Interested in interviewing the artists behind Black Violin? Contact tyana@general-assembly.co. Champaign, IL—Champaign Park District has announced that Grammy-nominated strings duo Black Violin will perform live at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on Wednesday, November 12, at 7:30pm as part of their national Full Circle Tour. Reserved seating tickets are $29.50-$154.50 plus an additional per-ticket […]
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FRAN LEBOWITZ, STAR OF NETFLIX SERIES “PRETEND IT’S A CITY”, TO SPEAK AT CHAMPAIGN’S HISTORIC VIRGINIA THEATRE FRIDAY
Local writer and educator Amy Penne to host acclaimed author and commentator in on-stage talk and Q&A, a featured event of Uniting Pride’s 2025 Pride Fest.
VIRGINIA THEATRE TO SCREEN CULT CLASSIC TWILIGHT (2008) AND HOST IMPACTLIFE BLOOD DRIVE
Champaign Park District has announced two special screenings of the cult classic vampire drama based on its namesake novel, Twilight (2008), on Saturday, September 27, at 2pm and 7pm, at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign.
Virginia Theatre to Screen Silent Classic “THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925),” with Live Organ Accompaniment by STEVEN BALL
The Virginia Theatre has announced two screenings of the silent classic The Phantom of the Opera (1925) on Saturday, September 6, at 1pm and 7pm to celebrate the film’s 100th anniversary.
NEKO CASE SHARES NEW SONG “WINCHESTER MANSION OF SOUND,” NEW ALBUM ‘NEON GREY MIDNIGHT GREEN’ OUT SEPTEMBER 26, & 2026 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ANNOUNCED
Today Neko Case is sharing her upcoming album ‘Neon Grey Midnight Green’ ‘s most poignant elegy, “Winchester Mansion of Sound”. Inspired by Case’s late friend and collaborator Dexter Romweber of the Flat Duo Jets, the song musically draws inspiration from Robbie Basho’s “Orphan’s Lament”— “the saddest song ever,” says Case — as well as the […]
RICHARD THOMAS TO STAR IN MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! BY HAL HOLBROOK AT THE HISTORIC VIRGINIA THEATRE, TUESDAY, OCT 21, 2025
Emmy Award Winner, Tony Award Nominee and 2025 Theater Hall of Fame Inductee Richard Thomasto star in Mark Twain Tonight!By Hal Holbrook At the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois, on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 Champaign, IL – The Champaign Park District is presenting Richard Thomas in MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! by Hal Holbrook, at the historic […]
