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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Saturday, September 26, 2026
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Today ☁️ 74° / 52° dew 50° dry | Sun ☁️ 74° / 51° dew 46° dry | Mon ☁️ 74° / 50° dew 52° dry | Tue ☁️ 79° / 55° dew 53° dry |
| | Today: Bring a light jacket (feels like 52° at 7 am). Sunset at 6:43 pm. |
| TODAY — Saturday, September 26 | | Live Music | | 5:00 pm | ★ Covet & Anamanaguchi · Rose Bowl Tavern | | 6:00 pm | ★ The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint · 115 W Main St, Urbana The Green Mill is known as an old hangout for Al Capone and where Billie Holiday sang, and as a swinging jazz joint for generations of Chicagoans. | | 7:30 pm | ★ Mariachi Libertad · Rose Bowl Tavern | | 7:30 pm | ★ ONE PIECE Music Symphony with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra · Foellinger Great Hall It is time to celebrate the ONE PIECE TV Series with an epic array of music full of action and emotion! | | 8:30 pm | ★ Ratboys and Megasound · Rose Bowl Tavern | | 9:00 pm | ★ Monkeyin' Around 2.0 · Cowboy Monkey | | Everything Else | | 8:00 am | ● Science at the Market: Parkland College Science Club · Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square | | 8:40 am | Illini Swimming & Diving vs Orange vs. Blue · ARC Pool | | 10:00 am | Harvest Open House 2026 FREE · Crop Sciences Research and Education Center Harvest Open House with Crop Sciences will bring the fun of the harvest season and the fantastic scientific advances in agricultural production to… | | 10:00 am | Youth Literature Festival · I-Hotel & Conference Center The Youth Literature Festival is a free, family-friendly celebration of reading, storytelling… | | 10:15 am | ● Saturday Story Time · The Urbana Free Library Build early literacy skills and have fun together while doing so! | | 1:00 pm | ● Artventures for Kids! | Krannert Art Museum · Krannert Art Museum Enjoy artmaking, stories, and exploring the galleries! | | 1:00 pm | Central Illinois Bat Festival · Anita Purves Nature Center Join us at the third annual Central Illinois Bat Festival — a free two-part celebration of bats, bugs, and science! | | 2:00 pm | Expedition Reef · Planetarium Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant—and endangered—marine ecosystems. | | 2:00 pm | ● Public Tour FREE · Spurlock Museum Drop in for a tour given by our student gallery guides! | | 3:00 pm | ● Lasers & More Science Show! · Main Library Get ready to take a look at some crazy chemical reactions! | | 3:00 pm | ● The Painkillers FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern Never a cover, always a good time with great music and drinks. | | 6:00 pm | ● PYGMALION | Readings · Analog Wine Library (129 N Race St, Urbana) In particular, note the readings in resonance with HRI's “Up Against Erasure” theme on September 25 and 26. | | 7:00 pm | ● Illini Volleyball vs USC - Neon Night · Huff Hall | | 7:30 pm | ● Live Stand Up Comedy - Alto Vineyards Champaign · Alto Vineyards Champaign | | 8:00 pm | ● Shorts: Animation After Dark · 115 W Main St, Urbana We will be joined after the film by Addicted To It director Nigel Tierney… | | 10:00 pm | Röckët Stähr's Death of a Rockstar · 115 W Main St, Urbana In the year 2164, when rock n roll is banned, a group of underground rebels, lead by a mad scientist… |
| | TOMORROW — Sunday, September 27 | | Live Music | | 4:00 pm | ★ Discussion with Rob Miller + Liam Kazar + Matt Lunsford · Rose Bowl Tavern | | 6:30 pm | ★ Liam Kazar + V.V Lightbody + Al Scorch + Sarah Julia · Rose Bowl Tavern | | Everything Else | | 12:30 pm | ● Sit, Stitch, and Socialize · Spurlock Museum Bring your stitching, knitting, and other fiber arts craft to Spurlock and socialize with other fiber artists. | | 1:00 pm | ● Illini Soccer vs Oregon - Senior Day // Hispanic Heritage // Women's Empowerment Match // FamILLy Sunday · Demirjian Park (Soccer) | | 3:00 pm | ● Illini Softball vs Parkland · Eichelberger Field | | 4:00 pm | Shorts: Jewish-American · 115 W Main St, Urbana Originally shown during the 2026 Savoy Lumière, this program explores the quiet push and pull between heritage and everyday American life… | | 6:00 pm | ● Shorts: HomeGrown · 115 W Main St, Urbana All these short films were grown organically and locally sourced, and brought fresh to the table for you. | | 8:30 pm | ● Slouching Towards Branson · 115 W Main St, Urbana In his new comedy special “Slouching Towards Branson,” singer-songwriter and alt-comic Will Wood performs for audiences across the U.S… |
| | ONGOING | | repeats | ● 2026 Art and Design Faculty Exhibition · Giertz Gallery Sat at 12:00 pm The annual exhibition showcases the work of Parkland College faculty artists, featuring painting, drawing, ceramics, metalsmithing, and photography. | | ongoing | 2027 Park Board Election: Packet Pickup · Bresnan Meeting Center through Fri, Nov 20 Two Champaign Park District Park Board of Commissioners seats on the ballot in 2027. | | ongoing | ● Artist Showcase: Kuhu Shukla 🎨 · 1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana through Fri, Dec 11 Join the Asian American Cultural Center for an Artist Showcase featuring Kuhu Shukla and her exhibition, Not Mine Only Held. | | ongoing | Youth Literature Festival, Community Day · 220 Corridor Exhibition Space through Wed, Sep 30 The Youth Literature Festival brings award-winning authors of youth literature to area schools in a three-day event… |
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Listings compiled from 12 of 12 sources.
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Who we called: UI Campus Calendar (16 listings); Champaign Park District (1 listing); Champaign Public Library (1 listing); Chambana Film Society (6 listings); Parkland College (2 listings); Visit Downtown Champaign (0 listings); Cowboy Monkey (1 listing); Eventbrite (Champaign, IL) (1 listing); Rose Bowl Tavern (6 listings); Urbana Free Library (3 listings); Eventbrite (Urbana, IL) (1 listing); Eventbrite (Savoy, IL) (1 listing).
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