Tuesday, April 23, 2024

• • All Day
    

  Eastern Orthodox Lent (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)

  In the Christian (Eastern) Orthodox Church, Great Lent marks the forty days leading to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The first day of Great Lent is called Clean Monday. Lent is a time for prayer, penance, good-will, fasting and drawing closer to God.

  • Religious/Cultural
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  Pesach (Passover) (Judaism)

  The Feast of Unleavened Bread. Celebrates the Jews being freed from slavery in Egypt and making the exodus from Egypt to the holy land of Israel. Begins at sundown of the first day and ends at sundown of the last day. Work is often prohibited the first two days and the last two days. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.

  • Religious/Cultural
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  • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

  Jen Everett: Could you dim the lights?

  Throughout her process, Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with the materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? is her first solo museum presentation.

  • Exhibition
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  • 6:00 pm
    
  • Asian American Cultural Center, 1210 W. Nevada St, Urbana

  Native American House -- Dinner on Us

  • Lecture
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  • 6:30 - 7:00 pm
    
  • Nate & Lillie Story Room, Champaign Public Library. 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820

  Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean: "Caranguejo não é peixe"

  • Other
• • 7:00 pm
    

  CultureTalk: Jenny Davis and Joy Harjo In Conversation

  oin this engaging conversation between 23rd United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and Jenny L. Davis, professor in American Indian Studies and Anthropology and member of the Chickasaw Nation.

  • Lecture