As Champaign-Urbana Days draw near, the Champaign Park District would like to invite you to participate in this 30+ year-old tradition. This event draws nearly 2,000 patrons each year and

As the author of The Underground Railroad, The Nickel Boys, Harlem Shuffle, The Noble Hustle, Zone One, Sag Harbor, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, and a collection of essays, Whitehead is only the fourth writer

Event Type: Professional Development Sponsor: School of Social Work Location: 1010 W. Nevada St., Room 2015, Urbana Date: Sep 15, 2023   12:30 - 3:00 pm Cost: $25 for CEU's,

Join author Francesca T. Royster at the Urbana Free Library for a discussion and book signing on her memoir "Choosing Family: a Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance" as

The ways we engage with music are constantly evolving. In recent decades, countless museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives have built music collections for research, exhibitions, and programming purposes. Within

Activist-artist-educator Dr. Amira Davis joins The Urbana Free Library for this special event on Black Motherhood. This program will be a combination performance and presentation based on Davis’ book, Jalimusa:

Speak Café stands for Song, Poetry, Expression, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers

Museum of the Grand Prairie, Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve, 2 p.m.  Help us kickoff the 16th Annual Lincoln Lecture Series with this special event! The theme of this

AFRO-FUTURISM SYMPOSIUM Event Type Seminar/Symposium Sponsor African Students' Organization and co-sponsored by Center for African Studies, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, and Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural

School of Music alumna, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Sheila Johnson (BME ’70) published her memoir Walk Through Fire on September 19. The College of Fine and Applied Arts invites you to join us

Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a Queer Black Troublemaker and Black Feminist Love Evangelist and an aspirational cousin to all sentient beings. Her work in this lifetime is to facilitate infinite,

Archivist Steven Booth joins the RBML virtually to discuss the Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) archive: acquired in 2019 by a consortium of philanthropic and cultural heritage organizations, the Johnson Publishing

Museum of the Grand Prairie, Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve, 2 p.m.  Join us as history comes to life with another event in the 16th Annual Lincoln Lecture Series!

Come join us and see history come to life with our final event in the 16th Annual Lincoln Lecture Series! The theme of this year’s series is “Voices of Our

Join the Humanities Research Institute as book club members read Dark Princess, W. E. B. Du Bois' 1928 novel about an African American medical student's and an Indian Princess' struggle

Urbana Arts & Culture and The College of Fine and Applied Arts invite all Champaign-Urbana BIPOC artists, creatives, makers, storytellers, and cultural bearers to connect and unwind with an evening

In this special presentation by Illinois Public Media, watch the second hour of the acclaimed four-hour documentary series THE BLACK CHURCH, followed by a live performance of gospel music and

Martin Luther King, Jr. Countywide Celebration January 14, 2024 - 5:00 pm Martin Luther King Jr. at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana 61801 Doors

THE ARTHOUSE EXPERIENCE FILM SERIES Rated PG-13 98 Min Presented by Illinois Public Media, home of WILL-TV, WILL-AM, and WILL-FM. In 1920s New York City, a black woman finds her world up-ended

Opening Events 5:30 pm | Conversation with the artist Jen Everett and curators Blair Ebony Smith and Amy L. Powell in the Link Gallery 6 pm | Collage workshop with Siobhan McKissic, Visiting Design & Materials Research

Running from February 2 through December 1, 2024, the Black Joy Project aims to make an unprecedented celebration of Black JOY visible in our communities and museum spaces. The project

The Black Joy Project launches February 2 with a celebratory reception of performance, food, and fellowship. About the Project The Black Joy Project aims to make an unprecedented celebration of

Join the Bethel A.M.E. Church by reading excerpts from the works of your favorite Black writers! Sunday, February 4, at 2:00 p.m. at Bethel A.M.E. Church (401 E. Park Street,

Learn about famous people, places, and events in Black History by making your own bingo card and playing together at our weekly do-it-yourself activity for kids. . . . .