The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL  •  Sunday, October 25, 2026
 
Today
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dew 43° dry
Mon
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Today: Bring a coat (feels like 43° at 7 am). Sunset at 5:58 pm.
TODAY — Sunday, October 25
Live Music
3:00 pm★ The Recliners · Rose Bowl Tavern
An evening of country music classics with ✨The Recliners✨
7:00 pm★ Blues Deacons FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern
Everything Else
1:00 pm● Spurlock Sunday: What Turns You On? — Designing Light Switch Covers · Spurlock Museum
Something excites you; turns you “On.” This is not trivial information.
1:00 pm● Tag Bag Sale · FriendShop Bookstore
Bring your own bag the size of a paper grocery bag or fill a library tote.
3:00 pmWinnie the Pooh · Second Stage - Black Box Theatre
Adapted by Sean Patrick Nill
TOMORROW — Monday, October 26
Live Music
5:30 pm★ Brad Wheeler Fusioney Band · Rose Bowl Tavern
An eclectic set of original songs.
8:00 pm★ The Urbana Hootenanny · Rose Bowl Tavern
It's not an "open mic" per se, more of a musician hang-out on stage.
Everything Else
11:30 am● Mother Goose on the Loose Storytime @ Douglass · Douglass Branch Library
Enjoy stories and songs for children ages birth through 6 years with their caregiver or parent.
4:00 pm● "The Invisible Mammal" Documentary Screening · Charles Miller Auditorium
A Story of Hope with New Faces of Conservation ScienceAgainst the backdrop of a global pandemic and the sixth mass extinction…
4:00 pm● Halloween Movie: Monster in Paris · Knight Auditorium at Spurlock Museum
Popcorn treats will be available after the film.
6:00 pmBook Release Party: A Court of Splintered Harmony · Women's Resources Center
Join the WRC to celebrate the release of book #6 of the global bestselling ACOTAR series by Sarah J Maas.
6:00 pmMosaic Moon Class · 520 N Neil St suite 110
6:30 pm● Swipe Right: A Romance Book Club · The Urbana Free Library
Join two of the Library's romance enthusiasts for a monthly book club about all romance.
7:00 pm● Musical Mondays featuring Chip McNeill · Illini Union Courtyard Café
ONGOING
ongoing2027 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
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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