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		:: September IUB Fall Musical “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Cast Auditions Musicals When: Monday, September 7 – Wednesday, September 9 starting at 5PM each day Where: Illini Union Ballroom (2^nd Floor North) Cast Audition information will be available at the beginning of the Fall semester in the Illini Union Board Office (227 Illini Union). Those interested in auditioning should be familiar with the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical version of the classic tale. Illini Union Board Info & Interest Night Development When: Tuesday, September 8 6-8PM Where: Anniversary Plaza (The Quad) Interested in getting involved or learning more about IUB? Come to Info Night to meet IUB members and also learn more about the largest programming organization on campus. Jypsi – Country Concert Weekend Entertainment When: Thursday, September 10 9PM Where: Illini Union Courtyard Café Cost: $3 w/ I-Card, $5 Public Spellbinding, bluegrass-informed country with Rock & Roll spirit. Website: MySpace “More Than Music: The Social Responsibility of Hip Hop” Hip Hop Conference Cultural Programs When: Friday, September 11 & Saturday, September 12 Where: Illini Union Featuring: Keynote Address from Bakari Kitwana (acclaimed journalist, political analyst and author) on Friday September 11 at 7:30pm in the Illini Union Ballroom. Workshop Sessions on Saturday, September 12 from 9am-1:30pm in the Illini Union. Pre-Registration required. Forms located outside of 227 Illini Union (IUB Office). Alvin Lau Slam Poetry Cultural Programs When: Thursday, September 17 8PM Where: Illini Union Illini Rooms A&B Cost: Free for Students Featuring: A two-time Chicago and national youth poetry slam champion. Currently ranked #2 in the nation individually and has been featured on Amnesty International’s Spoken Word Tour and HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. Illinites: Hollywood to Bollywood Illinites Co-Sponsored with the Indian Student Association, Indian Graduate Student Association and the Moms & Dads Associations When: Friday, September 18 9PM-1AM Where: Illini Union Free Event for Students! Featuring: A culturally themed evening mixing American Hollywood culture with Indian Bollywood culture with Comedian Paul Varghese, Bollywood Double Feature: “Bend It Like Beckham” and “Bride & Prejudice,” Hollywood Idol Singing Contest, Make Your Own Music Videos, Make Your Own CD in the CD Recording Booth, Caricature Artist Jeff Mandel, and of course .50 Sbarro Pizza Slices! Illinites is a late night program featuring free entertainment, free activities and free food for student participants. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” - Girls Night Out Film Series: Movies for Women Progressive Programs When: Tuesday, September 22 at 7pm Where: Illini Union Courtyard Café Free Event for Students! Synopsis: Just as New York City was the backdrop in Woody Allen's Manhattan, the stunning city of Barcelona is the setting for the romantic adventures of Vicky and Cristina. These two young Americans spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist (Bardem) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Cruz). Vicky (Hall) is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina (Johansson) is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, the results are both hilarious and harrowing. Jeffrey Ma Lecture – The real character behind the film “21” Enriching Programs In Celebration of iUnite Week When: Wednesday, September 23 7PM Where: Illini Union Illini Rooms Free Event for Students! Featuring: Jeffrey Ma speaking on, “Playing the Hand You’re Dealt With: The Man Behind “21” (film) on Finding the Path to your Future.” Former M.I.T. Blackjack team member and inspiration for the film “21.” LGBT Welcome Back Event Progressive Programs In Celebration of iUnite Week When: Thursday, September 24 starting at 9:30PM Where: Illini Union Rec Room Featuring: Free Bowling, Billiards, Pizza and fun times for members of the campus Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities as well as allies and advocates. See you there! Culture Shock Cultural Programs In Celebration of iUnite Week When: Saturday, September 26 6-9PM Where: Illini Union Illini Rooms Free Event For Students! Featuring: Come and experience world cultures through performances, music and great food. In one night, the Illini Union Board, with the help of many other student organizations and campus departments, will take you around the world in a matter of hours. Join us during iUnite week for an unforgettable Culture Shock! :: October Les Barta Art Exhibit - Art Gallery Opening Reception Arts When: Friday, October 2 5-7PM Where: Illini Union Art Gallery An opening reception featuring the art work of Les Barta. Refreshments provided by the Illini Union Board. Illinites: Get Fit! Illinites Co-Sponsored with Student Alumni Ambassadors, Division of Campus Recreation, Office of Residential Life, McKinley Health Center and Moms & Dads Associations When: Friday, October 2 9PM-1AM Where: Illini Union Free Event for Students! Featuring: A fun and entertaining night themed around fitness and holistic wellness. Illinites is a late night program featuring free