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Break Right Through That Line: Football at Northwestern Starting September 14, 2026 Evanston With photographs, footballs, uniforms, and other materials drawn from University Archives, this exhibit turns Deering Library into a sideline seat for a retrospective of more than 130 years of footbal...		September 2026	1789362000
TOILET FIRE: RECTUMS IN THE RECTORY Starting October 8, 2026 Chicago October 8-11, 2026 This tour-de-toot ultimately asks: How can we best relieve suffering? Written and performed by Eliza Bent Directed by Bonnie Metzgar Accompaniment by Ruth Margraff No matter how ...	Theatre and Dance	October 2026	1791505800
TAKES ALL KINDS: STORIES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY Starting October 15, 2026 Evanston October 15-16, 2026Everyday people are the heroes of democracy and rising to the challenge of our times. Written and performed by Dan Hoyle Directed by Aldo Billingslea Based on immersive reporting fr...	Theatre and Dance	October 2026	1792110600
IMAGINE U: Grace and the Butterfly Effect Starting October 29, 2026 Evanston October 29 – November 8, 2026A story that nurtures curiosity and care, reflecting how the Wirtz Center helps young artists grow and transform the world around them. Music, book, and lyrics by Jane Kel...	Theatre and Dance	October 2026	1793318400
73 Seconds Starting November 5, 2026 Evanston November 5-7, 2026Simple technology transports us to outer space, where we take a look at our not-so-simple relationship with time and truth. 73 Seconds refers to the length of the Challenger’s failed...	Theatre and Dance	November 2026	1793928600
2021 Starting November 12, 2026 Evanston November 12-14, 2026An interactive performance where story, video games, and AI collide, questioning the ethics of digital resurrection and the weight of loss: If we could bring back the dead, even as...	Theatre and Dance	November 2026	1794533400
She Loves Me Starting November 13, 2026 Evanston November 13 – 22, 2026A charming tale of connection and revelation brought to life by emerging storytellers who explore love, identity, and human connection with freshness and developing craft. Book ...	Theatre and Dance	November 2026	1794619800
MFA COLLABORATION SERIES: FEEDING BEATRICE Starting November 20, 2026 Evanston November 20 – 22, 2026A daring collaboration that confronts haunting questions of race, power, and belonging and showcasing the Wirtz Center as a laboratory for fearless storytelling and necessary art...	Theatre and Dance	November 2026	1795224600
MFA COLLABORATION SERIES: FEEDING BEATRICE Starting November 21, 2026 Evanston NOV 20-22 Hal & Martha Hyer Wallis Theater 1949 Campus Drive A daring collaboration that confronts haunting questions of race, power, and belonging and showcasing the Wirtz Center as a laboratory f...	Theatre and Dance	November 2026	1795311000
Slutbot Starting December 4, 2026 Evanston December 4-6, 2026Developed through the Wirtz Center’s commitment to new work, SLUTBOT explores identity, self-understanding, and authorship at the intersection of technology and performance. MFA Writ...	Theatre and Dance	December 2026	1796434200
Execution of Justice Starting January 28, 2027 Evanston January 28 – 31, 2027A powerful exploration of justice, community, and truth embodying the Wirtz Center’s commitment to performance as a lens for understanding the world. By Emily Mann Directed by Ge...	Theatre and Dance	January 2027	1801186200
VLADIMIR Starting February 12, 2027 Evanston February 12 – 14, 2027A powerful collaboration that explores migration, generational rupture, and the cost of survival, affirming the Wirtz Center as a space where emerging artists confront global sto...	Theatre and Dance	February 2027	1802482200
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Starting February 19, 2027 Evanston February 19 – 28, 2027A celebration of imagination and courage, echoing the Wirtz Center’s mission to elevate bold young voices and empower the artists of tomorrow. Book by Dennis Kelly Music and Lyr...	Theatre and Dance	February 2027	1803087000
Danceworks 2027: My Conscience is Clear Starting March 12, 2027 Evanston March 12-14, 2027Centered in the Wirtz Center’s mission to develop new work, my conscience is clear uses dance to ask how our values move through the world — and whether our conscience truly is clear....	Theatre and Dance	March 2027	1804901400
Taming of the Shrew Starting April 23, 2027 Evanston April 23 – May 2, 2027A bold reinterpretation that questions power, identity, and performance, reflecting the Wirtz Center’s commitment to reexamining inherited stories through fearless creative lense...	Theatre and Dance	April 2027	1808526600
Our Dear Dead Drug Lord Starting May 7, 2027 Evanston May 7-9, 2027A ferocious, darkly playful collaboration where emerging artists push form and fear, using myth, humor, and horror, to expose the rites of girlhood and the damage beneath cultural obsessi...	Theatre and Dance	May 2027	1809736200
