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2026-2027 Exhibition Submissions: Dittmar Gallery Ongoing Evanston 2026-27 submissions are now open through April 10, 2026. Please CLICK HERE to submit your exhibition proposal. Dittmar Memorial Gallery at Norris University Center is an exhibition space and gatherin...	Visual Arts	December 2025	1766556000
Community Art Show: Call for Submissions Ongoing Evanston Dittmar Memorial Gallery is now accepting submissions for the 2026 Community Art Show on view at Dittmar Gallery April 9 - May 1, 2026. CLICK HERE to apply now. The theme for the 2026 exhibition is "...	Visual Arts	December 2025	1766556000
Tuesday Karaoke at Luna's Pub! Starting January 6, 2026 Evanston Join us at Norris for weekly programming on Next Up! Stage! in Luna's Pub & Grill! Gather your friends for Tuesday Night Karaoke from 6:00 to 8:00pm each week.		January 2026	1767744000
Thursday Trivia Night at Luna's Pub! Starting January 8, 2026 Evanston Join us at Norris for weekly programming on Next Up! Stage! in Luna's Pub & Grill! Gather your friends for Thursday Trivia Nights from 6:00 to 8:00pm each week.		January 2026	1767916800
MFA Collaboration Series: Hand to God Starting January 30, 2026 Evanston By Robert Askins Directed by Jamel Booth After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small ...	Theatre and Dance	January 2026	1769823000
Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” and Muslim Portraiture in Mali Starting February 4, 2026 Evanston The storied city of Djenné, a center of Islamic learning, study, and scholarship since the twelfth century, is the hometown of Bamako-based photographer Hamdia Traoré (b. 1992, Mali). The thirty portr...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1770228000
Teresa Montoya’s Tó Łisto (Yellow Water): Ten Years after the Gold King Mine Spill Starting February 4, 2026 Evanston On August 5, 2015, the rupture of the abandoned Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, released more than three million gallons of toxic wastewater into the Animas River, turning its waters a shocki...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1770228000
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Starting February 5, 2026 Evanston By Bertolt Brecht Translated by Alistair Beaton Directed by Hamid Dehghani In the heat of civil war, the Governor of the region and his wife flee an angry uprising, abandoning their infant son in the...	Theatre and Dance	February 2026	1770341400
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Starting February 20, 2026 Evanston Musical by Frank Loesser Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert Directed by Christopher Michael Richardson Big business means big laughs in this riotous romp through the corporate wor...	Theatre and Dance	February 2026	1771637400
Bizet's Carmen Starting February 27, 2026 Evanston Joachim Schamberger, director; Patrick Furrer, conductor; members of the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra Love, jealousy, and tragedy collide in Bizet’s classic opera as Don José turns his b...	Music	February 2026	1772242200
Imagine U: Theatre for the Very Young presents Imagine That! & Splish, Splash: A Day on the Lake Starting March 7, 2026 Evanston Director Ellie Levine Co-Creator Splish, Splash: A Day on the Lake Jamal Howard Artistic Mentor Lynn Kelso Created in collaboration with Northwestern Undergraduates and 2-5-year-olds at Total Child Pr...	Theatre and Dance	March 2026	1772897400
Danceworks 2026: Semiquincentennial Starting March 13, 2026 Evanston Artistic Director Melissa Blanco Borelli As we mark the 250th birthday of the United States, what do we have to celebrate? The ghosts of our nation's past—slavery, genocide, extraction—are active forc...	Theatre and Dance	March 2026	1773448200
Love & Information Starting May 1, 2026 Evanston By Caryl Churchill Directed by Claire Bauman Someone sneezes. Someone can’t get a signal. Someone won’t answer the door. Someone put an elephant on the stairs. Someone’s not ready to talk. Someone is...	Theatre and Dance	May 2026	1777681800
MFA Collaboration Series: David’s Redhaired Death Starting May 8, 2026 Evanston By Sherry Kramer Directed by Rosalind Faires Two women find that they have everything in common until the death of a brother drives them apart. Part stand-up comedy, part stand-up tragedy for two. Th...	Theatre and Dance	May 2026	1778286600
In The Time of the Butterflies Starting May 22, 2026 Evanston By Caridad Svich Based on the novel by Julia Alvarez Directed by Mariana Parejo Molinares Known as “The Butterflies,” the spirited and courageous Mirabal sisters inspired a fight for freedom in the D...	Theatre and Dance	May 2026	1779496200
Taimur Sullivan, saxophone January 1, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Nathan Canfield, piano A member of the critically acclaimed PRISM Quartet, Taimur Sullivan has performed throughout the world, from the stages of Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Knitting Fact...	Music	January 2026	1767301200
Dudok Quartet Amsterdam January 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, guitar January 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 Guests January 11, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Akiko Tarumoto, violin; Teng Li, viola; Kennth Olsen, cello; Christopher Guzman, piano Paul Hindemith, Viola Sonata in F Major, Op. 11, No. 4 Bedřich Smetan...	Music	January 2026	1768165200
