http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226 Important dates and events from the University of Illinois Springfield. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142440&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:30:00 CST Open Registration for Spring 2010 http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=113506&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:30:00 CST Thanksgiving Holiday Recess http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=141916&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:30:00 CST Day after Thanksgiving - University Holiday http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=113594&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:30:00 CST Last day to withdraw, change grade option, or change to audit for last-half courses http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142552&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Workshop Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:00:00 CST Register for this free community workshop on locating private foundation money & the use of the Center's resources. This workshop will include:Demonstration of the specialized databases -- Foundation Directory Online Professional and Illinois Funding Source -- and how to most effectively use them to find a good match for your organization's funding needs.Introduction on what to consider when seeking private foundation moniesInterpreting the information found about a foundation and its funding areas.Information regarding locating the Foundation Centers online tutorials and webstreamsInstruction on the use of CINRC reference materials to supplement your grant search.Discussion of tips about proposal writing and communicating with the foundations.Due to limited seating and resources, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=123122&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:00:00 CST Technical writing workshop for UIS employees: Memos, letters & email. Presented by Kandice Pryor, Interim Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=147843&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Live Webcast Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:30:00 CST Open to the public http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=122205&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Broadway Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:00:00 CST AVENUE Q is Broadway's smash-hit 2004 Tony Award winner for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK. A hilarious show full of heart and hummable tunes, AVENUE Q is about trying to make it in NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Called "one of the funniest shows you're ever likely to see" by Entertainment Weekly, AVENUE Q features a cast of people and puppets who tell the story in a smart, risque and downright entertaining way. The New Yorker calls it "SUBVERSIVE and UPROARIOUS!" http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=125295&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:30:00 CST Contact the Office of Development for more information http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=122206&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Broadway Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:30:00 CST From the creators of the groundbreaking BROADWAY HIT Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy comes an all new journey of nighttime dreamers whose imaginations are ignited within a landscape of towering buildings and infinite possibilities. Created and Directed by Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams Illumination has been hailed as "Dazzling!...a reason to stand up and cheer" by the New York Daily News. Audiences of all ages will marvel and experience a journey of city dwellers who reinvent everyday objects, balance beyond belief, delicately dangle from wires, leap tall buildings and redefine the risks of flight in an array of astounding occurrences that transform the ordinary into extraordinary. An international cast of world-class acrobats, athletes, musicians and one of a kind artists populate this imaginative, colorful metropolis and breathe life into over 100 inventive costumes, an original musical score, and magical sights that transform the landscape of a city into thrills and disbelief. Cirque Dreams Illumination is sure to live up to the Cirque Dreams brand of notoriety as hailed "jaw dropping and family friendly" by the Los Angeles Times and "The grandest circus spectacle east of Vegas" by New York Magazine. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=123101&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:00:00 CST Annual UIS Employee Holiday Party. Registration required. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=113450&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:30:00 CST Fall Term Ends http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=113507&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:00:00 CST Fall 2009 Grades Due to the Office of Records and Registration Electronically by 5:00pm http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=141918&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:30:00 CST University Holiday - one-half day gift from President and Chancellor and one-half day excused. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=141919&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:30:00 CST Christmas Day - University Holiday http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=141920&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:30:00 CST Reduced Services Day http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=141922&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:30:00 CST New Year's Eve - University Holiday http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=141926&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:30:00 CST New Year's Day - Campus Holiday http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142402&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:30:00 CST Spring 2010 financial aid disbursement. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=122287&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Dance Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:00:00 CST The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet Sergei Radchenko sought to realize his vision of a company which would bring together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet. The company of 50 dancers will perform selections from some of the greatest ballets of all time - The Sleeping Beauty, Scheherazade, Carmen, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Don Quixote, and many more! http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142434&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:30:00 CST Last day to perform a complete withdrawal of first-half courses without financial obligation. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142432&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:30:00 CST Last day to perform a complete withdrawal of full-term courses without financial obligation. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=141931&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:30:00 CST Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Campus Holiday http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142383&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:30:00 CST Campus closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. day. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142384&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:30:00 CST http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=122288&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Broadway Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:00:00 CST Wilkommen!, Bienvenue!, Welcome!, sings the Emcee of the Kit-Kat Club through painted lips, as the people of 1929 Berlin join him. Whatever your troubles, you will forget them at the Cabaret. Sally Bowles, a middle-class lass from Chelsea, London, is working as a singer at Berlins Kit-Kat Club and trying her best to live the thrillingly decadent life which the city is supposed to offer. Into her orbit comes Cliff Bradshaw, a young American writer, and Sally soon moves in to join him in his room in the boarding house run by Fraulein Schneider. Their fellow lodgers include the cheerful whore, Fraulein Kost, and the gentle, graying Herr Schultz. As the clouds gather, Sally now pregnant by Cliff, is still determined to show the world what a good time she is having and she will not or cannot hear the noises of Nazism around her. But others can. