Cultural & International

Wiccans observing Brigid, or Imbolc, clean and organize their living environments, as well as their minds and hearts, in preparation for the upcoming season of growth (spring). It’s a time to shake off the doldrums of winter and light the fires of creativity and inspiration. Some employees may request scheduling accommodations in order to observe.

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.

Afro D & Global Soundwaves is a socially-conscious hip hop/jazz/funk band based in Champaign, Illinois.

Artist and educator Jen Everett collects everyday photographs of Black life in the United States sourced from thrift stores and generations of images from her Midwestern and Southern family. She uses digital and analog mediums to reconfigure and recombine the images that attract her, by doubling or tripling a photograph, by isolating and amplifying a detail, or by collagin

Yahya Ashour was born in 1998 in Gaza, Palestine. He was a 2022 IWP Fellow in Writing at the University of Iowa. He spoke and read poetry in several American universities and organizations. He studied sociology and psychology and worked at several organizations in Gaza as a creative writing mentor for children and young adults.

Reece will share a curated review of her favorite works. A reception will follow. Levis Center, Room 210

Featuring new works by Dance at Illinois faculty and students.

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.

Jewish law required that every firstborn son had to be dedicated to God in memory of the Israelites’ deliverance from Egypt. As such, the Feast of the Presentation celebrates the Presentation of Jesus Christ in the Temple forty days after his birth.

Friday Forum + Conversation Café Rev. Terrance Thomas, Pastor of Bethel AMA - Exploring the Radical Black Church Friday, February 2 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CST) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA

We invite you to the launch of the Black Joy Project with a celebratory reception of performance, food, activities, and fellowship.

Featuring new works by Dance at Illinois faculty and students.

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.

Featuring new works by Dance at Illinois faculty and students.

Join the Spurlock staff in making stained glass candle jars to add color and brightness around the house.

The multi-Grammy-winning, San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet marks its fiftieth anniversary in the 2023/24 season with the KRONOS Five Decades tour, performing programs which feature new commissions, signature works, and pieces from Kronos' Fifty for the Future Project.

At the beginning of each Bahá'í month, Bahá'ís gather for an observance called the 19-Day Feast. The First Day of Mulk (Dominion) begins at sunset of the first day and ends at sunset of the last day. It is a three-part observance with devotions, community consultation, and a social portion.

Anticolonial sticker-making workshop in collaboration with the Native American House. Art and Design, Room 9.

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.

Taher highlights the place construction of first-generation immigrant Bangladeshi women living in New York, mainly by examining their dwellings and a network of locations within their residential environments and analyzes research participants’ physical and sensory ways of reconstructing spatial memories and their bodily experiences of transnational displacement.

Performing Mozart's Quartet in D Major, K. 575; Bartók's Quartet No. 6; and Brahms' Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 featuring Soyeon Kate Lee, piano

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.

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

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.

Join us as Dr. May Berenbaum discusses her research on the biochemical, genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying interactions between insects and plants and how she applies her knowledge to help develop sustainable management practices for natural and agricultural communities. She will also discuss the extensive public outreach programs she has developed.

A Louisiana-born, Illinois-raised stick of dynamite, Dexter O'Neal’s musical stylings have roots in gospel, blues, r&b, and early jazz traditions.

Come join us for conversation practice in Polish. All levels welcome.

I-Journey workshops are peer-developed, peer-led workshops covering a variety of topics. Facilitated by trained student facilitators, I-Journey workshops explore issues of social identity, exclusion/inclusion, and being an ally. DSJE welcomes UIUC students to explore our workshops with their peers.

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.

Friday Forum + Conversation Café Keith Knight, nationally acclaimed political cartoonist and musician - Cartooning Can Save the World! Friday, February 9 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm (CST) 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA

Join the WRC as we discuss "Unf*ck Your Boundaries" by Dr. Faith G. Harper. There are a limited amount of free copies for participants. You must register for the book club in order to receive a copy of the book. Copies are first come, first serve. Register today at go.illinois.edu/boundariesbookclub.

A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast.

The Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble returns to their Midwest home for this performance of three extraordinary dances.

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.

Also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. Celebrated with a festival for families, decorating buildings with lucky red items, partaking in cultural activities, eating certain "lucky" foods, setting off firecrackers, and praying.

A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast.

The Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble returns to their Midwest home for this performance of three extraordinary dances.

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.

The paper discusses the impact of Syrian refugees on the Jordanian economy and infrastructure, as well as the challenges and opportunities for their integration. It argues that the Syrian presence has both positive and negative effects on various sectors, such as public services, housing, trade, and the labor market. It highlights the role of donor funding..........

Join a festive celebration of Carnaval with food, drink, music, and dance from France, Latin America, and Brazil!

A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast.

The first day of the forty day season of Lent. The service features penitential acts symbolized by the Imposition of Ashes on the foreheads of the congregation gathered. Some students or employees may request scheduling accommodations in order to observe.

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.

A period of growing in virtue particularly through fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. Catholics reflect on their need to be healed of sin (especially through the Sacrament of Confession), the sacrifice of Christ’s self-offering on the cross, and the anticipation of Easter. Multiple observances apply.

A delectable adaptation of a Jacobean drama with Faustian echoes, Witch by Jen Silverman is a vibrant dark comedy that centers on a clever social outcast.