The Office for Arts Integration Events

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Thursday, October 16, 2025

    • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
    • University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St.

    What can be weirder that the idea of race? A concept that hasn’t existed in the world for even a millennium and yet has been part of a foundational system of capitalism, and many other global advancements for centuries. “BLXCK Uncanny: Tales of the Black + the Weird” is an exhibition in response to the times we are in.

  • Emily Kuhn Trumpeter
    • 5:30 pm
    • Krannert Center Lobby Stage, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801

    Chicago-based trumpeter Emily Kuhn brings her quintet to Krannert Center Uncorked, as part of the 2025 CU Jazz Festival. Her quintet will be performing new original compositions and music from Kuhn's recent release, "Ghosts of Us." The album draws inspiration from the natural world, science fiction, and the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Herbie Hancock
    • 7:30 pm
    • Krannert Center, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801

    Winner of 14 GRAMMY Awards, a UNESCO Ambassador, a Kennedy Center Honoree, and a 2025 Polar Music Prize recipient, pianist Herbie Hancock remains where he has always been: at the forefront of world culture, technology, business, and music.

Friday, October 31, 2025

    • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
    • University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St.

    Join us for a panel discussion with the artists, Oriana Crutcher, Elias Finkelman, Patrick Earl Hammie, and Black Kirby, of “BLXCK Uncanny: Tales of the Black + the Weird.” This exhibition runs at the University YMCA from October 8 - November 9, 2025.