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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Sunday, September 20, 2026
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Today ☁️ 83° / 68° dew 70° muggy | Mon ☁️ 71° / 59° dew 58° comfortable | Tue 🌧 64° / 56° dew 52° dry | Wed 🌧 67° / 52° dew 56° comfortable |
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| TODAY — 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… |
| | TOMORROW — Monday, September 21 | | ★ Jason Finkelman Presents: Improviser's Exchange — 5:30 pm [Rose Bowl Tavern] Jason Finkelman Presents: Improviser's Exchange live at The Rose Bowl Tavern Improvisers Exchange is a multifaceted initiative led by Jason Finkelman… | | ★ The Urbana Hootenanny — 8:00 pm · 106 North Race Street #1, Urbana, IL 61801 [Rose Bowl Tavern] An Urbana tradition, every Monday at The Rose Bowl Tavern, The Urbana Hootenanny!The Urbana Hootenanny! 8pm-midnight, join local pickers, singers,… | | ● 2026 Illinois Library Crawl — all day · Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center, Main Library, Funk ACES Library,… [UI Campus Calendar] Attention Students! Explore Illinois’ AMAZING campus library system during the annual Library Crawl. Visit all four participating library locations anytime… | | ● Illini Men's Tennis vs ITF M15 Columbia — all day · Columbia, S.C. [UI Campus Calendar] | | ● 2026 Art and Design Faculty Exhibition — 10:00 am · Giertz Gallery [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organizer: JUrban@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 50 Organization: GIERTZ GALLERY Categories: PARKLAND PRESENTS: ART, MUSIC,… | | Flu Shots: Krannert Center — 10:00 am · Krannert Main Lobby [UI Campus Calendar] Never Miss A Memory! Get your free flu shot today. Bring your University of Illinois ID card and please wear attire that provides access to your upper arm. | | Rooted Pathways Counseling & Consulting — 10:00 am · Information Table by U Lounge [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: CAREER SERVICES Organizer: SWright@parkland.edu Categories: STUDENT ACTIVITIES Expected Headcount: 2 Event Locator:… | | UIS Transfer Information Table — 10:00 am · College Center - A [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: ACADEMIC ADVISING Organizer: jshumate@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 0 Event Locator: 2026-AASKCQ POST TO CALENDAR:… | | Landuyt Center Academics Open Office Hours — 11:00 am · 1038 CIF [UI Campus Calendar] Questions about Landuyt Center Academic pathways? Stop by to talk about:The new IIT Bombay Partnership Entrepreneurship and innovation courses and… | | Quench: Meet GSRC and QCC (our affiliated student orgs.)! — 12:00 pm · GSRC, 616 E. Green Street, Suite 202 (Entrance between McDonalds & Subway, 2nd floor) [UI Campus Calendar] Join us for Quench, our lunch on us series in the GSRC! At this Quench we'll be meeting our affiliated student organizations that are part of the Queer… | | 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… | | Social Club — 1:00 pm · B223: Counseling Services Classroom [Parkland College] Event State: Confirmed Organization: COUNSELING SUPPORT CENTER Organizer: jshumate@parkland.edu Expected Headcount: 10 Categories: EMPLOYEE EVENTS &… | | Conexiones — 6:00 pm · La Casa Cultural Latina 1203 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, IL 61801, United States [UI Campus Calendar] Stay connected all semester long with Conexiones, a welcoming space for dialogue, relationship-building, and community connection. Through intentional… | | Nutrition Coaching — 6:00 pm · Zoom link will be provided when you register [UI Campus Calendar] Learn what it means to eat healthy and balanced without being on a diet. Dietetic students from Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, under the… | | ● Yarn & Shenanigans — 6:00 pm · Douglass Branch Library [Champaign Public Library] Come hang out at the Douglass Branch every first and third Monday of the month with fellow fiber art enthusiasts. Bring your own project or start a new one… | | ● Musical Mondays featuring Lucas Ciocan — 7:00 pm · Illini Union Courtyard Café [UI Campus Calendar] Join us every Monday night during the semester for Musical Mondays at 7 pm in the Courtyard at the Illini Union for FREE music from all types of genres. |
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