Waiting for Lefty, by Clifford Odets will be presented September 23-25 at 7:30 p.m. and September 25-26 at 2 p.m. in the Center for the Performing Arts Theatre.
Topic: Arts & Entertainment
New exhibit highlights rare books, children’s literature, historical textbooks in Milner Library’s special collections
The exhibit Drawing and Describing Plants: Highlights from the Rare Books and Children’s Literature & Historical Textbooks Collections is now available through December 22, 2021 in Milner Library’s Special Collections on floor 6.
WCBU earns Best Station, Digital Presence statewide awards
WCBU, the National Public Radio (NPR) member-station in Peoria operated by Illinois State University, has earned first-place honors in the Illinois News Broadcasters Association contest.
Wonsook Kim’s thank-you to her alma mater is ‘money to dream big’
Three named professorships were established as part of a $12 million donation made by artist and Illinois State alum Wonsook Kim ’75, M.A. ’76, M.F.A. ’78, honorary doctorate of arts ’19, and her husband, Thomas Clement.
echo on view at CIRA Student Art Gallery
echo, a collection of work created by Master of Fine Arts graduate students Nicci Arnold and Peytin Fitzgerald is on view September 13 through November 28, 2021 at the Illinois State University Student Art Gallery within the Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA).
Justin Willman from Magic for Humans performing during Family Weekend
Justin Willman, whose Netflix series celebrates street magic, will bring his “Magic for Humans, in Person” Tour to Braden Auditorium on October 2.
ReggieCon virtual panels announced for 2021-2022
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, ReggieCon will present a panel on September 23, focusing on the Latinx children’s adventure graphic novel Under the Cottonwood Tree.
COVID-19 art exhibit opening reception, September 16
The Schroeder Hall Gallery will host the exhibit The Material Culture and Visual Ethnography of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the 2021-2022 school year.
Fall 2021 Visual Arts and Drama classes for children, Saturdays
Illinois State University’s Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts offers Saturday Visual Arts and Creative Drama classes for children from kindergarten (5 years old) through eighth grade. Classes will be held September 18 and 25 and October 2, 9, amd16.
Illinois Shakespeare Festival selects 2021 John Stevens Equity Actor
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF) has selected Dan Matisa as the 2021 John Stevens Equity Actor. Each season, funds from the John Stevens Memorial Fund support bringing an Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) member to the Illinois Shakespeare Festival stage.