Lukas Ligeti is a composer and percussionist who will be giving a lecture at the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois at 4:30 p.m. on February 14th. His lecture, “Experimental Intercultural Collaboration: Composing and …
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Here’s the 2023 Boneyard Arts Festival signature image
Artist EKAH’s Salmagundi (graphite and digital painting) will be the signature image for 40 North’s 2023 Boneyard Arts Festival. You can read up about EKAH and the image on the Boneyard website. Boneyard Arts Festival …
Joan Stolz’s Skin in the Game opens at the Champaign County History Museum February 9th
Joan Stolz, artist and professor of art at Parkland College, has an exhibition up at the Champaign County History Museum this month. Skin in the Game is a collection of portraits of politicians, closely cropped …
Submit your artwork to the Town & Country Amateur Art Show
The Champaign Park District is currently accepting submissions for the annual Town & Country Amateur Art Show. Are you a hobbyist who wants to start exhibiting? This is a good place to start. Here’s a …
Submit your script to the Station Theatre
The Station Theatre is accepting suggestions for scripts and future productions, specifically from playwrights and directors. You can submit your own script or make a suggestion for one you’d like to see produced. Use this …
CU Folk and Roots Winter Weekend starts Thursday, February 2nd
CU Folk and Roots has a weekend-long mini festival starting this Thursday. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday will feature nine different performances and two jam sessions at the Rose Bowl in Urbana. There are suggested donations …
Davy Rothbart is on the U of I campus all week; pick his brain at these workshops
Emmy winner Davy Rothbart, creator of Found Magazine, author, storyteller, and contributor to This American Life is in residence at the University of Illinois’ Unit One / Allen Hall through Thursday, February 2nd. Rothbart will …
KCPA and the Virginia Theatre are collaborating on two productions this spring
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and the Virginia Theatre are collaborating on two productions this spring: Dance at Illinois Downtown (March 30-April 1), and the Lyric Theatre @ Illinois’ City of Angels April 13-15. …
You’ve helped CUPHD donate 1250 gallons of breast milk
Since 2014, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District has donated more than 160,000 ounces, or 1250 gallons, of breast milk. That’s a lot of mothers and babies who have benefitted. CUPHD is a drop off site for …
Consider Uncanny Juxtapositions at the McKinley Foundation
The McKinley Foundation’s current Artists’ Alley exhibition is Uncanny Juxtapositions by Kofi Bazzell-Smith. The exhibition features two different projects the artist is working on: Azuki and Karasu. The exhibition opens Wednesday, January 25th, with a …