Topping our arts-and-entertainment expert’s chart this week: Sinfonia da Camera’s Summer Piano Institute concerts.
Mayor Diane Marlin said the city and the IMC are also working together to draft a 'memorandum of understanding' to cover 'issues related to operation of the event center.'
Diane Marlin said she’ll be meeting with IMC Treasurer Danielle Chynoweth and President Karen Medina on Wednesday to further discuss the issue, including short-term solutions, and the city council will again take up the issue at next week's meeting.
The words “trestle” and “creek” make me think “American rural trouble.” Ambrose Bierce’s haunting, surprise-ending Civil War story, often anthologized in literature textbooks, jumps to mind: “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” More recently there is “The Body” by Stephen King, turned into the …
The play, opening Friday, tells 'the story of two young people growing up in the American Midwest and searching for a future in what seemed like a hopeless time,' director Saskia Bakker said.
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Topping our arts-and-entertainment expert’s chart this week: Sinfonia da Camera’s Summer Piano Institute concerts.
Mayor Diane Marlin said the city and the IMC are also working together to draft a 'memorandum of understanding' to cover 'issues related to operation of the event center.'
Diane Marlin said she’ll be meeting with IMC Treasurer Danielle Chynoweth and President Karen Medina on Wednesday to further discuss the issue, including short-term solutions, and the city council will again take up the issue at next week's meeting.
The words “trestle” and “creek” make me think “American rural trouble.” Ambrose Bierce’s haunting, surprise-ending Civil War story, often anthologized in literature textbooks, jumps to mind: “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” More recently there is “The Body” by Stephen King, turned into the …
The play, opening Friday, tells 'the story of two young people growing up in the American Midwest and searching for a future in what seemed like a hopeless time,' director Saskia Bakker said.
The city’s new guidelines said all events open to the public at the IMC are required to apply for a special-event permit 45 days in advance, pay a $100 processing fee if not produced by the IMC — which is more than double the $40-an-hour fee that it charges — and submit a security plan.
Topping our art-and-entertainment expert’s chart this week: ‘Honky Tonkin’ in the Free World’
“Empowerment” is the current cry heard in political speeches and in educational circles. Women should have it!
Chandler Dalton is directing the 'Stars of Tomorrow' musical, which opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the SoDo Theatre, 111 S. Neil St., C.
By JEFFREY ERIC JENKINSThere is an unwritten rule that professional theater critics do not participate in standing ovations at the end of performances.To some extent, this is due to the "American Idol"-ization of this country, in which the end of a performance has become a signal for audiences to automatically jump to their feet and cheer.
'There's something sweet' about CUTC's student production.
June 22 starts another year of local, regional and national acts at the Champaign Park District-owned facility in downtown Champaign. Full schedule inside.
By JEFFREY ERIC JENKINSWhenever Edward Albee was asked what a play of his was about, he would unfailingly answer, "about two hours." Who knew that the Grand Man of American Drama was fond of "Dad jokes"?Despite Albee's mischievous reply, though, it is a really good question for young directors to ask themselves: What is this play about?
Topping our arts-and-entertainment expert's chart this week: CobraFest in Tolono, Strawberry Jam in Urbana and 'local and regional' troubadours at the Rose Bowl.
This production cuts to the quick. Shakespeare's framing device is amusing, but doesn't make the cut: 'We dive straight into the story at the house of Baptista,' said director Laura Alcantara.
Now that the concert halls have mostly fallen silent for the next four months, it's time to look back at selected highlights of the fall 2018 season at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana.
Topping our arts-and-entertainment expert's chart this week: The opening weekend of Urbana's Downtown Get Down.
EVENTSThis weekend13 THURSDAYS!
The last offering this semester of Lyric Theatre at Illinois was the 1993 musical "Crazy for You," with songs by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, largely from their 1935 musical "Girl Crazy." This production ran from April 25 to a matinee performance on April 28, which I attended.
EVENTSNext week13 THURSDAYS!
If approved in June, this would put the theater on par with the AMC Champaign 13, which has served alcohol since about 2012.
From dance to music to theater, incoming acts offer a season that's 'celebratory across the spectrum,' N-G Media's Anthony Zilis writes.
The group's production of Tchaikovsky's ballet delves into the passion of love — and its potential for tragedy.
EVENTSThis weekendSPRING CRAFT AND PLANT SALEWhat: Several vendors with handcrafted items and a variety of plants will be for sale plus a bake sale. Sponsored by Champaign County Home and Community EducationWhen: 4 to 8 p.m. May 3.Where: Champaign County Farm Bureau Auditorium, 801 N. Country Fair Drive, C.Cost: Entry fee, $1; children, free.
By JEFFREY ERIC JENKINSIn this Age of Cacophony with smartphones buzzing, beeping and ringing as they relentlessly vie for our attention, it is helpful to be reminded that less can be more.Dustin Yocum's production of "On the Exhale," a 2017 play by Martin Zimmerman, appears to take "less is more" as its motto and employs it to quiet, poignant effect.