Exhibition - Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/ChicagolandStarting June 6, 2025 Evanston Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland is an exhibition running January 25 to July 13, 2025. For related exhibition events, click here. Zhegagoynak, the place now known as Chicagoland, is a vit... | Visual Arts | June 2025 | 1749229200 |
Summer Cinema 2025Starting July 17, 2025 Evanston Summer Cinema is Northwestern University’s family-friendly summer movie series sponsored by the Office of Summer Sessions and Norris University Center. Films will be screened at dusk (around 7:30pm... | July 2025 | 1752795000 | |
Lunch on the Lake 2025Starting August 13, 2025 Evanston Join us at Norris and relax to the music and lake breezes on the Norris South Lawn. Bring your own lunch or purchase on-site in Norris’ ground floor food courts! Life performances will take place from... | August 2025 | 1755104400 | |
On Collaboration: New Play Festival 2025 PanelJune 6, 2025 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Join us for a conversation with a panel of industry professionals about the importance of collaborating in uncertain times. Panel: Malkia Stampley (Artistic Producer, Goodman Theatre), Melissa James G... | Film | June 2025 | 1749241800 |
Combined Choirs: The Choral Music of SwedenJune 6, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston With guest scholar Richard Sparks Andrew Megill, A. J. Keller, and Tim Lambert, conductors; Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, University Chorale, University Singers, and Northwestern Camerata... | Music | June 2025 | 1749256200 |
Documentary Media MFA Showcase 2025: OriginsJune 11, 2025 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Join us for two Documentary Media MFA Thesis screenings on June 11 and 12, 2025. These two nights of showcases are a culmination of ongoing cinematic explorations of Xiaolu Wang 王晓璐, Seunghee Chang, B... | Film | June 2025 | 1749686400 |
Documentary Media MFA Showcase 2025: DeparturesJune 12, 2025 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM, Evanston These two nights of showcases are a culmination of ongoing cinematic explorations of Xiaolu Wang 王晓璐, Seunghee Chang, Blair Barnes, Gríma Irmudóttir, Shawn Antoine II, and Blake Knecht. Expanding thei... | Film | June 2025 | 1749772800 |
Looking Closely at The Indifference of Fire: A Woven Being Gallery Talk with Marisa Cruz BrancoJune 21, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Join Marisa Cruz Branco, Terra Foundation Curatorial Fellow for Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland, in a conversation on The Indifference of Fire, a work on paper by Andrea Carlson. Together... | Visual Arts | June 2025 | 1750527000 |
Woven Being: Talk and Campus Landscape WalkJuly 12, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Join Eli Suzukovich III (Little Shell Band of Chippewa-Cree/Krajina Serb), Director of Cultural Preservation and Compliance (Office for Research), Assistant Professor of Instruction in Northwestern’s ... | Visual Arts | July 2025 | 1752341400 |
Keyboard Conversations: Beethoven—The Young GeniusSeptember 26, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Siegel explores the passionate Sonata Pathétique, the hilarious Rage Over a Lost Penny, the deeply moving Largo e mesto from t... | Music | September 2025 | 1758933000 |
Rufus ReidOctober 4, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston “…a mesmerising player…” —Jazzwise An active presence in the jazz world since the 1970s, bass player and Northwestern alumnus Rufus Reid has recorded over 500 albums, including recordings with Dexte... | Music | October 2025 | 1759624200 |
Paul O’Dette, lute with Aaron Sheehan, tenorOctober 25, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Described as "the clearest case of genius ever to touch his instrument" by the Toronto Globe and Mail, lutenist Paul O’Dette has helped define the technical... | Music | October 2025 | 1761438600 |
Jeremy Denk, pianoNovember 7, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series "One of the most thoughtful and reliably interesting artists of our time." —Cleveland Plain Dealer Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists, proclaime... | Music | November 2025 | 1762565400 |
Keyboard Conversations: The Romantic Music of ChopinDecember 12, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Siegel performs and discusses selections from Chopin’s exhilarating Polonaises, dreamy Nocturnes, charming Waltzes, poignant M... | Music | December 2025 | 1765589400 |
Dudok Quartet AmsterdamJanuary 9, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Judith van Driel and Marleen Wester, violin; Marie-Louise de Jong, viola; David Faber, cello Acclaimed for its “sublime, incandescent” playing (Chicago Clas... | Music | January 2026 | 1768008600 |