Works in Progress: Imani E. Jackson January 15, 2026 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston Join the Black Arts Consortium in Annie May Swift Hall for a poetry reading from Chicago poet and author of flag, Imani Elizabeth Jackson. The first 20 attendees will receive a copy of flag!	Humanities	January 2026	1768518000
Vertavo String Quartet January 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 Seoul January 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 2022 by Bienen School associate professor of violin Jinjoo Cho, pianist...	Music	January 2026	1768770000
A Close Look: The Art of Bruce Conner January 22, 2026 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Artist Bruce Conner (1933-2008) was a relentless innovator who experimented across genres, techniques, and mediums, including collage, filmmaking, performance, and photography. Throughout his career, ...	Visual Arts	January 2026	1769117400
Isidore String Quartet January 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
Jazz Small Ensembles: The Music of Kenny Garrett and Antônio Carlos Jobim January 26, 2026 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors Saxophonist, flutist, composer, and bandleader Kenny Garrett began his career as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, also playing and recording with ...	Music	January 2026	1769479200
Art Talks! The Living Room January 31, 2026 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Join the Block Museum Student Associates in The Living Room for a close look at five abstract lithographs by Bruce Conner that playfully invite reflection on the act of perception. The Living Room is ...	Visual Arts	January 2026	1769884200
MFA Collaboration Series: Hand to God January 31, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:15 PM, Evanston By Robert Askins Directed by Jamel Booth After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small ...	Theatre and Dance	January 2026	1769909400
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra January 31, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Vimbayi Kaziboni, guest conductor; Luis Aguilar, graduate conductor; Angeline Ma, piano (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner) Internationally acclaimed Zimbabwean conductor Vimbayi Kaziboni is co...	Music	January 2026	1769909400
Alexander York, baritone February 1, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Daan Boertien, piano Beginning his professional career as a fixture of the opera stage at Germany’s Theater Augsburg, Bienen alumnus Alexander York made his Bavarian State Opera debut in 2018 in Vikto...	Music	February 2026	1769995800
Stephen Hough, piano February 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
Jazz Small Ensembles: The Century Milestone—The Music of Miles Davis February 2, 2026 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors 2026 marks what would have been the 100th birthday of legendary trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis. His Birth of the Cool recording sessions on t...	Music	February 2026	1770084000
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra February 5, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Harvey Felder, conductor; Marie Engle, soprano (Northwestern Concerto/Aria Competition winner) The Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra welcomes soprano Marie Engle for Francis Poulenc’s La voix...	Music	February 2026	1770341400
Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra: Black History Month Celebration—A Tribute to Miles Davis February 5, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner, conductor The Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to Miles Davis during the centennial anniversary of his birth with the music from his 1957 Columbia Records release ...	Music	February 2026	1770341400
Symphonic Wind Ensemble: Mosaic February 6, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Robert Taylor, conductor; Brian Kachur, saxophone (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner) From Joseph Wilcox Jenkins’s spirited American Overture to Frank Ticheli’s expressive Concerto for Alto Sa...	Music	February 2026	1770427800
Opening Keynote: Teresa Montoya’s Tó Łisto (Yellow Water) February 7, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Evanston Celebrate the opening of Teresa Montoya’s Tó Łisto (Yellow Water): Ten Years after the Gold King Mine Spill. The exhibition explores the impact of the 2015 Gold King Mine spill on Diné (Navajo) commun...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1770494400
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble: Counter/Reformation February 7, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Andrew Megill, conductor; Wonju Jo, Ari Carrillo, Ian Morris, and Aiden Kocien, graduate conductors; Anna Steinhoff, cello; Jerry Fuller, double bass; Chuck Foster, collaborative keyboard The ensemble...	Music	February 2026	1770514200
Art Talks! Teresa Montoya's Tó Łisto (Yellow Water) February 8, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston Join the Block Museum Student Associates in our galleries for a close look at one or two works on view in Teresa Montoya’s Tó Łisto (Yellow Water): Ten Years after the Gold King Mine Spill. The exhibi...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1770580800
Curator Talk: Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” and Muslim Portraiture in Mali February 12, 2026 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs, will give an exhibition overview of Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” and Muslim Portraiture in Mali. Berzock will disc...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1770921000
