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The Week Ahead
Champaign–Urbana, IL • Oct 29 – Nov 4
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| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 ⛅ 78°/57° · dew 54° dry | | | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 ☁️ 68°/48° · dew 38° dry | | | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 🌧 63°/54° · dew 42° dry · 47% rain | | 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 |
| | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 01 🌧 59°/56° · 30% rain | | Live Music | | 1:00 pm | ★ Dia de Muertos 2026 · La Casa Cultural Latina Join La Casa Cultural Latina as we honor Día de Muertos, a cherished tradition dedicated to remembering and celebrating the lives of our ancestors… | | 2:30 pm | ★ Philo Country Opry FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern Classic Country and Western Swing with Ed Clem, Dave Ohlsson, Dyke Corson, Chrissy Sparks and more! | | 6:00 pm | ★ Turino Family Band FREE · Rose Bowl Tavern Matt (fiddle, guitar, feet, and vocals) and Tom (banjo, accordions, fiddle, and vocals) have been playing string band, Cajun… | | Everything Else | | all day | ● Make and Take Craft · The Urbana Free Library Do you like crafts and making things? | | all day | The CU Wedding Collective Experience Presented by Michelle’s Bridal · Hotel Royer Urbana Champaign, Tapestry Collection by Hilton | | 12:00 pm | ● Illini Volleyball vs Ohio State - Camper Reunion // Kids Day · Huff Hall | | 1:30 pm | ● Hamilton Sing-Along Matinee · Spurlock Museum In conjunction with our current featured exhibit, Unfinished Revolutions: Living Stories of American Rights… | | 2:00 pm | ● Calling all Writers for Youth! - First Pages · The Urbana Free Library Bring part of your manuscript for peer feedback. | | 3:00 pm | Sunday Salon: Maxwell Schultz, cello & Ana Huerta, piano · Foellinger Great Hall Second-place winner Maxwell Schultz is an emerging cellist from the Chicago area. | | 4:00 pm | ● Time Warp: DoctoberFest Fifty years ago, The Rocky Horror Picture Show burst onto the scene and blew everyone’s minds — a glorious, campy, sexy… | | 6:00 pm | ● Hamilton Sing-Along Evening · Spurlock Museum In conjunction with our current featured exhibit, Unfinished Revolutions: Living Stories of American Rights… |
| | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 02 | | Live Music | | 5:30 pm | ★ Jason Finkelman Presents: Improviser's Exchange · Rose Bowl Tavern Improvisers Exchange is a multifaceted initiative led by Jason Finkelman broadly exploring omni-idiomatic improvised music. | | 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 | | 10:30 am | ● Project READ - Introduction to Tutoring · The Urbana Free Library This workshop will focus on continuing education efforts for Project READ tutors. | | 3:45 pm | ● Teen Movie Monday · The Urbana Free Library | | 4:00 pm | ● Art & Design Club Meeting · Gallery Lounge The Art & Design Club welcomes all Parkland students who love visual expression, whether you major in fine arts, computer science, nursing… | | 6:00 pm | ● Quiet Book Club · The Urbana Free Library Read silently with others and enjoy light refreshments. | | 6:00 pm | ● Yarn & Shenanigans · Douglass Branch Library Come hang out at the Douglass Branch every first and third Monday of the month with fellow fiber art enthusiasts. | | 7:00 pm | ● Illini Men's Basketball vs FDU · State Farm Center | | 7:00 pm | ● Native Chicago Jam · Courtyard Café at the Illini Union In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Illini Union Board, Native American House (NAH), and American Indian Association of Illinois… |
| | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 03 | | | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 04 | | | 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 Thu, 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! | | 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 | 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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