Office for Arts Integration - Master Calendar

Saturday, April 4, 2026

  • Guided Tour: Death Displays and Memorialization

    10:00 am
    Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

    This special guided tour will present how death practices are displayed across different ancient cultures and societies. Through the comparison and contrast of their different displays of death, we will examine the significance of the memorial of past societies through their individual representations. This tour will explore mainly the theme of class/status.

Monday, April 6, 2026

  • Justin Garcia

    Justin Garcia | Medical Humanities Lecture

    4:00 pm
    Levis Faculty Center, Room 422

    This talk will highlight the Kinsey Institute’s founding and multi-disciplinary history, continued cultural impact, current research program, and reflect on the ways in which today’s social and political climate presents new challenges for multi-disciplinary sex research.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

  • Carr Visiting Author Series: Stephen Markley

    4:30 pm
    TBD

    A reading by Stephen Markley, made possible by the Robert J. and Katherin Carr visiting author series. Stephen Markley is the author of The Deluge, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as an Editor's choice. His previous books include the critically acclaimed bestseller Ohio, as well as Publish this Book and Tales of Iceland. He has also written for the hulu comedy

Saturday, April 11, 2026

  • Improvisers Exchange: Sonic Location | Krannert Art Museum

    1:00 - 3:00 pm
    Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

    Come experience immersive sound as you view artworks at Krannert Art Museum! Members of Improvisers Exchange Ensemble will create soundscapes in the galleries through site-specific solo performance and collective improvisation in reflection and response to artwork on display.

  • Selfcare at Spurlock

    1:00 pm
    Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

    Drop into Spurlock anytime between 1-3pm to slow down, take a real break, and make something crafty. You could make yourself something nice, or create gifts for others!

Sunday, April 12, 2026

  • Spurlock Sunday: Unfinished Revolutions Zine Making

    1:00 pm
    Spurlock Museum: 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

    The Spurlock Museum invites you to contribute to the Unfinished Revolutions exhibit by creatively responding to these prompts. You’ll create a page to be included in a special exhibit zine.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

  • Rita Dove

    Food for the Soul/Inside Scoop with Rita Dove

    12:00 pm
    Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (1212 W Nevada St., Urbana)

    Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993–1995. She was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.

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    Poetry Reading | Rita Dove

    7:30 pm
    Alice Campbell Alumni Center

    Join us for a free public reading by award-winning poet Rita Dove. Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, and was a winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and the 2023 honorary National Book Award.

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Monday, April 20, 2026

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

  • VOICE: Graduate Student Reading

    7:00 pm
    Gallery Art Bar | 119 W Main St, Urbana, IL 61801

    Join us for a reading of creative work my MFA students from the Department of English. This month's reading will feature: Steven Bergmark Morgan O'Sullivan William O'Brien

Saturday, May 2, 2026

  • MFA Public Reading

    1:00 pm
    Illini Union Bookstore: Authors Corner

    Hear the graduating MFA students in Creative Writing read from their Final Projects. This year's third-years include: Isabella Escamilla Paz Hoggatt David Foley Tyler Moore Callan Latham Garrett Stack

Thursday, May 7, 2026