National Alliance on Mental Illness to host awareness walk

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will be hosting a walk to raise awareness about mental illness. The walk will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13 at West Side Park.

For more information, contact Matt Strom at [email protected] or log on to www.nami-uiuc.org.

Sorority to host 19th annual ‘All Walks of Life, Walk for AIDS’

To benefit the Greater Community AIDS Project, Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority will be hosting its 19th annual “All Walks of Life, Walk for AIDS.”

The walk will take place on Oct. 7 at Illini Grove. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. and the walk will begin at noon. Free food will be provided.

For more information, contact the Greater Community AIDS Project at (217) 351-2437 or the representative of Alpha Epsilon Phi, Hillary Teter at (847) 436-0429.

Virginia Theatre to feature first full-length film from community

On Oct. 3, the Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park Ave., will be featuring the first full-length film from a local filmmaker. The movie, “Press Start,” will be shown at 7 p.m.

Press Start is a film about video games. It was created by Dark Maze Studios, a micro budget independent film studio based in Champaign.

Tickets can be ordered over the phone for $3 by calling (217) 356-9063. For more information, visit the Web site at www.pressstartmovie.com.

Compiled by Sky Opila and Julian Scharman