Update: This story was originally published on October 13th, 2023. The performance was rescheduled to January 25th, 2024. URBANA- Grammy Award-winning artists Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin are performing at the Foellinger Great Hall in Urbana on Thursday, January 25th. Morning Edition host Kimberly Schofield spoke with Carpenter about discovering her path to finding…
On February 1, 2024, Illinois Soul will launch on FM 101.1 here in Champaign-Urbana. And outside of the twin cities, you can tune it in on a high definition radio at FM 90.9. HD 2.
For nearly 26 years, Kimberlie Kranich has worked to foster a more diverse, inclusive, and welcoming environment during her career with Illinois Public Media.
The series The Black Church: This is Our Story, this is Our Song explores how the Black church has served as a nurturing ground for the major institutions that help define Black America for centuries. On December 15, Illinois Public Media will host an episode of the series at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign. …
As the holiday season approaches, the Nutcracker ballet takes center stage in Champaign Urbana. Illinois Public Media’s Kimberly Schofield and Owen Henderson sat down with Kay Greene, the Executive Director of the CU Ballet, and Kevin Burnside, a lead soloist, to talk about this year’s production. They discussed what goes into making this classic ballet…
Urbana – The Realness: a break beat play is a theatrical production focusing on 90s hip-hop culture, set to be staged this November in Urbana. Directed by Aaron Muñoz and organized by Illinois Theatre, the play aims to represent the stories and experiences of this era in hip-hop. The Realness: a break beat play. opens…
Champaign – With the Colwell Playhouse under construction at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Illinois Theatre’s fall production of ‘RENT’ will take the stage at the Virginia Theatre. IPM’s Owen Henderson and Morning Edition host Kimberly Schofield had the opportunity to sit down with the show’s director, Lisa Gaye Dixon, and music director,…
URBANA -Deke Weaver’s The Unreliable Bestiary is a performance series about animals, their environments, and how humans interact with them. His life-long project has a performance for each letter of the alphabet and so far includes Monkey, Elephant, Wolf, Bear, and Tiger. Cetacean, represented by a whale, is the sixth installment of the project and runs…
URBANA –Morris Day and the Time is coming to Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, September 15, and Saturday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m. Morning Edition host Kimberly Schofield spoke with Day, a Springfield, Illinois native, about his road to fame and the memories that came with it. Kimberly Schofield: Morris Day, thank you…
Singer-songwriter and lefty guitarist Malina Moye is opening the Ellnora, The Guitar Festival at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, September 8.
James Vaughen is a professional trumpet player who grew up in Champaign.
Kimberly Schofield spoke with IPM’s Clef Notes writer and editor Katie Buzard about her featured singing role on Great Performances, which airs on Monday, August 21 at 9pm.
August 3, 2023 Today’s headlines: Governor JB Pritzker joined local leaders in Decatur on Wednesday to announce plans to expand the state’s electric vehicle ecosystem. Decatur’s Dennis Lab students will likely start school after Labor Day, on September 5. More Illinois high schoolers are using e-cigarettes than were smoking cigarettes a decade ago. In today’s…
The Champaign Urbana Theatre Company is bringing a familiar production to the area next week. Illinois Newsroom’s Kimberly Schofield has more from the people who are bringing River City, Iowa back to life…for the fourth time.
Academy Award-winning composer Steven Price spoke with WILL’s Kimberly Schofield about Our Planet Live in Concert coming to the State Farm Center Monday, March 27, at 7:30. The concert is a two-hour show with live orchestral music, cinematography, and narration from David Attenborough, with William Shatner as the host.