UIS Performing Arts Center Announces Temporary Closures In 2025/26December 17, 2024Sangamon Auditorium and the UIS Studio Theatre, housed within the University of Illinois Springfield's Public Affairs Center building, will temporarily close for an extensive plumbing improvement project that will modernize critical infrastructure in the building. The temporary closure will begin in June 2025.
WILD KRATTS LIVE Second Show Added At The Palace TheatreDecember 17, 2024Due to high demand, CAPA has added a second show for its Friday, April 4, presentation of Wild Kratts LIVE 2.0 – Activate Creature Power! at the Palace Theatre. With the 6:30 pm show nearly sold out, a 3:30 pm show has been added.
MINECRAFT EXPERIENCE: VILLAGER RESCUE Announces Dallas Extension Until January 20December 17, 2024The world premiere of Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue, Minecraft's first-ever, real-life, in-person immersive quest, spawned in October in the Dallas area to rave reviews and multiple sellouts, thrilling longtime Minecrafters, new-comers of all ages, and families alike. Now, fans who have always wanted to be “inside” the Minecraft game in real life will have more opportunities to do so with the experience slated to continue in the Dallas area (Plano) through the holidays until January 20, 2025. After Dallas, Minecraft Experience will continue touring to additional cities around the world in 2025 (to be announced).
Michelle Nikou Announced As 2024 Guildhouse FellowDecember 17, 2024Guildhouse, the Art Gallery of South Australia and the James & Diana Ramsay Foundation has announced South Australian contemporary artist Michelle Nikou as the 2024 Guildhouse Fellow – a twelve-month fellowship valued at over $50,000.
Marvel Studios' INFINITY SAGA CONCERT EXPERIENCE To Have UK Premiere This MarchDecember 17, 2024Join the Novello Orchestra for Marvel Studios' Infinity Saga Concert Experience – a new Marvel Studios film concert that takes fans on an epic cinematic journey covering twenty-three films in one momentous concert experience, taking place at London's Royal Festival Hall on the 4th March 2025 at 7:30pm.
MEETING OF MINDS Receives National Recognition With Chamber Music America AwardDecember 17, 2024Musiqa, NobleMotion Dance and the University of Houston IUCRC Brain Center have been awarded Chamber Music America's 2025 Interdisciplinary Collaboration of the Year for “Meeting of Minds”, a joint production with music by Anthony Brandt, choreography by Andy Noble and Dionne Sparkman Noble, visual design by Badie Khaleghian, and brain-computer interfacing (BCI) under the direction of Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal.