Arts

University of Illinois student artists will have their works displayed in a new exhibition at the Bloc Gallery entitled Conception to Completion. The exhibition is the work of students in the ARTE 475 class, under …

My list of favorite books changes frequently depending on my mood and season of life. One that nearly always tops the list is a novel by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ called Stay with Me. Whenever I recommend …

The Virginia Theatre is showing the 2008 film Synecdoche, New York in December as part of their Arthouse Experience Film Series. Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in the psychological drama as theater director Caden Cotard who …

The School of Social Work at the University of Illinois houses an on-going art exhibition entitled Elevating Voices: Visualizing Social Justice Through Art. The exhibit is “a series of art that recognizes the need for …

Kambui Olujimi’s The Rock that Cuts the Night in Two at the University Galleries of Illinois State University surveys decades of work in one exhibition. Olujimi is a Brooklyn-based, Columbia-educated artist. He is, in many …

On the evening of November 7th, I had the pleasure of heading over to the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and seeing a production of Andrew Lippa’s musical The Wild Party, put together by …

Community United Church of Christ is hosting transgender poet Jay Hulme for an event this December. Hulme is an award-winning poet, speaker, and theologian, known for his acclaimed poem Jesus at the Gay Bar. Hulme …

What’s more bad-boy than taking the “H” out of the name Jonny? Becoming undead through the power of love, of course. Parkland’s Creature Double Feature is two shows about teenage zombies, with a striking amount …

On November 15th at 10 a.m., tickets will go on sale for Krannert Center for the Performing Arts’ spring 2024 performances. Need a refresher on what’s coming up next semester? Be sure to look back …