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Exhibition: Street: Photographs by Ann Kogen

Ongoing
Evanston
In the summer of 1980, Ann Kogen bought a Nikon FM camera, some black and white Tri-X film, and stepped into the world of photography. Encouraged by her photographer friend, she learned the techniques...
Visual ArtsNovember 20251762617600

Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper

Ongoing
Evanston
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011) began printmaking in 1961, working across lithography, woodcut, and etching for the next fifty years. Frankenthaler is known for her abstract paintings and es...
Visual ArtsNovember 20251762624800

The Block Collects 2025

Ongoing
Evanston
This year’s The Block Collects installation features two projects featuring works selected by students: 2025 Student Acquisition The Block Museum of Art’s collection supports learning across disciplin...
Visual ArtsNovember 20251762624800

Artica Pottery Resale Event!

Starting November 12, 2025
Evanston
Decorate your home with pottery from ARTica Studios! Shop mugs, small dishes, spoon rests, and more! Discounted prices range from $2-6! While supplies last. 
November 20251762966800
An old-fashioned plow in a furrow on a hill with the Proving Up title

Missy Mazzoli's Proving Up

Starting November 13, 2025
Evanston
Chicago-Area Premiere Joachim Schamberger, director; Alan Pierson, music director and conductor; Contemporary Music Ensemble  This performance includes a post-show talkback with composer Missy Mazzoli...
MusicNovember 20251763083800

The Magic of Light

Starting November 13, 2025
Chicago
Created by Virlana Tkacz, Julian Kytasty and Tom Lee “There are those who cannot see and who are not seen.  But their music can open our eyes. Light pours in, like magic, and we are brought home…” Yar...
Theatre and DanceNovember 20251763083800

The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy

Starting November 14, 2025
Evanston
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa Orchestrations by Larry Hochman Based on characters created by Charles Addams Directed by Christopher Llewyn Ramirez Eccentric...
Theatre and DanceNovember 20251763170200

MFA Collaboration Series: Among the Dead

Starting November 21, 2025
Evanston
By Hansol Jung Directed by Eunbi Lee Ana, a Korean American, travels to Seoul in 1975 to retrieve her recently deceased father’s ashes. When a bellboy named JC shows up at Ana’s hotel with a package c...
Theatre and DanceNovember 20251763775000

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 20261767744000

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 20261767916800

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 DanceJanuary 20261769823000

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 DanceFebruary 20261770341400

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 DanceFebruary 20261771637400

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 DanceMarch 20261772897400

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 DanceMarch 20261773448200

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 DanceMay 20261777681800

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 DanceMay 20261778286600

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 DanceMay 20261779496200

The Ancient Art of Ukrainian Pysanky lecture and workshop

November 8, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Evanston
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures along with the Language Resource Center is proud to invite the NU community to the Fall 2025 Pysanky lecture and workshop! Learn the history and how ...
November 20251762617600
Block Cinema: 2025 Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series

Block Cinema: 2025 Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series

November 8, 2025
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
The Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series is an annual event focusing on experimental animation, with screening events in Chicago, LA, and NY each fall. Eyeworks spotlights works made by in...
FilmNovember 20251762624800

Concert Band

November 9, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston
Daniel J. Farris, conductor; Michael Witt, graduate assistant conductor  Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of band standards.
MusicNovember 20251762722000

Baroque Music Ensemble: Bedazzling Baroque

November 9, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston
Stephen Alltop, conductor Talented members of the Baroque Music Ensemble are featured in sparkling concertos, sinfonias, and arias by a variety of Baroque composers. Featured works include the Sinfoni...
MusicNovember 20251762738200

Jazz Small Ensembles: Student Originals

November 10, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston
Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors Enjoy original compositions and new arrangements by students in the Jazz Small Ensembles.  
MusicNovember 20251762824600

Brass Ensemble

November 11, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston
Adam Unsworth, director Music written and arranged for brass, from small to large ensembles. Georg Frideric Handel, Overture for the Royal Fireworks  Alex Turley, Mirage  Franz Strauss, Concerto for H...
MusicNovember 20251762911000
Artist working in sea.

