A man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car through the front gate of her home has been found mentally ...

Thousands of people saw years of hard work pay off at the University of Illinois’ commencement over the weekend. Celebrations took place across Champaign-Urbana from Memorial Stadium — to the Virginia ...

Jeffrey Seller, the Broadway producer behind such landmark hits as “Rent,” “Avenue Q” and “Hamilton,” didn’t initially write ...

Champaign Urbana Ballet presented its performance of “Cinderella” at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign this past weekend. The production drew a diverse audience of ages and ...

The Champaign Park District's historic ... the District received a $900,000 grant for rehabilitation of the theatre from the State of Illinois. At present, the District also received a $50,000 ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WICS) — The 26th annual Ebertfest kicked off this evening. Patrons and film enthusiasts gathered outside the Virginia Theater for the festival’s opening film, "The Searchers," ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) — Cult film characters Jay and Silent Bob will be making a stop at the Virginia Theatre on their Aural Sects Tour this summer. The actors, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith ...

A historic Champaign theater stage has been empty for months while under renovation. But now, shows are back in the spotlight. Fire intentionally set at home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro ...

CHAMPAIGN, IL (April 1, 2025) — Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced today the final three films screening at this year’s festival, to be held April 23-26 at the Virginia ...

Dec. 9—CHAMPAIGN — The Champaign Park District is planning to make some security upgrades to the Virginia Theatre during the facility's closure in early 2025.