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Albert Herring
Thursday, April 29, 2010, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $8-$24
Imagined as another piece suitable for the newly formed English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring is a mature and hilarious work regarded as one of the greatest comic operas of all time. More -
Annual Mom’s Day Concert with the UI Women’s Glee Club
Saturday, April 17, 2010, at 2:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
Join the Women’s Glee Club and special guests, including the Varsity Men’s Glee Club, for this annual concert to celebrate Mom’s Day. More -
Armitage Gone! Dance: Three Theories
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $18-$36
Dubbed by Vanity Fair as the “Punk Ballerina,” Karole Armitage was applauded for her reengineered sonic and pictorial environments and was recognized by some of the most prominent names in dance for her energizing contributions to the art form. More -
Baggage Allowance
Thursday, April 1, 2010, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | free
San Francisco artist Pamela Z presents a performance that examines the connections between people and their worldly possessions. More -
Joshua Bell, violin
Thursday, April 15, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$48
Is it possible to characterize the entirety of Joshua Bell in a few words? He’s a video game fanatic and a gadget aficionado. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Community Celebration
Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 1:00pm | Temple Buell Hall (611 Loredo Taft Drive, Champaign) | free
The week-long exploration of female African artists culiminates with a festive closing celebration featuring poetry, African music and drumming, and dance workshops by Praise Zenenga as well as book signings, African food, and more. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Films by African Women
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at 5:30pm | Krannert Art Museum (500 East Peabody Drive, Champaign) | free
Judy Kibinge’s Coming of Age and From a Whisper by Wanuri Kahiu will offer a window into the moving work of female African filmmakers. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Lorado Taft Lectureship
Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at 2:00pm | Stage 5 | free
Cape Town performance poet and writer Malika Lueen Ndlovu presents a lecture entitled Born in Africa, But. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Opening Reception
Monday, April 5, 2010, at 12:00pm | Women’s Resources Center (703 South Wright Street, 2nd Floor, Champaign) | free
A week-long celebration of African women writers begins with a welcoming reception that will set the stage for an artistic exploration of writing—plays, novels, poetry, and films—from the continent. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Performances
Friday, April 9, 2010, at 7:30pm | Armory Free Theatre (505 East Armory, Room 160, Champaign) | free
Throughout the day, visiting artists including Hope Azeda, Malika Lueen Ndolvu, Andia Kisia, Mshai Mwangola, and Chantal Snyman will offer special performances and staged readings of African-based productions including the plays A Coloured Place, Homecoming, Echoes from A Thousand Hills, and May I Grow As Tall As My Mother. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Round Table Discussions
Thursday, April 8, 2010, at 1:00pm | Levis Faculty Center (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana) | free
Two discussion sessions will be offered to further explore the compelling issues surrounding African female artists. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Round Table Discussions
Thursday, April 8, 2010, at 10:00am | Levis Faculty Center (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana) | free
Two discussion sessions will be offered to further explore the compelling issues surrounding African female artists. More -
Dance for Parkinson’s Disease
Friday, April 16, 2010, at 10:00am | Drama Rehearsal Room (Level 2) | free
For the past eight years, the Mark Morris Dance Group has worked with the Brooklyn Parkinson Group to blend music and dance into an empowering movement class for patients with Parkinson’s disease. More -
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Dessert and Conversation: A History of the American Film
Sunday, March 14, 2010, at 2:00pm | Krannert Room | $6
Get more out of your theatre experience by attending a pre-performance talk in the Krannert room one hour before A History of the American Film to hear from the dramaturg and scenic designer of the production; tickets include dessert and a beverage. More -
Timothy Ehlen, piano
Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
The Great Hall will ring with the sensitive and elegant playing of Timothy Ehlen during this recital. More -
