Cultural & International Calendar

Cultural & International

Cultural & International

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Sunday, April 14, 2024

Monday, April 15, 2024

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Friday, April 19, 2024

Saturday, April 20, 2024

    • All Day

    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.

    • All Day
    • Main Level, East Gallery

    This annual exhibition of work by graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois includes Industrial Design, Photography, Studio Art, and Design for Responsible Innovation.

    • All Day

    Pronounced "Rezván," this annual Baha’i festival commemorates the 12 days when Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Baha’i Faith, publicly proclaimed His mission as God’s messenger for this age. Elections for Baha’i institutions are generally held during the Festival of Riḍván. Some students or employees may request schedule adjustments in order to observe.

    • All Day
    • Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign | Main Level, West Gallery and Light Court

    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.

  • Bruce Hamana
    • 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
    • 2000 S Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL 61802

    Japan House's annual Spring Open House resumes on Saturday, April 20th featuring Bruce Sosei Hamana, professor of chado, and the Chado Urasenke Tankokai Urbana-Champaign Association.

    • 2:00 pm
    • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave

    Brecht’s 1941 satirical allegory of Hitler’s rise to power, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, follows the elevation of a 1930s Chicago mobster who works a corrupt political and economic system to his advantage.

    • 3:00 pm
    • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave

    Take a peek inside each of our theatres and learn more about Krannert Center.