GUY MADDIN’S “RUMOURS” GETS SET FOR THIS YEAR’S LINEUP Producer Scott Budnick and Director Guy Maddin to attend this year’s festival CHAMPAIGN, IL (January 15, 2025) — Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced today that Todd Phillips’ THE HANGOVER starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, and Justin Bartha will close the 26th annual festival on Saturday, April […]
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2025 Roger Ebert’s Film Festival to kick off with ‘The Searchers,’ first-ever Western screened at Ebertfest; passes go on sale November 18
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (November 14, 2024) —Chaz Ebert and the University of Illinois College of Media announce that the opening night film of the 2025 Roger Ebert’s Film Festival will be a new 70mm print of the Western classic The Searchers (1956), starring John Wayne and Natalie Wood. The four-day festival, named for famed film critic Roger Ebert, will be […]
CHAMPAIGN PARK DISTRICT ANNOUNCES PLANNED UPGRADES TO VIRGINIA THEATRE FLY SYSTEM, SET FOR WINTER OF 2025
NOTE: This release was updated Friday, August 16, 2024. Monday, May 20, 2024 Champaign, IL – The Champaign Park District (CPD) has announced that the Virginia Theatre will receive a major upgrade to the computer-control elements of its motorized arbor system, or “fly” system, as part of the Park District’s current capital improvement plan for […]
VIRGINIA THEATRE TO SCREEN SILENT CLASSIC “THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME” WITH LIVE ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT, SAT, MAY 25, 2024
Champaign, IL – The Champaign Park District has announced two special screenings of the silent classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) to include live organ accompaniment by musician Jay Warren at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at 1:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. General Admission tickets are $10 […]
VIRAL SENSATIONS #IMOMSOHARD COMING TO THEHISTORIC VIRGINIA THEATRE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2024
Champaign, IL – The Champaign Park District has announced that #IMOMSOHARD will appear at the Virginia Theatre, 203 West Park Avenue, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at 8:00P.M. Reserved seating tickets are $49.00 to $99.00 plus an additional per-ticket processing fee of $5.00 to$10.00 and are on sale now at the Virginia […]
BORED TEACHERS “THE STRUGGLE IS REAL!!” COMEDY TOUR COMING TO THE VIRGINIA THEATRE ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Champaign, IL – The Champaign Park District has announced that BORED TEACHERS “THE STRUGGLE IS REAL” COMEDY TOUR will appear at the Virginia Theatre, 203 West Park Avenue, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 7:30 P.M. Reserved seating tickets are $36.00 to $66.00 plus an additional per-ticket processing fee of $4.00 to […]
