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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]