The Champaign Park District is presenting award-winning blues and rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 7:30 P.M.
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EBERTFEST ANNOUNCEMENT FROM UIUC COLLEGE OF MEDIA, CHAZ EBERT
NOTE: On Friday, September 19, 2025, the College of Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign published the following announcement along with festival co-founder, producer and host, Chaz Ebert. For more, visit https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/90/1789773390.html. Since its inception in 1999, Roger Ebert’s Film Festival has been a celebrated focal point for film and film criticism, both locally […]
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.
TWILIGHT + COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE
Bella, why the hell haven’t you bought tickets to Twilight, loca? Make your visit to the Theatre part of something bigger, by giving back to your community by donating to our community blood drive before or after the movie. Date: September 27Showtimes: 2 & 7pm ImpactLife will have a mobile blood drive set up outside […]
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 […]
