Getting the giggles with Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts may not be a household name, but his creative output is. The comedian and television writer / producer has been attached to Mike & Molly and Two and a Half Men — you’ve …
Mark Roberts may not be a household name, but his creative output is. The comedian and television writer / producer has been attached to Mike & Molly and Two and a Half Men — you’ve …
Ekphrastic poetry is describing a work of art in a beautiful way, and also how Raquel Gutiérrez’ work is described. Join the Ricker Library of Architecture and the Minor Aesthetics Lab as they host Raquel …
April is the March Madness of Champaign-Urbana’s arts community. There are two huge events — Boneyard Arts Festival and Ebertfest — that garner a lot of attention. But there is also a whole lot happening …
Nikky Finney, author of six books and recipient of the National Book Award for Poetry, will be on the University of Illinois campus for two upcoming events: a CultureTalk to take place on April 19th, …
Mark Roberts — comedian, actor, playwright, and creator of the show Mike & Molly — will be performing at SURFACE 51 during the Boneyard Arts Festival. Roberts is a Tolono native, and has often returned …
Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood, Whip Smart, Abandon Me, and Body Work, will be speaking at the Spurlock Museum on Thursday, March 23rd. Her visit is sponsored by the Kaplan Family Writer-in-Residence Series, the Creative …
University of Illinois Professor and historian Craig Koslofsky is working on a new book: The Deep Surface: Skin in the Early Modern World, 1450-1750. He explores topics of race and representation of Blackness and whiteness, …
Rose Marshack — musician, author, professor — will be talking about her new book, Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children, at 2 p.m. on March 4th at Exile on Main Street in …
The Inauguration Celebration for Urbana Poet Laureate Ja Nelle Davenport-Pleasure is from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, February 26, 2023 at the Spurlock Museum. There will be poetry readings, music by the New Souls, and …
The University of Illinois Library’s Illinois History and Lincoln Collections has an exhibit up through May called “Pulling It All Together”: Jewish Community Advocacy, Activism, & Fellowship in Central Illinois, 1959-1984. The exhibition draws from …