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 […]
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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 […]
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING BÉLA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES TO PERFORM HOLIDAY SHOW AT VIRGINIA THEATRE
Champaign, IL – BÉLA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES: JINGLE ALL THE WAY feat. Victor Wooten, Roy “Future Man” Wooten & Howard Levy with special guests Jeff Coffin & Alash Multiple Grammy winning artist Béla Fleck & The Flecktones will perform a special holiday show at the historic Virginia Theatre, 203 West Park Avenue, Champaign, Illinois, […]
LEGENDARY BLUES ICON BUDDY GUY MAKES A STATEMENT WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW ALBUM ‘AIN’T DONE WITH THE BLUES’ OUT JULY 30TH, HIS 89TH BIRTHDAY
THE ALBUM PRODUCED BY LONGTIME COLLABORATOR TOM HAMBRIDGE FEATURESSPECIAL GUESTS THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, PETER FRAMPTON, JOE WALSH,CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM AND JOE BONAMASSA An architect of the blues, a craftsman of the building blocks that laid the foundation for today’s modern R&B, the multi-GRAMMY Award winning blues icon Buddy Guy is here to tell […]
VIRGINIA THEATRE TO SCREEN THE SANDLOT (1993) WITH SPECIAL BASEBALL-THEMED ACTIVITIES
Champaign, IL – Champaign Park District has announced a special screening of the beloved coming-of-age comedy The Sandlot (1993) on Saturday, July 5, 2025, at the Virginia Theatre. The screening will be accompanied by several outdoor baseball-themed activities beginning at 12pm on West Park Avenue in front of the theatre. D-BAT Champaign will provide a […]
AUTHOR AND COMMENTATOR FRAN LEBOWITZ TO APPEAR AT CHAMPAIGN’S VIRGINIA THEATRE IN OCTOBER
Smile Politely Arts Editor Amy Penne to host acclaimed author in on-stage talkand Q&A, a featured event of Uniting Pride’s 2025 Pride Fest. Champaign, IL — Champaign Park District has announced that author and commentator Fran Lebowitz will appear at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on Friday, October 24, 2025, at 7:30 P.M. […]
