BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – It will be a year to honor those who work behind the scenes and take the stage at Illinois Wesleyan University’s 2011 Homecoming: Lights, Camera, Action from Oct. 21-23. Events below are free and open to the public.
The new DreamWorks Animation movie Puss in Boots will have a special screening at Illinois Wesleyan University before it hits movie theaters, thanks to alumnus Bill Damaschke ’85, chief creative officer of the animation company responsible for the enormously successful Shrek and Kung Fu Panda films. Damaschke, who will also be honored at this year’s Homecoming as the distinguished alumnus, will host a screening of the movie at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Hansen Student Center (300 E. Beecher St., Bloomington).