• Music & Theatre Guest Artist: Tom Drury

    Clegg Chapel (at Hudson Hall)

    Tom Drury, Guest Artist Friday, February 6 – Clegg Chapel A Carlinville native, Drury returns home for a special organ recital in Clegg Chapel. Currently an instructor at the University of Southern Indiana, Drury took his first organ lessons in Clegg Chapel.

  • Macoupin County Scholarship Dinner & Auction

    Woodson Hall

    Join us for an inspiring evening of community and generosity at the 2026 Macoupin County Scholarship Dinner & Auction on Saturday, February 21, 2026 in Woodson Hall at Blackburn College. For more than 30 years, the Macoupin County Blackburn Scholarship has made a private college education more affordable for students right here in Macoupin County. […]

  • Blackburn Student Studio Recital

    Clegg Chapel (at Hudson Hall)

    Blackburn Student Studio Recital Sunday, March 1 – Clegg Chapel An event featuring solo vocal and piano performances by Blackburn music students.

  • Blackburn Spring Play: AIRNESS

    Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

    Blackburn's Department of Music & Theatre will stage the play "Airness" in Bothwell Auditorium. Showtimes are Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 7 pm, and Sunday at 2 pm. Blackburn students, staff, and faculty attend for free. General admission is $10. When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. […]

  • Blackburn Spring Play: AIRNESS

    Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

    Blackburn's Department of Music & Theatre will stage the play "Airness" in Bothwell Auditorium. Showtimes are Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 7 pm, and Sunday at 2 pm. Blackburn students, staff, and faculty attend for free. General admission is $10. When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. […]

  • Blackburn Spring Play: AIRNESS

    Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

    Blackburn's Department of Music & Theatre will stage the play "Airness" in Bothwell Auditorium. Showtimes are Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 7 pm, and Sunday at 2 pm. Blackburn students, staff, and faculty attend for free. General admission is $10. When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. […]

  • Eberle Speaker Series: Dr. Cynthia Ganote

    Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

    https://www.youtube.com/live/faPzwofkTkA?si=S_ukfqIzGcjglPer INCLUSION & BELONGING EXPERT DR. CYNTHIA GANOTE TO SPEAK AT BLACKBURN COLLEGE AS PART OF EBERLE LECTURE SERIES Thursday, April 9 event in Bothwell Auditorium is free and open to the public Blackburn College will host Dr. Cynthia Ganote, an inclusion and belonging expert, educator, and consultant, as part of the Kathleen J. Eberle […]

  • Beth Brill ’26 – Senior Capstone Recital

    Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

    Beth Brill ‘26: Senior Capstone Recital Friday, April 10 – Bothwell Auditorium Blackburn senior Beth Brill will perform a recital centered around her original compositions.

  • Campus and Community Clean-Up

    Demuzio Center Blackburn College 700 College Ave., Carlinville, Illinois

    A day of service and an arts showcase. Blackburn will host a Campus and Community Clean-Up event, bringing students and residents together for clean-up efforts in various parts of the Carlinville community, including a small group on campus.

  • Music & Theatre Guest Artists: Alexandra LoBianco & Joshua Benevento

    Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

    Alexandra LoBianco & Joshua Benevento, Guest Artists Friday, April 17 – Clegg Chapel An evening of Lieder (German art song), featuring Schubert, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, and more!

  • IDEAs Challenge Exhibition

    Renner Art Gallery

    Blackburn’s IDEAs (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-racism) Challenge in the Arts is an annual juried competition invites students to explore these themes through creative expression in visual art, storytelling, and […]

  • Music & Theatre Guest Artist: Craig Jordan

    Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, United States

    Craig Jordan, Guest Artist: Recital Friday, February 20 – Bothwell Auditorium The performance will feature Matt Mason’s The Pianist’s Guide to Illinois, including the debut of a new movement, “Carlinville,” […]