Archive for the 'Public Events' Category

New mag idea: “C-U Confidential”

Monday, March 5th, 2007

C-U Blogfidential might spawn a bouncing baby zine during this year’s Overlooked Film Festival, and we already have a name picked out – “C-U Confidential.”

CU Video Group meets Mar. 7

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 7 p.m. at Rock’s, 25 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign.

Coming Soon: Feb 2007 pt.2

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Coming Soon: “Lebowski Fest” at the Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL (2/22/07), benefit screening of THE ULTIMATE GIFT at the Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (2/22/07), Human Rights Film Festival at the Illinois Disciples Foundation, Champaign, IL (starting 2/22/07), Latin American Film Festival at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (2/23-3/01/07), Insect Fear Film Festival at Foellinger Auditorium, UIUC, Urbana, IL (2/24/07), and EKLAVYA at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (3/3-4/07).

Coming Soon: February 2007

Friday, February 16th, 2007

Coming Soon: John Cusack Film Festival at Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL (2/15-16/07).

CU Video Group meets Feb. 7

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 7 p.m. at Rock’s, 25 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign.

Expansive doc explores Mozart

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

The life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is explored in the British documentary IN SEARCH OF MOZART, to be presented by the Prairie Ensemble on Sunday, January 21, 2007, at Faith United Methodist Church in Champaign, IL.

Ghosts, ZOMBIE walk Avon aisles

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE and STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP will spook patrons of the Avon Theatre in downtown Decatur, IL, on Friday, January 19, 2006, beginning at 10:30 p.m.

CU Video Group meets Jan. 10

Monday, January 8th, 2007

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, January 10, 2007, 7 p.m. at Rock’s, 25 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign.

Film Series announced for 2007

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

Classic and contemporary Hollywood will continue lighting up the silver screen of the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign thanks to the News-Gazette’s on-going Film Series.

CU Video Group meets Dec. 5

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 7 p.m. at Rock’s, 25 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign.

IMC hosts Mongoose Fest 2006

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

The Independent Media Center in downtown Urbana, IL, hosts this year’s Mongoose Productions festival on Saturday, November 25, 2006, at 8 p.m.

Coming Soon: Nov 2006 pt.2

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Coming Soon: “Hitchcock Movies-Part Two” film class at the Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (11/16/06-???), THE HEART OF THE GAME at the Normal Theater, Normal, IL (11/16-19/06), After Dark Horrorfest at the Beverly Cinemas, Champaign, IL (11/17-21/06), UMRAO JAAN at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (11/18-19/06), and the re-opening of the Princess Theatre, LeRoy, IL (11/22/06).

MERRY CHRISTMAS! premiere

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

MERRY CHRISTMAS!, the current project from Champaign’s Blue Bassoon Pictures, will premiere on Sunday, December 17, 2006, 5 p.m., in the University of Illinois’ Lincoln Hall Theater.

CU Video Group meets Nov. 7

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the new addition of the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign.

Coming Soon: November 2006

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Coming Soon: Negativland’s “It’s All In Your Head FM” at OPENSOURCE Art, Champaign, IL (11/3/06), DON at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (11/4-5/06), and filmmaker Tony Palmer speaking at the School of Music, UIUC, Urbana, IL (11/6/06).