Printmaking in Process: Anna Kunz, Soo Shin, and Lane Relyea

November 12, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston
Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper highlights artists who have challenged the boundaries of control and gesture in their artwork. In this program, artis...
Visual ArtsNovember 20251762992000
Block Cinema: Richard Beymer’s THE INNERVIEW (1973) with film preservationist Ross Lipman

Block Cinema: Richard Beymer’s THE INNERVIEW (1973) with film preservationist Ross Lipman

November 13, 2025
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Evanston
It’s no exaggeration to state that the film preservationist, filmmaker, and author Ross Lipman has had a transformative impact on the history of American independent cinema. From Barbara Loden’s WANDA...
FilmNovember 20251763082000

Fall 2025 Arts & Crafts Fair

November 14, 2025
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston
Join us for the annual Arts and Crafts fair at Norris University Center. Each year, the Arts and Crafts fair draws hundreds of campus and Evanston community members to support Northwestern community a...
Visual ArtsNovember 20251763154000
Block Cinema: PUTNEY SWOPE (1969) with cartoonist Nathan Gelgud

Block Cinema: PUTNEY SWOPE (1969) with cartoonist Nathan Gelgud

November 14, 2025
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston
In September 2024–a time of deep uncertainty for both American democracy and traditional cinema exhibition–cartoonist and ardent cinephile Nathan Gelgud introduced REEL POLITIK, a daily web comic foll...
FilmNovember 20251763168400
Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Symphonic Wind Ensemble

November 14, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston
Vital Currents—the Music of Viet Cuong Robert Taylor, conductor; Viet Cuong, guest composer; Third Coast Percussion, Eighth Blackbird, and ~Nois, special guest artists The Symphonic Wind Ensemble join...
MusicNovember 20251763170200

Art Talks! The Block Collects and the 2024-2025 Student Acquisition

November 15, 2025
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 The Block Collects, an exhibition that highlights selections from the museum's growing collect...
Visual ArtsNovember 20251763231400
Guitar Ensemble

Guitar Ensemble

November 15, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston
Anne Waller, director  Music for guitar soloists, small ensembles, and full ensemble.   
MusicNovember 20251763256600

The Magic of Light

November 15, 2025
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM, Chicago
Created by Virlana Tkacz, Julian Kytasty and Tom Lee “There are those who cannot see and who are not seen.  But their music can open our eyes. Light pours in, like magic, and we are brought home…” Yar...
Theatre and DanceNovember 20251763256600

The Magic of Light

November 16, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Chicago
Created by Virlana Tkacz, Julian Kytasty and Tom Lee “There are those who cannot see and who are not seen.  But their music can open our eyes. Light pours in, like magic, and we are brought home…” Yar...
Theatre and DanceNovember 20251763323200
Jazz Small Ensemble

Jazz Small Ensembles

November 17, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston
Student Originals   Darius Hampton and Joe Clark, conductors  Enjoy original compositions and new arrangements by students in the Jazz Small Ensembles.  Darius Hampton Ensemble  Andres Turullols, Popp...
MusicNovember 20251763429400

Trombone Choir

November 18, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston
Reed Capshaw, director  A space-themed program showcasing music written and arranged for trombones.  Adrian B. Sims, Rise of the Fallen Star  Judit Varga, Puzzle  Ricardo Mollá, White Sands  Gustav Ho...
MusicNovember 20251763515800
Portrait of Tempestt Hazel by Matt Austin

ATP Visiting Artist Talk: Tempestt Hazel

November 19, 2025
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM, Evanston
ATP welcomes Tempestt Hazel for a public talk.  Hazel is a curator, writer, and co-founder of Sixty Inches From Center, a collective of editors, writers, artists, curators, librarians, and archivists ...
Visual ArtsNovember 20251763591400
Dyani White Hawk and Caroline Kent

Dyani White Hawk and Caroline Kent in Conversation

November 19, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston
Join artists Dyani White Hawk and Caroline Kent for a conversation on abstraction, feminism, and their overlapping artistic interests and influences. This program is co-presented with the Center for N...
Visual ArtsNovember 20251763596800
Block Cinema: SOLO SUNNY (1980) in 35mm

Block Cinema: SOLO SUNNY (1980) in 35mm

November 21, 2025
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston
The last film of director Konrad Wolf’s three-decade career as East Germany’s preeminent filmmaker, SOLO SUNNY is a crowning achievement in every sense—an empathetic, sharply-drawn character study tha...
FilmNovember 20251763773200
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble

Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble

November 21, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston
Make Peace Andrew Megill, conductor The program features works from the Renaissance to the present day, including Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands and Arnold Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden. This concert wa...
MusicNovember 20251763775000
Philharmonia

Philharmonia

November 21, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston
Luis Aguilar, graduate conductor; Yelisey (Eli) Zelman, graduate assistant conductor  Hector Berlioz, “Rákóczy March” from La damnation de Faust  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Marche slave, Op. 31  Antoní...
MusicNovember 20251763775000

