Cancelled - Workshop: Introduction to Afro-Brazilian Percussion

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Event Date: 
March 22, 2020 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Venue: 
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande – Illinois
Address: 
201 Lincoln Square, Space 157, Urbana
Description: 

Robert E. Brown Center for World Music is extending our collaboration with Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande – Illinois to offer a series of free community workshops on Afro-Brazilian drumming traditions including samba, samba-reggae, and maracatu. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with the richness of these traditions in a small-group setting designed to be both fun and challenging. The aim of this introductory series is to establish Bloco Gavião, an ongoing community ensemble.

Workshops will be led by Mark Becker, a student of Contra-Mestre Denis Chiaramonte in the Capoeira Angola tradition and a musician who has participated in and led 'blocos' in both Brazil and the United States.

Beginner and experienced players welcome. Instruments will be provided.

Workshops will be offered at Capoeira Angola Center on:

Sunday, Mar 22, 2020 | 1:00 – 2:30p
Sunday, Mar 29, 2020 | 1:00 – 2:30p
Sunday, Apr 19, 2020 | 1:00 – 2:30p
Sunday, May 3, 2020 | 1:00 – 2:30p

A special session will be offered at Spurlock Museum's WorldFest on:
Sunday, Apr 5, 2020 | 12:30 – 1:45p

Admission: 
free and open to the public
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Afro-Brazilian Dance Class For Our Community

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Event Date: 
February 29, 2020 - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Venue: 
Capoeira Angola Center Illinois
Address: 
201 Lincoln Square, Urbana, IL Space 157 (North Entrance)
Description: 

Let's Keep Our Bodies MOVING!

Come celebrate the rich and beautiful Afro-Brazilian culture with Mariana do Berimbau— a dancer, performer, and poet originally from Brazil. She will have you moving while improving your body awareness and exposing you to Afro-Brazilian culture and language! All levels welcome.
Great fun and joy awaits you!

Admission: 
$5.00 minimum suggested fee / cash only
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CWM welcomes George A. Miller Visiting Scholar Cara Stacey March 4 - 13, 2020

South Africa-based scholar / artist Cara Stacey holds a Masters in Musicology (Edinburgh), and a MMus in Performance from SOAS (London). As a Commonwealth Scholar, she completed her PhD through the University of Cape Town and SOAS (London). Her doctoral research investigated practice and innovation in the music of the makhweyane musical bow in the Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland). Cara is currently an ACLS African Humanities Programme postdoctoral fellow.

The Illinois Flamenco-Jazz Collective

The Illinois Flamenco-Jazz Collective looks forward to resuming in Fall 2020.

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The Illinois Flamenco-Jazz Collective is an exciting new student led project at the University of Illinois establishing a music and dance ensemble dedicated to high-quality authentic and innovative Flamenco performance and education.

Chai Time w/ SPICMACAY

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Event Date: 
February 17, 2020 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Asian American Cultural Center
Address: 
1210 W Nevada St, Urbana
Description: 

AACC x SPICMACAY Presents Chai Time!

Come to Chai Time to learn more about Indian Classical Music and Dance!
Free snacks & drinks provided.

Admission: 
Free Admission

Cancelled - 15th Annual WorldFest @ Spurlock Museum

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Event Date: 
April 5, 2020 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Spurlock Museum
Address: 
600 S. Gregory St, Urbana, IL
Description: 

Visit the Spurlock Museum for an afternoon full of performances! During WorldFest, the Museum celebrates the wonderful variety of performance arts practiced around the world. Six different acts perform throughout the afternoon, offering music, dance, poetry, and folk tales.

This year’s performers:

• Jean Rene Balekita and Laeticia Kyungu: African and Congolese music
• Mariana do Berimbau: Afro-Brazilian poetry and music
• Mirage: Iranian music
• Bloco Gavião: Afro-Brazilian music
• The Roots of Flamenco
• Kim Sheahan: multicultural folk tales

Inspired by the performance garments in the exhibit In Her Closet - How to Make a Drag Queen, this year’s WorldFest craft is a jewelry-making activity. See pieces made by Damon Rule for local legend Mona Monclair, and then join Damon and staff 12:30 - 4:00 pm to create your own dazzling wearable artwork.

