Seminars of Interest
Sunday, December 1, 2024
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A support group for LGBTQ+ older adults.
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Monday, December 2, 2024
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Join us for free tutoring sessions for adults who are learning English or want to improve their reading and math skills!
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
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A support group for LGBTQ+ and questioning 10-13 year olds.
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A support group for LGBTQ+ and questioning teens ages 13-18.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Coffee Connections will take place every other Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
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Join us for an invited talk on de-risking promising biomedical applications and how the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign can get involved.
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The Counseling Center will be handing out free self-care packs while supplies last!
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Feeling Overwhelmed and Looking to Get “Unstuck?” Attend Recognition, Insight, and Openness (RIO)!
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
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Being fully engaged 100% of the time is not a realistic expectation, but there are a variety of ways to promote student engagement so they can get the most out of their learning. This workshop will focus on concepts underlying student engagement and practical strategies to engage our students across diverse formats.
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Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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Join us for free tutoring sessions for adults who are learning English or want to improve their reading and math skills!
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Join us for our weekly do-it-yourself activity for kids!
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Monthly drop-in crafts for adults. FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH! at The Urbana Free Library 6-7pm
Thursday, December 5, 2024
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"MINFLUX for Dynamic Structural Cell Biology" Jonas Ries University of Vienna
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This lecture series highlights the important innovations and contributions of women in sciences here at the University of Illinois, and centers the importance of documenting women scientists and engineers to create a diverse and inclusive archival record.
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
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MIC is a safe space where you can share your experiences, concerns and questions while evaluating your cannabis habits, and learning strategies for low-risk use.
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Join us for Family Fun Night: a weekly evening for games, crafts, STEAM activities, and more!
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Join us for a food tasting and wellness lesson!
Friday, December 6, 2024
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Join us for free tutoring sessions for adults who are learning English or want to improve their reading and math skills!
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FSHN Graduate Seminar Series Presenter | Shelby Keye, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Health and Kinesiology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Title | The Influence of Health Behaviors on Childhood Cognitive and Motor Functions Room 180 Bevier 11:00 AM Friday, December 6, 2024
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Bring your lunch (or purchase a box lunch) and join us for Bach's Lunch Concert where performers of all styles and types will play at our historic venue on select Fridays!
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Discover the secrets to turning simple ingredients such as flour, water, and salt into delicious, crusty sourdough bread using wild yeasts and bacteria in this two-part webinar series presented by University of Illinois Extension.
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The Counseling Center will be handing out free self-care packs while supplies last!
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Join us over coffee and snacks to connect with women in engineering students!
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Saturday, December 7, 2024
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Art Lab: Collage a Chromosome is a free 90-minute art and science workshop for ages 7-15. Attendees will use collage to create images of chromosomes. While you work, you will hear from scientists at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology about how they image and study chromosomes and how they encode life. Our artist and scientist team will be there to guide you th
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Sunday, December 8, 2024
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Watch the classic 1966 television short, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas and enjoy the magic of the season with pictures with Santa, hot chocolate, and trolley rides through Downtown Champaign.
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A support group for LGBTQ+ older adults.
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Monday, December 9, 2024
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Join us for free tutoring sessions for adults who are learning English or want to improve their reading and math skills!
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Dr. Andrea Shafer, Duke University, will lecture on "Individual Differences in Cognitive Aging; Transitioning from the Academic to Industry Approach to Research."
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
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The Biomedical Imaging Center & The Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute at Carle Health seminar series continues with Dr. Jon-Fredrik Nielsen, Research Associate Professor in the fMRI laboratory at University of Michigan, and will lecture on Harmonizing MRI data acquisition with Pulseq: Why, how, and current state of the field
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A support group for LGBTQ+ and questioning 10-13 year olds.
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A support group for LGBTQ+ and questioning teens ages 13-18.
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Coffee Connections will take place every other Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Canvas courses accessible. This hands-on workshop will cover using the Canvas editor to create navigable pages, writing effective alt text description for images, charts, and graphs, ensuring readable color contrast, creating accessible tables and links, and using Canvas accessibility tools to fix common issues.
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
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Gary Durack Principal Cytometrist and Engineering Fellow Cytonome/ST "Inventing your Future: A discussion of the personal costs and rewards of tech entrepreneurship after 40 years as a founder and inventor"
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Feeling Overwhelmed and Looking to Get “Unstuck?” Attend Recognition, Insight, and Openness (RIO)!
