Exhibition: Sweet, Juicy, and Rebellious, works by Linye JiangOngoing Evanston Sweet, Juicy, and Rebellious Works by Linye Jiang 江麟冶 "Fruit" was historically a derogatory term in Western culture, targeting gay men by associating them with femininity. In "Sweet, Juicy, and Rebell... | Visual Arts | October 2024 | 1729177200 |
Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and Feminist Activism, 1968–72Ongoing Evanston An exhibition drawn from the collections of The Block Museum and Northwestern Libraries During a pivotal period in American public life, Bev Grant participated in and photographed radical political m... | Visual Arts | October 2024 | 1729184400 |
Federico Solmi: The Great FarceOngoing Evanston Past and present, history and amusement, reality and spectacle are conflated and distorted in Federico Solmi’s monumental media work, The Great Farce (2017). This immersive video is made up of nine vi... | Visual Arts | October 2024 | 1729184400 |
Looking 101Ongoing Evanston Class is in session. Learn to look through art. The average museum visitor spends fewer than 30 seconds looking at a work of art. It usually takes us far less time than that to draw conclusions about ... | Visual Arts | October 2024 | 1729184400 |
The Block Collects - Fall 2024Ongoing Evanston Every year The Block brings new works of art into the collection to support Northwestern University’s teaching and learning mission. Each work becomes part of an expanding resource that students, facu... | Visual Arts | October 2024 | 1729184400 |
 Desaparecidas (The Missing Ones)Starting October 18, 2024 Chicago Rising musical theater composer and 2023 Jonathan Larson Award winner Jaime Lozano comes to AMTP to continue development of this new state-fair concert musical about stories of disappeared women from ... | Theatre and Dance | October 2024 | 1729297800 |
 Benjamin Britten's "Albert Herring"Starting November 21, 2024 Evanston Joachim Schamberger, director; Jason Gluck and Giang Vo, conductors; members of the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra When none of the local girls in the village of Loxford are deemed virtuou... | Music | November 2024 | 1732239000 |
 Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/ChicagolandStarting January 25, 2025 Evanston Zhegagoynak, the place now known as Chicagoland, is a vital center for Indigenous art, past and present. Through the perspectives of four collaborating artists with connections to Zhegagoynak—Andrea C... | Visual Arts | January 2025 | 1737828000 |
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 Contemporary Music EnsembleOctober 18, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Ben Bolter, conductor; Marc Mellits, guest composer The ensemble welcomes guest composer Marc Mellits for a performance of his lively and charming 240 Weeks, inspired by the impending arrival of six ... | Music | October 2024 | 1729297800 |
 Jazz Small Ensembles: The Music of Cedar Walton and J. J. JohnsonOctober 21, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors Cedar Walton was a hard bop jazz pianist who came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. His compositions “Firm Roots,” “Bolivia,” “Hol... | Music | October 2024 | 1729557000 |
 SOLD OUT Sandra Cisneros: Reading, Discussion, and Performance from the Opera "The House on Mango Street"October 22, 2024 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston The Litowitz MFA+MA Program and the Bienen School of Music are proud to present Sandra Cisneros, in conversation with Derek Bermel. The program will include a reading, a discussion with Derek Bermel, ... | Literary Arts | October 2024 | 1729636200 |
Exhibition Keynote: Federico Solmi in ConversationOctober 23, 2024 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Join us to celebrate our current exhibition Federico Solmi: The Great Farce. Artist Federico Solmi will be in conversation with Özge Samanci, Associate Professor in the School of Communication, Keyman... | Visual Arts | October 2024 | 1729724400 |
Lecture by Jules Gill-PetersonOctober 24, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston Join us for a night with scholar Jules Gill-Peterson on Thursday Oct 24th from 5pm-6:30pm as she discusses her new work, titled "Deindustrialization and the FTM, or Why Did Trans Men Start Medically T... | Humanities | October 2024 | 1729807200 |
Imagine U: The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra, Go!October 24, 2024 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM, Evanston Violet and Bruce Wong just don’t fit in with the other Earth kids. Sure, they have superpowers; they’re just not very good ones. But when an evil beast called the Space Chupacabra appears, intent on ... | Theatre and Dance | October 2024 | 1729814400 |
 Northwestern University Chamber OrchestraOctober 24, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Harvey Felder, conductor Johann Christian Bach, Symphony in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 2 (Lucio Silla Overture) Jessie Montgomery, Records from a Vanishing City Georges Bizet, Symphony No. 1 in C ... | Music | October 2024 | 1729816200 |
 Symphonic Wind Ensemble: Origins and IntersectionsOctober 25, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Robert Taylor, conductor; Shruti Ramani, vocalist Director of Bands Robert Taylor’s inaugural concert honors past traditions and explores future intentions. This eclectic program explores connections ... | Music | October 2024 | 1729902600 |
