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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Saturday, September 19, 2026
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Today 🌫 91° / 68° dew 70° muggy | Sun ☁️ 85° / 68° dew 68° muggy | Mon 🌧 67° / 59° dew 59° comfortable | Tue ☁️ 69° / 58° dew 58° comfortable |
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| TODAY — Saturday, September 19 | | ★ Concert for Kids — 11:00 am · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Join a Woodwind Quintet with students from the University of Illinois School of Music for a lively mini-concert of music for families and the young at heart. | | ★ Andrew Sa + Neoga + Minor Moon (solo) — 7:30 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Saturday, September 19th Andrew Sa live at The Rose Bowl Tavern in downtown Urbana, IL with special guests Minor Moon (Chicago) and Neoga (locals) Doors… | | ● Illini Men's Golf vs OFCC / Fighting Illini Invitational — all day · Olympia Fields, Ill. (Olympia Fields Country Club - South Course) [UI Campus Calendar] | | ● Illini Men's Tennis vs ITA All-American Championships — all day · Tulsa, Okla. [UI Campus Calendar] | | ● Illini Women's Tennis vs ITA All-American Championships — all day · Cary, N.C. [UI Campus Calendar] | | ● Orange and Blue Days at the Quad Shop — all day · Illini Union Quad Shop [UI Campus Calendar] Orange and Blue Days 15% OFF your entire purchase on football game days (home and away) SEP 3, 12, 19, 26 OCT 3, 10, 24, 31 NOV 6, 13, 21, 28 | | ● Science at the Market: CU Astronomical Society — 8:00 am · Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square: Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets [UI Campus Calendar] | | Saturday Physics for Everyone: Video Games and the Computational Physics That Makes Them Work — 9:45 am · Lobby - Loomis Laboratory Of Physics 1110 W Green St Urbana, IL 61801-3003 United States [UI Campus Calendar] This talk will discuss the most common computational physics simulation application in the world...video games. Games rely on simulating physics to generate… | | History Hike at White Rock Nature Preserve — 10:00 am · White Rock Nature Preserve [UI Campus Calendar] Join us for an interesting and informative hike led by Alleen Betzenhauser, Illinois State Archaeologist and Clifftop board member, in celebration of… | | Traveling Science Center at Northern Illinois University's STEM Fest — 10:00 am · 600 Lucinda Ave, DeKalb, IL 60115 [UI Campus Calendar] STEM Fest is a celebration of all things science, technology, engineering and math. This free event is held each year in the fall on the campus of Northern… | | ● Artist Talk & Tour: Centering Clay | Krannert Art Museum — 10:30 am · Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign [UI Campus Calendar] Join us for a special gallery talk with Catherine Weisener, artist, educator, and teaching professor in the School of Art & Design, as she explores themes,… | | ● 2026 Art and Design Faculty Exhibition — 12:00 pm · Giertz Gallery [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organizer: JUrban@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 50 Organization: GIERTZ GALLERY Categories: PARKLAND PRESENTS: ART, MUSIC,… | | ● Makerspace @ Douglass | Drop-in — 12:00 pm · Douglass Branch Library [Champaign Public Library] Want to create something special? Drop in on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 12–3 pm to explore The Makerspace! Library staff will be… | | ● Illini Football vs Southern Illinois — 1:00 pm · Champaign, Ill., Gies Memorial Stadium [UI Campus Calendar] | | ● 13th Annual Welcome Week Awards — 1:30 pm · The Urbana Free Library [Urbana Free Library] Celebrate the diversity of cultures and people that make up our community. This event will include entertainment and special guests. | | ● Candy Foster & The Shades of Blue — 2:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] ...soul, blues, and timeless groove with local living legend Candy Foster and The Shades of Blue! 🎶✨ Saturday September 19th | 2-5pm | No Cover Saturday… | | ● Find Your Fit — 2:00 pm · ARC MP4 and MP5 [UI Campus Calendar] Try a variety of group fitness classes while discovering different formats and instructors that best match your interests and needs! Our goal is to create a… | | ● Illini Volleyball vs Arkansas — 2:00 pm · Jonesboro, Ark. [UI Campus Calendar] | | ● Museum Public Tour — 2:00 pm · Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801 [UI Campus Calendar] Drop in for a tour given by our student gallery guides! Topics vary weekly. Free admission and all ages welcome. No reservation required. | | Bistro Night at The Nook — 4:00 pm · Harvest Market, The Nook [Eventbrite (Champaign, IL)] | | Grateful2Gurus - Honoring Prof. Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande — 4:30 pm [UI Campus Calendar] At the heart of India’s civilisational knowledge systems lies the Guru–Śiṣya Paramparā. Through this enduring tradition, philosophy, science, medicine,… | | Highschoolers Worship Night — 6:30 pm · 1304 Anthony Dr [Eventbrite (Champaign, IL)] | | Yellow and Co. presents Actor/Comedian David Koechner — 7:00 pm · Yellow & Co. [Eventbrite (Champaign, IL)] |
| | TOMORROW — Sunday, September 20 | | ★ New Orleans Jazz Machine — 3:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Carl Johnson's New Orleans Jazz Machine Sunday, October 26th 3-5pm Trad jazz, great for listening and enjoying a Sunday afternoon, and good swing dancing… | | ★ Nick's Country Jam — 6:00 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Nick's Country Jam at the Rose Bowl Tavern Every 3rd Sunday of the month hosted by Nick Stine! 6-9pm. An open mic and jam session for pickers, folkers and… | | ● Illini Men's Tennis vs San Diego Challenger — all day · San Diego, Calif. [UI Campus Calendar] | | Mid Autumn Mooncake Making Workshop — 10:00 am · Orchard Downs, Community Center [UI Campus Calendar] CEAPS is a proud co-sponsor of the Mid Autumn Mooncake Making Workshop! The University Academic Alliance in Taiwan Mandarin Program and the University of… | | ● Prairie Artist Market at Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery — 10:00 am · Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery [Eventbrite (Champaign, IL)] | | GLOBE Info Session (in-person) - RSVP required — 12:00 pm · 1208 S. 4th St. Champaign (Siebel Center for Design) [UI Campus Calendar] Welcome to the University of Illinois! Want to make your Illinois experience especially memorable? We are excited to invite you to join GLOBE! GLOBE stands… | | ● DH Future Stars Summer Skills Camp — 1:00 pm · Leonhard Recreation Center, 2307 Sangamon Dr, Champaign, IL, 61821, United States [Champaign Park District] Join DH Workouts, one of Chicagoland’s premier basketball training programs, and the Champaign Park District for the Future Stars Skills Camp featuring… | | ● Illini Volleyball at Arkansas State — 1:00 pm · Jonesboro, Ark. [UI Campus Calendar] | | ● Spurlock Sunday: Playing in the Shadows — 1:00 pm · Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801 [UI Campus Calendar] Shadow puppetry is one of many diverse usages of puppetry, with similar traditions all over the world for millennia. Whether it’s the socially significant… | | ● Talk: Culture Wars, Then and Now by Professor Andrew Hartman — 1:00 pm · Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801 [UI Campus Calendar] What we call the culture wars, battles over a range of issues, including how history is taught in public schools, are actually struggles over what it means… | | Senior Style Show — 3:00 pm · Douglass Community Center, 512 E Grove St, Champaign, IL, 61820, United States [Champaign Park District] It’s almost time for the Annual Senior Style Show! Tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets will be sold from August 10-September 11 and can be… |
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