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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Sunday, October 11, 2026
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Today ☁️ 78° / 54° dew 57° comfortable | Mon ☁️ 88° / 60° dew 57° comfortable | Tue 🌧 89° / 68° dew 64° sticky | Wed 🌧 80° / 60° dew 67° sticky 68% rain |
| | Today: Bring a light jacket (feels like 55° at 7 am). Sunset at 6:19 pm. |
| TODAY — Sunday, October 11 | | Live Music | | 3:00 pm | ★ Occasional Cajun Band · Rose Bowl Tavern The Occasional Cajun Band plays a mix of traditional Cajun, Creole and Zydeco music. | | 7:00 pm | ★ Max Osawa Chordless Trio FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern Maxwell Osawa returns to Chambana to reimagine popular and lesser-known jazz standards in a contemporary chordless trio setting. | | Everything Else | | 10:00 am | ● World of Genomics · Griffin Museum of Science and Industry Join us for the interactive, hands-on science experience that is World of Genomics, featuring multiple stations focused on specific aspects of… | | 12:00 pm | ● Silver Screamers: DoctoberFest · Savoy 16 + IMAX with Laser Faced with budget limitations for traditional documentary financing, filmmaker Sean Cisterna taps into a government funding subsidy aimed at keeping… | | 1:45 pm | Silver Screamers Q&A Learn more about Meet at | | 2:00 pm | ● A Brief History Of Chasing Storms: DoctoberFest · Savoy 16 + IMAX with Laser From The Wizard of Oz to the Twister movies, the tornado has become an iconic American symbol. | | 4:30 pm | CatVideoFest 2026 · Savoy 16 + IMAX with Laser Our fuzzy overlords return to the big screen! | | 5:00 pm | ● Monthly FF Advisory Board Social · 801 W Oregon St, Urbana Club advisory board members + private screening |
| | TOMORROW — Monday, October 12 | | | ONGOING | | 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 | ● [I] Illini Women's Tennis vs ITA Midwest Regionals · Atkins Tennis Center through Sun, Oct 11 | | 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 | ● Fall Pickleball Tournament Extravaganza · 2203 W John Street, 2203 W John Street through Sun, Oct 11 Join players from across the region for our Fall in Love with Pickleball Tournament – a two-day outdoor event featuring exciting competition… | | 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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Listings compiled from 12 of 12 sources.
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Who we called: UI Campus Calendar (8 listings); Champaign Park District (2 listings); Champaign Public Library (1 listing); Chambana Film Society (6 listings); Parkland College (2 listings); Visit Downtown Champaign (0 listings); Cowboy Monkey (0 listings); Eventbrite (Champaign, IL) (1 listing); Rose Bowl Tavern (4 listings); Urbana Free Library (1 listing); Eventbrite (Urbana, IL) (0 listings); Eventbrite (Savoy, IL) (0 listings).
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