Block Museum of Art

Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World

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LOOKING 101 Starting October 6, 2022 Evanston Learn to look in this dynamic space for teaching and learning through art. The average museum visitor spends less than 30 seconds looking at a work of art. It usually takes us far less than that to ...	Visual Arts	October 2022	1665075600
Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s – 1980s Starting October 6, 2022 Evanston Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s explores mid-20th-century abstract art from North Africa, West Asia, and the Arab diaspora—a vast geographic expanse that encompasses diverse...	Visual Arts	October 2022	1665075600
The Block Collects 2022 Starting October 6, 2022 Evanston very 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, facul...	Visual Arts	October 2022	1665075600
Art Talks! with Block Student Associates Starting October 15, 2022 Evanston Meet the Block Museum Student Associates in our galleries for a close look at works on view at The Block that spark their curiosity. Block Museum Student Associates are Northwestern undergraduates rep...		October 2022	1665855000
5&DIME, a new musical Starting October 15, 2022 Evanston In an old 5&Dime store in a dried-up West Texas town, the “Disciples of James Dean” gather for their twentieth reunion. In 1955 when they were just teenagers, the Hollywood masterpiece GIANT, starring...	Theatre and Dance	October 2022	1665880200
IMAGINE U: ME…JANE: THE DREAMS & ADVENTURES OF YOUNG JANE GOODALL Starting October 21, 2022 Evanston Adapted by Patrick McDonnell and Aaron Posner Music and lyrics by Andy Mitton Based on the book by Patrick McDonnell Directed by Rives Collins Before she became a renowned humanitarian, conservationis...	Theatre and Dance	October 2022	1666396800
AS YOU LIKE IT Starting November 11, 2022 Evanston A Musical Adaptation of William Shakespeare's As You Like It Adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery Music and lyrics by Shaina Taub Directed by Jessica Fisch Named one of The New York Times' best s...	Theatre and Dance	November 2022	1668216600
Christopher Cerrone's In a Grove - Midwest Premiere Starting November 17, 2022 Evanston Joachim Schamberger, director; Alan Pierson, conductor; members of the Contemporary Music Ensemble; Christopher Cerrone, guest composer The Wall Street Journal praised the Pittsburgh Opera’s Februar...	Music	November 2022	1668735000
be mean to me Starting November 18, 2022 Evanston A new play by Sofya Levitsky-Weitz Directed by Halena Kays At 17, Meril and Jean are best friends who can finish each other's sentences. At 27 they are struggling to reconnect and make sense of their ...	Theatre and Dance	November 2022	1668821400
Multilingual Concert with Musician and Activist Ezé Wendtoin October 6, 2022 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Ezé will give a multilingual concert for the Northwestern community and the public on Thursday, October 6, from 6 pm -7:30 pm in Harris Hall 107. He will sing and discuss songs in German, French, Moor...	Music	October 2022	1665097200
Sir András Schiff, piano October 9, 2022 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Tickets to this event are currently SOLD OUT. A limited number of tickets may become available on or after September 9. Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Winner of the 2021 Jean Gimbel Lane Pri...	Music	October 2022	1665345600
Irene Romano (University of Arizona): Exhibiting Classical Antiquity during the Nazi Era October 14, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Much has been written about the interest in Greek and Roman antiquity and its appropriation under National Socialism, but among the questions this abundant scholarship have not asked are: do the rheto...	Humanities	October 2022	1665779400
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra October 15, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Donald Schleicher, guest music director Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F Major (“Pastoral”) Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 12 in D Minor (“The Year 1917”)	Music	October 2022	1665880200
Warnock Lecture Series: Drew Thompson (Bard Graduate Center), "Coloring Black Surveillance" October 19, 2022 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston The history of Polaroid films and cameras in Africa and the Black Diaspora is largely untold. To tell this story, I analyze how Black American and African photographers, including Lorna Simpson, Lyle ...	Visual Arts	October 2022	1666216800
Gallery Talk: "Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World" October 20, 2022 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s explores mid-20th-century abstract art from North Africa, West Asia, and the Arab diaspora—a vast geographic expanse that encompasses diverse...	Visual Arts	October 2022	1666287000
Yunchan Lim, piano October 20, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Tickets to this event are currently SOLD OUT. A limited number of tickets may become available on or after September 9. Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Cliburn Competition Gold Medalist Yuncha...	Music	October 2022	1666312200