Global Transfer Afterglow: Tatsu Aoki’s Miyumi Project
Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at 10:30pm | Lobby | free
Bassist/bandleader Tatsu Aoki leads an ensemble of taiko drummers and saxophonists in a genre-bending, East-meets-West improvisational fusion of Japanese music and jazz. More -
He and She
Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at 7:30pm | Studio Theatre | $8-$15
Written in 1911, this pre-Nineteenth Amendment inquiry into gender roles, family priorities, and career goals feels fresh when viewed from our culture steeped in wanting to have it all. More -
A History of the American Film
Sunday, March 14, 2010, at 3:00pm | Colwell Playhouse | $8-$15
In a wacky, frisky parody of famous American films, Loretta Moran, an orphan, meets Jimmy the gangster, and their adventures keep on rolling from the dawn of the silent film era, through glitzy musicals, to the unbridled patriotism of World War II movies, to the magical Golden Era, and on to schlocky Hollywood blockbusters. More -
James Farm: Featuring Joshua Redman, Aaron Parks, Matt Penman, Eric Harland
Saturday, April 24, 2010, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $23-$45
Like he does in Compass, his latest CD release that takes flight with daring double-trio jams, Joshua Redman has always gone trailblazing with no map, no destination, no baggage other than a desire to peel off sheets of sounds already examined, techniques already mastered, approaches already instigated in his foraging quest for his total, authentic self. More -
Krannert Center Debut Artist: Chen-Yu Huang, harp
Sunday, April 25, 2010, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $5-$36
The gratifying culmination of each season’s Sunday Salon Series is a recital by the winner of the Center’s Debut Artist competition. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, May 13, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Mark your calendar to join us from 5 to 7pm almost every Thursday for Krannert Uncorked. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, May 27, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Mark your calendar to join us from 5 to 7pm almost every Thursday for Krannert Uncorked. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, April 8, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Mark your calendar to join us from 5 to 7pm almost every Thursday for Krannert Uncorked. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, April 29, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Mark your calendar to join us from 5 to 7pm almost every Thursday for Krannert Uncorked. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Mark your calendar to join us from 5 to 7pm almost every Thursday for Krannert Uncorked. More -
Krannert Uncorked with Big Bluestem String Band
Thursday, May 6, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Big Bluestem String Band brings vintage and new sounds of the prairies to the Lobby for a afternoon of bluegrass, swing, blues, and ragtime. More -
Krannert Uncorked with Desafinado, Latin jazz
Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
This week, Latin jazz from Desafinado gets the Lobby smoking, and Corkscrew pours the wine samples. More -
Krannert Uncorked with Say It with a Smile, pop/folk
Thursday, April 1, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Say It with a Smile brings a pop/folk/indie mix to Stage 5 with Jaron Kamin on guitar and vocals, Katherine Kamin on vocals, and Tim Koons on cello and guitar. More -
Krannert Uncorked with the Darden Purcell Trio and Special Guests, vocal jazz
Thursday, April 15, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
This week, students and faculty from the UI School of Music’s Jazz Studies and Vocal Jazz programs present a delightful repertoire of swinging standards and special arrangements. More -
Libretto: Albert Herring
Sunday, May 2, 2010, at 2:00pm | Krannert Room | $6
Gain a wider perspective through this pre-performance talk held in the Krannert Room one hour before Albert Herring; tickets include dessert and a beverage. More -
Maly Drama Theatre-Theatre of Europe: Uncle Vanya
Friday, March 12, 2010, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $12-$28
You’ll be transported to the country estate with Uncle Vanya and Sonia after Professor Serebriakov and Elena have upended the comfortable daily routine in favor of suffocating lethargy during this powerful mounting of Chekhov’s masterwork. More -
MOMIX
Thursday, April 29, 2010, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $6-$29
They’ve been at the bottom of the sea, out in the garden, on the moon, in the desert, and even at the ballpark, and in a series of their favorite scenes, the dancer-illusionists of MOMIX will creep, flare, shimmy, drift, swell, flutter, undulate, and germinate up and down and over and across the stage. More -
