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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Wednesday, October 28, 2026
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Today ☀️ 75° / 50° dew 47° dry | Thu ☁️ 77° / 57° dew 54° dry | Fri 🌧 71° / 50° dew 37° dry | Sat ☁️ 68° / 56° dew 46° dry |
| | Today: Bring a light jacket (feels like 48° at 7 am). Sunset at 5:55 pm. |
| TODAY — Wednesday, October 28 | | Live Music | | 5:00 pm | ★ Vine Street Syncopators · Rose Bowl Tavern Old-timey, dixieland, new orleans style, early jazz - swing music at The Rose Bowl Tavern. | | 7:30 pm | ★ Trivia Night · Rose Bowl Tavern Every Wednesday, Trivia night at The Rose Bowl Tavern in downtown Urbana. | | 7:30 pm | ★ University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra · Foellinger Great Hall Conductor: Kevin Noe Graduate Conductor: Victor Yip Program Missy Mazzoli: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a… | | 10:00 pm | ★ Jazz Jam FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern Bring your instrument and come play with the house band. | | Everything Else | | 10:00 am | ● Project READ Conversation Group · The Urbana Free Library | | 11:30 am | ● Mother Goose on the Loose Storytime · Main Library Enjoy stories and songs for children ages birth through 6 years with their caregiver or parent. | | 2:00 pm | ClarkLindsey Independent Living Group Tours · 101 W Windsor Rd | | 4:00 pm | ● Market Research on a Community Problem · Champaign Public Library | | 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. | | 5:30 pm | ● Library Board of Trustees Meeting · Main Library The public is welcome to attend the monthly meetings of the Library’s Board of Trustees, generally held on the third Wednesday of the month. | | 5:30 pm | Study Session Meeting · Bresnan Meeting Center Residents are invited to attend this public study session meeting with the Champaign Park District Board of Commissioners. | | 5:30 pm | ● Youth Flag Football Camp (1st-4th Grade) · Dodds Park Learn the fundamentals, improve your skills, and have fun on the field. | | 6:00 pm | ● Halloween Movie Night: The Addams Family (1991) · Room | | 6:30 pm | ● Studio Workshop | Intro to Sewing · Main Library | | 6:30 pm | ● Youth Flag Football Camp (5th-8th Grade) · Dodds Park Learn the fundamentals, improve your skills, and have fun on the field. | | 7:00 pm | ● Illini Men's Basketball vs UIC (Exh.) · State Farm Center | | 8:00 pm | ● Dia de Muertos Dance Party @ Gallery Art Bar FREE · Gallery Art Bar You are invited to the CLACS Dia de Muertos party at the Gallery Art Bar on 10/28 at 8pm. |
| | TOMORROW — Thursday, October 29 | | | 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 | | 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 (14 listings); Champaign Park District (5 listings); Champaign Public Library (3 listings); Chambana Film Society (1 listing); Parkland College (0 listings); Visit Downtown Champaign (1 listing); Cowboy Monkey (1 listing); Songkick (Champaign–Urbana) (2 listings); The City Center (0 listings); Eventbrite (Champaign, IL) (1 listing); The Cosmo (0 listings); Rose Bowl Tavern (5 listings); Urbana Free Library (1 listing); Eventbrite (Urbana, IL) (1 listing); Eventbrite (Savoy, IL) (0 listings).
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