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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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Today ☁️ 83° / 69° dew 71° muggy | Thu 🌧 87° / 68° dew 70° muggy | Fri 🌧 87° / 69° dew 76° oppressive | Sat 🌧 90° / 74° dew 78° oppressive |
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| TODAY — Wednesday, August 12 | | ★ Ian Shepherd Trio — 5:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Ian Shepherd Trio with Kurt Reeder & Mark White A unique jazz happy hour featuring the music of: Soundgarden, Beck, Alanis Morisette, Stone Temple Pilots,… | | ★ Open Mic at The Space — 6:00 pm · The Space [Eventbrite (Champaign, IL)] Join hosts Mike Ingram, Anika Emily, and Jake Fava at The Space in downtown Champaign for music, poetry, and life-changing food and drink! | | ★ 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.… | | Enrollment Express Check-in — 8:00 am · ACA U1 CAFETERIA LOUNGE [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: DEANS OFFICE Organizer: CLWilson@parkland.edu Categories: ADMISSIONS, STUDENT ACTIVITIES Expected Headcount: 30 Event… | | Enrollment Express Week — 8:00 am · ACA U1 CAFETERIA LOUNGE- Info Tables 1&2 [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: DEANS OFFICE Organizer: CLWilson@parkland.edu Categories: ADMISSIONS, STUDENT ACTIVITIES Expected Headcount: 4 Event… | | Walk-in Advising — 9:00 am · U267: Academic Advising Office [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: ACADEMIC ADVISING Organizer: eballowe@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 2 Categories: STUDENT ACTIVITIES Event Locator:… | | ● Teen Open Lab — 3:00 pm · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Join us for Teen Open Lab! | | Back to School Pool Pass Party — 5:00 pm · Sholem Aquatic Center, 2307 Sangamon Drive, Champaign, IL, 61821, United States [Champaign Park District] Enjoy the Sholem Aquatic Center one more time before students go back. This is an exclusive party ONLY for Pool Pass holders. The party is from 5-7pm on… | | ● 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. | | Regular Board Meeting — 5:30 pm · Bresnan Meeting Center, 706 Kenwood Rd, Champaign, Illinois, 61821, United States [Champaign Park District] Residents are invited to attend this public board meeting with the Champaign Park District Board of Commissioners. Attendees are welcome to make suggestions… | | ● Crafty Adults | Upcycled Map Mobiles — 6:00 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] Come learn a new craft every month at Crafty Adults! | | ● The Big Grove Then and Now — 6:00 pm · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] A presentation by Professor Emeritus Stewart Berlocher — Come learn about the Big Grove trees! |
| | TOMORROW — Thursday, August 13 | | ★ Americana Happy Hour || The Anxious Bench — 5:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Americana Happy Hour at the Rose Bowl Tavern The Anxious Bench August 13th, 5-7pm Happy Hour Specials:😊 $2 Hamms and PBR 😋 $5 "American Buffalo" 🇺🇸🦬 (Hamms… | | ★ ClarkLindsey Summer Concert Series — 7:00 pm · 101 W Windsor Rd [Eventbrite (Urbana, IL)] Kick back and enjoy some awesome live tunes with friends at the ClarkLindsey Summer Concert Series! | | ★ BandoM & Friends: Tango Neuvo & Beyond — 8:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Join Bandoneon Massacre musicians and guests for an intimate evening of small ensemble Tango Nuevo and contemporary tango - featuring the music of Astor… | | Enrollment Express Week — 8:00 am · ACA U1 CAFETERIA LOUNGE- Info Tables 1&2 [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: DEANS OFFICE Organizer: CLWilson@parkland.edu Categories: ADMISSIONS, STUDENT ACTIVITIES Expected Headcount: 4 Event… | | Walk-in Advising — 9:00 am · U267: Academic Advising Office [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: ACADEMIC ADVISING Organizer: eballowe@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 2 Categories: STUDENT ACTIVITIES Event Locator:… | | ● Business Help — 12:00 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] | | ● Cover-to-Cover Book Discussion — 1:30 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] Let's talk about A Sorceress Comes to Call — Join us for this relaxed library sponsored book discussion. We are a friendly group, meeting monthly to read… | | ● Coffee and a Craft | Mandala Rock Painting — 2:00 pm · Douglass Branch Library [Champaign Public Library] Join us this month as we dive into the soothing world of Mandala rock painting—because nothing says “inner peace” like carefully dotting tiny circles onto a… | | ● Teen Open Lab — 3:00 pm · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Join us for Teen Open Lab! | | Garden Hills Park Playground Ribbon Cutting — 6:00 pm · Garden Hills Park, 1701 Bloomington Rd, Champaign, IL, 61821, United States [Champaign Park District] Join us to celebrate the new playground recently installed at Garden Hills Park! Families are welcome to attend to enjoy a fun evening in the park. Learn… | | ● An Evening with Maggie Su — 7:00 pm · Main Library [Champaign Public Library] Great Authors at the Library — Join us for an evening with author Maggie Su! |
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