Welcome to the U-C IMC Shows Group official website. The Shows Group is the managing body for the U-C IMC venue and its performance and meeting spaces. First off, you should know a little bit about how shows/events at the IMC are managed and run. Everyone you meet and talk to at the IMC is for the most part volunteering (as in not getting paid) their time in an attempt to make something great for our community. The Shows Group is a consensus run collective of IMC members who are volunteering their time specifically towards managing the IMC Shows Space. No one member is any more empowered than the other (even if one may talk the most or claim to have been around the longest). This means that all decisions (including approval of shows) must be agreed upon by a 100% of the group. This also means, since the group only meets every Thursday at 7PM at the IMC main space, that in normal circumstances we only make decisions weekly and all shows must give the group plenty of time to convene. Know that all reservation requests go to the whole group which you can also contact via email at shows@ucimc.org. A Little Bit of So Much Truth: IMC Film Night TONIGHT 7PM @ the U-C IMC...Hey all, In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising A 90-minute documentary, A Little Bit of So Much Truth captures the http://corrugate.org/un_poquito_de_tanta_verdad/synopsis Every 1st Wednesday of the month from 7PM to 10PM your local The event is free and open to all ages. We ask that you give a Be sure and come on out to the U-C IMC located at 202 S. Broadway, See you all there, Listening Party Tonight 7PM-10PM @ Your Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center!Hey All, Tired of only listening to what the herd thinks is best? Tonight and every 3rd Wednesday of the month from 7PM to 10PM your local Independent Media Center located at 202 S. Broadway Ave., Urbana, IL 61801 (the old downtown Post Office) will help you break from the herd and invite you to bring a specially burned CD or custom iPod mix (carefully chosen beforehand) and either something outstanding to drink or something rather delicious to eat. We will provide the outstanding audiophile-grade speakers that, when played at high volume, will shake the walls and rattle the windows and peel back your skin without getting all distorted and annoying, loud enough that the sound they produce will easily prevent all discussion until the given song has ended and everyone can breathe again and grab another drink and say, Wow, what the hell was that? It is called a listening party. It is a loosely directed but passionately devised gathering held purely for the love and discovery of music. New music. Old music. Loud music. It is about quality. It is about range. It is, perhaps more than anything else, about surprise. In other words, you do not bring some common hit song to the listening party, some standard tune that everyone's heard a million times by an artist that makes most people wince. In other words, you bring something interesting, unexpected. It can be a mainstream band, but the song should be sonically fascinating, well recorded, and somehow unique. The event is free and open to all ages. We ask that you give a donation when we pass the hat/jar/cup/whatever around each night (and promise not to give you crap if you don't), bring an open mind, bring music, and if you are bringing children know they may get some exposure. Drinks and food may or may not be present depending on if we (that includes you) bring any. Be prepared to socialize and network with people with a passion for music, art, culture, and our local community. See you there, American Blackout: IMC Film Night Tomorrow Night 7PMAmerican Blackout An explosive, eye-opening look at democracy today and how the African-American vote has been manipulated and disenfranchised in recent elections. Does every vote count in America? Apparently not in the 21st century. This 2006 Sundance Film Festival winner takes a disturbing look at the ways in which the African-American vote has been manipulated and disenfranchised in American elections. From the outrageous maneuvers in Florida in 2000 to the Republican efforts to unseat controversial Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, it's all too clear our "by the people, for the people" democracy is in jeopardy. Every 1st Wednesday of the month from 7PM to 10PM your local Independent Media Center will help you break from the herd and host amateur, semi-pro and professional short and feature length independent films with a some sort of cultural, political, activist, and social message. The event is free and open to all ages. We ask that you give a donation when we pass the hat/jar/cup/whatever around each night, bring an open mind, suggest films for future showings, and if you are bringing children know they may get some exposure. Drinks and food may or may not be present depending on if we (that includes you) bring any. Be sure and come on out to the U-C IMC located at 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL 61801 (the old downtown Post Office) to this monthly event. Be prepared to socialize and network with people with a passion for art, film, and our local community. Listening Party Tonight 7PM-10PM @ Your Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center!Hey All, Tired of only listening to what the herd thinks is best? Tonight and every 3rd Wednesday of the month from 7PM to 10PM your local Independent Media Center located at 202 S. Broadway Ave., Urbana, IL 61801 (the old downtown Post Office) will help you break from the herd and invite you to bring a specially burned CD or custom iPod mix (carefully chosen beforehand) and either something outstanding to drink or something rather delicious to eat. We will provide the outstanding audiophile-grade speakers that, when played at high volume, will shake the walls and rattle the windows and peel back your skin without getting all distorted and annoying, loud enough that the sound they produce will easily prevent all discussion until the given song has ended and everyone can breathe again and grab another drink and say, Wow, what the hell was that? It is called a listening party. It is a loosely directed but passionately devised gathering held purely for the love and discovery of music. New music. Old music. Loud music. It is about quality. It is about range. It is, perhaps more than anything else, about surprise. In other words, you do not bring some common hit song to the listening party, some standard tune that everyone's heard a million times by an artist that makes most people wince. In other words, you bring something interesting, unexpected. It can be a mainstream band, but the song should be sonically fascinating, well recorded, and somehow unique. The event is free and open to all ages. We ask that you give a donation when we pass the hat/jar/cup/whatever around each night (and promise not to give you crap if you don't), bring an open mind, bring music, and if you are bringing children know they may get some exposure. Drinks and food may or may not be present depending on if we (that includes you) bring any. Be prepared to socialize and network with people with a passion for music, art, culture, and our local community. See you there, Be Shameless Tonight at the IMC, Tonight 7PM @ In The Main Space!From Smile Politely Of all the times you've lost all shame, in college or otherwise, we Performers should bring their own props and enough scripts for any The IMC is located at 202 S. Broadway Avenue in Urbana (the old Post More info @ http://shows.ucimc.org/noshame |