WILL Call: What’s Happening in Central Illinois June 18 – June 21
Celebrate Juneteenth with free, all-ages events, get a taste of local theater, try your hand at beginner level fishing and more in Central Illinois this weekend.
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WILL Call: What’s Happening in Central Illinois June 11 – June 14
Join a knitting circle, raise the roof at a silent disco, peruse a local famers market, and more all this weekend in Central Illinois.
Urbana introduces Night Market at the Square
URBANA -The City of Urbana Arts & Culture program and Urbana’s Market at the Square are partnering up to launch a new event in downtown Urbana on Thursday nights during September and the first few weeks of October. Night Market at the Square will be held at the Lincoln Square Mall parking lot at the
Ana Gasteyer fuses comedy, music for Krannert holiday performance
URBANA — Saturday Night Live’s Ana Gasteyer brings her comedic and musical stylings to the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, Dec. 6, for a performance of her Christmas album, “Sugar and Booze.” During her six years as a cast member on SNL, Gasteyer gained fame for her impressions of celebrities like Celine
CU Jazz Festival to honor local legend Morgan Powell with special performance by close friends
URBANA — The ninth CU Jazz Festival takes place this weekend with a variety of shows and events around Champaign-Urbana. One of those performances will celebrate the memory of a local jazz legend this weekend. Morgan Powell, a former professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music, was revered as a trombonist in the
CU Folk & Roots Festival returns with a focus on expanding the genre
The 2003 festival takes place at Krannert Center for Performing Arts, the Channing-Murray Foundation, the Rose Bowl Tavern, and the Urbana Free Library.
Drag star Alaska talks Pygmalion, drag bans
The drag show kicks off three days of music, comedy and celebrity speakers like chef Joanne Lee Molinaro and author Allison Boot.
217 Today: Live theater and music take over Champaign and Urbana in the upcoming weeks
August 2, 2023 Today’s headlines: The University of Illinois College of Education organized a workshop to help teachers learn how to teach Asian American history. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is launching a program to help coordinate abortions at hospitals for high-risk patients. Illinois Congresswoman Mary Miller condemned yesterday’s new federal indictment of former President Donald Trump
Sinfonia da Camera hosts piano institute, announces season 40
The University of Illinois Summer Piano Institute returns during the week of July 24.
Congolese music icon Ferré Gola performs in CU
Because this is Gola’s first performance in the United States as a solo artist, people are traveling to Champaign-Urbana from across the country to see the performances this weekend.
Allerton Concert Series Returns With A Few Adjustments
MONTICELLO — Live music is coming back to the University of Illinois’ Allerton Park and Retreat Center outside Monticello for the center’s annual concert series. But this year’s concerts are a little different than the ones guests might have experienced before the COVID-19 pandemic, says Allerton Event Coordinator Ashley Sims. The series began in 2013,