Events for Saturday, December 6, 2008

Morning

Chicago Bus Trip - Shopping and Basketball

7:15 am to 7:30 pm at Mettler Center, Champaign

Rantoul Recreation Department Forum Fitness Center Aerobics Classes

7:45 am at Rantoul Recreation Department Forum Fitness Center, 200 W. Flessner Ave.,, Rantoul

It's Getting Cold Outside: Free Senior Walking

8:00 am at Rantoul Recreation Department Forum Fitness Center, 200 W. Flessner Ave.,, Rantoul

Rantoul Recreation Department Wood Shop

8:00 am to 10:00 am at 100 E. Flessner Ave., Rantoul

Rummage Sale

8:00 am to 1:00 pm at VFW Post 728, Danville

Lincoln Square Village Holiday Market

8:00 am to 1:00 pm at Lincoln Square Mall, Urbana

Betty Shelton cancer benefit

8:00 am at Moose Lodge, 12414 U.S. 150, west of Danville

Rummage sale

8:00 am to 1:00 pm at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 728, 8 Pine St., Danville

Breakfast With Santa

8:30 am to 12:30 pm at Silvercreek Restaurant, Urbana

Natural Areas Restoration Allerton Allies

9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Allerton Park Music Barn, Monticello

Magazine Giveaway

9:00 am to 3:00 pm at St. Joseph Township Library, St. Joseph

Santa House

9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Southeast Fountain Elementary, Veedersburg, IN

Phyllis Hughes art show

9:00 am at Pages for all Ages Bookstore, Savoy

Mad Scientists

9:00 am to 10:45 am at Savoy Recreation Center, Savoy

Youth Hoops

9:00 am to 11:45 am at Savoy Recreation Center, Savoy

Glass Holiday Gifts

9:00 am to 4:00 pm at Glass FX Gallery, 202 S. First St., Champaign

Reindeer Encounters

9:30 am to 4:30 pm at Miller Park Zoo, Bloomington

Spirit in Color: The Artwork of Marty Maehr

10:00 am to 5:00 pm at Heartland Gallery, Urbana

Children's Christmas Party

10:00 am at Westville Public Library, 233 S. State St., Westville

Margo's Salon and Day Spa and Tanning Holiday Open House

10:00 am to 3:00 pm at Margo's Salon and Day Spa and Tanning, 931 S. Railroad Ave., Paxton

Hardy's Reindeer Ranch

10:00 am to 7:00 pm at Hardy's Reindeer Ranch, 1356 CR 2900N , Rantoul

Play Toys of the Past

10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Piatt County Museum, 108 N. Charter St., Monticello

Lunch with Santa on the Train

10:00 am to 3:30 pm at Wabash Depot - downtown Monticello, Monticello

Poinsettia Open House and Trials

10:00 am to 3:00 pm at Plant Sciences Laboratory, 1201 S. Dorner Drive, Urbana

Kids@Krannert

10:00 am to 12:00 pm at Krannert Art Museum, Champaign

"Christmas In Homer"

10:00 am to 5:00 pm at Down town on Main Street and 500 E. 2nd Street, Homer

Exhibit: Children Just Like Me

10:00 am to 4:00 pm at Spurlock Museum, Urbana

Bloomin' Rails

10:00 am to 5:00 pm at Vermilion County Museum, Danville

Boomin' Rails

10:00 am to 5:00 pm at Vemilion County Museum, 116 N. Gilbert St., Danville

Kiln-Formed Glass by Mike Byers

10:00 am to 6:00 pm at Sleepy Creek Vineyards, 3 1/2 miles south of exit 206 off of I-74 at Oakwood., Fairmount

'My Name is Art: The Life and Work of Art Chantry'

10:00 am to 3:00 pm at Parkland College Art Gallery, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., C

'Celebracion Guadalupana' exhibition

10:00 am to 5:00 pm at Kalarte Gallery, 112 W. Main St., Urbana

Festival of Trees

10:00 am to 5:00 pm at Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul,

Fresh Cut Christmas Trees/Wreaths/Plants Open House

10:00 am at Prairie Gardens, Champaign

"Designing Fresh Greens into Holiday Containers"

10:00 am at Green View Nursery, 2616 N. Mattis Ave., Champaign

Holiday Seminar at Green View Nursery

10:00 am at Green View Nursery, Champaign

Memory ornament party for children

10:00 am to 11:30 am at Provena Hospice, Champaign

Saturday Physics Guest Lecture by Prof. Amy Gajda "Law and Science"

10:15 am to 11:30 am at 141 Loomis Laboratory of Physics, Urbana

1st Annual Barely Bearable Motorcycle Ride

10:30 am at First United Methodist Church of Rantoul, 200 S. Century Blvd, Rantoul

Gingerbread

10:30 am to 11:00 am at The Urbana Free Library, Urbana

Watercolors by Herbert Marder,

11:00 am to 5:00 pm at Furniture Lounge , Urbana

Urbana Art HooHa

11:00 am to 6:00 pm at Eight Locations in Urbana; , Urbana

Toys for Tots Toy Drive

11:00 am to 2:00 am at Bentley's Pub and Carmons, Champaign

Photos with Santa

11:00 am to 2:00 pm at Green View Nursery, 2616 N. Mattis Ave., C

Sweet Adelines Christmas Luncheon

11:30 am at First Presbyterian Church, 100 N. Franklin St., Danville

Monticello Chamber Christmas Parade

11:30 am to 12:30 pm at downtown , Monticello

Afternoon

Boneyard Pottery Holiday Show

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Boneyard Pottery, Champaign

March for a Healthy Neighborhood

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm at Gather at 405 E. Hill, , Champaign

