This year, the Pygmalion Festival overlaps with the Heartland Workshop – music, comedy, science, makers, poetry, astronomy, most things right on campus – check the schedule out at http://www.thepygmalionfestival.com/. Other nice places in and near town are…
- Allerton Park: 40 mins away, beautiful wooded park with trails on the Sangamon River; formal gardens. There are musical performances being held out there during Heartland this year (see the Krannert website below for info and tickets) Directions
- Homer Lake: 35 mins away, nice fishing lake, wooded trails. Directions
- Meadowbrook Park: 10 mins away, walking and jogging trails through restored prairie. Directions
- Busey Woods: 10 mins away, tiny urban forest with nice boardwalk, ephemeral ponds. Directions
- Japan House: a little zen embedded in a nice little arboretum
- Krannert Art Museum
- Spurlock Museum
- Krannert Performing Arts Center: world class performance halls
- Art Theater Coop: Not your usual multiplex movie theatre, right in downtown Champaign
- Virginia Theater: Restored historic site; shows movies, has theatre and music performances