Admission is free and all ages are welcome. This event is supported in part by the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/204686637396400/

Admission: 
Free Admission
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Winter Tales Storytelling Concert: Dovie Thomason

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Event Date: 
February 23, 2020 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Venue: 
Spurlock Museum
Address: 
600 S. Gregory St, Urbana, IL
Description: 

Teller and activist Dovie Thomason (Lakota, Apache,and Scot descent) presents a concert of traditional stories. This free performance is part of the Spurlock Museum’s 18th annual Winter Tales celebration honoring the cultures of Indigenous Americans and the wisdom and practices they share with others. Also included in this year’s events are talks by Thomason on the American Indian boarding school experience and Buffalo Bill Cody’s 1880s shows and their portrayal of the American West. Visit the Museum’s online events page for dates and times. All events are free.

This event is supported in part by the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Admission: 
Free Admission
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Cuban Percussion Workshop at C4A

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Event Date: 
February 22, 2020 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: 
Community Center for the Arts (C4A)
Address: 
202 West Main Street, Urbana, IL
Description: 

C4A is presenting a Cuban Percussion Workshop
Saturday, February 22, 2020

This event is open to percussionists in all styles and levels of expertise.

11:00 am to 1:00 pm workshop (with a break; refreshments provided)

1:00 pm Lunch and “hang with the artists”

$25 Admission includes two-hour hands-on workshop (bring your favorite percussion instrument; we can provide some) and a lunch (Menu includes BBQ from the Black Dog and vegan beans & rice)

About the Presenters:

Percussionist, Alejandro Aguiar is traveling from Cuba this February to perform with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

Bassist Olivia Rodríguez Caballero is a rising star of Cuban classical and popular music, and a Colibrí and Egrem recording artist.

The couple performs regularly with Cuban popular artists Frank Delgado, Liuba María Hevia, Frasis Group, Ivette Cepeda, Luis Barbería, Jade Duo, Leoni Torres and PerCuba Ensemble. Their recorded work includes “Mozart in Havana” for Sony Classical with pianist Simone Dinnerstein and “Mozart and Mambo” with Berlin Philharmonic horn player, Sarah Willis.

REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP

Pre-registration and payment is required by February 19.
Visit the website for details.

Admission: 
$25
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Brazilian Carnaval 2020

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Event Date: 
February 22, 2020 - 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Venue: 
University YMCA
Address: 
1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign, IL
Description: 

The Luso Brazilian Association at UIUC invites you to celebrate the

BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL 2020!

We’ll have live music, costumes and food. And the best part is that everything is for FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Invite your family, friends and whoever wants to know about this famous Brazilian festival.

Where?
University YMCA

When?
Saturday, February 22

Paid for by the student cultural programing fee.

Sponsors:
Luso Brazilian Association
Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies

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37th Annual International Dinner & Performance Night

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Event Date: 
March 8, 2020 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
University YMCA
Address: 
1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign, IL
Description: 

37th Annual International Dinner & Performance Night

The University YMCA & The International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) present the 37th Annual International Dinner & Performance Night.

Join us for a fun-filled night with family and friends, featuring food from all over the world and entertaining performances from community and campus members.

Sunday, March 8, 2020, 6pm to 8pm
University YMCA | Latzer Hall
1001 S. Wright St, Champaign, IL

Tickets on sale beginning February 17 by online reservation for $12/$10 for students and children (see form via link provided in Tickets section) and at the front desk of the University YMCA beginning Monday, February 17. (Checks should be made payable to the University YMCA). Tickets sell fast and space is limited; please plan to purchase your tickets well in advance.

This event is open to ALL (campus and community members) to attend with the purchase of a ticket. If you have a small child who is planning to sit on your lap and not take a seat, then they can get in for free.

Sponsored by the University YMCA and ISSS. For more information, visit: https://universityymca.org/international-dinner/

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