Amy captures the magic of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and encounters some familiar C-U thespians along the way.
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Champaign-Urbana’s Glass Room Poets build community one word at a time
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Virtual readings provide an intimate space for poetry.
Nautical nonsense grants your wish at Parkland’s The SpongeBob Musical
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Get your Broadway fix right here at home with Parkland Theatre's The Spongebob Musical.
Talent is on tap in Lynn Nottage’s Sweat at Krannert Center
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Latrelle Bright’s impeccable visionary work on Lynn Nottage's Sweat is a practice in empathy.
Urbana’s first Youth Poet Laureate talks poetry, performance, and promise
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Danyla Nash uses spoken word for social justice and creating community.
CU Theatre Company’s Tempest delivers such stuff as dreams are made on
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Champaign Urbana Theatre Company's Tempest dispels our darkness with sprites and magic.
Hudson’s Better Angels emblazon the Giertz Gallery at Parkland College
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Colorful apocalypse meets quiet form in Steven Hudson’s exhibit, Better Angels.
Uncover the beauty of numbers in black and white
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Debra Domal’s Confessions by Numbers is a pure gift for the soul.
Parkland’s Giertz Gallery vibrates with earthenware energy
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Come for the Steam-Punk Buddha and revel in Vulnerabilities.
Immerse yourself in Force Majeure at the Tarble Arts Center
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Head to Charleston for this outburst of feminist images, sounds, and landscapes.