The Virginia Theatre is getting a new ticketing system! Starting June 1, 2021, the Virginia will go live with a new ticketing platform to provide patrons with an even better purchasing experience. We’re sorry that we will be unable to offer tickets for sale while we build and configure this new system. But we hope […]
ACADEMY EXECUTIVE FEATURED IN EBERTFEST SYMPOSIUM ON MEDIA REPRESENTATION
From University of Illinois News Bureau: CONTACT: Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor, 217-333-2894 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The 2020 Chaz & Roger Ebert Symposium’s virtual conversations with filmmakers, executives and others involved in a changing media industry continue Nov. 5 with an executive from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Christine Simmons, the academy’s […]
PROMINENT DOCUMENTARY FILMAKERS FEATURED IN EBERT SYMPOSIUM
From University of Illinois News Bureau: CONTACT: Craig Chamberlain, Social Sciences Editor, 217-333-2894 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Three documentary filmmakers who’ve tackled subjects ranging from biography and history to sexual assault and hip-hop will be featured guests for the second of three online discussions that constitute this year’s Chaz & Roger Ebert Symposium. Kirby Dick, Sacha […]
CHAMPAIGN PARK DISTRICT ANNOUNCES VIRGINIA THEATRE 2019-2020 PERFORMING ARTS SEASON LINEUP
Season Subscriptions go on-sale July 1, 2019. Individual tickets go on-sale July 19, 2019. June 9, 2019 — The Champaign Park District has announced the lineup of concerts, films, dance, theatrical events, comedy, and other programs to take place in the 2019-2020 performing arts season at the historic Virginia Theatre, 203 West Park Avenue, […]
FULL EBERTFEST 2019 FILM SCHEDULE & SPECIAL GUESTS ANNOUNCED!
The full lineup for the Roger Ebert’s 2019 Film Festival has been announced. Another great year of films has been announced. Also, be sure to check the schedule for special guests such as actors Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Tilly, and Gina Gershon, film critic Richard Roeper, director David Mirkin, the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir […]
VIRGINIA THEATRE CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF STANLEY KUBRICK CLASSIC “2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY” WITH SPECIAL WEEK OF SCREENINGS IN 70MM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2018 Historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign to host eight screenings of “2001: A Space Odyssey” from a new 70mm print made directly from the famed 1968 film’s original negative. Outside of Chicago’s Music Box Theater, the Virginia will be the only Illinois theater currently exhibiting the film in […]