For all participants—rich or poor, young or old— Carnival provides the opportunity to play by leaving the everyday world, becoming someone else, and behaving in unusual ways. Through artifacts, interactive opportunities, and dazzling photographs, this exhibition provides information on the origins and evolution of this celebration, as well as windows into eight communities in Europe and the Americas where Carnival is a high point of the yearly cycle. This exhibition has been made possible through NEH on the Road, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Curated by University of Illinois Chemistry Professors Gregory S. Girolami and Vera V. Mainz, this exhibition explores the development of crystallography from its beginnings in ancient Greece to its modern role as a key scientific technique. Crystallography and our understanding of the nature of matter was revolutionized by the discovery of X-ray diffraction. X-ray crystallography was key to discovering the double helix structure of DNA in the early 1950s. The exhibition displays texts that span 500 years of scientific inquiry into the nature of crystalline structures.

The Town and Country Amateur Art Show offers non-professional artists and crafters the opportunity to have their local art work publicly exhibited and professionally judged. The purpose of this exhibit is to encourage AMATEUR artists’ pursuit of artistic pastimes.

For more information check out: http://www.champaignparkdistrict.com/programs/TCAAS_Application.pdf

Relay for Life of Champaign County is a fun, overnight event that celebrates cancer survivors and caregivers, remembers those who have lost their battle against the disease, and empowers people to fight back. Relay For Life of Champaign County will be held Saturday, June 9 at Centennial High School, 913 S. Crescent in Champaign.  For more information please contact the American Cancer Society at 217 356 9076 or visit www.relayforlife.org/ChampaignIL.

Winner of the Tony “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, AVENUE Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. AVENUE Q is a laugh- out-loud musical that tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that although the residents seem nice, it’s clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.

Protect Your Identity!
Champaign County Crimestoppers
Shred-It-Event
Saturday, May 19, 2012
9:00 a.m. - noon
Assembly Hall Parking Lot

Bring personal and sensitive documents to be shredded on site by Shredz. This event is sponsored by Champaign County Crimestoppers. A $5 request for contribution will help support your local Crimestopper organization fund rewards given for tips that lead to an arrest or recovery of stolen property...all while remaining anonymous!

It's the last home game of the season, so be sure to to come out at Illinois Field to help push the Illini into the Big Ten Tournament again to defend their title as they take on baseball rival Minnesota Golden Gophers in Senior Weekend 2012!

Amasong presents Passages, a concert exploring themes of change, transience, and transformation. Featuring devotional songs to the Sacred Feminine from Africa and medieval Europe, contemporary compositions by American women, and folk music from South India to the Bahamas to the Republic of Georgia. Please join Amasong as we celebrate change and experience the transformational power of song!

Suggested donation $15-25 (more if you can, less if you can't)
Sign interpreted for the hearing impaired

First Pitch Baseball, Inc. presents the Gold Glove Tournament.  It's the third tournament of the year as teams from across the state, and region compete for the USSSA State & World Series as apart of a baseball summer qualifier.  For more information visit http://www.firstpitchbaseball.com/toursched.php.

For the main webpage visit http://www.firstpitchbaseball.com