Ebert Lecture, a Bulgarian dance night and an art-education talk fill campus museum calendars Oct. 19-24
Krannert Art Museum's crochet coral reef exhibit, Stitching Ecologies, closes Oct. 24.
URBANA - The College of Media's Ebert Center holds its annual Roger Ebert Lecture from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in the Spurlock Museum's Knight Auditorium, 600 S. Gregory St., according to the museum's calendar.
Allyson Nadia Field, chair of the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago, will discuss her 2026 book on an 1898 film, with rare clips, the listing says. The event is free in person or on Zoom.
On Friday, Oct. 23, Spurlock hosts Celebrate Bulgaria from 7 to 10:30 p.m., with the Bulgarica Dance Ensemble from Chicago. On Monday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m., the museum screens the 2021 film "Those 4 Years" free, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Joe Karackattu.
At Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, art education professor Tyson E. Lewis of the University of North Texas speaks from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 22 in the lower-level auditorium. Stitching Ecologies: Urbana-Champaign Satellite Crochet Coral Reef is on view through Oct. 24, the museum says.
Source: Spurlock Museum event listings (IDs 2794, 2805, 2804) and Krannert Art Museum event pages (opened Oct. 14, 2026).