A groundbreaking play when it opened, The Normal Heart wrestles with the time period in the early 1980s when the AIDS epidemic had unleashed itself in the United States, but governmental agencies and health care leaders had …
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Mystery for a Cure coming up
What do you get when you blend interactive theatre and a really worthy cause? You get Mystery for a Cure. The Plot: Come one, come all to help solve a mystery at a convention. Anyone …
Up the Creek: comedy by the wineglass
Mathew uncorks the details on the local “sipcom” Up The Creek.
Scott Pilgrim is the late show at the Art!
Starting Friday night at The Art Theater Co-Op, it’s the return of SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD! From the director of Shaun of the Dead and boasting a great cast (Michael Cera, Jason Schwartzmann, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Chris …
World-Class Harpist in Residence at U of I
Per Dusty Rhodes, of the U of I News Bureau: Harpist Naoko Yoshino, who has been performing with orchestras around the world since she was 17, will perform in a recital March 26 (Tuesday) at …
CUTC Knows How to Succeed
Mathew checks in with Matt Fear, star of Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company's latest musical.
Urbana High School’s Social Justice Committee sponsors vintage boutique for prom
The Social Justice Committee at Urbana High School (UHS) is collecting women’s and men’s formal wear and accessories to stock an affordable/vintage boutique for their fellow students to use for prom should they have the …
No Summer Studio at Krannert this year
Illinois Theatre, the producing entity of the Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois, has announced that it will not present its Summer Studio Theatre season in 2013. Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, head of Illinois Theatre, and …
40 North | 88 West Announces 4th Annual ERIC SHOW
Champaign — 40 North | 88 West – Champaign County’s Arts Council – is pleased to announce the fourth annual Eric Show, a juried exhibition featuring artwork from several area high schools. This extraordinary show …
Author Kimberla Lawson Roby to speak in Champaign
From a Champaign Public Library News Release: Bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby, creator of the popular Reverend Curtis Black series, will visit Champaign to talk about her life as a writer and introduce her newest …