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Monday, April 1, 2024

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

    • All Day

    Author Curtis Chin is coming to Urbana-Champaign to discuss his latest publication, "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant." Has has multiple speaking occasions throughout the day, so please check out this flyer for details!

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

    • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
    • AACC Lounge

    • 7:30 pm
    • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave

    An absurdist fable commemorating the October Revolution featuring music by Ilya Demutsky and libretto by Olga Maslova and Igor Konyukov.

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

    • 4:00 - 6:00 pm
    • Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

    Dr. Maha Hilal will be presenting her lecture "Islamophobia, The War on Terror, and the Rhetorics of State Violence". See flyer for more details. Q&A and reception to follow.

    • 5:15 pm
    • Espresso Royale, Oregon St, Urbana

    Мы будем говорить только по-русски! Conversation in Russian, all levels welcome!

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Friday, April 5, 2024

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

    • All Day
    • 1203 W Nevada St. Urbana, IL 61801

  • Yellow, orange, and green graphic featuring two images of women protesting.
    • 6:00 pm
    • Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum of World Cultures

    The Spurlock is kicking off its April focus on climate, culture, and community action with back-to-back viewings of the Necessity Films. These award-winning films focus on the use of the necessity defense by activists in jury trials after being charged with trespassing.

Saturday, April 6, 2024

Sunday, April 7, 2024

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

    • All Day
    • Main Level, East Gallery

    This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

    • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
    • AACC Lounge

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    • All Day
    • Main Level, East Gallery

    This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

    • 4:00 pm

    This event is part of the Interseminars series for "Improvise and Intervene," supported by the Mellon Foundation. Silvia Federici is a feminist activist, teacher and writer. Silvia Federici is Emerita Professor at Hofstra University.

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Friday, April 12, 2024

    • All Day
    • Main Level, East Gallery

    This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

  • Yellow, orange, and green graphic featuring two images of women protesting.
    • 6:00 pm

    The Spurlock is kicking off its April focus on climate, culture, and community action with back-to-back viewings of the Necessity Films. These award-winning films focus on the use of the necessity defense by activists in jury trials after being charged with trespassing. Both films center the struggles faced by Indigenous peoples as they navigate the encroachment of lethal

    • 7:30 pm
    • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave

    MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Kyle Abraham brings his unique choreography and internationally renowned dance company, A.I.M, to perform a repertory of new and exciting works.

    • 7:30 pm
    • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave

    Brecht’s 1941 satirical allegory of Hitler’s rise to power, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, follows the elevation of a 1930s Chicago mobster who works a corrupt political and economic system to his advantage.

Saturday, April 13, 2024

    • All Day
    • Main Level, East Gallery

    This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

    • 12:00 - 2:00 pm
    • 2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802

    Japan House welcomes all to stop by and enjoy a bowl of tea and sweet at our Moms Weekend Matcha Café! Proceeds support Japan House! Japan House will be open from 12 – 2pm on Saturday, April 13. Enjoy a bowl of tea and sweet at our Moms Weekend Matcha Café and browse our special items for sale!

  • Photograph of protesters: women and children wearing colorful clothing and holding signs.
    • 12:00 - 2:00 pm
    • The Spurlock Museum of World Cultures

    Join specialists from across the University as we use artificial intelligence to help us track violations to treaties, the First Amendment, and the Civil Rights Act. Together, create a plan of action to combat these violations based on your findings.

    • 3:00 pm
    • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave

    Take a peek inside each of our theatres and learn more about Krannert Center.

    • 7:30 pm
    • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave

    Brecht’s 1941 satirical allegory of Hitler’s rise to power, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, follows the elevation of a 1930s Chicago mobster who works a corrupt political and economic system to his advantage.

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Monday, April 15, 2024

    • 4:00 pm
    • AAS Conference Room

    Taylor Masamitsu (they/he) is a PhD student studying Social Sciences and Education Policy with a graduate minor in Queer Studies. They are presenting their talk "Applying Gestures in Educational Research: Some Methodological Musings".

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Friday, April 19, 2024

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Monday, April 22, 2024

    • 12:00 pm
    • AAS Conference Room, 1208 W Nevada St, Urbana

    This year's Tanaka Talk will be given by second-year Ph.D. student, Qiaoyi Nie. Nie's research focuses on political behavior and race and ethnicity politics, particularly the sociological causes and psychological roots of individuals' political behavior in the American context.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

  • dinner flyer
    • 6:00 pm
    • Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W. Nevada St, Urbana

    • 7:00 pm

    oin this engaging conversation between 23rd United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and Jenny L. Davis, professor in American Indian Studies and Anthropology and member of the Chickasaw Nation.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Friday, April 26, 2024

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

Saturday, April 27, 2024

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Friday, May 3, 2024

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

Saturday, May 4, 2024

    • All Day
    • Main Level, East Gallery

    This annual exhibition by graduating seniors demonstrates the School of Art & Design's commitment to excellence and innovation in the practice, study, and teaching of the arts and confirms the advantages of professional studio programs taught in conjunction with the interdisciplinary resources of a leading research university.

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.