Michael Vila's calendar for event attendance planning.
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All Day 9/19/2025 - 8/10/2026Main Library Room 346The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.
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All Day 9/25/2025 - 2/28/2026Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignWith over 100 prints on display—including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Dürer—"Imagination, Faith, and Desire" is extraordinary for the significance of the works and the exceptionally high quality of the impressions, the excellence of which rivals the holdings at many major museums. On view September 25, 2025, through February 28, 2026.
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4:00 - 5:00 pm 11/1/2025The Literary, 122 N Neil St, Champaign, IL 61820November 1, 2025 4-5pm - A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley: Spurlock Museum is proud to partner with The Literary to present this new community program. Free books will be provided to the first 13 people that sign up for participation. Stop by the museum anytime during open hours to sign up and pick up your free book. Then join the group at the Literary in downtown Champaign
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1:30 - 2:30 pm 11/2/2025Japan House (2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802)Join the Japan House interns on an interactive exploration of onigiri, their history, their culture, and preparation methods!
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10:00 am 11/4/2025MRI ExhibitCome find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 10-10:30 a.m.
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10:00 - 10:30 am 11/4/2025Beckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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12:00 pm 11/5/2025Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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4:00 - 6:00 pm 11/5/2025Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801 -
5:15 - 6:15 pm 11/5/20252000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan and is at the very heart of Japan House. It is a ceremonial way of preparing and serving matcha (powdered green tea) that benefits both the host and the guest through mutual respect, non-verbal communication, and a calmness, or sense of peace, away from everyday life.
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5:30 pm 11/5/2025Temple Buell Hall Atrium | Temple Buell Hall Room 134 Plym Auditorium -
11:00 am - 1:00 pm 11/6/2025Levis Faculty Center Room 208 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/6/2025La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
4:30 pm 11/6/2025Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, ILThis talk with Dan Gilbert will trace the journeys of the artists and activists who converged at Memorial Stadium in September 1985 to make the inaugural Farm Aid concert a landmark event in the history of popular music.
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6:00 - 7:30 pm 11/6/2025Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignSPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.
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11:30 am - 1:00 pm 11/7/2025BNAACC Main Multipurpose Room -
3:00 pm 11/7/2025Beckman Institute AuditoriumPlease join us for the Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series, a new monthly event designed to bring together faculty, researchers, postdocs, and students from across the Psychology Department, Beckman Institute, and beyond to engage in lively, interdisciplinary conversations around psychology.
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2:00 - 4:00 pm 11/8/2025Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignJoin us to celebrate Rest Lab 8: Greenspace. You'e invited to enter a playful, restorative greenspace inside the museum. Soft artificial turf covers the gallery floor, inviting visitors to slow down and stretch out. By creating a visual and tactile interruption in typical museum spaces, Rest Lab 8: Greenspace, provides a calm, grounding atmosphere for people to gather.
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10:00 am - 2:00 pm 11/9/2025Community Fab Lab: 1301 S Goodman Avenue, Urbana, ILThis Spurlock Sunday activity will take place at Skeuomorph Press, located within UI’s on-campus Community Fabrication Laboratory. Entrance to Skeuomorph Press and the ‘Fab Lab’ is free to the public.
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1:30 pm 11/9/2025Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Musuem: 600 S. Gregory St. Urbana, IL 61801The Turnaway Play is about what really happens when people are denied access to abortion. Urbana-Champaign Reproductive Justice presents a staged reading of an urgent issue through humor, drama, and audience participation.
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10:00 - 10:30 am 11/11/2025Beckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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3:00 - 4:00 pmCoble Hall 108 -
12:00 pm 11/12/2025Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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12:00 pm 11/12/20253057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL -
3:00 - 5:00 pm 11/12/2025Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801Gillen D’Arcy Wood will speak about his new book, "The Wake of HMS Challenger: How a Legendary Victorian Voyage Tells the Story of Our Oceans' Decline".
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4:00 - 5:15 pm 11/12/2025Gregory Hall Room 223 -
4:00 - 5:30 pm 11/12/2025Campus Instructional Facility (CIF) 4039 -

DESPUÉS DE LAS ELECCIONES: ¿RE-MILITARIZACIÓN EN PUERTO RICO? HISTORIA, PODER Y FUTURO EN EL CARIBE.
