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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Wednesday, October 07, 2026
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Today ☀️ 83° / 55° dew 53° dry | Thu ☁️ 71° / 52° dew 33° dry | Fri 🌧 84° / 56° dew 44° dry | Sat 🌧 77° / 58° dew 50° dry |
| | Today: Bring a light jacket (feels like 55° at 7 am). Sunset at 6:25 pm. |
| TODAY — Wednesday, October 07 | | | TOMORROW — Thursday, October 08 | | Live Music | | 12:00 pm | ★ SoundBites lunchtime live music series featuring Gloria Roubal · 310 N Neil St, Champaign Take a mid‑day break and enjoy SoundBites, our lunchtime live music series on the Downtown Plaza Stage! | | 5:00 pm | ★ Americana Happy Hour || Sass FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern CU Folk & Roots fest presents Sass for this weeks Americana Happy Hour! | | 5:30 pm | ★ Krannert Center Uncorked with CU Folk & Roots Festival: Dan Kusaya & The Chimurenga Inspiration · Stage 5 Dan Kusaya & The Chimurenga Inspiration bring the vibrant sounds of Zimbabwe to Krannert Center Uncorked in a joyful… | | 7:00 pm | ★ Open Mic Night w/ Scottie Black · Cowboy Monkey | | 8:00 pm | ★ The Dusty Ramblers FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern The CU Folk & Roots Festival presents The Dusty Ramblers | | 9:00 pm | ★ The Vibe with DJ I.C. DRE' · Cowboy Monkey | | Everything Else | | 10:00 am | ● Holiday Marketing Checklist · Main Library | | 10:00 am | ● Opening Day | "In Search of a Future " Exhibition · Krannert Art Museum In Search of a Future, gathers a selection of work from the Krannert Art Museum’s collection by artists who engaged critically with the social and… | | 12:00 pm | ● SBDC Office Hours · Main Library | | 1:15 pm | ● Marika Christofides Artist Lecture FREE · Staerkel Planetarium Please join us for an artist lecture by Marika Christofides, participating artist in the Giertz Gallery's exhibition "Underpinnings." This artist… | | 1:30 pm | ● Cover-to-Cover Book Discussion · Main Library Let's talk about The Bewitching | | 2:00 pm | ● Coffee and a Craft | Cupcake Liner Wreaths · Douglass Branch Library Join us this month as we celebrate the library’s 150th anniversary with a craft that’s as charming as it is unexpected: cupcake liner wreaths because… | | 5:00 pm | Candyland Family Adventure · Douglass Community Center Enjoy an evening of candy-themed fun with exciting carnival games, playful challenges, and colorful activities for the whole family. | | 5:30 pm | ● Reception - Fall Exhibition FREE · Gallery Lounge Giertz Gallery invited you to a reception for our Fall Exhibition from 5:30 to 7 pm. | | 6:00 pm | Black and Transgender Migrations and Visions of Sanctuary · Latzer Hall, University YMCA This inaugural event by the Borders of Sanctuary Working Collective presents a public facing panel that pairs Professor Willie Mack… | | 6:00 pm | Fresh Mozzarella Pulling: Grande Cheese Company · Harvest Market Champaign | | 7:00 pm | ● An Evening with James McBride · Main Library | | 7:00 pm | ● Future's So Bright 5K · Route TBD Join Campus Recreation for the annual Future's So Bright 5K, a fun-filled evening race that lights up the U. of I. campus! | | 7:00 pm | Sugarland - Ride or Die Tour · State Farm Center A nostalgic night celebrating over 20 years of amazing hits! | | 7:00 pm | ● The Last Movie Critic: DoctoberFest The Last Movie Critic is a documentary portrait of Roger Ebert, not just the critic, but the idea he became. | | 7:30 pm | ● Illini Volleyball vs Wisconsin - Stuff Huff // Stuff Huff Beanie Giveaway · Huff Hall | | 7:30 pm | Third Rail Projects: There's a Ghost in Everything Workshop · Studio Theatre Step inside the creative process with New York–based Third Rail Projects, one of today’s leading creators of immersive and experiential performance. |
| | ONGOING | | ongoing | ★ 2026 CU Folk & Roots Festival · Rose Bowl Tavern Thu, Oct 8 through Sat, Oct 10 The 18th Annual CU Folk and Roots Festival in Urbana, IL! | | 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 | ● Illini Women's Tennis vs ITA Midwest Regionals · Atkins Tennis Center Thu, Oct 8 through Sun, Oct 11 | | ongoing | ● Library Friends Exhibit : Celebrating Pride: 50+ Years of LGBTQ+ History at Illinois · Display Cases near Main Stacks, Main Library through Fri, Oct 30 Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month by exploring 50+ years of LGBTQ+ student history at the University of Illinois! | | ongoing | ● Morrow Plots Exhibit: These Plots Are Older Than We Are · 220 Corridor Exhibition Space, Main Library through Thu, Oct 29 The University of Illinois is home to the world's oldest crop rotation study and a piece of living history - the Morrow Plots. | | ongoing | ● “I could people the hours with creations” — Celebrating Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein · Main Library Room 346 through Thu, May 13 This exhibition provides some context for the writing of Frankenstein and examines the significant cultural impact that it has had since its… |
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Who we called: UI Campus Calendar (17 listings); Champaign Park District (2 listings); Champaign Public Library (7 listings); Chambana Film Society (1 listing); Parkland College (3 listings); Visit Downtown Champaign (1 listing); Cowboy Monkey (2 listings); Eventbrite (Champaign, IL) (7 listings); Rose Bowl Tavern (6 listings); Urbana Free Library (0 listings); Eventbrite (Urbana, IL) (5 listings); Eventbrite (Savoy, IL) (2 listings).
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