Look below for information on arts and entertainment around central Illinois. Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Owen Henderson talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m., and Thursdays at 5:44 p.m.
This weekend, September 21-26:
- The Krannert Center for Performing Arts in Urbana welcomes Ghanaian artist Okaidja Afroso and his show Jaku Mumor: Ancestral Spirit, a unique blend of ecological wisdom, ancestral traditions, and contemporary African oral storytelling.
- The Station Theatre hosts its final performances of The Inseparables, a feel-good comedy inspired by The Three Musketeers.
- The Spurlock Museum in Urbana will host CU Pride Fest: Behind the Mirror, featuring interviews with local drag stars.
- Opera and musical theater enthusiasts can look forward to the Lyric Theater Illinois’ annual Under the Stars performance at the Allerton Park’s Sunken Garden in Monticello.
- RuPaul’s Drag Race winners Alaska 5000 and Monet Exchange will grace the stage at the Krannert Center as part of the arts and culture festival Pygmalion.
- The Literary in Champaign is hosting its monthly Knit At Night, September 24 from 5 pm to 8 pm.
If you have an arts or entertainment event in central Illinois coming up, please email us at willnewsroom@illinois.edu.
| Dates | Theaters | Meet-Up | Outdoors |
| Thursday, Sept. 21 | PYGMALION: MONÉT X CHANGE & ALASKA 5000 | “Under the Stars” performance at Allerton Park in Monticello | |
| Friday, Sept. 22 | Jaku Mumor – Ancestral Spirit | “Under the Stars” performance at Allerton Park in Monticello | |
| Saturday, Sept. 23 | “Under the Stars” performance at Allerton Park in Monticello | ||
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“We Are Here” Block Party – CU Pride
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| Sunday, Sept. 24 | The Inseparables’ last show | Knit At Night | |
| Tuesday, Sept.26 | “Behind the Mirror, an Inside Look at Drag”Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum |