Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln have been auctioned off, separated from a collection that was ...

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 Virginia Theatre in Downtown ... a $900,000 grant for rehabilitation of the theatre from the State of Illinois. At present, the District also received ...

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 ...

Todd Phillips‘s record-breaking comedy “The Hangover” and Guy Maddin‘s 2024 satire “Rumours” joined “The Searchers” as titles confirmed for this year’s Ebertfest. See the full release below: Roger ...

CHAMPAIGN — Technical upgrades at Virginia Theatre will cost nearly $400,000 more than Champaign Park District staff originally estimated and are expected to result in a three-month closure of ...

The Champaign Park District said it needs more money for the computer work. Officials estimated it would cost around $240,000. They were approved from the Champaign Park Foundation to […] ...

The Belleville location topped others in California, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and more. Another Illinois drive-in, Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in Theatre, located north of Champaign, came in second place.

My heart went numb for a hot second when I saw the Virginia Theatre ... Champaign-Urbana’s premiere film festival, next April 23-26, 2025. The Ebertfest folks took a poll since the film festival was ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCCU) — The Virginia Theatre will be seeing a major upgrade to the computer-control elements of its motorized arbor system, or "fly" system. The upgrade is part of the Champaign ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A Central Illinois theatre is set to get some upgrades. The Virginia Theatre in Champaign will be closing for construction come January, with no events happening between ...