Natalie Diaz Reading and Conversation February 12, 2026 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston The Litowitz MFA+MA Program and the Northwestern English Department are proud to present a reading and conversation by poet Natalie Diaz. To reserve FREE tickets, visit this link: https://www.eventbri...	Literary Arts	February 2026	1770937200
Contemporary Music Ensemble February 13, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Alan Pierson and Ben Bolter, conductors The ensemble celebrates the friendship and artistic connection between avant-garde greats Yoko Ono and John Cage in this program featuring Ono’s 6 Pieces for ...	Music	February 2026	1771032600
Symphonic Band February 13, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Shawn D. Vondran, conductor; Oliver Stark, euphonium (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner) The Symphonic Band’s first program of the winter quarter opens with Leonard Bernstein’s raucous tribute ...	Music	February 2026	1771032600
Dover Quartet February 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
University Chorale: i gaze upon you February 14, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston A. J. Keller and Ian Morris, conductors; Chuck Foster, collaborative pianist University Chorale marks Valentine’s Day with a program that delves into the many facets of human connection: passion, te...	Music	February 2026	1771119000
Art Talks! The Living Room February 15, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston Join the Block Museum Student Associates in The Living Room for a close look at 10 photographs from the series Immigrant Owned by Jonathan Michael Castillo that highlight small businesses in Chicago o...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1771185600
Baroque Music Ensemble: Shining Stars February 15, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Stephen Alltop, conductor The ensemble offers a delightful array of mid-eighteenth-century works including two symphonies from early in Joseph Haydn’s career. The program will feature Haydn’s Sympho...	Music	February 2026	1771205400
Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble: Maiden Voyage—The Music of Herbie Hancock February 17, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Darius Hampton, conductor Pianist, bandleader, composer, and Chicago native Herbie Hancock made a name for himself as a member of the Miles Davis Quintet. A key player in redefining the role of the ...	Music	February 2026	1771378200
Gallery Talk: Marisa Cruz Branco on Teresa Montoya's Tó Łisto (Yellow Water) February 19, 2026 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Teresa Montoya's Tó Łisto (Yellow Water): Ten Years after the Gold King Mine Spill explores the enduring consequences of the Gold King Mine spill through photography, sound recordings, water samples, ...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1771525800
Keyboard Conversations: Poetic Tone Pictures February 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
Exhibition Keynote: "Des Marabouts de Djenné," West African Portraiture and the Archive February 21, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Evanston The thirty portraits in Hamdia Traoré’s series Des marabouts de Djenné (Marabouts of Jenne) reflect his intimate connections to the city’s people and deep history. Learned and devout, marabouts teach ...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1771704000
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying February 21, 2026 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Musical by Frank Loesser Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert Directed by Christopher Michael Richardson Big business means big laughs in this riotous romp through the corporate wor...	Theatre and Dance	February 2026	1771723800
Percussion Ensemble February 21, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston She-e Wu, director An evening of eclectic rhythms.	Music	February 2026	1771723800
SOLD OUT: Sérgio and Odair Assad, guitar February 21, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston This performance is SOLD OUT. Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “...supple, almost telepathic, guitar duo performances.” —San Francisco Classical Voice Guitarists and brothers Sérgio and...	Music	February 2026	1771723800
Art Talks! Teresa Montoya's Tó Łisto (Yellow Water) February 22, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston Join the Block Museum Student Associates in our galleries for a close look at one or two works on view in Teresa Montoya’s Tó Łisto (Yellow Water): Ten Years after the Gold King Mine Spill. The exhibi...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1771790400
Immigrant Owned: Photographer Jonathan Castillo in Conversation February 25, 2026 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Immigrant Owned is an ongoing photography project that honors the cultural and economic contributions of immigrants to Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods. Join us for a discussion of artist Jonathan Cast...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1772064000
Adam Unsworth, horn February 25, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Kay Kim and William Menefield, piano Principal horn of the Ann Arbor Symphony and a former member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, alumnus Adam Unsworth makes his reci...	Music	February 2026	1772069400