entertainment, free activities and free food for student participants. IUB African American Homecoming Pageant Traditional Programs When: Thursday, October 8 starting at 7PM Where: Illini Union Illini Rooms Cost: $5 students, $7 public. Advance tickets available from August 24 – October 8 at Ticket Central in the Illini Union. IUB Homecoming Ticket Bundle available at Ticket Central in the Illini Union (including admission to the IUB Homecoming Fashion Show, IUB African American Homecoming Pageant, IUB African American Homecoming Step Show and IUB African American Homecoming Party). Limited bundles available. Bundle prices are $33 (students), $42 (general public). Bundle packages are only available until Thursday, October 8 so get yours today! Featuring: A Homecoming Pageant to determine who will be the next Mr. & Ms. U of I. IUB Homecoming Fashion Show Traditional Programs When: Friday, October 9 starting at 9PM Where: Foellinger Auditorium Cost: $10 advance students, $12 advance public, $11 students at the door, $13 public at the door. Advance tickets available from August 24 – October 9 at Ticket Central in the Illini Union. IUB Homecoming Ticket Bundle available at Ticket Central in the Illini Union (including admission to the IUB Homecoming Fashion Show, IUB African American Homecoming Pageant, IUB African American Homecoming Step Show and IUB African American Homecoming Party). Limited bundles available. Bundle prices are $33 (students), $42 (general public). Bundle packages are only available until Thursday, October 8 so get yours today! Featuring: As part of the Homecoming tradition, this event will feature student models and performers showcasing the latest fashion trends set to a blazing soundtrack. IUB African American Homecoming Step Show Traditional Programs When: Saturday, October 10 starting at 5:30PM Where: Foellinger Auditorium Cost: $8 advance students, $10 advance public, $12 general admission at the door. Advance tickets available from August 24 – October 9 at Ticket Central in the Illini Union. IUB Homecoming Ticket Bundle available at Ticket Central in the Illini Union (including admission to the IUB Homecoming Fashion Show, IUB African American Homecoming Pageant, IUB African American Homecoming Step Show and IUB African American Homecoming Party). Limited bundles available. Bundle prices are $33 (students), $42 (general public). Bundle packages are only available until Thursday, October 8 so get yours today! Featuring: As part of the African-American Homecoming tradition, this event will showcase step performances from Historically Black Fraternities and Sororities from around the region. IUB African American Homecoming Party Traditional Programs When: Saturday, October 10 starting at 11PM Where: Campus Recreation Center East (CRCE) Cost: $13 students, $16 public. Tickets available ONLY in advance and ONLY through Ticket Central in the Illini Union. Advance tickets available from August 24 – October 9 at Ticket Central in the Illini Union. IUB Homecoming Ticket Bundle available at Ticket Central in the Illini Union (including admission to the IUB Homecoming Fashion Show, IUB African American Homecoming Pageant, IUB African American Homecoming Step Show and IUB African American Homecoming Party). Limited bundles available. Bundle prices are $33 (students), $42 (general public). Bundle packages are only available until Thursday, October 8 so get yours today! Featuring: As part of the African-American Homecoming tradition, this event will showcase a DJ and dance for students to celebrate Homecoming. Lecture – TBA Enriching Programs When: Wednesday, October 14 8PM Where: Illini Union Illini Rooms Free Event for Students! Featuring: TBA Hasan Minhaj Comedy Show Weekend Entertainment When: Thursday, October 15 9PM Where: Illini Union Courtyard Café Cost: TBA Website: Hasan Minhaj Website “My Sister’s Keeper” - Girls Night Out Film Series: Movies for Women Progressive Programs When: Tuesday, October 20 at 7pm Where: Illini Union Courtyard Café Cost: $2 Featuring: Sara and Brian Fitzgerald's life with their young son and their two-year-old daughter, Kate, is forever altered when they learn that Kate has leukemia. The parents' only hope is to conceive another child, specifically intended to save Kate's life. For some, such genetic engineering would raise both moral and ethical questions; for the Fitzgeralds, Sara in particular, there is no choice but to do whatever it takes to keep Kate alive. And what it takes is Anna. Kate and Anna share a bond closer than most sisters: though Kate is older, she relies on her little sister--in fact, her life depends on Anna. Throughout their young lives, the sisters endure various medical procedures and hospital stays--just another part of their close-knit family's otherwise normal life. Sara, a loving wife and mother who left her career as an attorney to care for her daughter, is sometimes lost inside the single-minded caregiver she has become in her efforts to save Kate. Her strong, supportive husband, Brian, is often rendered powerless and passive by his wife's strength and determination. And their only son, Jesse, drifts, at times all but forgotten as Kate and Anna take center stage. Until Anna, now 11, says "no." Seeking medical emancipation, she hires