Archive for the 'Public Events' Category

CU Video Group meets July 5

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the new addition of the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign.

HEAVY set to bow at Canopy

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

HEAVY, the new Lorenzo Goetz music video directed by Matt HarsH, will make its debut at The Canopy Club in Urbana, IL, on June 28, 2006.

CRAB ORCHARD screening

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

CRAB ORCHARD, directed by Michael Jacobs and produced by Robin Christian Peters for Champaign, IL-based Dreamscape Cinema, encores at the Piatt Co. Forest Preserve Park in Monticello, IL, on June 25, 2006.

DISCONNECT world premiere

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

DISCONNECT, directed and written by Robin Christian Peters for Champaign, IL-based Dreamscape Cinema, will have its World Premiere at the University of Illinois’ Foellinger Auditorium on June 17, 2006.

CU Video Group meets June 7

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

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

BN Film Fest returns to Normal

Monday, May 8th, 2006

The annual BN Film Fest returns to the Normal Theater in Normal, IL, on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, and Wednesday, May 10, 2006.

ACHOO wins 25by25by5 contest

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

ACHOO blows ’em away as winner of the first Champaign-Urbana 25by25by5 Short Film Contest, a competitive event benefitting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Team in Training.

CU Video Group meets May 3

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the new addition of the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign.

More MUMMY + 25by25by5 update

Friday, April 21st, 2006

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VS. A MUMMY earns more afterlife on Sunday, April 23, 2 p.m., at UIUC’s Spurlock Museum, while the entry deadline for the Champaign-Urbana 25by25by5 Short Film Contest is extended.

MUMMY, WEREWOLF prowl again

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

The complete UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VS. A MUMMY shambles forth on Saturday, April 22, 2006, 7 and 9 p.m. at UIUC’s Noyes Lab, while WEREWOLF CEMETERY: EPISODE 2 gets hairy on Sunday, April 23, and Monday, April 24, 2006, midnight, at Mike ‘n’ Molly’s in downtown Champaign.

ARTS & SCIENCE premiere

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Bloomington, IL, filmmaker Owen Brazas has announced that his independent film, ARTS & SCIENCE, will premiere on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, 8pm, at the Normal Theater in Normal, IL.

Short Film Contest seeks entries

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

The Champaign-Urbana 25by25by5 Short Film Contest to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society gives 25 teams of budding film-makers the opportunity to complete a 5-minute movie in 25 hours.

CU Video Group meets April 5

Friday, March 31st, 2006

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the new addition of the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign.

Ebertfest 2006 line-up set

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

The College of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the eighth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival.

CRAB ORCHARD draws 1,300

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

Almost three years after being filmed in Champaign County, CRAB ORCHARD made its public debut on Wednesday, March 13, 2006, at Champaign’s Virginia Theatre.