Directors Malcolm D. Lee and Lisa Cortes as well as Actors Eric Roberts and Mariel Hemingway to attend this year’s celebration Additional Filmmaker guests include Directors Claudie Aline Miller and Diane Moore with Conductor Roderick Cox CHAMPAIGN, IL (February 28, 2024) – Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced today the 25th […]
HASAN MINHAJ ADDING SECOND SHOW AT VIRGINIA THEATRE, DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN, ON SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2024
Matinee performance to take place at 4pm. Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 1, 2024, at 12pm. Champaign, IL – The Champaign Park District has announced that comedian HASAN MINHAJ has added a second show at 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at the Virginia Theatre, Champaign. Limited tickets are still available for […]
ILLINOIS SOUL AND THE CHAMPAIGN PARK DISTRICT TO PRESENTSPECIAL SCREENING OF “GOSPEL: WHERE SONG AND SERMON MEET”
Champaign, IL – The Champaign Park District and Illinois Soul 101.1 FM have announced a special screening of an episode of “GOSPEL: WHERE SONG AND SERMON MEET,” part of the acclaimed new PBS documentary series. The screening will take place at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign on Friday, February 16, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. (doors […]
THE WALLFLOWERS TO PERFORM AT THE HISTORIC VIRGINIA THEATRE, CHAMPAIGN, ON FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2024
Champaign, IL – The Champaign Park District has announced that THE WALLFLOWERS will perform at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on Friday, July 19, 2024, at 8:00 P.M. Reserved seating tickets are $39.50 to $69.50 plus an additional per-ticket processing fee of $4.00 to $7.00 and go on sale Friday, February 9, 2024, […]
ROGER EBERT’S 2024 FILM FESTIVAL PASSES ON SALE DECEMBER 1, 2023
Festival passes for Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, to be held Wednesday, April 17, through Saturday, April 20, 2024, will go on sale Friday, Dec. 1, at 10 a.m. CT. Also known as Ebertfest, the four-day festival—named for the late Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, University of Illinois journalism alumnus, and Urbana native Roger Ebert—will celebrate its […]
PRODUCER LAWRENCE BENDER (‘PULP FICTION’) BRINGS ‘FRESH’ PERSPECTIVE TO EBERTFEST, ALONG WITH MICHAEL MORRIS WITH ‘TO LESLIE,’ AND SHOAH COLLABORATION ‘MY NAME IS SARA’
Festival closes with empathetic film ‘Forrest Gump’ with guest Mykelti Williamson CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Roger Ebert’s Film Festival is pleased to announce the full lineup of films and accompanying filmmakers who will participate in the post-screening discussions at the 23rd annual event, which runs April 19-22 at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois. As this […]