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Please join Academic Women in STEAM (A-WIS) as we continue our monthly public seminar series, Science Uncorked. Our next seminar event will be Tuesday, December 10th at 6 pm at The Literary in downtown Champaign.
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
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Stop by and pick up a final exam goodie bag to finish off the semester!
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Learn the accessibility requirements for making your Moodle courses accessible. This hands-on workshop covers creating accessible navigation, headings, tables, lists, and hyperlinks, how to write alt text for images, generate and edit video captions, as well as the advantages (and limitations) of using Moodle’s accessibility checker and screen reader helper.
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Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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Join us for free tutoring sessions for adults who are learning English or want to improve their reading and math skills!
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Join us for our weekly do-it-yourself activity for kids!
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Join Women in Engineering to de-stress and socialize over arts and crafts!
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CAAP is an in-person, safe space where you can share your experiences, concerns, and questions about alcohol while learning strategies for low-risk drinking.
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Allow us to assist you through guided sessions where you gain experience in implementing a variety of methods, building your skills in a supportive space and identifying which methods work best for you.
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Art Lab: Collage a Chromosome is a free 90-minute art and science workshop for ages 16+. Attendees will use collage to create images of chromosomes. While you work, you will hear from scientists at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology about how they image and study chromosomes and how they encode life. Our artist and scientist team will be there to guide you thr
Thursday, December 12, 2024
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Get up to speed on using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide to make Canvas pages more accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll start with an overview of the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide, how it functions, what the various errors, alerts, structural elements, and features mean, and how to fix these issues on a Canvas page.
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Visit CITL's Innovation Studio (Armory 172) between 12 and 4 pm to play video and board games, interact with generative AI, create a gift with a 3D printer or laser cutter, make a video in our invisibility cloak, or drive our Robomaster. And snap some photos with our mascot of the day… Hodgepodge the hedgehog! McKinley staff will provide wellness support.
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Director Maren will provide updates on planning for a spring showcase, strategic planning, new Beckman faculty and staff, and more. After the town hall, stay for an hour of conversation and treats!
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Join members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Insitute 5602. Come at 2 pm for the Fall 2024 Beckman Town Hall. Director Maren will provide updates on planning for a spring showcase, strategic planning, new Beckman faculty and staff, and more.
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The Counseling Center will be handing out free self-care packs while supplies last!
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
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Join us for Family Fun Night: a weekly evening for games, crafts, STEAM activities, and more!
Friday, December 13, 2024
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Join us for free tutoring sessions for adults who are learning English or want to improve their reading and math skills!
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Teen in grades 6 - 12 are invited to the 2024-25 FRESH Teen Hangout Zone this year. Come out for games, snacks, crafts, video games, and a chance to meet new friends.
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Saturday, December 14, 2024
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Sunday, December 15, 2024
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A support group for LGBTQ+ older adults.
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Monday, December 16, 2024
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Join us for free tutoring sessions for adults who are learning English or want to improve their reading and math skills!
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Documents must be proactively accessible for all students. This hands-on workshop will cover what to look for and several tools to help you find and fix issues. You’ll learn how to scan multiple document types for accessibility issues and remediate them.
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
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A support group for LGBTQ+ and questioning 10-13 year olds.
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A support group for LGBTQ+ and questioning teens ages 13-18.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
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Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Coffee Connections will take place every other Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
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Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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Join us for free tutoring sessions for adults who are learning English or want to improve their reading and math skills!
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Join us for our weekly do-it-yourself activity for school-age kids!
Thursday, December 19, 2024
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
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Join us for Family Fun Night: a weekly evening for games, crafts, STEAM activities, and more!
Friday, December 20, 2024
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Join us for free tutoring sessions for adults who are learning English or want to improve their reading and math skills!
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Saturday, December 21, 2024
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Sunday, December 22, 2024
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Monday, December 23, 2024
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Thursday, December 26, 2024
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Friday, December 27, 2024
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Saturday, December 28, 2024
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Sunday, December 29, 2024
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Monday, December 30, 2024
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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Join us for this bedtime-friendly NOON Year's Eve Drop celebration!
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Visit the Innovation Studio during open hours! Held weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays from 12pm - 4pm. Experience generative AI, 3D printing, virtual reality, laser cutting and more. Activities are free!
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Thursday, January 2, 2025
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Friday, January 3, 2025
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.
Saturday, January 4, 2025
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Enjoy holiday lights for FREE every Thursday – Sunday, starting November 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025, from 5-9p at Prairie Farm. This will be an accessible experience featuring festive light displays throughout the farm.