Cyrano de Bergerac Starting May 21, 2027 Evanston May 21 – 30, 2027A daring reimagining of a classic that celebrates the power of language and literature, showcasing how the Wirtz Center fuses tradition and innovation to shape tomorrow’s storytellers...	Theatre and Dance	May 2027	1810945800
Imagine U Theatre for the Very Young: In The Loop Starting May 29, 2027 Evanston MAY 29 - JUN 6 An inviting first encounter with live performance, where the Wirtz Center sparks imagination early and nurtures the next generation of storytellers and audiences alike. Devised by Elli...	Theatre and Dance	May 2027	1811608200
“Vigil:” Campus Reading Program Online Collection Talk September 24, 2026 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM, Online Join Block Museum staff for an online talk considering artwork from the Block’s collection that reflects on the complexities of knowledge, fate, desire, and guilt, themes central to the 2026-2027 Camp...	Humanities	September 2026	1790271000
Exhibition Keynote: "The Modern Metropolis" and Images of the City September 30, 2026 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Urban historian Lewis Mumford noted “the city creates the theater and is the theater”. Picturing the Modern Metropolis: Prints and Photographs from The Block's Collection provides the opportunity to ...	Visual Arts	September 2026	1790809200
The Glorious Musical Jewels of Beethoven and Schubert October 2, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano The 2026-27 series begins with Beethoven’s joyous Polonaise, beloved Für Elise, and humorous Bagatelles, as well as Schubert’s ...	Music	October 2026	1790987400
Our Changing City: The Obama Presidential Center October 9, 2026 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston To celebrate Northwestern University’s Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, and in conjunction with Picturing the Modern Metropolis, the Block Museum offers a special program on the newly opened Obama Pres...	Visual Arts	October 2026	1791567000
A Close Look: Ava Earl and Michelle Manno on Amber Morningstar October 14, 2026 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM, Evanston In Fall 2026, The Living Room highlights a multi-year campus partnership with the Northwestern Department of Athletics and Recreation and the student-athletes they support. Each month, an artwork sele...	Visual Arts	October 2026	1792009800
Kate Liu, piano October 16, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “Liu’s music making was seriously serious, solemn even, and super sensitive, with power, richness, and deliberateness…” —The Boston Musical Intelligencer Piani...	Music	October 2026	1792197000
Curator’s Talk: Modernity in the Making October 22, 2026 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Join us in the gallery for a talk with Eduardo Bello, 2025–26 Block Museum Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow and co-curator of Picturing the Modern Metropolis: Prints and Photographs from The Block’s ...	Visual Arts	October 2026	1792701000
A Close Look: Demetrius Fields and Maria Sanchez on Old People Drink At The Bar, Young People Drink in The Streets October 29, 2026 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM, Evanston In Fall 2026, The Living Room highlights a multi-year campus partnership with the Northwestern Department of Athletics and Recreation and the student-athletes they support. Each month, an artwork sele...	Visual Arts	October 2026	1793305800
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet October 31, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “...unrivaled joy, technical élan, and questing spirit.” —Los Angeles Times Bill Kanengiser, John Dearman, Matt Greif, and Douglas Lora, guitar The Grammy...	Music	October 2026	1793493000
Mindfulness at the Museum: Drop-in Guided Meditation November 4, 2026 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM, Evanston Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to the present moment with curiosity and without judgment. It involves tuning into breath, body, thoughts, feelings, and surroundings. People often prac...	Visual Arts	November 2026	1793816100
Vacant Stares: Adrienne Brown on Rethinking Urban Emptiness November 11, 2026 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Vacancy has been a key framework for picturing the modern metropolis. From the more recent romanticization of Detroit "ruin porn" to older forms of documentary realism conjuring the forlorn melancholy...	Visual Arts	November 2026	1794441600
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo November 13, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “...a constant act of creation—spinning out provocative arrangements and videos, and touring the world with concerts that are engaging, challenging, and downrig...	Music	November 2026	1794619800
A Close Look: Block Student Alumni on the Making of Perennial Blossom (2022) November 18, 2026 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM, Evanston Join Solome Bezuneh ‘24 and Karan Gowda ‘22, former Block Museum Student Associates, and Isabella Ko, Engagement Coordinator and Educator, in the Living Room for a discussion of the creative process t...	Visual Arts	November 2026	1795037400
