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Sewn in Memory: AIDS Quilt Panels from Central Illinois, at the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, features over a dozen quilt panels originally made in the 1980s and early 1990s for the AIDS Memorial Quilt, in Washington, DC. Each of the panels commemorates a person who died of AIDS, or of an AIDS-related ailment.

In Search of Lost Time: The study of Earth history and chronology from the 18th to the 21st century — RBML's Spring Exhibition in collaboration with the Department of Geology, on view from 1/24 - 6/22, 2022. This exhibit explores concepts of time, chronology, and history that form the lens through which Earth scientists view, understand, and interpret a dynamic planet.

Visit this link for updates on the 2022-2023 internship recruitment cycle! 

The Curator for our new exhibit, Bodies in Crisis, Professor Clara Bosak-Schroeder, will be presenting about the exhibition on Feb. 1 at 6:30pm in the Knight Auditorium at the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures.

Experience the dynamic musicianship of the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds.

February Dance will present four prestigious choreographers in the dance field who create work from multiple perspectives and identities.

February Dance will present four prestigious choreographers in the dance field who create work from multiple perspectives and identities.

This is the first panel of the series "In Plain Sight: Reckoning with Anti-Asian Racism" funded by the University of Illinois Chancellor's Call to Action to Address Systemic Racism and Social Injustice Research Program.

February Dance will present four prestigious choreographers in the dance field who create work from multiple perspectives and identities.

Jane Bunnett, the veteran jazz icon and composer, is joined in Maqueque by Dánae Olano on piano, Tailin Marrero Zamora on bass, MaryPaz Fernández on percussion, Yissy García on drums, and the vocals of Joanna Tendai Majoko in a fresh, inventive exploration of Afro-Cuban melodies.

The Robert E. Brown Center for World Music is pleased to announce free Saturday workshops with our community samba group Bloco Gavião, developed in collaboration with Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande-Illinois.

February Dance will present four prestigious choreographers in the dance field who create work from multiple perspectives and identities.

Join us for an in-person screening and conversation with filmmaker Adam James Smith. Americaville is a feature documentary on living the American dream in China's Wild West. Hidden among the mountains north ofBeijing, a Wild West themed community promises to deliver the American dream to its several thousand Chinese residents.

The University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra (UISO) is the School of Music's premier orchestra.

Danse Soirée de Bonbons – an offering of dance, music, art, treats, and conversation. Rebecca Nettl-Fiol presents short works from her repertoire from 2007-present, featuring songs by Jacques Brel. A reception follows each performance. Performances by Joe Bowie, Laura Chiaramonte, Roxane D’Orléans Juste, Jacob Henss, Rachel Rizzuto, plus Alex Tecza and Kato Lindholm

If you or a loved one is living with Parkinson’s, join us to explore gentle movement in a safe and welcoming virtual environment.

All are welcome to join us for the opening reception for Reckless Law, Shameless Order at Krannert Art Museum. During the opening reception, artist Sarah Ross will moderate a gallery conversation among exhibiting artists about their experiences of police, courts, ICE, surveillance, and incarceration and how they use art to express realities of those experiences.

Danse Soirée de Bonbons – an offering of dance, music, art, treats, and conversation. Rebecca Nettl-Fiol presents short works from her repertoire from 2007-present, featuring songs by Jacques Brel. A reception follows each performance. Performances by Joe Bowie, Laura Chiaramonte, Roxane D’Orléans Juste, Jacob Henss, Rachel Rizzuto, plus Alex Tecza and Kato Lindholm.

Set in 1880s Norway, Ibsen’s play is a classic of political theatre. Its themes of greed, corruption, and the power of propaganda are relevant as much now as when he wrote it. This adaptation, devised by University of Illinois faculty and students updates the original to speak to our own moment.

Danse Soirée de Bonbons – an offering of dance, music, art, treats, and conversation. Rebecca Nettl-Fiol presents short works from her repertoire from 2007-present, featuring songs by Jacques Brel. A reception follows each performance. Performances by Joe Bowie, Laura Chiaramonte, Roxane D’Orléans Juste, Jacob Henss, Rachel Rizzuto, plus Alex Tecza and Kato Lindholm.

Danse Soirée de Bonbons – an offering of dance, music, art, treats, and conversation. Rebecca Nettl-Fiol presents short works from her repertoire from 2007-present, featuring songs by Jacques Brel. A reception follows each performance. Performances by Joe Bowie, Laura Chiaramonte, Roxane D’Orléans Juste, Jacob Henss, Rachel Rizzuto, plus Alex Tecza and Kato Lindholm

Set in 1880s Norway, Ibsen’s play is a classic of political theatre. Its themes of greed, corruption, and the power of propaganda are relevant as much now as when he wrote it. This adaptation, devised by University of Illinois faculty and students updates the original to speak to our own moment.

Layering, replication, division, mutation—the cellular world is complex, often reassuringly cyclical, and an inspiration for possibilities for human society in this music-theatre piece from Meredith Monk.

