Fall 08

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• School Performance: Turn. Turning. TURNT (KCYS)

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Krannert Center Uncorked: Olmeca

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

• Gilman Scholarship Fall Final Deadline

  Time

  11:55 pm

  • Informational

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Express Advising Fridays for Students!

  Time

  1:30 - 3:30 pm

  • Other

  

• Cynthia Oliver Company Dance Theatre presents Turn. Turning. TURNT

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

  Turn. Turning. TURNT is a compelling triptych by award-winning Dance at Illinois professor, choreographer, and director Dr. Cynthia Oliver that captures movement, memory, and resilience across three distinct yet interconnected works. 

  • Performance

  

• Cynthia Oliver Company Dance Theatre presents Turn. Turning. TURNT

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Lyric Under the Stars (Alice Campbell Center Courtyard)

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Alice Campbell Center Courtyard

  Sarah Wigley, artistic director Casey Robards, music director Dawn Harris, stage director

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, October 3, 2026

• Cynthia Oliver Company Dance Theatre presents Turn. Turning. TURNT

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Lyric Under the Stars (Alice Campbell Center Courtyard)

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Alice Campbell Center Courtyard

  Sarah Wigley, artistic director Casey Robards, music director Dawn Harris, stage director

  • Krannert Center

  

Monday, October 5, 2026

• Churchill Campus Deadline

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  National and International Scholarships Program

  • Informational

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• Express Advising Tuesdays for Students!

  Time

  1:30 - 3:30 pm

  • Other

  

• Artists Talk: Sasha Velour

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• Third Rail Projects: There's a Ghost in Everything Workshop

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

• University of Illinois Philharmonia and Illini Strings

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• The Grainger Engineering Fall 2026 Career Fair (VIRTUAL)

  Time

  11:00

  • Other

  

• Illinois Modern Ensemble: 30th Annual Martirano Award Contest

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Carlos Carrillo and Stephen Taylor, co-directors

  • Krannert Center

  

• Sasha Velour's TRAVESTY

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• Goldwater Scholarship Information Session

  Time

  3:30 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Bookstore Building, fifth floor #514, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820

  • Informational

  

• Krannert Center Uncorked with CU Folk & Roots Festival: Dan Kusaya & The Chimurenga Inspiration

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• Third Rail Projects: There's a Ghost in Everything Workshop

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Studio Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• ONLINE Gilman Scholarship Information Session

  Time

  9:00 - 10:00 am

  • Informational

  

• Express Advising Fridays for Students!

  Time

  1:30 - 3:30 pm

  • Other

  

• Goldwater Scholarship Workshop

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Bookstore Building, fifth floor #514, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820

  • Informational

  

• Hindsley Symphonic Band and Wind Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

• Joshua Redman Quartet

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Tryon Festival Theatre

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, October 10, 2026

• Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Mahler's Third Symphony

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Stephen Alltop, music director and conductor Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano University of Illinois Women's Glee Club, Andrea Solya, director Central Illinois Youth Chorus, Andrea Solya, director

  • Krannert Center

  

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Indigenous Peoples' Day Dinner

  Time

  4:30 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Illinois Street Dining Center (1010 W. Illinois, Urbana)

  • Other

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• Express Advising Tuesdays for Students!

  Time

  1:30 - 3:30 pm

  • Other

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• Artists Talk: Jupiter String Quartet

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

• October Dance Virtual Performance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  KCPA YT/Vimeo

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• Cookie Collab

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Atrium

  Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Critical Language Scholarship Information Session

  Time

  3:30 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Bookstore Building, fifth floor #514, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820

  • Informational

  

• Dance at Illinois: October Dance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Niladri Kumaar presents The Space Between the Notes, honoring Zakir Hussain

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• ONLINE Critical Language Scholarship Program Information Session

  Time

  9:00 - 10:00 am

  • Informational

  

• Express Advising Fridays for Students!

  Time

  1:30 - 3:30 pm

  • Other

  

• Dance at Illinois: October Dance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

• Meredith Chamber Singers

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, October 17, 2026

• Dance at Illinois: October Dance

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Colwell Playhouse

  • Krannert Center

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Express Advising Tuesdays for Students!

  Time

  1:30 - 3:30 pm

  • Other

  

• Dinner On Us: Renewed Geographies of Belonging: Anishinaabe Natural Resource Sovereignty in Michigan

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Asian American Cultural Center (1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana)

  • Informational

  

• Jupiter String Quartet with Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon, A New Music Festival Event

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• NAH Book Club

  Registration

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  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm

  Location

  Native American House (1206 W. Nevada Street, Urbana)

  • Other

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Boren (Undergraduate) Information Session

  Time

  3:30 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Bookstore Building, fifth floor #514, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820

  • Informational

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Express Advising Fridays for Students!

  Time

  1:30 - 3:30 pm

  • Other

  

• Boren (Undergraduate) Workshop

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Bookstore Building, fifth floor #514, 807 S Wright St Champaign IL, 61820

  • Informational

  

Saturday, October 24, 2026

• Kojiro Umezaki & Hub New Music: a distance, intertwined

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Express Advising Tuesdays for Students!

  Time

  1:30 - 3:30 pm

  • Other

  

• Dinner On Us: Our Relationship with Our Food and Ourselves

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

  Location

  Asian American Cultural Center (1210 W. Nevada St., Urbana)

  • Informational

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• Krannert Center Uncorked: Modern Drugs

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  Stage 5

  • Krannert Center

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Express Advising Fridays for Students!

  Time

  1:30 - 3:30 pm

  • Other

  

• Choirs & Illinois Wind Symphony - choral balcony

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  • Krannert Center

  

Saturday, October 31, 2026

• Sinfonia da Camera: Spellbound

  Time

  7:30 pm

  Location

  Foellinger Great Hall

  Ian Hobson, music director and conductor Guido Sánchez Portuguez, guitar Marissa Simmons, contralto

  • Krannert Center