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Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday\/Saturday on <\/em>C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/strong> and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!<\/strong><\/p>\n 11\/3: Wes Melton (actor, CHRISTMAS CRASHERS, No Man\u2019s Land Productions, Los Angeles, CA)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n MFHQ MEMO | From Since I saw the news break right before I visited the C-U this week, I stopped at Dallas & Company<\/strong> during happy hour on Thursday to see what I could see. A line of customers waited patiently to make their Halloween<\/strong> and keepsake purchases, while founder Andy Dallas<\/strong> amused them with card tricks as he has done plenty of times throughout his years selling costumes, party supplies, novelties, and tools of a magician\u2019s trade. The ultimate sleight of hand in his repertoire \u2013 running a successful local business and keeping it in the family for nearly five decades \u2013 will be retired at the end of 2020, however. If you would like to soak up one last round of rainbow-colored theatricality and rubbery gruesomeness that covers nearly every square inch of the shop, plan to visit 101 E. University Avenue<\/strong> in midtown Champaign<\/strong> between 2:30<\/strong> and 5:30 p.m.<\/strong> either today, Friday, October 30<\/strong>, or Saturday, October 31<\/strong>. Afterwards, you won\u2019t be able to look through the goods again until Dallas holds a liquidation sale in December, as revealed by a News-Gazette<\/span><\/strong> article<\/a><\/span> from earlier this week, and remote shopping is null and void since their website and Facebook<\/strong> page have been taken down. It is another dispiriting loss of a physical entertainment space in our community, forced in part by the coronavirus pandemic as with so many other closures, and we have no way to predict what will survive the corresponding economic downturn.<\/p>\n Accentuating the obvious, I followed a hunch while compiling this week\u2019s Calendar<\/strong> and confirmed the Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center<\/strong> of nearby Lincoln<\/strong> had ceased operations at some point between the spring outbreak of COVID-19<\/strong> infections and the present day. In fact, the facility has been foreclosed upon and put up for sale as of last week for $1.2 million, explained as a bargain of sorts by an editorial<\/a><\/span> published in the Lincoln Courier<\/span><\/strong> newspaper. (This is not the first round of major money issues for the complex<\/a><\/span>, built around a 1960s movie house and renamed the Lincoln Grand 8<\/strong> at first before a last gasp effort presented under \u201cfamily activity\u201d and religious pretenses.) In line with other recent closures in the area, I want to believe someone with resources and drive will come along to revive the property and put it to smart use, but for now it\u2019s difficult to process the cascade of vanishing acts.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers<\/strong><\/p>\n @ online Zoom<\/strong> @ online YouTube<\/strong> @ online Zoom<\/strong> @ online YouTube & Facebook<\/strong> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Family Video, Champaign-Urbana, IL<\/strong> @ Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL<\/strong> Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional \u201cNow Playing\u201d and \u201cComing Soon\u201d listings appear after the jump!<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Classic Village Mall 6, Danville, IL<\/strong> @ AMC Peru Mall 8, Peru, IL<\/strong> @ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL<\/strong> @ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL<\/strong> @ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL<\/strong> @ The Lincoln Family Theater & Community Center, Lincoln, IL<\/strong> @ The Little Lorraine, Hoopeston, IL<\/strong> @ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL<\/strong> @ The Onarga Theatre, Onarga, IL<\/strong> @ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL<\/strong> @ Route 34 Drive-in, Earlville, IL<\/strong> @ Route 66 Twin Drive-in, Springfield, IL<\/strong> @ Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL<\/strong> @ Streator Eagle 6, Streator, IL<\/strong>Chambana<\/del> Mendota with Love<\/del> Transparency<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nC-U Cinefile virtual meeting (10\/30, 11\/6, 4 p.m.) Join mailing list<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\nFor Art\u2019s Sake streaming event, \u201cHalloween Double Feature! (THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE and A CHINESE GHOST STORY)\u201d (10\/30, 7 p.m. on) View<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nIllini Film & Video virtual meeting (11\/2, 8 p.m.) Join mailing list<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\nUI College of Media presents Ebert Symposium Series, \u201cRepresentation in Media,\u201d moderated by Angharad Valdivia, featuring Christine Simmons, Keri Carpenter, Samantha Chatman, and Troy Pryor (11\/5, 5 p.m.) Information<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, COME PLAY, POLTERGEIST (1982), V FOR VENDETTA, 2 HEARTS, THE EMPTY MAN, HONEST THIEF, TENET, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10\/30 on), MONSTERS INC. (10\/30-11\/1, 11\/3), HOCUS POCUS (10\/30-11\/1), THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (10\/31-11\/1), THE ADDAMS FAMILY (2019) (10\/31, 11\/2, 11\/4), LET HIM GO (11\/5 on)<\/p>\n
\nFATIMA, FRIENDSGIVING, THE PALE DOOR, CRITICAL THINKING, NO ESCAPE, ALONE, ATTACK OF THE UNKNOWN, OUJIA MUMMY, more! (10\/27 on)<\/p>\n
\nIllini Union Board presents \u201cThrowback Films at the Union\u201d feat. JURASSIC PARK, Illini Union Ballroom, 2nd floor (10\/30, 7 p.m.; free w\/i-card)<\/p>\n
\nALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, COME PLAY, THE EMPTY MAN, HONEST THIEF, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10\/30-11\/1)<\/p>\n
\nALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, COME PLAY, THE EMPTY MAN, HONEST THIEF, MONSTERS INC., THE NEW MUTANTS, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10\/30-11\/1)<\/p>\n
\nABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN ON THE ROCKS, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10\/30-11\/1), HALLOWEEN (1978) (10\/30-10\/31), THE CHANGELING hosted by Troy Taylor (10\/31, 8:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\n\u201cPoe and Company \u2013 Tales of the Macabre\u201d stage performance (10\/30-10\/31, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWicked Weekend 2\u201d: MONSTERS INC., HOCUS POCUS (Screen 1), THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, SLEEPY HOLLOW (Screen 2) (10\/30-10\/31)<\/p>\n
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\nClosed for the week.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTHE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (10\/30-10\/31), HOCUS POCUS (10\/31), THE KID (11\/1), THE GREAT DICTATOR (11\/1), CITY LIGHTS (11\/5). \u201cLiving Room Film Festival\u201d virtual screenings: WHITE RIOT (through 11\/12) Purchase<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nClosed for the week.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nClosed for the week.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHOCUS POCUS, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (10\/30-11\/1)<\/p>\n
\nClosed for the season!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCOME PLAY, HALLOWEEN (1978), 2 HEARTS, AFTER WE COLLIDED, THE EMPTY MAN, HOCUS POCUS, HONEST THIEF, MONSTERS INC., THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10\/30 on)<\/p>\n
\nCOME PLAY, SPELL, AFTER WE COLLIDED, THE EMPTY MAN, HONEST THIEF, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA (10\/30 on), HALLOWEEN (1978), FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) (10\/30-10\/31), THE ADDAMS FAMILY (2019) (11\/1-11\/5)<\/p>\n