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=122289&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Family Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:00:00 CST These days there may be lots of rockers make kid-friendly records, but there is only one Ralph Covert, an irrepressible enthusiastic performer who rocks just as hard for kids as he does grown-ups. Perma-grin on his face and lime green Chuck Taylors on his feet - even at the Grammys! - his traveling circus of catchiness known as Ralph's World is equally loved by cool-seeking parents as it is by children, fortunate to be living in an era where their music both rocks and respects their intelligence and curiosity. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142435&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:30:00 CST Last day to perform partial withdrawal of first-half course(s) without financial obligation. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142422&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:30:00 CST Late registration begins for all full-semester courses and first-half courses. Instructor approval is required to register for all courses within this criteria, and late fees apply. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142403&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:30:00 CST Immunization compliance deadline http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142430&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:30:00 CST Last day to perform partial withdrawal of full-term course(s) without financial obligation. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142404&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:30:00 CST Last day to display spring parking hang tag. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=110484&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:30:00 CST Contact the Office of Development for cost and more information. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142405&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:30:00 CST Insurance enrollment deadline for dependents http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142406&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:30:00 CST Last day to submit insurance petition for exemption http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=122290&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Music Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:30:00 CST Debut U.S. Tour! The Irish Guards were formed on April 1, 1900, on the expressed wish of HM Queen Victoria to commemorate the bravery of the many Irish Regiments who had fought in the South African campaigns. The Regimental Band was formed at about the same time and quickly gained a reputation for excellence. The band's main duty is to play for the Mounting of The Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace and for state ceremonial occasions and public duties such as Investitures, State Visits, Royal Weddings, Guards of Honour, Royal Garden Parties and, of course, The Queen's Birthday Parade. In 2010, The Band of the Irish Guards will make its debut tour of the United States of America. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142398&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:30:00 CST Last day to file Spring 2010 graduation contract. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142407&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:30:00 CST Student-to-student grant waiver deadline http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=122292&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Music Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:00:00 CST Formed some six and a half decades ago, The Blind Boys of Alabama are the Iron Men of the music industry. They predate Elvis, Little Richard and Al Green yet even in their 70s they are still at the top of the gospel charts and have earned impressive three-peat honors by winning consecutive Grammy Awards for the past three years. In recent years, The Blind Boys have proven themselves masters of bringing out the most spiritual aspects of mainstream music, while at the same time bringing the music of the church straight to the roadhouse. In the past five years, they've recorded moving renditions of songs by everyone from Tom Waits to Prince side by side with their traditional material, and appeared as guests on record and on stage with an equally diverse array of artists, from Peter Gabriel to Ben Harper. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142428&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:30:00 CST Last day to withdraw, change grade option, or change to audit for first-half courses. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=122293&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Family Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:00:00 CST Shes back! Outspoken, precocious, lovable Junie B. Jones stars in a colorful, funny, fast-paced musical about new friends, new glasses, sugar cookies, the annual kickball tournament, and other various first-grade angst-ridden situations. Follow her adventures as she writes down the story of her life in her Top-Secret Personal Beeswax Journal. This popular musical is based on four volumes in Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones series of books, illustrated by Denise Brunkus and published by Random House: Junie B, First Grader (at Last!); Junie B, Boss of Lunch; Junie B, One-Man Band; and Top-Secret Personal Beeswax: A Journal by Junie B (and Me!). http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=110485&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:30:00 CST Contact the Office of Development for ticket information. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=122294&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Theater Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:00:00 CST Shakespeare's iconic romantic tragedy of innocent young lovers falling victim to family hatred and cruel destiny... swords clash, everlasting love is promised and a treacherous sleeping potion is swallowed in the greatest love story of all time. Young love has never been so delightful or as dangerous as in this stirring new production. Evoking the lyricism of Shakespeare's sonnets, Romeo and Juliet exquisitely embodies the brief joy of youthful passion and ecstasy. Timeless and deeply moving, they love each other passionately as only teenagers can while their families mutual disdain and prejudice lead to revenge and an irreversible fate. Directed by James Kerr of London's National Theatre. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=122295&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Broadway Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:30:00 CST FROM ED SULLIVAN TO ABBEY ROAD! They look like them and they sound just like them! "The next best thing to seeing The Beatles," raves the Denver Post. All the music and vocals are performed totally live! RAIN covers the Fab Four from the earliest beginnings through the psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience...a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s lights up video screens and live cameras zoom in for close-ups. "A thrilling bit of time-warping nostalgia... Boomer Heaven!" raves The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "Uncanny! RAIN are a quartet of fine musicians in their own right...as The Beatles, they triumph!" cheers the Boston Herald. "An adoring Valentine to The Beatles," declares the Washington Post. Sing along with your family and friends to such Beatlemaniac favorites as Let It Be, Hey Jude, My Guitar Gently Weeps, Come Together, and Can't Buy Me Love. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=122296&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Dance Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:00:00 CST On a never-ending quest to rescue the dancing traditions of Mexico, Amalia Hernandez founded the Ballet Folklrico of Mexico in 1952. International success was achieved during the group's early tours and has been maintained through fifty years of incessant artistic endeavors. Come experience the music, technical perfection, sophisticated wardrobe, and original choreographies that have received more than 200 awards in recognition and artistic merits. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142400&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:30:00 CST http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142399&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:30:00 CDT CAMPUS OPEN-no classes, Spring Break http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142420&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:00 CDT Spring 2010 Mid-term Grades Due to the Office of Records and Registration Electronically by NOON http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142436&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:30:00 CDT Last day to perform a complete withdrawal of last-half courses without financial obligation. http://illinois.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=226&eventId=142437&ACTION=VIEW_EVENT Affairs Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:30:00 CDT Last day to perform partial withdrawal of last-half course without financial obligation.