Bizet’s Carmen February 26, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Joachim Schamberger, director; Patrick Furrer, conductor; members of the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra Love, jealousy, and tragedy collide in Bizet’s classic opera as Don José turns his b...	Music	February 2026	1772155800
Student Composers Concert February 26, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston A program of new works by Bienen student composers.	Music	February 2026	1772155800
TAK Ensemble February 27, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Laura Cocks, flute; Madison Greenstone, clarinet; Charlotte Mundy, voice; Marina Kifferstein, violin; Ellery Trafford, percussion A mixed quintet committed to musical exploration and experimentation...	Music	February 2026	1772242200
Art Talks! Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” February 28, 2026 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Join the Block Museum Student Associates in our galleries for a close look at one or two works on view in Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” and Muslim Portraiture in Mali. The exhibition offer...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1772303400
Guitar Ensemble February 28, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Anne Waller, director Music for guitar soloists, small ensembles, and full ensemble.	Music	February 2026	1772328600
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying February 28, 2026 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Musical by Frank Loesser Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert Directed by Christopher Michael Richardson Big business means big laughs in this riotous romp through the corporate wor...	Theatre and Dance	February 2026	1772328600
Concert Band March 1, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Daniel J. Farris, conductor Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of band standards.	Music	March 2026	1772398800
Northwestern Camerata: All Shall Be Well March 1, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Ari Carillo, conductor; Sinhwa Lee, keyboard Music for treble voices from a variety of eras and styles. Sarah Quartel, All Shall Be Well Traditional Irish (arr. Joni Jensen), “Turning” David Chi...	Music	March 2026	1772398800
Saxophone Ensembles March 2, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Taimur Sullivan, director; Thomas Giles, saxophone; Stacy Garrop, guest composer The ensembles continue their mission of expanding the repertoire for saxophone with this concert of new compositions. F...	Music	March 2026	1772501400
Jazz Small Ensembles: Student Originals March 2, 2026 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors Enjoy original compositions and new arrangements by students in the Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort ensembles.	Music	March 2026	1772503200
Diana Soviero Vocal Master Class March 3, 2026 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Tichio-Finnie Vocal Master Class Series Proclaimed “one of the world’s great singing actresses” (Opera Magazine), Diana Soviero has created a veritable gallery of memorable operatic portr...	Music	March 2026	1772586000
From Lagos to Bamako: Biennales and Global Conversations in African Photography (Online) March 5, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Online This webinar will examine the Rencontres de Bamako (Bamako Encounters), Africa’s premier photography biennale, as a critical site for global artistic exchange and local cultural development. Since its...	Visual Arts	March 2026	1772733600
Symphonic Wind Ensemble: Sin Fronteras March 6, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Robert Taylor, conductor This concert celebrates the rich and varied voices that define American music. The first half features iconic works by Charles Ives, William Grant Still, and Aaron Copland—eac...	Music	March 2026	1772847000
Imagine U: Theatre for the Very Young presents Imagine That! & Splish, Splash: A Day on the Lake March 7, 2026 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM, Evanston Director Ellie Levine Co-Creator Splish, Splash: A Day on the Lake Jamal Howard Artistic Mentor Lynn Kelso Created in collaboration with Northwestern Undergraduates and 2-5-year-olds at Total Child Pr...	Theatre and Dance	March 2026	1772904600
Art Talks! Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” March 7, 2026 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Join the Block Museum Student Associates in our galleries for a close look at one or two works on view in Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” and Muslim Portraiture in Mali. The exhibition offer...	Visual Arts	March 2026	1772908200
Contemporary Music Ensemble March 7, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Raven Chacon, guest composer; Ben Bolter and Shihan Jin, conductors Presented in partnership with the Center for Native Futures and the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research The program...	Music	March 2026	1772933400
Imagine U: Theatre for the Very Young presents Imagine That! & Splish, Splash: A Day on the Lake March 8, 2026 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston Director Ellie Levine Co-Creator Splish, Splash: A Day on the Lake Jamal Howard Artistic Mentor Lynn Kelso Created in collaboration with Northwestern Undergraduates and 2-5-year-olds at Total Child Pr...	Theatre and Dance	March 2026	1772992800
