CHAMPAIGN – Scott Breeding of Rantoul took a chamois to a freshly washed green and white Chevy Malibu Thursday afternoon at Parkland College, and Lucas Lange of Gibson City drove it onto the trailer that would take it to the St. Louis area, where they would be drag racing.

The Elvis Presley musical "All Shook Up!", which opened Wednesday at the Little Theatre on the Square, will close the theater's 51st summer mainstage season.

To be presented through Aug. 17, "All Shook Up!" is a jukebox musical featuring the music of Presley, with book by Joe DiPietro.

CHAMPAIGN – The Parkland Theatre will have auditions for Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman" from 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 24 at the theater in west Champaign. Callbacks will begin at 7 p.m. Aug. 25.

Director Randi Collins Hard will cast five men (character ages 20 to 50), one woman (character age 20 to 30) and one girl (character age 8 to 11). The audition will consist of readings from the script and improvisation. The readings are available online at www.parkland.edu/theatre.

URBANA – Shirley Splittstoesser's idea of fun may seem like work to some folks.

She loves to cook, then write about cooking and teach it to others.

"Cooking truly has been my hobby," she said.

Growing up on a farm in Minnesota, her idea of a good time was "cooking up a storm. My sister never understood it, but it was fun to me," she said.