5:00 - 6:30 pm 11/12/2025Zoom -
5:15 - 6:15 pm 11/12/20252000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan and is at the very heart of Japan House. It is a ceremonial way of preparing and serving matcha (powdered green tea) that benefits both the host and the guest through mutual respect, non-verbal communication, and a calmness, or sense of peace, away from everyday life.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/13/2025La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:30 pm 11/13/2025Levis Faculty Center Room 208In contrast to the moral panics about the ways that AI chatbots may be shrinking people’s social worlds by replacing human-to-human interaction, there is an incredible optimism in some corners that AI will radically open up the social world to include animals, enhancing or enabling new forms of interspecies communication.
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12:00 pm 11/14/2025Beckman Institute Room 5602Connect with other researchers to discuss and share your experience with human participant research and recruitment. Register by November 3rd for a provided lunch.
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6:00 - 8:00 pm 11/17/2025The Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., UrbanaIn this talk, award-winning classicist and bestselling author Dr. Emily Hauser explores the many different ways in which we can start to uncover the women of the ancient world. Hauser's writings range from deep analysis of Greek texts, to popular contemporary myth retellings, to innovative takes on history that mix fact and fiction to uncover new ways of knowing.
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10:00 - 10:30 am 11/18/2025Beckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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12:00 pm 11/19/2025Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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5:15 - 6:15 pm 11/19/20252000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802Chado, or the Way of Tea, is one of the most ancient and revered arts of Japan and is at the very heart of Japan House. It is a ceremonial way of preparing and serving matcha (powdered green tea) that benefits both the host and the guest through mutual respect, non-verbal communication, and a calmness, or sense of peace, away from everyday life.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 11/20/2025La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
3:00 pm 11/20/2025AtriumJoin other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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1:00 - 3:00 pm 11/22/2025Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., ChampaignEnjoy artmaking, stories, and exploring the galleries! You'll get to make a paper modern house and learn about midcentury design. You’ll get to make your own sculpture inspired by artist Frank Stella and learn about colors, textures, and shapes. For ages 5+.
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10:00 - 10:30 am 11/25/2025Beckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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12:00 pm 11/26/2025Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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9:30 am 12/2/2025MRI ExhibitCome find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
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10:00 - 10:30 am 12/2/2025Beckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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12:00 pm 12/3/2025Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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10:00 - 10:30 am 12/9/2025Beckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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12:00 pm 12/10/2025Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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3:00 - 5:00 pm 12/11/2025Main Library Room 346Come and celebrate the semester’s end with hot apple cider, sweet and salty treats, and relaxing RBML-themed activities. Make a button, fill in a coloring sheet, collaborate on a big puzzle, and snag a fresh print of our annual holiday linocut card! This event is part of the library's Reading Day De-Stress Fest; it is open to the public and refreshments will be served.
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10:00 - 10:30 am 12/16/2025Beckman Institute Center AtriumJoin members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
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12:00 pm 12/17/2025Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor TowerJoin us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
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3:00 pm 1/15/2026AtriumJoin other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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7:00 pm 1/28/2026Plym Auditorium, 134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, 611 Lorado Taft Dr, Champaign -
9:30 am 2/3/2026MRI ExhibitCome find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/5/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
All Day 2/12/2026 - 2/13/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/12/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/19/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
3:00 pm 2/19/2026AtriumJoin other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/26/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
9:30 am 3/3/2026MRI ExhibitCome find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/5/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/12/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
3:00 pm 3/12/2026AtriumJoin other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/19/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/26/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/2/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
9:30 am 4/7/2026MRI ExhibitCome find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/9/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/16/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
3:00 pm 4/16/2026AtriumJoin other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/23/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 4/30/2026La Casa Cultural Latina | 1203 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL 61801 -
9:30 am 5/5/2026MRI ExhibitCome find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
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12:00 pm 5/7/20263057 Lincoln Hall; 702 S Wright St, Urbana, ILDr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology Duke University
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3:00 pm 5/21/2026AtriumJoin other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
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9:30 am 6/2/2026MRI ExhibitCome find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
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9:30 am 7/7/2026MRI ExhibitCome find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
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9:30 am 8/4/2026MRI ExhibitCome find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
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9:30 am 9/1/2026MRI ExhibitCome find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Thursday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.