Ozomatli
Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at 7:30pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $8-$28
Although the name “Ozomatli” has distinctly ancient Mexican roots (deriving from the Nahuatl word for the Aztec god of dance, fire, new harvest, and music), the band’s sound is a decidedly contemporary, urban, Latin collision of hip-hop and salsa, dancehall and Colombian cumbia, sizzling samba and rapid-fire funk, East LA R&B and New Orleans second line, Jamaican ragga and Indian raga. More -
Pacifica Quartet
Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $12-$20
Their crisp playing and fearless intimacy will captivate when the members of the Pacifica Quartet take the Great Hall stage for their last performance of the season. More -
Pre-performance Talk with Karole Armitage
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at 6:30pm | Stage 5 | free
Join Armitage Gone! Dance founder and director Karole Armitage for a pre-performance discussion of her physics-inspired new work, Three Theories. More -
Pygmalion Afterglow: Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
Thursday, April 29, 2010, at 10:00pm | Lobby | free
Some say “Margot” is a nod to Gweneth Paltrow’s character in The Royal Tenenbaums, and music by the Nuclear So and So’s would easily be at home on the soundtrack of most any darkly comedic Wes Anderson flick. More -
Romeo & Julia Kören: Beauty and Burlesque—Songs of the Renaissance
Friday, April 23, 2010, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $18-$34
What started as a somewhat prim and proper chorus for Peter Langdahl’s staging of Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm has blossomed into a boisterous, dreamy, raw, and exquisitely beautiful experience in vocal drama. More -
San Francisco Symphony
Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$52
The extraordinary chemistry between the “sympathetic, fiercely intelligent” Michael Tilson Thomas (San Francisco Chronicle) and his adventurous musicians has propelled the San Francisco Symphony in its evolution into an “artistic beacon” (The New York Times). More -
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra with Lang Lang, piano
Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $10-$48
The electrifying 27-year-old Lang Lang broke into superstardom at age 17, when he was tapped as a last-minute substitute soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. More -
Sinfonia da Camera: Rhapsody for Two
Saturday, March 13, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $7-$34
This playful program features Debussy’s L’Apres-Midi d’un Faune; Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. More -
Sinfonia da Camera: Sinfonia at Rush Hour
Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at 5:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | free-$10
Why wait in traffic when you can relax in the Great Hall with Gershwin’s captivating Rhapsody in Blue and Beethoven’s timeless Symphony No. More -
Studiodance I
Saturday, March 13, 2010, at 7:00pm | Studio Theatre | $7-$14
In the spotlight for this dynamic and diverse evening are choreographers Hope Goldman, Kate Insolia, and Young-Sun Lee from the master’s degree program. More -
Studiodance II
Friday, April 23, 2010, at 9:00pm | Studio Theatre | $7-$14
A select group of choreographers will be featured in this evening of complementary and intriguingly contrasting moods imagined by Dance at Illinois students. More -
The Moment
Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | free
The Moment honors African Americans through a dramatic reading of stories from The HistoryMakers archive. More -
UI Black Chorus Mom’s Day Concert
Saturday, April 17, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $8-$11
Join this outstanding 41-year-old ensemble for its annual Mom's Day performance. More -
UI New Music Ensemble
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
Experimental works, new techniques, and diverse sounds will encompass the Great Hall when the UI New Music Ensemble presents an evening of innovative music. More -
UI Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at 7:30pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
The premier orchestra of the University of Illinois presents Wagner’s Overture to The Flying Dutchman; Haydn’s Symphony No. More -
UI Trombone Choir
Sunday, March 14, 2010, at 3:00pm | Foellinger Great Hall | $4-$10
Since 1955, the UI Trombone Choir has dazzled on traditional works for brass as well as enticing new transcriptions. More -
What It Is! featuring Mavis Staples, Booker T., and JJ Grey
Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | $23-$45
She’s a Lifetime Grammy Award winner, a National Heritage Fellowship honoree, and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. More
