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The Morning Brief
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Friday, October 30, 2026
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Today ☁️ 69° / 46° dew 33° dry | Sat 🌧 60° / 54° dew 49° dry | Sun 🌧 65° / 55° dew 54° dry 50% rain | Mon 🌧 60° / 55° |
| | Today: Bring a coat (feels like 43° at 7 am). Sunset at 5:52 pm. |
| TODAY — Friday, October 30 | | | TOMORROW — Saturday, October 31 | | Live Music | | 11:00 am | ★ Concert for Kids · The Urbana Free Library Join students from the University of Illinois School of Music for a lively mini-concert of music for families and the young at heart… | | 3:00 pm | ★ Los Guapos · Rose Bowl Tavern Los Guapos is a local instrumental trio, inspired by Peruvian Chicha and American psychedelic rock. 🎃 Halloween daytime show! 🎉🎶 Dancey fun | | 8:00 pm | ★ 90's Daughter Halloween · Cowboy Monkey Your Halloween soundtrack just got louder. | | 8:30 pm | ★ Bat Factory || Halloween · Rose Bowl Tavern FWIW, you will not need to pay twice. | | Everything Else | | 8:00 am | ● Science at the Market: UIUC Computer Science Department · Urbana's Farmer's Market at the Square | | 9:45 am | Saturday Physics for Everyone: What Can Physics Tell Us About Biological Machines? · Lobby - Loomis Laboratory Of Physics Through many decades of research, scientists have come to understand how dynamic the living cell is. | | 10:00 am | ● Youth Flag Football Camp (1st-4th Grade) · Zahnd Park Learn the fundamentals, improve your skills, and have fun on the field. | | 12:00 pm | ● Youth Flag Football Camp (5th-8th Grade) · Zahnd Park Learn the fundamentals, improve your skills, and have fun on the field. | | 1:00 pm | ● Howl-o-ween · Main Library Join us for an afternoon of Halloween fun with crafts, games, and activities! | | 1:00 pm | ● Library Trick or Treat · The Urbana Free Library | | 1:00 pm | Mt. Hope Cemetery Walk · Mt. Hope Cemetery | | 1:00 pm | Workshop: Performing the Plays of Hrotsvitha (10th c.) · Lucy Ellis Lounge -- room 1080, Literatures, Cultures Join us for a performance workshop centered on two of the plays composed by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim (c. | | 1:30 pm | Spooky Skate · Ice Arena Get ready for a frightfully fun time at Spooky Skate! | | 2:00 pm | ● public tour FREE · Spurlock Museum Drop in for a tour given by our student gallery guides! | | 7:00 pm | Cocktails + Convo: Champaign | A Night Out with New Friends · Bar of the Week | | 7:00 pm | Foodies + New Friends: Champaign | Weekend Edition · Restaurant of the Week | | 7:30 pm | Sinfonia da Camera: Spellbound · Foellinger Great Hall PROGRAM Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Georges Bizet: "Habanera" from Carmen Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Manuel de Falla: El amor… | | 9:00 pm | HALLOWEEN EMO NIGHT · The Space | | 10:00 pm | SigRho Helloween · The City Center |
| | 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 | ● Art Exhibit: Order Within Chaos · Springer Cultural Center Sat, Oct 31 through Sat, Dec 12 See our newest art exhibit Order Within Chaos featuring artists:Judith Baker-BarrowsMartha Willi BlackerDebra BolglaBeth ChascoRashmi KapoorMelinda… | | 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 | ● Halloween Booktacular Giveaway · Main Library Fri, Sat at all day Celebrate Halloween and autumn with a book treat! | | repeats | ● Illini Women's Basketball vs UIS (Exhibition) - Halloween Game · State Farm Center Fri at 6:00 pm | | 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! | | repeats | Violent Universe · Staerkel Planetarium Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm Comets, asteroids and meteoroids hurtling through space; stars collapsing under their own gravity… | | 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 (17 listings); Champaign Park District (4 listings); Champaign Public Library (4 listings); Chambana Film Society (1 listing); Parkland College (3 listings); Visit Downtown Champaign (0 listings); Cowboy Monkey (2 listings); Songkick (Champaign–Urbana) (1 listing); The City Center (1 listing); Eventbrite (Champaign, IL) (7 listings); The Cosmo (0 listings); Rose Bowl Tavern (4 listings); Urbana Free Library (3 listings); Eventbrite (Urbana, IL) (3 listings); Eventbrite (Savoy, IL) (1 listing).
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