Antonius-Tín Bui in Conversation: Students Shape the Collection December 2, 2026 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston LIGHT REFRESHMENTS: 5:00 PM-6:00 PM PUBLIC PROGRAM: 6:00 PM-7:30 PM Join us to celebrate the 2025-26 Student Acquisition: and you, all future tense, leak through by artist Antonius-Tín Bui. Bui’s wid...	Visual Arts	December 2026	1796256000
The Romantic Music of Brahms December 11, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Siegel explores the composer's exuberant Hungarian Dances, dreamy Ballades, the passionate Rhapsody in B Minor, and deeply pers...	Music	December 2026	1797039000
Viano Quartet January 8, 2027 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Lucy Wang and Hao Zhou, violin; Aiden Kane, viola; Tate Zawadiuk, cello Winner of a 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Viano Quartet has made a name for its...	Music	January 2027	1799458200
Horszowski Trio January 10, 2027 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Jesse Mills, violin; Ole Akahoshi, cello; Rieko Aizawa, piano Hailed for their “eloquent, enthralling” performances (The Boston Globe), the Horszowski Trio h...	Music	January 2027	1799614800
Isidore String Quartet January 15, 2027 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 Strad praises the Isidore String Quartet’s “pristine cohesion, alwa...	Music	January 2027	1800063000
Bienen Faculty and Guests, January 17 January 17, 2027 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Ilya Kaler, violin; Adam Unsworth, horn; James Giles, piano Ilya Kaler is the only violinist to have won the Gold Medal at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Competition, Helsinki’...	Music	January 2027	1800219600
Ying Quartet January 24, 2027 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Robin Scott and Janet Ying, violin; Phillip Ying, viola; David Ying, cello Praised for their “ideal blend of expressive poise and tonal refinement” (Chicago ...	Music	January 2027	1800824400
Bienen Faculty and Guests, January 31 January 31, 2027 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Stephen Williamson, clarinet; Susie Park, violin; Kenneth Olsen, cello; Christopher Guzman, piano Bienen clarinet lecturer Stephen Williamson is principal cla...	Music	January 2027	1801429200
David Fray, piano February 5, 2027 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “This is an artist we need to hear more of.” —The New York Times Award-winning French pianist David Fray was named “Newcomer of the Year 2008” by BBC Music ma...	Music	February 2027	1801877400
Judicaël Perroy, guitar February 6, 2027 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Judicaël Perroy’s career ignited after he won first prize at the 15th Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition. He has since pl...	Music	February 2027	1801963800
Chopin in Paris February 12, 2027 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano A journey through highlights of the composer's flourishing career in the City of Light: the joyful Ballade No. 3, the devilish ...	Music	February 2027	1802482200
Beijing Guitar Duo March 6, 2027 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series "I'd put my reputation on the line and say that this is the best guitar duo in the world." —Manuel Barrueco, legendary guitarist Meng Su and Yameng Wang, gu...	Music	March 2027	1804383000
Chris Potter Trio April 10, 2027 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Chris Potter, saxophone; Matt Brewer, bass; Kendrick Scott, drums A world-class soloist, accomplished composer, and formidable bandleader, Chris Potter has been hailed as “easily the most compelling ...	Music	April 2027	1807403400
Paul Lewis, piano April 16, 2027 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “His playing is direct and unpretentious, with a quiet charisma and a sense of deeper feeling beneath the surface.” —The Classical Review Paul Lewis is intern...	Music	April 2027	1807921800
David Russell, guitar April 17, 2027 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series "...Mr. Russell possesses a talent of extraordinary dimension.” —The New York Times David Russell is firmly established in the elite echelon of classical g...	Music	April 2027	1808008200
Virtuoso Variations May 7, 2027 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano The 2026-27 season concludes with Beethoven’s exhilarating variations on “God Save the King,” Mendelssohn’s soulful Variations ...	Music	May 2027	1809736200
Nigel North, vihuela May 8, 2027 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Perhaps he is the greatest performer of the instrument of all time.” —The Birmingham Post North concludes the 2026-27 Segovia Classical Guitar Series with...	Music	May 2027	1809822600
James Giles, piano May 14, 2027 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “Giles has a truly distinctive interpretive persona. This was beautiful pianism—direct and unmannered.” —Harris Goldsmith James Giles regularly performs in im...	Music	May 2027	1810341000