URBANA — After weeks of planning and days of counting down, Uni High's third annual Cultural Fair is just a few hours away.

The event will take place outside Uni Gym from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. Stoughton Street will be blocked off to allow fairgoers to enjoy the festivities without worrying about traffic.

Besides some 30 booths and copious amounts of food representing multiple cultures and ethnicities, organizers have put together a stellar lineup of entertainers, led by Ugandan rapper Krukid and the Alpha Phi Alpha Step Team.

This year's main organizers have been parents Jennifer Hamer, Felicia Gooler, and Alison Weingartner, and students Rachel Harmon (junior) and Aramael Pena-Alcantara (freshman).

Note: This list is not final; more booths and entertainers might be added.

THIRD ANNUAL CULTURAL FAIR AT A GLANCE

FOOD BOOTHS (20)

• African American
• Chinese
• Cultural Confusion — This is for all of us who have favorite dishes we would like to share but are not quite sure where they should or could be placed!
• Egyptian
• Ethiopian
• French
• Georgian
• German
• Girly Culture
• Greek
• Hungarian
• Indian
• Italian/Ukrainian
• Japanese
• Jewish
• Native American
• Serbian
• Spanish
• Taiwanese
• West Indian

INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS (10, some with food)

• American Deaf Culture and Sign Language
• Author and Book: Marc Aronson, "Race: A History Beyond Black and White"
• Center for African Studies
• Center for Global Studies
• Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
• Center for World Music
• European Union Center
• Geography
• Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

ENTERTAINMENT

• Alpha Phi Alpha step team
• Krukid, rapper from Uganda, now living in Champaign
• Shaolin gongfu master Demitri Daniels
• Mehndi artist Zainab Susi
• Mousa Bolakande, master drummer from Guinea; scholar in residence, World Music Center
• Uni Jazz Band 1 and Jazz Combo (Clement Dossin, Miguel Zamora-Mills, Aaron Wilson)

Note: The Capote Flat, a band featuring junior Eddie Diazmunoz on drums, was scheduled to perform at the fair but had to cancel because other members, from out of state, will not be able to attend. For more about Eddie and his band, look for an OG story by Sindha Agha coming soon.