150 years ago, on February 28, 1867, the Illinois General Assembly passed legislation creating the Illinois Industrial University, or as we now know it, the University of Illinois. 

The university is celebrating the anniversary of that event on Tuesday, as it launches Sesquicentennial events that will go on for more than a year.

The celebrating begins at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the U of I’s Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana.

Upcoming concerts have been cancelled -- including one at the University of Illinois Krannert Center for the Performing Arts -- because of one artist’s protest of the president’s order barring refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.

Violinist Aisha Orazbeyeva is refusing to perform in the U-S, to show solidarity with those affected by the travel ban.  

Performers and directors from the U of I Lyric Theatre's latest production join Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline in the latest episode of "Live from Studio F."  Monteverdi's "Poppea" opens Thursday night at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

The University of Illinois Lyric Theatre’s production of “Kiss Me, Kate” opens at the Krannert Center’s Tryon Festival Theatre in Urbana Thursday night.  Illinois Public Media’s Brian Moline spoke to actors and directors for this preview.

The annual arts festival features hundreds of artists at more than 90 venues throughout Champaign County.