University of Illinois Press Events Master Calendar

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Saturday, March 22, 2025

    • 2:00 - 5:00 pm   EST
    • In the Eye of the Beholder Art Gallery, 123 Heiman St, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA

    Join Dr. Alexandria Russell, author of "Black Women Legacies," at this Women's History Month Empowerment Tea at the In the Eye of the Beholder Art Gallery & Studio led by Maria M. Williams. "Black Women Legacies" books will be sold on-site by The Twig Book Shop.

Monday, March 24, 2025

Thursday, March 27, 2025

    • 4:30 pm   EST
    • Watkins Lecture Hall, Earl V. Moore Building, 1100 Baits Dr Ann Arbor, MI 48109

    The Department of Music Theory hosts a lecture by distinguished guest scholar and SMTD alum Nancy Rao (MM ’89, voice and music theory; PhD ’94, music theory), and author of the forthcoming book, "Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in Nineteenth-Century California and Beyond."

Monday, March 31, 2025

    • 6:00 - 7:00 pm   EST
    • Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ 08542

    Connie Goddard discusses her book, "Learning for Work: How Industrial Education Fostered Democratic Opportunity," the intellectual heritage of the Bordentown School; and efforts to reopen the campus as a school and public open space. Registration requested.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

    • 5:30 - 7:00 pm   EDT
    • Sims Hall, 331, Syracuse, NY 13210

    Miriam Thaggert, author of "Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad" and Professor and Associate Chair of English at SUNY Buffalo, uncovers the overlooked work of African American women on American railroads.

Monday, April 7, 2025

    • 5:30 - 7:30 pm
    • Regenstein Library, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

    Join us for a special evening with acclaimed pianist and musicologist Samantha Ege as she shares insights from her latest book "South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago’s Classical Music Scene."

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

    • 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
    • Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604

    Samantha Ege will be in conversation with Frank Villella on her book, "South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago's Classical Music Scene" and to share stories of the Black women whose creativity, perseverance, and energy transformed Chicago’s South Side into a wellspring of classical music making.

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

    • 5:00 pm
    • Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

    A concert pianist and a leading scholar and interpreter of the music of Florence Price, Samantha Ege is the author of a new book, "South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago’s Classical Music Scene."

Thursday, April 10, 2025

    • 6:00 - 7:30 pm
    • 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610

    Samantha Ege, author of "South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago's Classical Music Scene", will be signing books and speaking at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL about her new book.

Friday, April 18, 2025

    • 7:30 pm   ET
    • Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508

    Three fun-yet-informative visual presentations about Building Castles, Failed Spelling and the History of Black Westerns. Hear from Dr. Mia Mask, author of "Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western."

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Thursday, April 24, 2025

    • 5:00 pm
    • Lobby/Stage 5, Krannert Center, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801

    Internationally known jazz pianist Darius Brubeck is joined on stage by University of Illinois students Adib Young (sax), Emma Taylor (bass) and Max Osawa (drums) in a two-set performance. "Playing the Changes: Jazz at an African University and on the Road," by Darius Brubeck and Catherine Brubeck, was published by the University of Illinois Press in 2024.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

    • 6:00 - 7:00 pm
    • Newberry Library, Ruggles Hall, 60 West Walton Street Chicago, IL 60610

    Join us to hear from Nora Wendl, who will discusses her new book, "Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth." Copies of the book will be sold through the Newberry Bookshop and a book signing will be held after the talk.