Imagine U: The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra, Go!October 26, 2024 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM, Evanston Violet and Bruce Wong just don’t fit in with the other Earth kids. Sure, they have superpowers; they’re just not very good ones. But when an evil beast called the Space Chupacabra appears, intent on ... | Theatre and Dance | October 2024 | 1729969200 |
Imagine U: The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra, Go!October 27, 2024 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM, Evanston Violet and Bruce Wong just don’t fit in with the other Earth kids. Sure, they have superpowers; they’re just not very good ones. But when an evil beast called the Space Chupacabra appears, intent on ... | Theatre and Dance | October 2024 | 1730055600 |
 Symphonic BandOctober 27, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Evanston Shawn Vondran, conductor The Symphonic Band’s performance opens with Jennifer Jolley’s Lichtweg (Lightway), inspired by a neon light installation at the Munich Airport, followed by Frank Ticheli’s An... | Music | October 2024 | 1730059200 |
 A Concert for HopeOctober 27, 2024 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Stephen Alltop, conductor; Alice Millar Chapel Choir and soloists; Eric Budzynski, organ This compelling concert addresses the scourge of gun violence in our country while offering uplifting hope for... | Music | October 2024 | 1730066400 |
 Jazz Small Ensembles: The Music of Thelonious Monk and "Chasin' the Bird"--The Music of Charlie ParkerOctober 28, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors Pianist and composer Thelonious Monk made an indelible mark on the jazz world with his unique improvisational style. His early career gigs at Minton’s Playhous... | Music | October 2024 | 1730161800 |
 Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra: The Music of Chick CoreaOctober 31, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner, conductor; Victor Dey, Jr., piano Pianist, composer, and bandleader Chick Corea was a prominent figure in the jazz fusion movement, collaborating with such artists as Miles Davis, St... | Music | October 2024 | 1730421000 |
 Clayton Stephenson, pianoNovember 1, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “Stephenson is not just a remarkable virtuoso, but a poet, a dramatist and a master story-teller.” —Gramophone American pianist Clayton Stephenson’s love for mu... | Music | November 2024 | 1730507400 |
Imagine U: The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra, Go!November 2, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM, Evanston SENSORY PERFORMANCE Violet and Bruce Wong just don’t fit in with the other Earth kids. Sure, they have superpowers; they’re just not very good ones. But when an evil beast called the Space Chupacabra ... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1730563200 |
Imagine U: The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra, Go!November 2, 2024 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM, Evanston Violet and Bruce Wong just don’t fit in with the other Earth kids. Sure, they have superpowers; they’re just not very good ones. But when an evil beast called the Space Chupacabra appears, intent on ... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1730574000 |
 Northwestern University Symphony OrchestraNovember 2, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Donald Schleicher, conductor John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine Vivan Fung, Prayer Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor | Music | November 2024 | 1730593800 |
 Imagine U: The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra, Go!November 3, 2024 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM, Evanston Violet and Bruce Wong just don’t fit in with the other Earth kids. Sure, they have superpowers; they’re just not very good ones. But when an evil beast called the Space Chupacabra appears, intent on ... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1730664000 |
 Marguerite Lynn Williams, harpNovember 3, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Evanston Principal harpist for the Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra, as well as a founding member of the Chicago Harp Quartet and International Chamber Artists, Marguerite Lynn Williams has garnered critical a... | Music | November 2024 | 1730667600 |
 Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble: Evensong—A remarkable stillness and serenity of soulNovember 3, 2024 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Andrew Megill, Victoria Marshall, Tim Lambert, Ari Carrillo, and Ian Morris, conductors; Eric Budzynski, organ In keeping with tradition, the ensemble opens the year with a concert modeled on the An... | Music | November 2024 | 1730674800 |
 Evening of BrassNovember 5, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Gail Williams, director Music written and arranged for brass, from small to large ensembles. | Music | November 2024 | 1730856600 |
 Percussion EnsembleNovember 7, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston She-e Wu, director An eclectic evening of rhythms. | Music | November 2024 | 1731029400 |
 Jazzmeia Horn QuartetNovember 8, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Hailed as “the next big carrier of straight-ahead jazz’s vocal tradition” by the New York Times, Jazzmeia Horn is the winner of the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and the 201... | Music | November 2024 | 1731115800 |
