The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players production of The Pirates of Penzance, originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, 2022, will be presented on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 7:30 PM. Tickets purchased for the postponed March 9, 2022, performance will be accepted at the March 23, 2023 performance. Patrons with tickets to the original date who …

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The Lone Canary, Heather Camacho (vocals, fiddle, kick drum) and Jesse Fox (vocals, acoustic guitar, foot percussion), create Americana music for fans of Jason Isbell, The Civil Wars, and the Head and the Heart. Hailed by Americana UK as 'Absorbing and beautiful songcraft', the band has opened for Three Dog Night, Over the Rhine, Pieta …

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Join us for an opening reception for The Literary's first ever Tiny Art Show. What the heck is a Tiny Art Show you ask? It's an exhibition of tiny local art inspired by a favorite book, author, or illustrator. The art will be on display from March 25 through the end of Boneyard Arts Festival …

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Dance at Illinois Downtown features a contemporary African dance work by Dr. C. Kemal Nance with live music performed by an assembly of local drummers. MFA candidate Anna Peretz Rogovoy offers an exploration inspired by the formal structures and behaviors of the botanical world. Post-Doctoral Fellow Alexandra Barbier performs a solo inspired by her background …

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Chicago's epic alternative band Prizefighter will present a special acoustic performance for their debut at Pour Bros! Check them out! https://www.prizefightermusic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/prizefighter https://www.instagram.com/prizefightermusic_/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiyAcOUOL837e7RkBZ3LHpA

Calling all bibliophiles, book artists, and food lovers to celebrate the book arts and the (literal!) ingestion of culture: we invite you to register for the 16th annual Edible Book Festival! We're back from pandemic hiatus in a brand new location, and we can't wait to see you all again.

Join us for a School of Art & Design Visitors Series talk by artist Ann Johnson. Reflecting on her 2022 Lawndale Contemporary Art Center installation See Me, Ann “Sole Sister” Johnson is matter-a-fact about the intent: “This is about being seen. Seeing the women in the shadows.” Incorporating experimental printmaking on found objects to produce “work …

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Join us once a month for lectures from UIUC graduate students covering topics on the 3D Hubble simulation, supernovae, black holes and more. This program is perfect for school aged cadets and will feature a take home activity. This is a FREE event but please register so that we can prepare enough materials!

Celebrate as we open the 2023 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition. Enjoy new work that exemplifies the studio art and design practices of students graduating with the MFA degree from the School of Art & Design at Illinois. Student artwork will be on view in the East Gallery; Reception will be held in the Link …

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