Thousands of students, faculty, and staff members are expected on the Quad next Monday, April 8, for a watch party as Central Illinois experiences a total solar eclipse.
On Wednesday, April 10, at 4:30 p.m., Dr. Juana Goergen, M.A ‘86, will deliver a bilingual reading of her poetry on the second floor of Milner Library as part of National Library Week and National Poetry Month. A book signing will follow her presentation.
Illinois State University, in collaboration with Heartland Community College, will be hosting a week-long Indian Cultural Festival the week of April 1-6.
Illinois State University’s Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts is pleased to announce a selection of events during April 2024.
Illinois State University School of Music is excited to welcome alum Steven Allen Fox ’98 back to campus. Fox will premiere and conduct his work Emotica for Symphony Orchestra on the Sunday, March 24 Illinois State University Symphony Orchestra concert at 3 p.m. in the Center for the Performing Arts.
Festival Dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm explores the theme “looks can be deceiving” across the three titles in ISF’s 2024 season: Macbeth, Sense and Sensibility, and Twelfth Night.
Award-winning poets John Keene and Marissa Davis will visit campus for two events on Wednesday, April 10, including a 7 p.m. poetry reading at the Normal Theatre and a 3 p.m. conversation in Bloomington.
Laughter, romance, and political intrigue await you this summer at the nationally renowned Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF) with three artistic offerings including two Shakespeare plays—a sophisticated comedy and a bloody tragedy—as well as a world premiere of a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. Performances run from June 26 through August 3.
Danielle Beverly spent four years behind a camera in Qatar. Surrounded by young girls in a rhythmic gymnastics school in Doha, Beverly captured on film not just their growth, determination, and athletic prowess, but the evolving gendered world around them. She will join the 2024 Foxtail Film Festival.
The diverse culture of Asia will be celebrated with Asian Heritage Week, April 25-27, 2024, at Illinois State University.
AsiaConnect, working with the Normal Public Library and Illinois Art Station, will hold festivities throughout the week. All events are free and open to the public.