Symphonic Wind Ensemble October 21, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Mallory Thompson, conductor The Symphonic Wind Ensemble opens the academic year with Leonard Bernstein’s rousing overture to Candide, followed by Jennifer Higdon’s wind arrangement of her setting of t...	Music	October 2022	1666398600
Contemporary Music Ensemble October 22, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Joan La Barbara Residency Ben Bolter, conductor In its first concert of the academic year, the Contemporary Music Ensemble performs Elijah Smith’s Scions of an Atlas, a work premiered by t...	Music	October 2022	1666485000
Symphonic Band October 23, 2022 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Shawn Vondran, conductor Ryan George, Firefly Eric Whitacre, October Gordon Jacob, An Original Suite Nicole Piunno, Bright Shadow Fanfare Tielman Susato (arr. Patrick Dunnigan), Selections from The Da...	Music	October 2022	1666555200
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble: Evensong October 23, 2022 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Off-Campus Donald Nally and Jack Reeder, conductors; Scott Dettra, organ; Luke Lentini, string leader The ensemble’s annual Evensong concert follows the ritual and structure of the ancient liturgy, woven toget...	Music	October 2022	1666558800
Jazz Small Ensembles: The Music of Art Blakey and Tadd Dameron October 24, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers were considered the quintessential “hard bop” group, ushering in a new subgenre of jazz incorporating rhythm and blues, go...	Music	October 2022	1666657800
Joan La Barbara Composition Colloquium October 25, 2022 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Joan La Barbara Residency Composer, performer, sound artist, and actor Joan La Barbara is known for developing a unique vocabulary of experimental and extended vocal techniques, influencin...	Music	October 2022	1666735200
Artist Talk: Walid Raad October 26, 2022 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Join artist Walid Raad as he reflects on his work and practice, and draws some tangential connections to Fall exhibition Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s, with introductory r...	Visual Arts	October 2022	1666825200
Presentation by Kerry McCarthy October 27, 2022 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston Part of the William Byrd Festival Musician, musicologist, and author Kerry McCarthy discusses composer William Byrd and English singers of his time. McCarthy’s 2013 Byrd biography, published by Oxford...	Music	October 2022	1666909800
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble October 28, 2022 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM, Evanston Part of the William Byrd Festival Pre-concert talk by guest scholar Dr. Kerry McCarthy, 6:45 p.m. Donald Nally, Logan Henke, Tim Lambert, Victoria Marshall, and Jack Reeder, conductors; Charles Foster...	Music	October 2022	1667005200
Open Dress Rehearsal October 29, 2022 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston Part of the William Byrd Festival A preview of the October 30 “Music for Voices and Viols” program. Tickets are not required for this event.	Music	October 2022	1667070900
Guitar Ensemble October 29, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Anne Waller, director Music written and arranged for guitar soloists, duos, trios, and full ensemble.	Music	October 2022	1667089800
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra October 29, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Joan La Barbara Residency Robert G. Hasty, conductor; Lauryn Nelson, mezzo-soprano A program exploring themes of fear, death, and the supernatural. Bernard Herrmann, Psycho: A Suite for St...	Music	October 2022	1667089800
Mini-Recital: William Byrd's Virginal Music October 30, 2022 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston Part of the William Byrd Festival A recital highlighting the virginal—a keyboard instrument from the harpsichord family that was popular during the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods—featuring...	Music	October 2022	1667157300
Music for Voices and Viols by William Byrd October 30, 2022 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the William Byrd Festival Craig Trompeter, Anna Steinhoff, Russell Wagner, Phillip Serna, Kate Shuldiner, and Morgan Little, viol; Alice Millar Chapel Choir and Soloists A concert of music by...	Music	October 2022	1667160000
Susan Graham Vocal Master Class October 31, 2022 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Tichio-Finnie Vocal Master Class Series With Kaytlin Withers, Lauryn Nelson, Michelle Mariposa, Julia Woodring, and Kasey Nahlovsky Hailed as “an artist to treasure” (New York Times) and...	Music	October 2022	1667260800
Nina Dubin (University of Illinois Chicago): Eros, Inc.: Cupid, Capital, and the Crash of 1720 November 3, 2022 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston Abstract to come.	Humanities	November 2022	1667514600
UNTIL THE FLOOD - Screening and conversation November 3, 2022 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Evanston By Dael Orlandersmith Directed by Neel Keller The Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, in association with One Book, One Northwestern, will host a screening of Until the Flood, written and performed...	Theatre and Dance	November 2022	1667520000