Philharmonia March 8, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Luis Aguilar, graduate conductor; Yelisey (Eli) Zelman, graduate assistant conductor An afternoon of music for orchestra.	Music	March 2026	1773000000
University Singers: Mystic Shapes Beyond Us March 8, 2026 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston A. J. Keller and Aiden Kocian, conductors; Chuck Foster, collaborative pianist University Singers presents a program that traces humanity’s enduring search for the divine. Spanning several centuries a...	Music	March 2026	1773007200
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano March 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
Jazz Small Ensembles: Student Originals March 9, 2026 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors Enjoy original compositions and new arrangements by students in the Joe Clark and Darius Hampton Ensembles.	Music	March 2026	1773104400
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra March 12, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Harvey Felder, conductor Schubert’s Overture in C Major in the Italian Style opens the concert; the piece was his contribution to the trend of overtures written in the style of the wildly popular Gi...	Music	March 2026	1773361800
Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra March 12, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner, conductor; Ron Blake, saxophone The Jazz Orchestra welcomes saxophonist and alumnus Ron Blake (‘86) for their second winter concert. Previously a member of Roy Hargrove and Art Farm...	Music	March 2026	1773361800
Jinjoo Cho and Friends: Unearthing Love and Grief in George Rochberg's Third String Quartet March 13, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Pre-concert conversation, 6:30 p.m. Jinjoo Cho and David Bowlin, violin; Min-Jeong Koh, viola; Max Geissler, cello Bienen School associate professor of violin Jinjoo Cho and special guests present a...	Music	March 2026	1773448200
Symphonic Band March 13, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Shawn D. Vondran, conductor The Symphonic Band’s second winter-quarter concert features five contemporary voices who are adding fresh perspectives to the wind band medium. Adam Schoenberg conceived ...	Music	March 2026	1773448200
Norman Fischer Chamber Music Master Class March 14, 2026 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Evanston Cellist Norman Fischer, a lifelong friend of composer George Rochberg, coaches Bienen student chamber musicians as part of the weeklong colloquium Unearthing Love and Grief in George Rochberg’s Third ...	Music	March 2026	1773500400
Imagine U: Theatre for the Very Young presents Imagine That! & Splish, Splash: A Day on the Lake March 14, 2026 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM, Evanston Director Ellie Levine Co-Creator Splish, Splash: A Day on the Lake Jamal Howard Artistic Mentor Lynn Kelso Created in collaboration with Northwestern Undergraduates and 2-5-year-olds at Total Child Pr...	Theatre and Dance	March 2026	1773505800
Danceworks 2026: Semiquincentennial March 14, 2026 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM, Evanston Artistic Director Melissa Blanco Borelli As we mark the 250th birthday of the United States, what do we have to celebrate? The ghosts of our nation's past—slavery, genocide, extraction—are active forc...	Theatre and Dance	March 2026	1773534600
Imagine U: Theatre for the Very Young presents Imagine That! & Splish, Splash: A Day on the Lake March 15, 2026 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston Director Ellie Levine Co-Creator Splish, Splash: A Day on the Lake Jamal Howard Artistic Mentor Lynn Kelso Created in collaboration with Northwestern Undergraduates and 2-5-year-olds at Total Child Pr...	Theatre and Dance	March 2026	1773597600
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra and Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble: Serenade to Music March 15, 2026 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston Andrew Megill, conductor Music for chamber choir and orchestra, including a ravishing setting of Shakespeare by Ralph Vaughan Williams, the energetic Psalm 115 by Felix Mendelssohn, and one of Haydn...	Music	March 2026	1773612000
Trombone Choir March 15, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Reed Capshaw, director Music written and arranged for trombones.	Music	March 2026	1773621000
Garrick Ohlsson, piano April 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, guitar April 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 Hill April 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
Aristo Sham, piano April 26, 2026 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Winner of the Gold Medal at the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Aristo Sham is a laureate of international competitions, with first-prize wins...	Music	April 2026	1777233600
Keyboard Conversations: Music of Joy and Peace May 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
MFA Collaboration Series: David’s Redhaired Death May 9, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:15 PM, Evanston By Sherry Kramer Directed by Rosalind Faires Two women find that they have everything in common until the death of a brother drives them apart. Part stand-up comedy, part stand-up tragedy for two. Th...	Theatre and Dance	May 2026	1778373000
Xuefei Yang, guitar May 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