 University Chorale: Just a passing phase...November 9, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston A. J. Keller and Ari Carillo, conductors; Chuck Foster, collaborative pianist Join University Chorale for a contemplation (and celebration) of the transient nature of the human condition with a selec... | Music | November 2024 | 1731202200 |
 Northwestern Camerata: Welcome Joy and Welcome SorrowNovember 10, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Evanston Tim Lambert, conductor Join the Northwestern Camerata as they explore the nuanced emotions of joy and sorrow in the human experience through music. This concert features a diverse range of repertoire... | Music | November 2024 | 1731272400 |
 Baroque Music EnsembleNovember 10, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Stephen Alltop, conductor Talented members of the Baroque Music Ensemble are featured in a variety of Baroque concertos, including J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 and C. P. E. Bach’s Harpsich... | Music | November 2024 | 1731288600 |
 Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble: Beyond Category—The Music of Duke EllingtonNovember 12, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Darius Hampton, conductor Pianist, bandleader, and composer Duke Ellington was one of the most significant figures in the development of jazz. Ellington wrote thousands of songs and led the iconic ba... | Music | November 2024 | 1731461400 |
 AntigoneNovember 15, 2024 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM, Evanston Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to combine all the fundamental contradictions of the human condition into a single, universa... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1731720600 |
 Contemporary Music EnsembleNovember 15, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Ben Bolter, conductor A new student work Shawn Okpebholo, CryptOlogie Philippe Hurel, Pour l’image Kaija Saariaho, Io | Music | November 2024 | 1731720600 |
 AntigoneNovember 16, 2024 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM, Evanston Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to combine all the fundamental contradictions of the human condition into a single, universa... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1731807000 |
 Kupinski Guitar DuoNovember 16, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series "elegance of sound (...) and maturity of interpretation.” —Twoja Muza Magazine The Kupinski Guitar Duo, comprised of Ewa Jablczynska and Dariusz Kupinski, h... | Music | November 2024 | 1731807000 |
 AntigoneNovember 17, 2024 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM, Evanston Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to combine all the fundamental contradictions of the human condition into a single, universa... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1731873600 |
 Concert BandNovember 17, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Evanston Daniel J. Farris, conductor Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of band standards, including works by Frank Ticheli, Hugh Stuart, James Curnow, and Ralph Vaughan W... | Music | November 2024 | 1731877200 |
 University Singers: To Sow With TearsNovember 17, 2024 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Evanston A. J. Keller and Ian Morris, conductors; Chuck Foster, collaborative pianist University Singers presents a cathartic program of works from a variety of styles and musical eras. | Music | November 2024 | 1731888000 |
 Jazz Small Ensembles: New Beginnings—Student OriginalsNovember 20, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors Students in the Joe Clark and Darius Hampton ensembles showcase their creativity with a program of original compositions and new arrangements. | Music | November 2024 | 1732152600 |
 AntigoneNovember 21, 2024 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM, Evanston Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to combine all the fundamental contradictions of the human condition into a single, universa... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1732239000 |
 AntigoneNovember 22, 2024 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM, Evanston Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to combine all the fundamental contradictions of the human condition into a single, universa... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1732325400 |
 MFA Collaboration: Sunday on the RocksNovember 22, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:45 PM, Evanston On a beautiful Sunday morning in mid-October, three housemates decide to have scotch for breakfast. As they drink and joke, Elly, Jen, and Gayle try to figure out what it means to be a woman in the wo... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1732325400 |
 Symphonic Wind Ensemble: CourageNovember 22, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Robert Taylor, conductor This concert explores themes of wholeheartedness, resilience, and bravery. Two epic works—Catherine Likhuta’s Bury and Rise and Karel Husa’s Music for Prague 1968—anchor the ... | Music | November 2024 | 1732325400 |
 MFA Collaboration: Sunday on the RocksNovember 23, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:15 PM, Evanston On a beautiful Sunday morning in mid-October, three housemates decide to have scotch for breakfast. As they drink and joke, Elly, Jen, and Gayle try to figure out what it means to be a woman in the wo... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1732392000 |
