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Spurlock Museum hosts ‘Music at Illinois,’ a lecture by Joe Rank

One man plays a guitar and sings as three other men join in the song.

The free program will be presented by retired Alumni Association Vice President Joe Rank at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory Drive, Urbana. Provided by the Illinois Alumni Association

Spurlock Museum of World Cultures and the Illinois Alumni Association will present “Music at Illinois,” a special program on popular music written especially for or about the university. The free program will be presented by retired Alumni Association Vice President Joe Rank at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory Drive, Urbana.

Over the course of the past 150 years, students, alumni and faculty members have created a number of musical traditions. The event is held in collaboration with the museum’s temporary exhibit “Knowledge at Work: The University of Illinois at 150.”

More information is available online.

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