Cultural & International

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AIDS Quilt Panels from Central Illinois, at the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, features over a dozen quilt panels originally made in the 1980s and early 1990s for the AIDS Memorial Quilt, in Washington, DC.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.

Ayyám-i-Há, or “Days of glory,” are devoted to spiritual preparation for the Fast, hospitality, charity and gift giving. They are celebrated during the four or five days (depending upon leap year) before the last month of the Bahá’í year.

Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival in honor of Lord Shiva. The celebration involves all-night worship the night before, and fasting, payer, and vigil on the day of the festival. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.

AACC's Food for Thought and the South Asian American Leadership Conference present, "Brown Girls Talking". In a podcast style format, two South Asian, female UIUC alumni discuss everything from Corporate America, imposter syndrome, anxiety & depression, & transferring college experiences to resumes & interviews! Presented by UIUC alums, Monisha Shah and Simaren Sandh.

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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.

The last month in the Baha’i calendar, ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), is dedicated to the Baha’i Fast. During this time, Baha’is between 15 and 70 years of age do not eat or drink for 19 days from sunrise to sunset and set aside time for prayer and meditation. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to accommodate the Fast.

The last month in the Baha’i calendar, ‘Alá’ (Loftiness), is dedicated to the Baha’i Fast. During this time, Baha’is between 15 and 70 years of age do not eat or drink for 19 days from sunrise to sunset and set aside time for prayer and meditation. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to accommodate the Fast.

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.

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Dr. Ann Hubert of St. Lawrence University shares her work on romance tropes in the Middle English drama Mankind.

Join Dr. Evelyne Accad for a talk about her book, House of Tenderness, a collection of five short stories recounting various forms of violence experienced by women in Lebanon. The stories center on the role of tenderness, as a guide understanding and reconstructing the inner house of the self.

Join us for this poetry event, presented as a hybrid event, both in-person and online, as part of Reckless Law, Shameless Order: An Intimate Experience of Incarceration. The physical location is the hood classroom in Krannert Art Museum, to attend the virtual event, delivered via Zoom, registration is required (link in website).

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Join us on Zoom for this virtual lecture by artist Emily Bivens, presented as part of the School of Art + Design Visitors Series. In this talk, I will discuss the cohabitation of animals and humans.

Join Stefan Djordjevic as we place Putin's pseudo-historical narratives into their context and work to understand how history can be misused and mobilized in the service of an expansionistic state.

Studiodance Spring 2022 features keystone projects of Dance at Illinois graduate students Jakki Kalogridis, Bevara Anderson, and Sarah Marks Mininsohn.

Join us for an evening with Madeline Miller, author of bestselling novels The Song of Achilles and Circe. Presented by the Champaign Public Library in partnership with multiple Illinois libraries.

Consistently hailed as one of the world’s leading orchestras, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns to its “southern home,” Krannert Center’s renowned Foellinger Great Hall.

Studiodance Spring 2022 features keystone projects of Dance at Illinois graduate students Jakki Kalogridis, Bevara Anderson, and Sarah Marks Mininsohn.

Community resistance to gentrification in Chicago.

Studiodance Spring 2022 features keystone projects of Dance at Illinois graduate students Jakki Kalogridis, Bevara Anderson, and Sarah Marks Mininsohn.

Studiodance Spring 2022 features keystone projects of Dance at Illinois graduate students Jakki Kalogridis, Bevara Anderson, and Sarah Marks Mininsohn.

The panelists' participation in global circulation of cultural practices and expressions is tightly connected to the particular, often culturally or place-specific projects they develop as career “masterpieces.” Eliciting the perspective of these culture workers, this panel seeks to illuminate some of the challenge of global culture work.

Join us to celebrate International Women's Day 2022 by taking a bike ride. International Women's Day: Together We Ride coordinates bike rides across the world to help promote the vision of equality for all. To help celebrate this event we will take a bike ride starting at Common Ground Food Coop and bike through campus to Champaign.

The Literary www.literarybookbar.com/ March is Women's History Month and we'll be celebrating every second! Join us for Herstory Night: an evening to share our favorite women from history. Our staff will give presentations on their favorite ladies, and you will have the chance to do the same! Think of it as an open mic dedicated to badass broads--what could be bett

Studiodance Spring 2022 features keystone projects of Dance at Illinois graduate students Jakki Kalogridis, Bevara Anderson, and Sarah Marks Mininsohn.

Andrew Megill and the University of Illinois Oratorio Society and University of Illinois Chamber Singers join CUSO to perform Sir Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time, a moving work of depth and beauty.

Studiodance Spring 2022 features keystone projects of Dance at Illinois graduate students Jakki Kalogridis, Bevara Anderson, and Sarah Marks Mininsohn.

The versatile musicians of this orchestra play works ranging from new experimental pieces to classics of the literature.

In the Christian (Eastern) Orthodox Church, Great Lent marks the forty days leading to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The first day of Great Lent is called Clean Monday. Lent is a time for prayer, penance, good-will, fasting and drawing closer to God.

Join us for special Dish It Up in honor of International Women's Day. Jackie Genova will share insights from her work on women’s safety and sexual violence prevention in cities, including how to collaborate with city leaders and community organizations to address inequities embedded in the design of urban infrastructure.

Join UIUC international law, social informatics, and finance experts for a virtual panel on “Digital Activism and International Law in Ukraine” this Tuesday, March 8th, at 12pm.

The Humanities Research Institute and The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program co- host an annual event bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia. Each speaker will have five minutes to tell the story of the woman in his or her discipline that changed the field in important ways.

The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program and the Humanities Research Institute co-host this annual event bringing together faculty, staff, students, and community members to recognize people who have made a difference in academia. Each speaker will have five minutes to tell the story of a woman in their discipline who changed the field in important ways.

Annual Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry, Celebrating Women’s Contribution to Science. The UIUC Chemistry Department initiated the Sylvia Stoesser lecture series in 2000 with support from Dow AgroSciences and chemistry alumna, Dr. Yulan Tong. It features an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the chemical community,

Join us for an Artist Talk by Debra Yepa-Pappan, a multidisciplinary artist who is based in Chicago and works as the Native AmericanCommunity Engagement Coordinator for the Field Museum.

Speak Café stands for Song, Poetry, Expression, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum organized and moderated by Shaya Robinson.  Speak Café is creative space to share your craft, express thoughts, recite poetry, rap, or even show artwork. Bring friends to the former café space in the KAM lobby to listen or to share your a

This oceanic showcase features eight Indigenous musicians from Aotearoa (New Zealand), Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia, Madagascar, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea.

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

The University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra (UISO) is the School of Music's premier orchestra, performing major literature from the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

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.