Join us for a panel + exhibition opening with campus & community labor organizers discussing solidarity, organizing, and collective bargaining.
Free & open to all. No registration required.
Mother’s Day is coming up and a little self-care goes a long way 💛
Create a card, decorate a pot, plant your own greenery, or pack a de-stress tea jar.
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SPURLOCK SUNDAY for May! 🧵✨
Stop by and create your own art using textiles from around the world 🌍
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Celebrate student filmmaking at the Illinois Student Film Festival 🎬✨
Enjoy an exciting lineup of short films and activities highlighting creative work from across the University of Illinois campus.
Stop by for a screening of The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers and a live afterglow performance at the Rose Bowl Tavern! 🎶🎻
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It's time to dance!
Join the University of Illinois Department of Dance on Friday, April 24 for the BA in Dance Thesis Symposium 💃✨
Join us for an At Risk U talk with Professor Christopher Newfield exploring how today’s university economic models are reshaping higher education.
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Join us for a special live performance by queer pop composer and author Be Steadwell 🎶✨
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Explore textile arts from around the world! Discover how they’re made and how they express identity, culture, creativity, and more at our special guided tour! 🌍
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“Quilt Whisperer” Connie Martin reveals hidden codes, secret safe routes, and untold stories of the Underground Railroad
🗓April 16 at 6:30pm
📍Collaboration and Community Gallery at Spurlock Museum
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As part of the Francophone Film Festival, enjoy a screening of Le Retour 🎬
Film will include English subtitles.
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Join us for a screening of the acclaimed Pakistani film Zinda Bhaag 🎬 Followed by a Q&A with Professor Iftikhar Dadi and a reception. No registration required!
IMPORTANT UPDATE‼
The Spurlock Book Club event has been postponed and a new date will be announced very soon.
This upcoming Spurlock Sunday centers around our Unfinished Revolutions exhibit so stop by for a chance to engage with the exhibit and become part of it through zine making.
Come create, reflect, and leave your mark! 📖
As part of the Boneyard Arts Festival, we’re excited to present Five Month Trial by Orlando Joubert Jr. this Saturday!
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Join Professor Andrew Ollett to explore early theories of contextual meaning from India and their surprising connections to today’s language models 📖
SELFCARE AT SPURLOCK!!
Now’s the perfect time to recharge and spend a little time on yourself. Come down to Spurlock to take a real break, relax, and make something crafty! You deserve it 💙
🎬 Another screening is coming this Friday!
Stop by to experience an experimental narrative film that reflects on the destruction of Gaza through a story of heartbreak.
🍿Join us at Yankee Ridge Elementary School for a special screening of "Amélie et la Métaphysique des Tubes" as part of the Francophone Film Festival!
Film will have English subtitles. See you there!
As part of the Boneyard Arts Festival, we’re thrilled to welcome community tango orquesta Bandoneon Massacre! 💃🎻
Enjoy an evening of music spanning tango’s “Golden Age” of the 1930s alongside vibrant contemporary works for tango string orchestra from the 2020s.
As Spurlock joins the Boneyard Arts Festival as an official venue, we’re thrilled to share a special presentation of Hickey’s short films on a continuous loop throughout the weekend:
Friday, April 10 | 10 AM – 4 PM
Saturday, April 11 | 10 AM – 4 PM
Sunday, April 12 | 12 PM – 4 PM
Join Yan Geling as she shares insights on writing ✍️, film adaptation 🎬, censorship, and the personal journey behind her most powerful works 📚
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Award-winning Palestinian artist & filmmaker Basma al-Sharif presents a selection of early and recent films exploring intimacy, power, and place!
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Here's a little BTS of our staff installing Unfinished Revolutions that is now officially open 👀✨
With the exhibit up, our opening event is just 5 DAYS away, so make sure to save the date! Come explore the exhibit, enjoy light refreshments, and listen to protest music performed by Paul Kotheimer 🎉
Spurlock is now a Boneyard Arts Festival venue! We’ve got some special events coming up this April so mark your calendars now 🗓
It’s never too early to pick up the book before our April 18 discussion!
Stop by Spurlock during open hours to grab your copy of Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison.📚
We are officially 3 WEEKS AWAY from the opening of Unfinished Revolutions! 🎉 Save the date and join us to celebrate.
Join us and filmmaker Beth Harrington for a special screening and discussion of "Our Mr. Matsura" 🎬
Another guided tour is coming this April! This time we’re exploring how ancient societies represented death, and what those memorial practices tell us about class and status.
Tomorrow... join us for two special guided tours:
🕚 11am - Explore how societies across time and cultures interact with belief systems, the physical world, and one another to address illness
🕛 12pm - Discover diverse cultural representations of nature throughout history