Illinois Mobile App Master Calendar
Monday, September 21, 2026
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Thursday, September 24, 2026
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Join us for a reading by author Mary Helen Specht! Mary Helen Specht is the author of the forthcoming novel Mudlark (July 2026) and the novel Migratory Animals, a New York Times Editors' Choice and winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Best First Fiction Award and the Writers’ League of Texas Fiction Prize.
Friday, September 25, 2026
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Readings in theme with “Up Against Erasure,” with: Andrea Giugni + Malina Infante + Nathan Metz, as well as Lisa Low.
Saturday, September 26, 2026
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Readings in theme with “Up Against Erasure,” with: Steven Bergmark + Mason McVeigh + Diana Towne, as well as Gabriela Garcia.
Monday, September 28, 2026
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
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Time TBD
Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Designed especially with youth in mind, this version of Turn. Turning. TURNT features excerpts presented in a lively lecture-demonstration format. Audiences won’t just watch—they’ll be invited to participate, ask questions, and connect with the artists and ideas on stage. This vibrant blend of dance, music, and visual design is recommended for ages 7 and up.
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SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.
Friday, October 2, 2026
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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 titled: Tether, Fallow, and Summon, Sow, Reap.
Saturday, October 3, 2026
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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 titled: Tether, Fallow, and Summon, Sow, Reap.
Monday, October 5, 2026
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
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Dom Flemons, one of the country’s leading banjo scholars and performing artists, will provide a spell-binding performance discussion about America’s rich black banjo legacies to help kick off this year’s CU Folk and Roots Festival. Join us for an evening of American roots music – everything from country, folk, and bluegrass to Americana and the blues.
Thursday, October 8, 2026
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Join us for a reading by poet Philip Metres! Philip Metres (he/him) grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, the grandchild of Lebanese refugees and migrants and the descendent of Irish famine survivors. Metres has been called “one of the essential poets of our time,” whose work is “beautiful, powerful, magnetically original.”
Friday, October 9, 2026
Monday, October 12, 2026
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Friday, October 16, 2026
Monday, October 19, 2026
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Friday, October 23, 2026
Monday, October 26, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Friday, October 30, 2026
Monday, November 2, 2026
Thursday, November 5, 2026
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Join us for a reading by Illinois Alumni, Chekwube Danladi, Chris Vanjonack, and Weston Morrow!
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Join Stephen Wade as he performs as part of The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society at The Roots Cellar to celebrate his books, "Our Common Life" and "The Beautiful Music All Around Us".
Friday, November 6, 2026
Monday, November 9, 2026
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
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Stephen Wade, author of "Our Common Life" and "The Beautiful Music All Around Us", will be at The Newberry Library on November 11, 2026 at 4 pm. For more information: Call 312-943-9090
Thursday, November 12, 2026
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SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.
Friday, November 13, 2026
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Enjoy a free concert featuring the Music & Performing Arts Library’s Steinway Duo-Art Reproducing Piano! See the piano in action and learn more about the instrument and roll collection. This is an informal even and all are welcome!
Monday, November 16, 2026
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Monday, November 30, 2026
Thursday, December 3, 2026
Friday, December 4, 2026
Sunday, December 6, 2026
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Stephen Wade, author of "Our Common Life" and "The Beautiful Music All Around Us" will be at Godfrey Daniels on December 6, 2026 at 8 pm. For more information, please contact 610-867-2390 or Reservations@godfreydaniels.org
Monday, December 7, 2026
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
Sunday, January 31, 2027
Thursday, February 11, 2027
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Join us for a reading by author Carmen Maria Machado! Carmen Maria Machado is the author of the bestselling memoir In the Dream House, the graphic novel The Low, Low Woods, and the award-winning short story collection Her Body and Other Parties. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, and more.
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SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.
Thursday, March 4, 2027
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SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.
Thursday, March 25, 2027
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Join us for a reading by author Brandon Hobson! Dr. Brandon Hobson is a 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow. His novel, Where the Dead Sit Talking, was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has taught at New Mexico State University and the institute of american indian arts.
Saturday, March 27, 2027
Thursday, April 1, 2027
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SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.
Thursday, April 22, 2027
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Join Stephen Wade, author of "Our Common Life" and "The Beautiful Music All Around Us," for a performance at Lansdowne Folk Club.