The Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company’s Penguin Project makes community theatre accessible to special-needs youth. Opening this weekend, Pure Imagination, is a family-friendly musical revue featuring music from Seussical, Shrek :The Musical, Beauty and the Beast, Frozen and more. Come out …
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Here’s a sneak peek at PYGMALION’s arts offerings
This year's PYGMALION arts offerings are all about the complex, and sometimes humorous, intersections of art and identity.
Illinois Rare Book Library exhibit to spotlIght its Conde de Montemar collection
The University of Illinois Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s fall exhibit will feature letters from its extensive Conde de Montemar collection, along with other books about the Spanish conquest and colonization of Perú. If you …
PechaKucha Night CU returns on October 28th
PechaKucha Night CU is back and its coming to Urbana’s Broadway Food Hall on October 28th with a spooky stories theme. Stay tuned for more details here. Top photo from the Facebook event page.
Get your arts on at these fall fests and fairs
Fall festivals and fairs aren't just for pumpkins. Find out how to satisfy your arts cravings at these upcoming events.
Healing Hearts Community Collage to be revealed on September 30th
Back in June, I interviewed Katie Snyder of the Museum of the Grand Prairie about the upcoming Healing Hearts Community Collage project, featuring community created images and text to be assembled by artist Cindy Blair Sampson. …
Fake News and Lying Pictures is a masterful exploration of political prints
Throughout its significant 100 piece exhibition, Fake News and Lying Pictures is Krannert Art Museum at its best.
University of Illinois Extension is offering a new memoir writing workshop
When you think of the University of Illinois Extension you might think of 4H, the Master Gardener Program, or the many health and nutrition programs they offer. Well now you can add writing workshops to …
Five things in arts this month: September 2022
Fall semester brings a lineup of significant and thoughtful exhibitions and performances which promise to leave us better for experiencing them.
The next CU Poetry Lit Open Mic is September 6th
The Rose Bowl Tavern isn’t just a place to enjoy live music. On Tuesday nights you can hear the members of CU Poetry read live on the Rose Bowl’s stage.This open mic night runs from …