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Thursday, April 9
Boneyard Arts Festival
Time: Varying times across the central Illinois area
Location: Varying locations across the central Illinois area
Details: View art by local artists displayed in local businesses.
https://boneyardartsfestival.org/
Little Women
Time: 7:30 p.m. on Thursday & Friday ; 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Location: Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, IL
Details: Enjoy the classic tale of the four March sisters about family love, growing up, and being an independent woman. One weekend only.
https://krannertcenter.com/events/little-women
Anastasia: The Musical
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Harold and Jean Miner Theatre, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Details: Catch opening night of this musical inspired by the animated film about a young woman uncovering her past. Runs through April 26.
https://www.parkland.edu/
Friday, April 10
22nd Annual Festival of Quilts
Time: 9:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. on Friday; 9:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Location: Cunningham Children’s Home, Urbana, IL
Details: Explore a quilt show and sale as part of this annual fundraiser.
https://cunningham.org/get-involved/events/festival-of-quilts/
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday & Saturday ; 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Location: Dick Van Dyke Auditorium, Danville, IL
Details: See and hear a world of color and sound in this sung-through musical. One weekend only.
https://www.dlomusicaltheatre.com/joseph-dreamcoat/
Saturday, April 11
Spring Benefit Book Sale
Time: 9:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Location: Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
Details: Shop a variety of pre-loved books with proceeds going to support Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners.
https://www.books2prisoners.org/
Central Illinois Orchid Show and Sale
Time: 10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m.
Location: Hessel Park Church, Champaign, IL
Details: Learn about and shop for orchids at this annual event.
https://ciorchidsociety.org/
Fine Arts Showcase with Urbana’s Elementary Schools
Time: 3:00 p.m. — 3:45 p.m.
Location: The Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL
Details: Enjoy a performance by Urbana’s elementary school students as they showcase what they’ve been learning in their fine arts and choir classes.
https://urbanafreelibrary.libnet.info/event/15782247
Sunday, April 12
Best Buds 5K
Time: Check-in: 9:30 a.m., Race starts: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Main Quad, Urbana, IL
Details: Hosted by the Society of Women Engineers and Biomedical Engineering Society for Mom’s Weekend. Everyone is welcome to participate. Registration is $25.
Best Buds 5k Registration
Remaking Democracy: How We Make the Worlds We Want
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
Details: This book launch, exhibit and performance will tell the story of local and global projects started in Urbana and celebrates 35 years of The School for Designing a Society.
https://www.ucimc.org/
America’s 250th Birthday Ball
Time: 1:30 p.m. — 4:30 p.m.
Location: Phillips Recreation Center, Urbana, IL
Details: Join the Central Illinois Country Dancers and live musicians for a selection of dances from the late 1700s and other early American dances.
http://www.centralillinoisecd.org
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