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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Friday, October 16, 2026
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Today 🌧 64° / 42° dew 44° dry | Sat ☁️ 53° / 38° wind chill 39° | Sun ☀️ 62° / 39° dew 29° dry | Mon ⛅ 66° / 44° dew 29° dry |
| | Today: Bring a coat (feels like 41° at 8 pm). Sunset at 6:11 pm. |
| TODAY — Friday, October 16 | | | TOMORROW — Saturday, October 17 | | Live Music | | 6:00 pm | ★ Scairie Prairie Bash · Prairie Farm Get into the Halloween spirit at Prairie Farm with trick-or-treating, hayrack rides, festive fun, games, music, food, and family-friendly frights! | | 7:00 pm | ★ Ther'Up.Y "Back To Motown" · Rose Bowl Tavern Join us for another amazing tribute to the legends by local phenoms Ther'Up.Y. | | 8:00 pm | ★ The Braymores · Cowboy Monkey | | Everything Else | | 9:45 am | Saturday Physics for Everyone: How Physicists Sparked a Revolution in College Teaching · Lobby - Loomis Laboratory Of Physics There is a growing consensus that the stereotypical college class – where professors mainly lecture while students listen and take notes – is not… | | 10:00 am | Mini Scientist: Signs of Fall (Registration Required) · Springer Cultural Center This activity is designed for caregiver involvement. | | 10:00 am | One Room, Two Ways- A Design Workshop · 402 W Town Center Blvd | | 10:00 am | Stake Service Project · Sola Gratia Farm in Urbana | | 10:30 am | ● Kids at KAM: Artmaking and More! | Krannert Art Museum · Krannert Art Museum Hands-on art activities for children ages 3+ and their caregivers! | | 10:30 am | ● Saturday Story Time · The Urbana Free Library Build early literacy skills and have fun together. | | 11:00 am | Illini Swimming & Diving vs Iowa State - Senior Day · ARC Pool | | 11:30 am | ● Fast Firsts! (First chapter books edition) · The Urbana Free Library | | 12:00 pm | ● Makerspace @ Douglass | Drop-in · Douglass Branch Library Library staff will be available to answer your questions. | | 12:45 pm | ● CU Pride Parade UIUC Cultural Coalition · Downtown Urbana - exact meet up TBD Show up for the LGBTQ+ community by participating in one of the most visible pieces of Pride - the parade! | | 1:00 pm | ● Film: "If Hafez Wrote a Haiku for Cowboys" (2024) · Spurlock Museum of World Cultures If Hafez Wrote a Haiku for Cowboys Directed by Masahiro Sugano (2024, 115 min) with special guest, Anida Yoeu Ali (U.S. | | 1:00 pm | ● Library Staff at Pride Fest Parade & Fair · Downtown Urbana Learn about library resources, check out a book, and make a craft! | | 2:00 pm | ● Jump Into Science · The Urbana Free Library | | 2:00 pm | ● The B-Sides · Rose Bowl Tavern Local father/son musical duo 'Jake and Jackson' (Tatar) expand their repertoire of 70's/80's favorites to a full band format by adding Josh Houchin… | | 3:30 pm | La aventura de Big Bird · Staerkel Planetarium Exploren el cielo nocturno con sus amigos de Sesame Street. Únanse a Big Bird, Elmo y Hu Hu Zhu en una exploración de la Luna. | | 4:00 pm | The Lorraine: DoctoberFest In the heart of Memphis, Walter and Loree Bailey’s Lorraine Motel was both a thriving hub of Black entrepreneurship and a destination for the… | | 4:30 pm | Más allá del sol · Staerkel Planetarium Celeste es una niña que quiere explorar el Universo. | | 6:00 pm | Champaign Halloween Singles Mixer 2026 · Murphy's Pub | | 6:00 pm | RNB PAINT & SIP · Venue at 322 | | 6:30 pm | 60th Anniversary Celebration of Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church · I Hotel & Illinois Conference Center | | 6:30 pm | Once Upon A Time In Harlem: DoctoberFest A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event… | | 7:00 pm | Champaign Halloween Singles Mixer 2026 (MEN SOLD OUT) · Murphy's Pub |
| | 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 | ● 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 | ● Book Display Celebrating Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures' 35th Anniversary · International and Area Studies Library through Sat, Nov 14 | | repeats | Dance at Illinois: October Dance · Colwell Playhouse Fri, Sat at 7:30 pm In this year of the 250th anniversary of our nation, Dance at Illinois celebrates collaboration as the key concept of democracy. | | 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. | | repeats | Winnie the Pooh · Second Stage - Black Box Theatre Fri, Sat at 7:30 pm Adapted by Sean Patrick Nill | | 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 (20 listings); Champaign Park District (3 listings); Champaign Public Library (1 listing); Chambana Film Society (3 listings); Parkland College (5 listings); Visit Downtown Champaign (0 listings); Cowboy Monkey (2 listings); Eventbrite (Champaign, IL) (9 listings); Rose Bowl Tavern (4 listings); Urbana Free Library (4 listings); Eventbrite (Urbana, IL) (5 listings); Eventbrite (Savoy, IL) (2 listings).
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