 AntigoneNovember 23, 2024 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM, Evanston Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to combine all the fundamental contradictions of the human condition into a single, universa... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1732411800 |
 Guitar EnsembleNovember 23, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Anne Waller, director Music for guitar soloists, small ensembles, and full ensemble. | Music | November 2024 | 1732411800 |
 MFA Collaboration: Sunday on the RocksNovember 23, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:45 PM, Evanston On a beautiful Sunday morning in mid-October, three housemates decide to have scotch for breakfast. As they drink and joke, Elly, Jen, and Gayle try to figure out what it means to be a woman in the wo... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1732411800 |
 AntigoneNovember 24, 2024 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM, Evanston Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to combine all the fundamental contradictions of the human condition into a single, universa... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1732478400 |
 MFA Collaboration: Sunday on the RocksNovember 24, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:15 PM, Evanston On a beautiful Sunday morning in mid-October, three housemates decide to have scotch for breakfast. As they drink and joke, Elly, Jen, and Gayle try to figure out what it means to be a woman in the wo... | Theatre and Dance | November 2024 | 1732478400 |
 Music Academy Faculty RecitalNovember 24, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston Join the faculty of the Music Academy for a free recital to raise awareness and support for the Academy. With a Northwestern history that dates back to the late 1800s, the Bienen School’s community mu... | Music | November 2024 | 1732478400 |
 PhilharmoniaNovember 24, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Evanston Diego Hernandez, conductor Gustav Holst, Mars, the Bringer of War from The Planets Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy Georges Bizet, Selections from Carmen, Suites 1 and 2 | Music | November 2024 | 1732482000 |
 Heritage/Evolution: NorthwesternNovember 24, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston In a first-ever collaboration, the Northwestern University saxophone studio and jazz program come together to present a concert of music by jazz luminaries past and present, including John Coltrane, M... | Music | November 2024 | 1732498200 |
 Jazz Small Ensembles: New Beginnings—Student OriginalsNovember 25, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 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 | November 2024 | 1732584600 |
 Marimba ConcertNovember 25, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston She-e Wu, director An evening of music spotlighting the distinctive sonic palette of the marimba. | Music | November 2024 | 1732584600 |
 Northwestern University Chamber OrchestraDecember 5, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Harvey Felder, conductor George Walker, Tangents for Chamber Orchestra Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Prayer from Suite No. 4 in G Major, Op. 61 (“Mozartiana”) W. A. Mozart, Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K.... | Music | December 2024 | 1733448600 |
 Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra: The Music of Tom Garling and Joe ClarkDecember 5, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner, conductor The Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra’s second fall-quarter performance highlights music by two Bienen School faculty members. Trombonist Tom Garling began his career t... | Music | December 2024 | 1733448600 |
 Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble: Scattering Dark and LightDecember 6, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Andrew Megill, conductor Join the singers of BCE as they explore the choral works of Samuel Barber, who has been praised as America’s most profound composer of vocal music. The program will include h... | Music | December 2024 | 1733535000 |
 Symphonic BandDecember 6, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Shawn Vondran, conductor The Symphonic Band’s second fall-quarter concert opens with Ralph Vaughan Williams’s monumental Toccata Marziale, which turned 100 this year. Joel Love’s Musica Dei, donum op... | Music | December 2024 | 1733535000 |
 Northwestern University Symphony OrchestraDecember 7, 2024 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Donald Schleicher, conductor; Natalia Warthen, saxophone (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner) Carl Maria von Weber, Oberon Overture Paul Creston, Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Op. 26 Sergei Pr... | Music | December 2024 | 1733621400 |
 A Festival of Lessons and CarolsDecember 8, 2024 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Evanston Stephen Alltop, conductor; Alice Millar Chapel Choir; Philharmonia; Millar Brass Ensemble A beloved holiday tradition continues, where readings and musical gems combine to portray the Christmas mira... | Music | December 2024 | 1733675400 |
 A Few of Our Favorite ThingsDecember 13, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Beloved music of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Debussy. | Music | December 2024 | 1734139800 |
