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  • Exploración Artistica para Familias

    Time
    5:00 - 7:30 pm    9/10/2026
    Location
    Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

    Enjoy a guided tour, artmaking, and dinner! Activities will highlight "Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600" and "Stitching Ecologies: The Urbana-Champaign Crochet Coral Reef" exhibitions. Presented in Spanish and English. In conjunction with New American Welcome Center’s Welcoming Week.

  • Central Illinois Bat Festival

    Time
    1:00 - 8:00 pm    9/26/2026
    Location
    Anita Purves Nature Center

    Celebrate backyard bugs and bats at the free Central Illinois Bat Festival, featuring expert talks, guided hikes, family activities, vendors, food trucks, a costume contest, and an evening bat acoustic walk with a live ecologcation demonstration.

  • World of Genomics

    Time
    10:00 am - 4:00 pm    10/11/2026
    Location
    Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Il 60637

    Join us for the interactive, hands-on science experience that is World of Genomics, featuring multiple stations focused on specific aspects of science!

    World of Genomics

  • Kids at KAM: Artmaking and More! | Krannert Art Museum

    Time
    10:30 am - 12:00 pm    10/17/2026
    Location
    Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

    Hands-on art activities for children ages 3+ and their caregivers! Throughout the galleries, enjoy arts activities, family tours, and demonstrations, celebrating the new exhibitions on display. Kid visitors can complete a scavenger hunt for a prize! This event is free and open to all.

  • Beckman poster contest and awards ceremony

    Time
    12:30 - 3:00 pm    11/4/2026
    Location
    Atrium and auditorium of the Beckman Institute, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana

    Read understandable research posters from 12:30-2:30 p.m. in the Beckman Atrium (winner announced at 4:30 in the atrium). Then, celebrate winners of the Vision and Spirit Award, Staff Spirit and Dedication Award and robotic arm naming contest at 2:30 p.m. in the Beckman Auditorium.