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Every featured event of the week, past and present

Vida Radick's Luminaria at South
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Vida Radick's Luminaria at South

Chicago Park District ceramics teacher Vida Radick opens her first solo exhibition, Luminaria de la Vida, at the South Shore Cultural Center in October 2026, with free gallery hours on Wednesdays.

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First Chapter Fight Club at
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

First Chapter Fight Club at

Mahomet Public Library's First Chapter Fight Club pits book openings against each other tournament-style for grades K-3 on October 19, 2026, with mysteries on the docket.

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Rhinofest at 37: Chicago's
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Rhinofest at 37: Chicago's

The 37th annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival, Chicago's longest-running fringe festival, brings dozens of new works to Facility Theatre and three other venues through October 26.

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NIU Hike to Starved Rock
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

NIU Hike to Starved Rock

Northern Illinois University's Outdoor Adventures runs a $10 guided day trip to Starved Rock and Matthiessen state parks in Oglesby, Illinois, on Friday, October 23, 2026, with transportation and lunch included.

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CU Puppet People Work Nights
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

CU Puppet People Work Nights

The Champaign-Urbana Puppet People open their Tuesday studio nights at The Twisted Coloring Book in downtown Champaign on Oct. 20, 2026, teaching newcomers to build a puppet from scratch.

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Jupiter Quartet Premieres Sierra
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Jupiter Quartet Premieres Sierra

The Jupiter String Quartet and bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward give the US premiere of Arlene Sierra's new bassoon quintet at Krannert Center's Foellinger Great Hall on October 20, 2026, part of the University of Illinois New Music Festival and free to all.

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Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

CU Jazz Festival Marks 10th Year

The Champaign-Urbana Jazz Festival returns Oct. 14-18, 2026, for five days of free jazz across Krannert Center, the Rose Bowl Tavern, Gallery Art Bar and Maize.

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Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Goats & Grooves: Merry Travelers

The Merry Travelers play a free Goats & Grooves concert under the pavilion at Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery in Champaign on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

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Japan House Tea Ceremony, Urbana
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Japan House Tea Ceremony, Urbana

Japan House at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hosts a public Japanese tea ceremony on October 14, 2026, alternating between tatami-mat seiza and table-style seating.

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Free Ukulele Jam at Phillips Rec
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Free Ukulele Jam at Phillips Rec

The Urbana Park District's free Ukulele Jam meets Wednesday, October 14, 2026, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W. Stoughton, Urbana.

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Blood on the Clocktower at
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Blood on the Clocktower at

Blood on the Clocktower (in the Tower) brings the immersive social deduction game to Parcadia, the magical minigolf tavern at 302 N. Broadway Ave in Urbana, on October 14, 2026.

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CU Pride Fest 2026
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

CU Pride Fest 2026

Champaign-Urbana Pride Fest returns for its 17th year October 11-17, 2026, with a week of free programming and a parade and fair in downtown Urbana on October 17.

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Macrame Ghosts in South Peoria
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Macrame Ghosts in South Peoria

A free knot-tying workshop at Peoria's Lincoln Branch continues a century-old tradition of a Carnegie library built to gather its neighborhood.

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The Premise and the Promise
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

The Premise and the Promise

At the University of Chicago, a professor and 25 undergraduates built a rare-book exhibition on the Declaration of Independence — and on the generations of readers who turned its words into something the founders never imagined.

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The Tulsa Garage Sale That
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

The Tulsa Garage Sale That

One Week Boutique returns to Champaign's Leonhard Recreation Center Sept. 26-28, 2026, for a twice-yearly consignment ritual built by a Urbana native who borrowed the idea from Oklahoma.

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Eight Islands, One Tuesday
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

Eight Islands, One Tuesday

A retired Army lieutenant colonel and longtime Champaign adult-education teacher brings the Shetlands, Orkneys, Hebrides and five more overlooked island groups to the public library — free, no ticket required.

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The Running of the Goats: A
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

The Running of the Goats: A

Two decades after two soil scientists traded academia for a goat herd, Prairie Fruits Farm's Tuesday evening hike invites visitors to walk the pasture, meet the herd, and watch them run.

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A Century of Silence, Broken
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

A Century of Silence, Broken

NIU's resident string quartet premieres a live score by its own first violinist for a 1926 French silent film that has never needed a single word.

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From 'The Cookout' to the Quad
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

From 'The Cookout' to the Quad

A student organization that traces its roots to 1967 is trading the familiar cookout format for a nostalgic block party on DePaul's Lincoln Park Quad.

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Four Voices, One Room: Inside
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

Four Voices, One Room: Inside

DePaul's four campus a cappella groups — including a men's ensemble and an all-inclusive group — gather at the Schmitt Academic Center to perform and recruit.

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Spin Art in the Old Department
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

Spin Art in the Old Department

On September 17, students can paint records and eat free Kona Ice in the concourse of a 1912 building that once sold gloves and haberdashery to downtown shoppers.

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After a Year of Fear, El Grito
Weekly Highlight Sep 7–13, 2026

After a Year of Fear, El Grito

Chicago's Mexican Independence Day festival returns to the lakefront after being pulled in 2025 amid threats of federal immigration raids.

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Four Hundred Years on a Summer Lawn: '1619' and the Connie Link Amphitheatre
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

Four Hundred Years on a Summer Lawn: '1619' and the Connie Link Amphitheatre

The Connie Link Amphitheatre, a fitting venue for Ted Williams III's musical '1619: The Journey of a People,' which traces the long arc of African American history.

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Four Hundred Years on a Summer
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

Four Hundred Years on a Summer

The Connie Link Amphitheatre, a fitting venue for Ted Williams III's musical '1619: The Journey of a People,' which traces the long arc of African American history.

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