MFA Collaboration Series: Among the Dead

November 22, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston
By Hansol Jung Directed by Eunbi Lee Ana, a Korean American, travels to Seoul in 1975 to retrieve her recently deceased father’s ashes. When a bellboy named JC shows up at Ana’s hotel with a package c...
Theatre and DanceNovember 20251763861400
University Singers

University Singers

November 23, 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston
Boundless Reflections A. J. Keller and Aiden Cocian, conductors; Chuck Foster, collaborative pianist  University Singers present a program of works spanning diverse styles and musical eras, inviting u...
MusicNovember 20251763938800

Craft Holiday Cards

December 3, 2025
3:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston
Join Artica Studios and createa FREE holiday cards for friends, family and neighbors! All materials provided!
December 20251764795600
Bienen harp studio

Bienen Harp Studio and Ensemble

December 3, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston
Marguerite Lynn Williams, director  A performance featuring both solo and ensemble repertoire for harp. 
MusicDecember 20251764811800
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra

Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra

December 4, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston
Harvey Felder, conductor  Wagner’s symphonic poem Siegfried Idyll, originally written as a birthday gift for his wife after the birth of their son, exudes romance and vulnerability with its sweeping s...
MusicDecember 20251764898200
Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra

Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra

December 4, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston
The University of Dizzy Gillespie  Derrick Gardner, conductor  John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie began his career performing in swing bands, which acted as the training ground or “university” for young mus...
MusicDecember 20251764898200
Hands playing keyboard

Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated!

December 5, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston
Ursula Oppens, Jerome Lowenthal, and Bienen students, piano  Over 30 students from the Bienen piano studio, together with special guest pianists Ursula Oppens and Jerome Lowenthal, perform Frederic Rz...
MusicDecember 20251764984600
Symphonic Band

Symphonic Band: Nature's Song

December 5, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston
Shawn D. Vondran, conductor  The Symphonic Band's December concert is a celebration of our natural world, beginning with one of the simplest, often overlooked, creatures on our planet: the humble moth...
MusicDecember 20251764984600

Art Talks! Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper

December 6, 2025
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 Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper. This exhib...
Visual ArtsDecember 20251765045800
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra

Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra

December 6, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston
Donald Schleicher, conductor; Leigh Wang, piano (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner)  Samuel Barber, First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat M...
MusicDecember 20251765071000
Choir in Alice Millar Chapel

A Festival of Lessons and Carols

December 7, 2025
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
Stephen Alltop, conductor; vocal ensemble; Philharmonia; Millar Brass Ensemble  A beloved holiday tradition combining readings and musical gems to portray the Christmas miracle. The program features c...
MusicDecember 20251765125000

Keyboard Conversations: The Romantic Music of Chopin

December 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...
MusicDecember 20251765589400

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...
MusicJanuary 20261768008600
Lorenzo Micheli plays in black and white.

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...
MusicJanuary 20261768095000
Side by side images of Akiko Tarumoto, Teng Li, Kenneth Olsen, and Christopher Guzman

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...
MusicJanuary 20261768165200
Vertavo String Quartet sits, smiling.

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...
MusicJanuary 20261768613400
Trio Seoul poses onstage.

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 2021 by Bienen School associate professor of violin Jinjoo Cho, pianist...
MusicJanuary 20261768770000

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 “...
MusicJanuary 20261769218200

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 DanceJanuary 20261769909400
Stephen Hough poses outdoors.

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...
MusicFebruary 20261770082200
The Dover Quartet performs onstage.

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...
MusicFebruary 20261771119000

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...
MusicFebruary 20261771637400

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 DanceFebruary 20261771723800
Sérgio and Odair Assad on a park bench with guitars.

Sérgio and Odair Assad, guitar

February 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...
MusicFebruary 20261771723800

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 DanceFebruary 20261772328600

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 DanceMarch 20261772904600

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 DanceMarch 20261772992800
Leif Ove Andsnes sits at the piano.

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...
MusicMarch 20261773102600

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 DanceMarch 20261773505800

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 DanceMarch 20261773534600

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 DanceMarch 20261773597600
Garrick Ohlsson smiles in front of a piano.

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...
MusicApril 20261775867400
Raphaella Smits plays the guitar.

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...
MusicApril 20261775953800
Marquis Hill plays the trumpet.

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...
MusicApril 20261777163400
Aristo Sham at the piano.

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...
MusicApril 20261777233600

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...
MusicMay 20261778286600

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 DanceMay 20261778373000
Xuefei Yang poses with her guitar.

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, ...
MusicMay 20261778373000