 Dover QuartetJanuary 10, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Bienen School of Music Quartet-in-Residence Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violin; Julianne Lee, viola; Camden Shaw, cello; Jerod Tate, guest composer Praised by Ch... | Music | January 2025 | 1736559000 |
 Third Coast Percussion with Jessie MontgomeryJanuary 11, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Jessie Montgomery, violin; David Skidmore, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Sean Connors, and She-e Wu, percussion Grammy Award-winning composer and violinist Jes... | Music | January 2025 | 1736645400 |
 Trio ValtornaJanuary 12, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Ida Kavafian, violin; David Jolley, horn; Gilles Vonsattel, piano The Danbury News-Times praises Trio Valtorna’s balance of “gentleness and power.” Bringing t... | Music | January 2025 | 1736715600 |
 Vertavo String QuartetJanuary 17, 2025 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 “With phenomenal expressive flexibility, the Vertavo moved from warmest sensu... | Music | January 2025 | 1737163800 |
 Viano QuartetJanuary 19, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Lucy Wang and Hao Zhou, violin; Aiden Kane, viola; Tate Zawadiuk, cello In a recent review of the Viano Quartet, the Boston Globe proclaims, “…one stopped lis... | Music | January 2025 | 1737320400 |
 Dudok Quartet AmsterdamJanuary 24, 2025 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 ChicagoClassicalReview.com praises the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam’s ... | Music | January 2025 | 1737768600 |
 Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane DuoJanuary 25, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Pianist, conductor, and scholar Jeffrey Kahane is in the fifth decade of an expansive and versatile career which has included concertos with the New York Philha... | Music | January 2025 | 1737855000 |
 Miró QuartetJanuary 26, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer, violin; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello Hailed for their “explosive vigor and technical finesse” by the New Y... | Music | January 2025 | 1737925200 |
 Louis Lortie, pianoJanuary 31, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “immaculate pianism and artistry” —The Guardian Pianist Louis Lortie appears in the world’s most prestigious concert halls and festivals, including London’s Wig... | Music | January 2025 | 1738373400 |
 Claudia RankineFebruary 6, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston The Litowitz MFA+MA Graduate Program in Creative Writing and English is proud to present a reading by Claudia Rankine. Claudia Rankine is the author of five books of poetry, including Citizen: An Amer... | Literary Arts | February 2025 | 1738882800 |
 Meng Su, guitarFebruary 8, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Pure musical alchemy… the audience jumped to its feet in ovation.” —Courier & Press Multifaceted guitarist Meng Su captivates audiences around the world wi... | Music | February 2025 | 1739064600 |
 Tom Borrow, pianoFebruary 14, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “In a world teeming with gifted young pianists, Borrow stands out with a touch that’s both light and powerful, and supremely incandescent” —Cleveland Plain Deal... | Music | February 2025 | 1739583000 |
 Billy Childs QuartetFebruary 15, 2025 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Downbeat praises Billy Childs for “seeing colors and vignettes where others might just hear notes,” and the pianist and composer remains one of the most prolific and acclaimed artists active today. Hi... | Music | February 2025 | 1739669400 |
 Schubert: The Sorrowful and the SublimeFebruary 21, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Beloved Impromptus and the joyous Sonata in A Major, D. 664. | Music | February 2025 | 1740187800 |
 Shin-ichi Fukuda, guitarMarch 14, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Sensuously beautiful tone…lyrical and sublime” –San Francisco Classical Voice Shin-ichi Fukuda began playing the classical guitar at the age of eleven unde... | Music | March 2025 | 1741998600 |
 Christopher Guzman, pianoApril 4, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “coiled...explosive” —New York Times Pianist Christopher Guzman enjoys an international performing career that showcases a broad range of styles from the Baroqu... | Music | April 2025 | 1743813000 |
 The Moore Lecture Series presents John KeeneApril 17, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston The Moore Lecture Series is proud to present acclaimed author and poet John Keene. His 2022 poetry collection, Punks: New and Selected Poems, received the National Book Award for Poetry. He is the aut... | Literary Arts | April 2025 | 1744927200 |
 Michelle Cann, pianoMay 2, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “a pianist of sterling artistry” —Gramophone Lauded by audiences and critics alike, Michelle Cann has become one of the most sought-after pianists of her genera... | Music | May 2025 | 1746232200 |
 Aniello Desiderio, guitarMay 10, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Following his first public performance at the age of eight, Aniello Desiderio quickly established himself as a concert artist with a distinct voice. He has ... | Music | May 2025 | 1746923400 |
 Humor in MusicMay 16, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Witty and whimsical selections by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Stravinsky. | Music | May 2025 | 1747441800 |