ON THIS DAY in 1956 Elvis Presley's first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show".
2025 Southern Illinois Star Party-Saturday, Sep 27, 5pm - 11pm
The star party is at University Farms Astronomy Observation area.A limited number of onsite parking permits will be available. Otherwise, a free shuttle will be running every 15 minutes from SIU campus lot #63 at the corner of Chautauqua and Oakland streets.This family friendly event offers guided telescope observations, astronomy activities and more.
For details, go to: www.eclipse.siu.edu/southern-illinois-star-party
The Herrin Library hosts a Ghost Tour featuring some of Herrin's well-known and not so well-known apparitions. The evening walking tour will be outside around North 14th Street near the Coal Miners’ Memorial, Friday, October 17th and Saturday, October 18th. Ages 14 and up are welcome.
The Shawnee Group Sierra Club invites you to attend “Public Broadcasting: A Time of Change” presented by Jeff Williams, Associate Director of WSIU-FM Public Broadcasting. Jeff will talk about the new reality for public broadcasting now that funding for PBS and NPR has been cut, and what the future holds for WSIU as it continues to serve its community. The presentation is on September 11th @ 7pm, Carbondale Township meeting room at 217 East Main Street. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Shawnee Group Sierra Club. Contact: Barb at babitaji@aol.com
New Arts Jazztet, a Southern Illinois jazz group comprising SIU faculty, will perform at Jazz Vespers, an evening prayer service at Epiphany Lutheran Church, in Carbondale, at 5 p.m. Sunday, September 14th led by Pastor Brian Coffey. They perform the Second Sunday of each month. Find the Jazz Vespers streaming at https://www.facebook.com/NewArtsJazztet
