Time to gather up the old and no longer used electronics you have taking up space at your house. The City of Champaign, City of Urbana, Champaign County, and Village of Savoy will be hosting …
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There’s a drone aerial light show happening on September 20th
This seems like a not-to-be-missed event in C-U. In honor of the 75th anniversary of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois, Firefly Drone Shows will be putting on a 100 drone …
Get your Culture here: Three experiences to have in September 2019
Julie offers her recommendations for cultural experiences this month.
Drink beer and learn about blacksmithing next week
Museum of the Grand Prairie is hosting an “after hours” event on September 13th where you can learn all about about forging and blacksmithing from a couple of experts — Shel Browder and Steve Mankowski — …
Donate Halloween costumes to the Champaign Park District
Beginning September 16th, Champaign Park District and Busey Bank will begin collecting gently used Halloween costumes for kids in the community. You can bring donations to any Champaign Park District facility or Busey Bank branch. …
Champaign Center Partnership is offering a free Campus Connections seminar
The Champaign Center Partnership, along with the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce, is offering a free seminar to connect local businesses with the University of Illinois community on September 24th from 8:30 to 10 a.m. …
Champaign Outdoors is hosting three adventure trips in 2020
If you are an individual or part of a small group that is looking for an outdoor adventure way outside of C-U, but don’t want to do all of the planning, there are three “adventure …
Lodgic Everyday Community has a running group starting next Monday
If you’re the running type, and would like to do the running with some other running types, here’s a great opportunity to do just that. Lodgic is partnering with Pursuit Fitness & Performance Institute for …
Heads of the Colored People was chosen for One Book One Campus
Each academic year, a group of people at the university select a book for Illini Union Bookstore’s One Campus One Book program, which is basically a massive book club across campus. Throughout the year there …
Beckman Institute opened 30 years ago, here’s what was there before
Beckman Institute is celebrating 30 years of existence this fall, and earlier this week they shared this photo of the area pre-Beckman. It was home to Illinois Field from 1884 to 1988, which of course …