The Black Joy Project
Spurlock Museum 600 S. Gregory, Urbana, ILRunning 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
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Willie Summerville: A Life of Music, Faith, and Service
Sousa Archives & Center for American Music 1103 S 6th St, Champaign, ILThe Sousa Archives exhibit, “Willie Summerville: A Life of Music, Faith, and Service” opened at the School of Music lobby. In Kathya Alexander’s 2017 memorial essay to William “Willie” Thomas
ANCHOR: The Music, the Message, and the Movement of Black American Artists
Smith Memorial Hall 805 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, ILJoin us for ANCHOR - a free concert dedicated to the music, message, and movement of Black American Artists. This special evening is set to take place on Wednesday, February
Krannert Center Uncorked with Nadirah Shakoor
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, ILPresented in collaboration with Illinois Soul 101.1 FM in celebration of Black History Month. The recipient of a Grammy nomination, an MTV Video Award, the 2005 Artist for a Better
Let Our Light Shine: Black History Month Youth Celebration
Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church 1310 N. Sixth Street, Champaign, ILCome out to celebrate and support CU's youth! The program is full of performances by local artists and DREAAMers.
Interseminars | Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Levis Faculty Center 919 W. Illinois St., Room 300, Urbana, ILKameelah Janan Rasheed (artist, educator, and writer, Cooper Union) will present an artist talk. This event is part of the Interseminars series for "Improvise and Intervene," supported by the Mellon Foundation. About the
Panel: “‘Rich and Talented and Black and Troubled’: Black Professional Athletes and the Black Freedom Struggle”
Levis Faculty Center 919 W. Illinois St., Room 300, Urbana, ILTheresa Runstedtler (American Studies, American University) will be presenting, with Daniel Gilbert (Labor and Employment Relations, History) commenting. Part of the symposium Sporting Publics: History, Sports, and American Culture, which is taking place March
Sporting Publics Symposium | Panel with Louis Moore, Daniel Nasset
Levis Faculty Center 919 W. Illinois St., Room 300, Urbana, ILProfessor Louis Moore will speak about his book I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915 (University of Illinois Press, 2017). Respondent Daniel Nasset (Editor-in-Chief, University of Illinois Press)
Sporting Publics Symposium | Conversation with Shakeia Taylor
Levis Faculty Center 919 W. Illinois St., Room 300, Urbana, ILShakeia Taylor is a Chicago-based award-winning writer and storyteller, whose work focuses on the intersection of sports, history, and culture. She is currently a Deputy Senior Content Editor at the Chicago Tribune,
MLK March for Peace
King Park 915 W. Wascher Dr., Urbana, ILThe Urbana Park District is hosting the Martin Luther King Day Peace March on April 4, from 5:30 to 7pm. The march takes place on the 56th anniversary of the
Nurtured in Nature in Spring! Homer Lake
Salt Fork Center, Homer Lake 1229 Flicker Drive, Homer, ILA nature-based community building event for BIPOC community members of Champaign County! Join us for a community, nature-based community wellness event intentionally for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) community members
Crafty Adults | Black Out Poetry
Champaign Public Library - Main Library 200 W. Green St., Champaign, ILThe Rare Book and Manuscript Library will be at the library to discuss blackout poetry and the Gwendolyn Brooks poetry collection. You'll then be able to try your own blackout