Library Calendar

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    • All Day    9/26/2024 - 5/23/2025
    • Main Library Room 346

    RBML’s new exhibit celebrates the 75th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’s 'Annie Allen' – the poetry collection that won the first Pulitzer Prize by a Black author – and explores the rich history of Black literature’s emergence into the mainstream. On display through May 2025.

    • 4:00 - 5:00 pm    11/1/2024
    • Player Piano room on the 2nd floor of the Music & Performing Arts Library (1300 Music Building, 1114 W Nevada St)

    Enjoy a free concert featuring the Music & Performing Arts Library’s Steinway Duo-Art Reproducing Piano and learn more about the instrument and roll collection.

  • Poster for the "From Stories to Comics: A Creative Rendezvous" Workshop
    • 5:00 - 8:00 pm    11/6/2024
    • Collaboration and Community Gallery, Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801

    • 3:00 - 5:00 pm    11/7/2024
    • Main Library Room 346

    Professor Bob Morrissey (Department of History) joins us to discuss the John Eliot Bible, published in 1664, and how this unusual text can be used to examine American origin stories, as well as histories of historical interpretation and practice in our land-grant institution. Come take a look at RBML’s copy of this exceedingly rare book!

    • 12:00 - 1:00 pm    11/14/2024
    • Join us on Zoom (registration link below) or at the University Archives (146 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana)

    Professor and Head of Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Dr. Prasanth will discuss her research on eukaryotic DNA replication, chromosome structure and maintenance, heterochromatin organization, and cell cycle control.

    • 2:00 - 4:00 pm    11/14/2024
    • Main Library Room 220

    Join us on Thursday, November 14th from 2-4 pm in room 220 of the Main library for a fun, FREE, step-by-step workshop to learn multiple techniques for creating beautiful lettering for your bullet journals!

    • 4:00 - 6:00 pm    11/14/2024 - 11/15/2024
    • Main Library Reading Room

    The Main Library’s Reading Room will be closed for a private event from Thursday, November 14 at 4:00 p.m. until Friday, November 15 at 6:00 p.m. Normal hours will resume on Saturday, November 16. Parking in Lot E3 may be limited.

    • 2:00 - 4:00 pm    11/21/2024
    • Main Library Orange Room (1st Floor)

    Looking for something fun to read over Fall Break? Want to make your very own custom bookmark? Then drop in anytime Thursday, 11/21 between 2-4 pm in the Orange Room of the Main Library for "Booked" for Break!