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Get recharged. Embrace a fresh perspective. Remember what matters.
Let’s unclench from this hectic lifestyle together by exploring where and how the arts intersect with our experiences. When we collaborate, the journey feels easier, the gifts are more meaningful, and the joy grows deeper.
Join us for interactive events that will fit into your comfort zone or push you to grow beyond it. Step into deep conversations with orchestra conductors, engage in discussions with people who know as little as—or a whole lot more than—you do about Hamlet, sit in on a workshop about drumming, or listen to a world-class dancer describe her secret love of chocolate.
We’re always creating new activities and new ways to make connections. You may already know about the noon Interval concerts, the end-of-the-work-day releases that are 5pm Traffic Jam performances, and our Afterglow musical series that kicks off right after evening shows.
For a more intimate setting for investigation, try out Art in Conversation, a Prelude, a Concert Prep, or a Pre-performance Conversation. You’ll be face-to-face with directors, conductors, actors, dancers, musicians, and Krannert Center experts who will share, unearth, examine, and wonder at the arts along with you.
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Krannert Uncorked with Desafinado, Latin jazz
Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
This week, Latin jazz from Desafinado gets the Lobby smoking, and Corkscrew pours the wine samples. More -
Krannert Uncorked with Say It with a Smile, pop/folk
Thursday, April 1, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Say It with a Smile brings a pop/folk/indie mix to Stage 5 with Jaron Kamin on guitar and vocals, Katherine Kamin on vocals, and Tim Koons on cello and guitar. More -
Baggage Allowance
Thursday, April 1, 2010, at 7:30pm | Colwell Playhouse | free
San Francisco artist Pamela Z presents a performance that examines the connections between people and their worldly possessions. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Opening Reception
Monday, April 5, 2010, at 12:00pm | Women’s Resources Center (703 South Wright Street, 2nd Floor, Champaign) | free
A week-long celebration of African women writers begins with a welcoming reception that will set the stage for an artistic exploration of writing—plays, novels, poetry, and films—from the continent. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Films by African Women
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at 5:30pm | Krannert Art Museum (500 East Peabody Drive, Champaign) | free
Judy Kibinge’s Coming of Age and From a Whisper by Wanuri Kahiu will offer a window into the moving work of female African filmmakers. More -
Pre-performance Talk with Karole Armitage
Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at 6:30pm | Stage 5 | free
Join Armitage Gone! Dance founder and director Karole Armitage for a pre-performance discussion of her physics-inspired new work, Three Theories. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Lorado Taft Lectureship
Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at 2:00pm | Stage 5 | free
Cape Town performance poet and writer Malika Lueen Ndlovu presents a lecture entitled Born in Africa, But. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Round Table Discussions
Thursday, April 8, 2010, at 10:00am | Levis Faculty Center (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana) | free
Two discussion sessions will be offered to further explore the compelling issues surrounding African female artists. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Round Table Discussions
Thursday, April 8, 2010, at 1:00pm | Levis Faculty Center (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana) | free
Two discussion sessions will be offered to further explore the compelling issues surrounding African female artists. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, April 8, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Mark your calendar to join us from 5 to 7pm almost every Thursday for Krannert Uncorked. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Performances
Friday, April 9, 2010, at 7:30pm | Armory Free Theatre (505 East Armory, Room 160, Champaign) | free
Throughout the day, visiting artists including Hope Azeda, Malika Lueen Ndolvu, Andia Kisia, Mshai Mwangola, and Chantal Snyman will offer special performances and staged readings of African-based productions including the plays A Coloured Place, Homecoming, Echoes from A Thousand Hills, and May I Grow As Tall As My Mother. More -
Celebrating African Women Writers: Community Celebration
Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 1:00pm | Temple Buell Hall (611 Loredo Taft Drive, Champaign) | free
The week-long exploration of female African artists culiminates with a festive closing celebration featuring poetry, African music and drumming, and dance workshops by Praise Zenenga as well as book signings, African food, and more. More -
Krannert Uncorked with the Darden Purcell Trio and Special Guests, vocal jazz
Thursday, April 15, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
This week, students and faculty from the UI School of Music’s Jazz Studies and Vocal Jazz programs present a delightful repertoire of swinging standards and special arrangements. More -
Dance for Parkinson’s Disease
Friday, April 16, 2010, at 10:00am | Drama Rehearsal Room (Level 2) | free
For the past eight years, the Mark Morris Dance Group has worked with the Brooklyn Parkinson Group to blend music and dance into an empowering movement class for patients with Parkinson’s disease. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Mark your calendar to join us from 5 to 7pm almost every Thursday for Krannert Uncorked. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, April 29, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Mark your calendar to join us from 5 to 7pm almost every Thursday for Krannert Uncorked. More -
Pygmalion Afterglow: Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
Thursday, April 29, 2010, at 10:00pm | Lobby | free
Some say “Margot” is a nod to Gweneth Paltrow’s character in The Royal Tenenbaums, and music by the Nuclear So and So’s would easily be at home on the soundtrack of most any darkly comedic Wes Anderson flick. More -
Global Transfer Afterglow: Tatsu Aoki’s Miyumi Project
Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at 10:30pm | Lobby | free
Bassist/bandleader Tatsu Aoki leads an ensemble of taiko drummers and saxophonists in a genre-bending, East-meets-West improvisational fusion of Japanese music and jazz. More -
Krannert Uncorked with Big Bluestem String Band
Thursday, May 6, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Big Bluestem String Band brings vintage and new sounds of the prairies to the Lobby for a afternoon of bluegrass, swing, blues, and ragtime. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, May 13, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Mark your calendar to join us from 5 to 7pm almost every Thursday for Krannert Uncorked. More -
Dance for Parkinson’s Disease
Friday, May 21, 2010, at 10:00am | Drama Rehearsal Room (Level 2) | free
For the past eight years, the Mark Morris Dance Group has worked with the Brooklyn Parkinson Group to blend music and dance into an empowering movement class for patients with Parkinson’s disease. More -
Krannert Uncorked
Thursday, May 27, 2010, at 5:00pm | Lobby | free
Mark your calendar to join us from 5 to 7pm almost every Thursday for Krannert Uncorked. More