her own lawyer initiating a court case that divides the family and that could leave Kate's rapidly failing body in the hands of fate. Illinites: I Know What You Did Last Illinites! Illinites Co-Sponsored with the Moms & Dads Associations When: Friday, October 23 9PM-1AM Where: Illini Union Free Event for Students! Featuring: A fun and thrilling night themed around Halloween and haunted happenings…featuring “Spirit Talk” with Chris Fleming, from Biography Channel’s “Dead Famous.” Illinites is a late night program featuring free entertainment, free activities and free food for student participants. Website: Unknown Magazine Homegrown Talent Show Arts When: Friday, October 30 TBA Where: Illini Union Illini Rooms TBA :: November The Illini Union Board Welcomes Delegates from the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Region 9 Conference! Illinites: Welcome to the Carnival! Illinites Co-Sponsored with the Moms & Dads Associations When: Friday, November 6 9PM-1AM Where: Illini Union Free Event for Students! Featuring: A fun and thrilling night themed around the carnival…featuring the amazing talents of Justin Kredible – like a magician, but cooler! Illinites is a late night program featuring free entertainment, free activities and free food for student participants. Website: Unknown Magazine Lecture – TBA Enriching Programs When: Monday, November 9 8PM Where: Foellinger Auditorium Free Event for Students! Featuring: TBA “Julie & Julia” - Girls Night Out Film Series: Movies for Women Progressive Programs When: Tuesday, November 10 at 7pm Where: Illini Union Courtyard Café Cost: $2 Synopsis: Based on Julie Powell's book "Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen." Julie Powell recounts how she conquered every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and saved her soul. Julie Powell is 30-years-old, living in a rundown apartment in Queens and working at a soul-sucking secretarial job that's going nowhere. She needs something to break the monotony of her life, and she invents a deranged assignment. She will take her mother's dog-eared copy of Julia Child's 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and she will cook all 524 recipes. In the span of one year. Roy Wood Jr. Comedy Show Weekend Entertainment When: Thursday, November 12 9PM Where: Illini Union Courtyard Café Cost: TBA Website: Roy Wood Jr Website IUB Fall Musical “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” Musicals When: Saturday, November 14 at 2pm & 7:30pm, Sunday, November 15 2pm Where: Foellinger Auditorium Cost: $11 students with I-Card, $13 public. $8 Discounted tickets will be available for children under 12 at the door only. Remember when dreams really did come true? Join us with the whole family over Dads Weekend and relive the magic of Cinderella. You’ll believe its possible, for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage. :: December IUBazaar and Winter Craft Fair Arts When: Wednesday, December 2 and Thursday, December 3 10AM-5PM Where: Illini Union Illini Rooms and South Lounge Admission is FREE to the IUBazaar! :: Past Programs “An Artistic Life” Phyllis Rash Hughes Art Exhibit - Art Gallery Opening Reception Arts When: Friday, August 28 5-7PM Where: Illini Union Art Gallery An opening reception featuring the art work of Phyllis Rash Hughes. Refreshments provided by the Illini Union Board. Illinites: LMAO All Night Long Illinites Co-Sponsored with the InterFraternity Council and Moms & Dads Associations When: Friday, August 28 9PM-1AM Where: Illini Union Free Event for Students! Featuring: The Second City Touring Comedy Troupe & Comedian Sabrina Jalees, “Star Trek” (2009) film screening, Frisbee Spin Art Crafts, Free Video Game Play (Wii, Xbox360), Open Mic Night featuring The Titanic Players, Human Bowling & Bungee Run Outdoor Inflatable Games, Laugh Out Loud Board Games, Discounted Cosmic Bowling for Students ($3.30/person/game + one time $2 shoe rental), and of course .50 Sbarro Pizza Slices! Illinites is a late night program featuring free entertainment, free activities and free food for student participants. Websites: The Second City / Sabrina Jalees IUB Homecoming Fashion Show Auditions Traditional Programs When: Monday, August 31 – Tuesday, September 1 starting at 5PM each day Where: Illini Union Room 314 The IUB Homecoming Fashion Show is looking for models of all sizes, ethnicities and gender. Models must be currently enrolled U of I students (enrollment will be verified). Ladies should bring heels. Gentlemen should wear shoes, no sandals. Models will be expected to attend rehearsals multiple nights a week (Sunday, Tuesday & Wednesday) during the first 6 weeks weeks of the Fall semester. Previous runway experience is preferred but not required. IUB Homecoming Fashion Show will be held on Friday, October 9 at Foellinger Auditorium starting at 9pm. Applications will be available in the IUB Office (227 Illini Union) at the beginning of the Fall semester. Poster Sale When: Mon, August 31 – Fri, September 4 9AM-6PM Where: Illini Union Pine Lounge Need to decorate your residence hall or apartment? Come to the Poster Sale and buy some awesome wall decorations to shape up those boring white walls. See you there!
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