Lorenzo Micheli, guitarJanuary 10, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Hear him when and where you can.” —Classical Guitar Since winning the Guitar Foundation of America’s annual competition in 1999, Lorenzo Micheli has been a... | Music | January 2026 | 1768095000 |
Bienen Faculty and GuestsJanuary 11, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival An evening of chamber music with Bienen faculty and special guests from Chicago’s classical music scene. Winter Chamber Music Festival subscription renewals ... | Music | January 2026 | 1768165200 |
Vertavo String QuartetJanuary 16, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Øyvor Volle and Annabelle Meare, violin; Berit Cardas, viola; Bjørg Lewis, cello “The whole concert was treasurable, the musicianship impeccable, and over a... | Music | January 2026 | 1768613400 |
Trio SeoulJanuary 18, 2026 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Jinjoo Cho, violin; Brannon Cho, cello; Kyu Yeon Kim, piano Trio Seoul was founded in 2021 by Bienen School associate professor of violin Jinjoo Cho, pianist... | Music | January 2026 | 1768770000 |
Isidore String QuartetJanuary 23, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Adrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon, violin; Devin Moore, viola; Joshua McClendon, cello The Boston Musical Intelligencer praises the Isidore String Quartet’s “... | Music | January 2026 | 1769218200 |
Stephen Hough, pianoFebruary 2, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “In piano terms, he’s an Olympian...physical and mental prowess at its summit.” —The Spectator One of the most distinctive artists and polymaths of his generat... | Music | February 2026 | 1770082200 |
Dover QuartetFebruary 14, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violin; Julianne Lee, viola; Camden Shaw, cello Praised by Third Coast Review for their “astonishing and virtuosic” playing and “mag... | Music | February 2026 | 1771119000 |
Keyboard Conversations: Poetic Tone PicturesFebruary 20, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Siegel shares gorgeous music inspired by words and visions, including selections by Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Grieg, and R... | Music | February 2026 | 1771637400 |
Sérgio and Odair Assad, guitarFebruary 21, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “...supple, almost telepathic, guitar duo performances.” —San Francisco Classical Voice Guitarists and brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad have brought thei... | Music | February 2026 | 1771723800 |
Leif Ove Andsnes, pianoMarch 9, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series 2025 recipient of Northwestern University's Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance “...one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.” —The Wall Stre... | Music | March 2026 | 1773102600 |
Garrick Ohlsson, pianoApril 10, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “Impeccable clarity and architecture” —International Piano Since triumphing as the first and only American winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competi... | Music | April 2026 | 1775867400 |
Raphaella Smits, guitarApril 11, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series "...one of the most delicate and most cultivated performers of our time." —Diapason A renowned guitarist and pedagogue, Raphaella Smits plays worldwide o... | Music | April 2026 | 1775953800 |
Marquis HillApril 25, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston “His genre exchange has the ease of a walk across the street to a friend’s place.” —Downbeat Trumpeter and composer Marquis Hill has made it his mission to break down the barriers between contempora... | Music | April 2026 | 1777163400 |
Cliburn Gold Medalist, pianoApril 26, 2026 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is a quadrennial competition held in Fort Worth, TX since 1962. Elevating some of the most exceptional young pia... | Music | April 2026 | 1777233600 |
Keyboard Conversations: Music of Joy and PeaceMay 8, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Siegel closes the 2025-26 season of Keyboard Conversations with uplifting, buoyant works of Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schuman... | Music | May 2026 | 1778286600 |
Xuefei Yang, guitarMay 9, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “with sparkle, clarity, and flair.” —New York Sun Xuefei Yang is acclaimed as one of the world’s finest classical guitarists. Hailed as a musical pioneer, ... | Music | May 2026 | 1778373000 |