 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] This summer, teens can drop by The Studio every Tuesday & Thursday from 2 to 4pm for fun crafts and games! | | Fire at Five: Happy Hour and Bonfire - LEGOmania — 5:00 pm · Atkins Building Patio & Lawn, 1800 S Oak St [UI Campus Calendar] Join us on Thursday, July 30 from 5 to 6:30 p.m on the Atkins Patio & Lawn for Fire at Five, our monthly happy hour + bonfire to network with other… | | ● Sorry To Bother You @ Savoy Arthouse — 7:00 pm · Savoy 16 + IMAX with Laser, 232 Burwash Ave, Savoy, IL 61874, USA [Chambana Film Society] https://www.facebook.com/share/1BcZ68Jk7P/ While the Savoy Arthouse isn't physically a full art house theater, it does have the same spirit and goals, so… |
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