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Book explores how ‘domestication’ of environmentalism limits who it protects
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The response to a 1969 oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, reveals how the modern environmental movement has been used to protect the interests of private homeowners, said a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researcher. Landscape architecture professor Pollyanna Rhee chronicled how affluent homeowners use what she calls “ownership environmentalism” […]
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts announces ELLNORA guests, 2025-26 season performances
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Krannert Center for the Performing Arts will open its 2025-26 season Sept. 4-6 with ELLNORA: The Guitar Festival, the 11th year of the biennial festival. The performing arts center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign held its first ELLNORA festival 20 years ago. Tickets for ELLNORA events and for the season’s performances […]
Seniors in art and design to show their work at Krannert Art Museum
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Seniors from the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will show the work that is the culmination of their undergraduate education in an exhibition at Krannert Art Museum. The School of Art and Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition will show the work of nearly 100 students […]
New study finds link between green spaces and police violence
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A novel research project has shown that areas with greater amounts of green space have a lower prevalence of police violence. The study is the first to find a significant relationship between greenness levels and fatal police shootings, and it showed that the most socially and economically disadvantaged areas seemed to benefit […]
Graduate art and design students exhibit their work at Krannert Art Museum
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Graduate students in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Art and Design will present their work in an exhibition at Krannert Art Museum. The annual School of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition opens April 12 and runs through April 26. It includes 12 graduate students in studio art, […]
February Dance includes works experimenting with live music, technology and a ‘sneaker ballet’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The dance department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will present February Dance 2025: Fast Forward this week at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. February Dance will be one of the first performances in the newly renovated Colwell Playhouse Theatre since its reopening. The performances are Jan. 30-Feb. 1. Dance professor […]
Krannert Art Museum exhibition shows midcentury modern homes as places for artistic production
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Several Champaign-Urbana homes designed by local architects between the 1940s and 1990s were also made as settings for artistic performances and cultural conversations. An exhibition at Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examines how four midcentury modern homes served as incubators for avant-garde culture in the community. “Making Place […]
What can the Notre-Dame restoration tell us about how we value historic structures?
The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris reopened to the public on Dec. 8 for the first time since April 2019, when a fire destroyed its roof and spire and filled its interior with ash, lead dust and charred wood. A five-year restoration project stabilized its walls, rebuilt the roof and spire, and cleaned the interior, including […]
Illinois architecture professors’ book provides historic analysis of Memorial Stadium
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Memorial Stadium this fall. A rededication ceremony on Oct. 18 will be held 100 years to the day after its dedication game when Red Grange scored four touchdowns in the first 12 minutes of the game to lead Illinois to a […]
October Dance puts a modern spin on dance history
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The October Dance concert “Rewind/Remix” will look back at historical modern dance figures and put a contemporary spin on dance history. The concert, presented by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign dance department, is Oct. 10-12 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. A livestream performance is available at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9. […]
Krannert Art Museum’s new acquisitions expand collection, research and teaching opportunities
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign made several acquisitions in the past year that will transform its collection and be used regularly in research and teaching. “When we are investing in purchasing works of art or taking in a large collection, we always have a sense of how the […]
Theatre department’s season features theme of reconciliation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The theatre department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will offer views of healing and reconciliation in this season’s plays. The 2024-25 season includes a gothic melodrama, a Shakespeare production and a multigenerational story of an immigrant family. “We look for the way the different works resonate with each other. One of […]