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Holiday Open House |
Holiday Open House featuring a variety of vendors, located at The Heron in Danville. Visit www.downtowndanville.org |
| 10:00AM |
5:00PM |
A World of Shoes: Exhibit at Spurlock Museum |
Is an exhibit on shoes cool? You bet your boots! Find out more by visiting the Spurlock Museum’s fall Campbell Gallery exhibit A World of Shoes, opening September 4. Over 60 pairs of shoes from 20 different countries will be featured.
The main themes of the exhibit all begin with the letter “S:” Sports, Style, Soul, Service, Substance, Self, and Sensuality. There is also an introductory area inspired by the wall of shoes display at Chicago’s Field Museum. Near the entrance to the exhibit, visitors can share their own shoe stories and take a quiz on shoe names.
A significant number of the shoes on display are loans by individuals from across central Illinois. The Museum of the Grand Prairie in Mahomet loaned artifacts, including two examples of animal shoes. A pair of Weary Willie clown shoes worn by renowned entertainer Emmett Kelly has come in from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Shoes worn by Shinto priests at the Izumo Taishakyo Mission of Hawai’i can be found in the Soul area.
A World of Shoes will be on display during regular Museum hours from September 4, 2012 through February 10, 2013. The Spurlock Museum is located at 600 S. Gregory, just across the street east of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana. Museum hours are Tuesdays 12-5; Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 9-5; Saturdays 10-4; and Sundays 12-4. For more information on the exhibit and related events, call 217-244-3355 or email ksheahan@illinois.edu. |
| 8:00AM |
1:00PM |
Holiday Market |
Holiday Market is a unique event consisting of weekly Saturday markets inside of the Lincoln Square Mall during the months of November and December. From the hours of 8am to 1pm the mall will be filled with produce, baked goods, crafts, and holiday decorations.
The 2012 Holiday Market will be bringing Champaign-Urbana holiday shoppers six weeks of crafts and edibleds from talented local vendors every Saturday from November 10th to December 15th.
At the Holiday Market you can meet the people who have locally grown and handcrafted the fresh produce, jewelry, pottery, paintings, soaps, ornaments, pet accessories, and more that will be making their way under the trees and into the homes of your family and friends this holiday season. As always, stay tuned into the Urbana Business Association's website, Facebook, Twitter for event updates and surprises.
For more information please contact the Urbana Business Association at (217)344-3872 or events@urbanabusiness.com
For applications please go to the urbanabusiness.com. Deadline for applications is November 2nd. |
| 8:00AM |
11:55PM |
Shop Local Saturday |
Every Saturday, November 24 - December 22
The Parade of Lights marks the official start of the holiday season and we hope this year you will make Downtown, Midtown and Campustown part of your shopping tradition. Our incredible local businesses offer items you won't find anywhere else in the twin cities. Find that special, one of a kind item for your special someone and help keep our dollars local. |
| 11:00AM |
4:00PM |
Pet Photos with Santa |
December 8th & 9th is our weekend for Prairieland Shelter to do photos with Santa at the PetSmart store on North Prospect in Champaign. The hrs of santa are 11-4. |
| 1:30PM |
11:55PM |
Storyingtelling and film at the Spurlock Museum |
In collaboration with the exhibit A World of Shoes, the Spurlock Museum will host an afternoon of stories and film on Saturday, December 8. At 1:30 PM, Kim Sheahan will tell shoe-related stories. At 3:00 PM, the Museum will show the film Children of Heaven, a touching story of a poor brother and sister who share a pair of shoes. Admission if free. For more information, visit the Museum's website at www.spurlock.illinois.edu, or call Kim Sheahan at 217-244-3355. The Spurlock Museum is located at 600 S. Gregory, Urbana. |
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