Christmas Open House

12:30 pm to 3:00 pm at Monticello Christian Academy , Monticello

WSDM (pronounced wisdom) Wise Successful Decision Making

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Market Place Mall: Food Court, Champaign

How to Get Started in Beekeeping

1:00 pm to 3:30 pm at Nisse Farm, Manteno (90 minutes north of Champaign)

Cricket County Christmas dinner theater

1:00 pm at Friendship Lutheran Church of Joy, Champaign

Girls Do Science Club

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Orpheum Children's Science Museum, 346 N Neil St, C

Drop and Shop at the Orpheum Children's Science Museum

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Orpheum Children's Science Museum, 346 North Neil Street, downtown Champaign, Champaign

Over the River and Through the Woods

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Early American Museum, 600 N. Lombard, Mahomet

Holiday Tour of Homes

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Selected homes , Tuscola

Decorate for the Holidays--Naturally

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Homer Lake Forest Preserve, Homer

Phyllis Hughes art show reception

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Pages For All Ages Bookstore, Savoy Plaza, Savoy

Book Signing with Dena Plotner Mumm

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Pages for All Ages, 1201 Savoy Plaza Lane, Savoy

Carle Clinic Adult Cochlear Implant Support Group

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Parkview Classrooms, 611 W. Park St., Urbana

Beads and More Beads!

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Savoy Recreation Center, Savoy

Origami Family Fun Fest

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St., Champaign

A Christmas Carol

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Parkland College Theatre, Champaign IL

T + T Tavern

4:00 pm to 9:00 pm at 101 N Century, Rantoul

Soup Supper

4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Jamaica High School, Sidell

Living Nativity

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 701 E. Florida, Urbana

Live Nativity

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 701 E. Florida Ave., Urbana

Evening

Living Nativity

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 701 E. Florida, Urbana

Live Nativity

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 701 E. Florida Ave., Urbana

Parade of Lights and Tree Lighting Ceremony

5:30 pm at Downtown Champaign, Champaign

The Spirit of Christmas Tour

5:30 pm to 9:00 pm at American Lutheran Church, Rantoul

"Grandpa Hangs the Holly"

6:00 pm at 32nd Degree Masonic Center, 109 W. North St., Danville

Big Bluestem, The Stringband

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at The Iron Post, Urbana

WRFU "What Matters" Benefit Show

6:00 pm to 2:00 am at Cowboy Monkey, Champaign

Holiday Light Parade

6:00 pm at Chicago Street, Rossville

Holiday Parade of Lights Annual Celebration

6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Orpheum Children's Science Museum 346 N Neil St Downtown Champaign, C

3rd Annual Madrigal Dinner

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at The High School of St. Thomas More, Champaign

Parade of Lights Party at the Orpheum Children's Science Museum

6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Orpheum Children's Science Museum, 346 North Neil Street, downtown Champaign, Champaign

Christmas in the Village

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at Downtown , Rossville

Korean benefit dinner show

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Wesley-United Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation Great Hall, 1203 E. Green St. , Urbana

Festival of Lights Display

6:30 pm to 10:00 pm at Christman Park, end of Stufflebeam Drive, Rossville

Maria & Company

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Pages for All Ages, Savoy

Children's program: Santa's Secret Star

7:00 pm to 7:45 pm at Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign

Holiday Concert

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at St. James United Methodist Church, Danville

"Cantus Novus Christmas . . . Telling the Story"

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Evelyn Chapel, Bloomington

Danville Municipal Band concert

7:00 pm at St. James United Methodist Church, 504 N. Vermilion St., Danville

A Christmas Carol

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Parkland College Theatre, Champaign

Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society Family Skywatch

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at CUAS Observatory, Rural Sadorus

Special rendition of "A Christmas Carol"

7:00 pm at Hoopeston Area High School, auditorium, 615 E. Orange St., Hoopeston

The Nutcracker

7:30 pm at Krannert Center's Tryon Festival Theatre; 500 S. Goodwin, Urbana

AD/HD, The Buzztones, Campfire Jim

9:00 pm to 1:00 am at Memphis On Main, 55 E. Main, Champaign

Country Dance Night at Bradley's II

9:00 pm to 2:00 am at Bradley's II, 1906 W. Bradley Ave, C

Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders

9:00 pm to 1:00 am at Rose Bowl Tavern, Urbana

Bruiser and The Virtues

9:00 pm to 1:00 am at Embassy Tavern, Urbana

Karaoke by Paul Faber

9:00 pm at CJ Dane's, 113 N. Bourne St., Tolono

88 Broadway- Piano Bar

9:30 pm to 2:00 am at 138 Lincoln Square , Urbana

Light show: Ladies and Gentlemen... The Doors

9:30 pm to 10:30 pm at Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign

Time not available

Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting

12:00 am at Please call for information., Champaign