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Roger Ebert Lecture | "A Yellow Spot on the Silver Screen" | Yiman Wang

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Roger Ebert Center; Co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies and the Asian American Cultural Center
Location
Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium, 600 S Gregory St. Urbana
Date
Oct 24, 2025   2:00 pm  
Originating Calendar
CEAPS Events Calendar

Yiman Wang will present from her recent book, To Be an Actress, which looks at early Hollywood Chinese-American performer Anna May Wong and her work in cinema, theater, radio, and American television.

This event is free and open to the public.

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