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Japan House will be celebrating their 25th anniversary and Professor Emeritus Kimiko Gunji’s legacy of 50 years of teaching next month. The full weekend celebration will include a book signing, tea ceremonies, a celebration dinner, …

JJJJJerome Ellis is a profoundly innovative artist whose unique voice as a self-described stuttering, Afro-Caribbean composer, poet, and performer resonates through his compelling interdisciplinary works. His projects invite audiences into experiences of healing, transcendence, and …

On Monday, April 22nd, a celebration will be taking place to commemorate the connectivity between the University of Illinois and the Champaign County African American Heritage Trail. If you’re unfamiliar with the trail and how …

This week ahead of the Roger Ebert Film Festival which runs Wednesday through Saturday, we get what may be one of my favorite features of Ebertfest week: the pre-festival symposium.  The 2024 Chaz and Roger …

Last year, news broke that Maize Mexican Grill‘s original location at First and Green was going to be demolished in 2024. Their new restaurant inside the Illini Union has been up and running for some …

University YMCA recently opened a new exhibition featuring painter Steven Boyd Hudson‘s work. The collection is on display now through August 11th. From the University YMCA’s website: The paintings in this new body of work …

Tyler James Williams, the actor known for his work in Everybody Hates Chris, Abbott Elementary, and Let It Shine, is coming to the Illini Union on Tuesday, April 23rd from 7 to 9 p.m. Williams …

This month, I’m going to write about things I don’t know about, and never will firsthand. Through my conversations with musicians and fans in the area, I hear a lot about these places, events, or …

This week, the Lyric Theatre at Illinois put on a production of Black Square, an opera with music by Ilya Demutsky, and a libretto by Igor Konyukhov and Olga Maslova. The opera is based on …