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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Today ☁️ 72° / 42° dew 38° dry | Thu ☀️ 72° / 47° dew 44° dry | Fri ☁️ 73° / 52° dew 44° dry | Sat ☁️ 73° / 52° dew 40° dry |
| | Today: Bring a coat (feels like 42° at 8 am). Sunset at 6:04 pm. |
| TODAY — Wednesday, October 21 | | Live Music | | 5:00 pm | ★ Broadmoor Quartet · Rose Bowl Tavern With minimal percussion and an emphasis on Chamber/West Coast jazz standards and Bossa Nova… | | 5:30 pm | ★ Poetry Writing and Open Mic for Unfinished Revolutions · Spurlock Museum Unfinished Revolutions: Living Stories of American Rights explores the ongoing struggle to define and expand the meaning of freedom in America. | | 6:00 pm | ★ Open Mic at The Space · The Space | | 7:30 pm | ★ Trivia Night · Rose Bowl Tavern Every Wednesday, Trivia night at The Rose Bowl Tavern in downtown Urbana. | | 10:00 pm | ★ Jazz Jam FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern Bring your instrument and come play with the house band. | | Everything Else | | 2:00 pm | ClarkLindsey Independent Living Group Tours · 101 W Windsor Rd | | 5:15 pm | Japanese Tea Ceremony · Japan House Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan and is at the very heart of Japan House. | | 6:00 pm | ● Makerspace Workshop @ Douglass | Intro to Sewing · Douglass Branch Library This month, we will be learning how to use the Bernina sewing machines available in the Makerspace at the Douglass Branch Library. | | 7:00 pm | Genealogy Research Discussion Hour · Online Hear about local genealogists' research and get their help with your own genealogical road blocks! | | 7:00 pm | ● Writers Lounge · Main Library Come network and share with fellow writers to gain feedback, writing tips, and build a sense of community. | | 8:00 pm | Updating · The City Center |
| | TOMORROW — Thursday, October 22 | | | 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 | ● Last Week on View · Krannert Art Museum Wed, Thu at 10:00 am Don't miss the final week of Stitching Ecologies: Urbana-Champaign Satellite Crochet Coral Reef. | | 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 15 of 15 sources.
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Who we called: UI Campus Calendar (12 listings); Champaign Park District (1 listing); Champaign Public Library (2 listings); Chambana Film Society (1 listing); Parkland College (0 listings); Visit Downtown Champaign (1 listing); Cowboy Monkey (2 listings); Songkick (Champaign–Urbana) (0 listings); The City Center (1 listing); Eventbrite (Champaign, IL) (1 listing); The Cosmo (0 listings); Rose Bowl Tavern (5 listings); Urbana Free Library (2 listings); Eventbrite (Urbana, IL) (1 listing); Eventbrite (Savoy, IL) (0 listings).
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