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The Week Ahead
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Oct 15–21
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| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 🌧 72°/62° · dew 67° sticky · 61% rain | | | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 🌧 64°/42° · dew 44° dry · 40% rain | | | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 ☀️ 56°/37° · wind chill 32° | | 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 |
| | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 ☀️ 64°/40° · dew 27° dry | | | MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 | | | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 | | | 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. | | 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 | | 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. |
| | 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 Thu, 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. | | repeats | ● Last Week on View · Krannert Art Museum Tue, Wed 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. | | repeats | Winnie the Pooh · Second Stage - Black Box Theatre Thu 7:30 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 3:00 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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