On February 13, from 1:00-3:30 PM, join members of the Spurlock Museum staff for a Be My Valentine celebration. Want to create a memorable and unique card for that special someone? We’ve got the materials in the Collaboration and Community Gallery. Want to hear some timeless love stories? Join our storyteller, Kim Sanford, at 2 PM in the Ancient Mediterranean Gallery.

Each year, the 21st Century Piano Commission sponsors a competition with a cash prize for a composition featuring the keyboard instrument.

Set in 1880s Norway, Ibsen’s play is a classic of political theatre. Its themes of greed, corruption, and the power of propaganda are relevant as much now as when he wrote it. This adaptation, devised by University of Illinois faculty and students updates the original to speak to our own moment.

Set in 1880s Norway, Ibsen’s play is a classic of political theatre. Its themes of greed, corruption, and the power of propaganda are relevant as much now as when he wrote it. This adaptation, devised by University of Illinois faculty and students updates the original to speak to our own moment.

The Illinois Modern Ensemble comprises students dedicated to the performance of contemporary and experimental music.

Join us for a Sudden Sound Concert by the ensemble Kuroshio. Kuroshio is the continuous flow of creative spirit expressed by an ever-evolving ensemble of improvising artists of Asian descent who explore and contemplate diasporic histories through multilayered channels of sound and performance. Kuroshio features Jason Finkelman (percussion, laptop electronics), Joy Ya

Join us for this virtual lecture by Allison Parrish presented as part of the School of Art + Design Visitors Series. Poet and computer programmer Allison discusses her recent experiments in computational manipulations of language in vector form, and argues that such representations make possible previously unknown varieties of linguistic expression and poetic experience.

Join us for My Name is Inanna, a play by Ezzat Goushegir, the resident playwright of Chicago, performed by Maryam Abdi as part of the exhibition Reckless Law, Shameless Order: An Intimate Experience of Incarceration. There will be a Q & A after the show, moderated by Bob Jenkins.

Set in 1880s Norway, Ibsen’s play is a classic of political theatre. Its themes of greed, corruption, and the power of propaganda are relevant as much now as when he wrote it. This adaptation, devised by University of Illinois faculty and students updates the original to speak to our own moment.

Lyric Theatre @ Illinois celebrates Mardis Gras opera, musicals, cabaret, and popular songs of the French-speaking world, from Paris to Saigon and Montréal to Marrakesh.

The Robert E. Brown Center for World Music is pleased to announce free Saturday workshops with our community samba group Bloco Gavião, developed in collaboration with Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande-Illinois.

Set in 1880s Norway, Ibsen’s play is a classic of political theatre. Its themes of greed, corruption, and the power of propaganda are relevant as much now as when he wrote it. This adaptation, devised by University of Illinois faculty and students updates the original to speak to our own moment.

Lyric Theatre @ Illinois celebrates Mardis Gras and opera, musicals, cabaret, and popular songs of the French-speaking world, from Paris to Saigon and Montréal to Marrakesh.

Rest Lab is a week-long pop-up space to encourage resting with intention, situated in the Contemporary Gallery in the Krannert Art Museum. Morning Gallery | 10am–1pm Explore creative prompts that energize your body and mind. Afternoon Gallery | 1–4pm Slow down and recharge as the gallery lights dim and the space transforms.

Professor LaPier will discuss why there is no better time in history for Indigenous people to be telling and writing their own stories.

Join us in-person or virtually for this keynote lecture, to accompany the exhibit “In Search of Lost Time”, at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Marcia Bjornerud is a Professor of Geosciences at Lawrence University and author of "Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World", and "Reading the Rocks:  The Autobiography of the Earth".

In the talk A.D. Carson will discuss the academically “peer-reviewed” rap album, i used to love to dream, its composition, development, and the process of publishing it with University of Michigan Press. He will also briefly discuss the projects that precede i used to love to dream—his 2017 dissertation album and digital archive, Owning My Masters: The Rhetorics of Rhym

Based on the novels Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler, this fully staged opera featuring a powerhouse ensemble of 20 singers, actors, and musicians harnesses 200 years of Black music to give musical life to Butler’s acclaimed science fiction novel.

The Spurlock Museum is pleased to present Kathryn Harris in the first-person historical program “Meet Harriet Tubman.” Listen to the words of the most famous woman who worked on the Underground Railroad. Hear about her fascinating and unbelievable experiences! After the presentation, Ms. Harris will answer questions from the audience.

Based on the novels Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler, this fully staged opera featuring a powerhouse ensemble of 20 singers, actors, and musicians harnesses 200 years of Black music to give musical life to Butler’s acclaimed science fiction novel.

The Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in December 1944 and is the largest music institution in eastern Poland.

The Illinois Wind Orchestra and HIndsley Symphonic Band offer a variety of traditional pieces, new compositions, and historic transcriptions.

Learn more about the conference and register at go.illinois.edu/SAALC