Entertainment and Leisure

Please note that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign links to a very limited number of commercial Web sites as a service to our constituents. These links are neither an endorsement of products or services, nor are they meant to be a complete list of agencies through which these services and products can be acquired.

University Programs

• Arts and Culture
  Information about the performing arts, faculties, theater, libraries, museums, and collections at Illinois.
• Sports and Recreation
  Information about Fighting Illini varsity sports, wheelchair athletics, recreation and exercise facilities and services on campus, and community sporting and recreation facilities and services.

Restaurants

• Champaign-Urbana Convention and Visitors Bureau listing
• Champaign County Chamber listing

Theater

• Champaign-Urbana Ballet
• Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company
• Station Theatre
• Virginia Theatre

Music

• the217
  local event calendar
• Opening Bands
  online magazine and chat about the local music scene)
• Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center

Movie Theaters

Local

• Boardman's Art Theater
• Carmike Beverly Cinema 18
• Goodrich Savoy 16 Theater

Area

• Harvest Moon Drive-In (Gibson City)
• Lorraine Theater (Hoopeston)

Museums

• Early American Museum (Mahomet)
• Champaign County Historical Museum
• Monticello Railway Museum
• Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum (Rantoul)
• Orpheum Children's Museum
• Wandell Sculpture Garden in Meadowbrook Park
• William M. Staerkel Planetarium
• Anita Purves Nature Center (Urbana)

Parks and Recreation

• Allerton Park and Retreat Center
• Champaign Park District
• Urbana Park District
• Busey Woods
• Meadowbrook Prairie
• Champaign County Forest Preserve

Public Libraries

• Champaign Public Library
• Urbana Free Library