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Opening reception for Food for Thought exhibit, April 19

The exhibit, curated by Associate Professor Archana Shekara, highlights the work of students to bring cultural understanding through food.

Two new exhibits are on view in the Milner Library Special Collections Reading Room

Exhibit with books and prints laid out along the top of a brown display case. Eight square openings below hold books, photographs, and prints.

Two new exhibits focusing on water , sustainability, and natural resources are on display in Special Collections through June.

ISU Percussion Ensemble returns, April 10

Close-up of a pair of mallets on a wooden marimba

The ISU Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. David Collier and Dr. Ben Stiers, will present their spring concert at 7 p.m. April 10 in the Center for the Performing Arts at Illinois State University.

Staged reading of Dear Mr. C, April 22

Collage image of four previous Crossroads sponsored productions.

The Crossroads Project will present a staged reading of Dear Mr. C by Tidtaya Sinutoke, winner of the 2022 Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Center for the Visual Arts (CVA), room 110.

Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Fairview, shines a spotlight on modern day racism

Fairview will be performed in Westhoff Theatre and runs March 25, 26, 30–31 at 7:30 p.m., March 27 at 2 p.m., and April 1–2 at 7:30 p.m.

Fairview guest costume designer, Jerrilynn Lanier-Duckworth presents workshop

Guest costume designer, Jerrilyn Lanier-Duckworth will present her workshop “Bridging the Gap: A Look Into African American Hair & Makeup for Theatre” on Tuesday, March 22, at 4:30 p.m. at the Normal Theater

Beyond the Stage: Shakespeare’s good friars

Photo collage of a bookshelf, illustration of a theatre, and a statue

Festival Dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm writes about Shakespeare’s use of friars as characters in his plays.

Beyond the Stage Interview: Different and also the same

Festival Dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm speaks with director Lisa Gaye Dixon about the upcoming production of Much Ado about Nothing at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF).

Aduonum to perform Walking with My Ancestors: Cape Coast Castle , April 8

Walking with My Ancestors performances explore a painful history and help connect the past with the present.

New exhibit at Milner Library showcases 25 years of the annual WGSS Student Research Symposium

Exhibit lining a hallway, with posters of varying sizes hung on the wall and three display cases placed on the floor underneath. Library book shelfs are visible at the far end of the hallway.

A new exhibit available at Milner Library through May 7 commemorates 25 years of the annual WGSS Symposium at Illinois State.