Illini Union Bookstore - Book Events

Monday, February 9, 2026

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  Roots to Roux to Rhythm: Black Storytelling Through Cuisine and Music Book Reading and Signing

  6:00 pm

  BNAAC 1212 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, February 12, 2026

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  Book Talk: "From Apartheid to Democracy, A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine." by Sarah Leah Whitson and Michael Omer-Man

  4:00 pm

  Illini Union Bookstore

  • Lecture

Friday, February 13, 2026

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  Liberating Abortion: A Conversation with Renee Bracey Sherman

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St., Champaign IL 61820

  • Lecture

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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  Unsettling Refugees: Vietnamese Refugees Fighting Displacement in America's Suburbs

  12:00 pm

  1210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Lecture

Thursday, February 19, 2026

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  Carr Visiting Author Series: Callie Siskel

  4:30 pm

  Illini Union Bookstore

  • Performance
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  Poetry Reading and Book Signing: Extant: Poems by Jenny L. Davis

  7:00 pm

  Asian American Cultural Center 1210 W Nevada St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Performance