Angela Hewitt, piano November 4, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Tickets to this event are currently SOLD OUT. A limited number of tickets may become available on or after September 9. Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Angela Hewitt, piano The New York Times...	Music	November 2022	1667608200
Percussion Ensemble November 5, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston She-e Wu, director An evening of eclectic rhythms.	Music	November 2022	1667694600
Robert Barto, lute November 5, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Robert Barto, lute A specialist in historical lute performance, Robert Barto studied on a Fulbright scholarship with Michael Schaeffer in Cologne and Eugen ...	Music	November 2022	1667694600
The Renée and Lester Crown Speaker Series: "S.Y. Agnon and Gustave Flaubert: Hebraizing a French Master" November 6, 2022 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Evanston The Renée and Lester Crown Speaker Series "S.Y. Agnon and Gustave Flaubert: Hebraizing a French Master" Robert Alter, Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, University of California,...	Literary Arts	November 2022	1667782800
Baroque Music Ensemble: Concerto Night November 6, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Stephen Alltop, conductor The Baroque Music Ensemble offers a program of thrilling concertos for violin, flute, oboe, trumpet, and harpsichord by Bach and Vivaldi, including Bach’s ever-popular Brande...	Music	November 2022	1667784600
Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Composers of the Midwest November 8, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner and Darius Hampton, conductors Join us as we celebrate and explore the music of jazz composers and arrangers of the Midwestern region of the US. These are some of the musicians that s...	Music	November 2022	1667957400
[Online] Artist Talk: Samia Halaby November 9, 2022 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Online Join Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s exhibition artist Samia Halaby for an online talk exploring her groundbreaking artistic practice and career. The artist will be joined ...	Visual Arts	November 2022	1668038400
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble November 11, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Andrew Megill, conductor Renowned conductor Andrew Megill—chorus master at Montreal Symphony, Music of the Baroque, and Carmel Bach Festival, as well as professor at the University of Illinois—leads ...	Music	November 2022	1668216600
Symphonic Wind Ensemble November 11, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Mallory Thompson, conductor; Jacob Nissly, guest percussion soloist A program of works evoking the natural and mechanical worlds. The wind arrangement of Adam Schoenberg’s percussion concerto Losing E...	Music	November 2022	1668216600
Debra Richtmeyer Saxophone Master Class November 12, 2022 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, Evanston Formerly principal saxophonist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony, Bienen School alumna Debra Richtmeyer is professor of saxophone at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champai...	Music	November 2022	1668279600
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra November 12, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Donald Schleicher, guest music director; Luiz Venturelli de Souza, cello (Concerto/Aria Competition winner) W. A. Mozart, Overture to Le nozze di Figaro Sergei Prokofiev, Sinfonia Concertante in E Min...	Music	November 2022	1668303000
University Chorale: Earth/Heaven November 12, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston A. J. Keller, conductor; Eric Budzynski, organ University Chorale’s first concert of the season explores the fluid boundaries between the sacred and the secular, culminating in a performance of Our F...	Music	November 2022	1668303000
Concert Band November 13, 2022 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Daniel J. Farris, conductor Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of band standards.	Music	November 2022	1668373200
Evening of Brass November 15, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Gail Williams, director Music written and arranged for brass, including Gustav Holst’s A Moorside Suite and James Stephenson’s Voyages: Concerto for Brass Ensemble.	Music	November 2022	1668562200
Northwestern Camerata November 19, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Victoria Marshall, conductor Hear Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, alongside David Conte’s colorful Alleluia, David Ashley White’s “Fear No More the Heat o’ th’ Sun,” and music of Paul Mealor ...	Music	November 2022	1668907800
Philharmonia November 20, 2022 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Robert G. Hasty, conductor Otto Nicolai, Overture to Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (“Unfinished”) Antonín Dvořák, Slavonic Danc...	Music	November 2022	1668978000
University Singers November 20, 2022 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Evanston A. J. Keller, conductor An array of choral works from various periods and styles.	Music	November 2022	1668988800
Jazz Small Ensembles: Composition 1401—New Beginning November 21, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors Showcasing jazz students’ talents and original works, this program of vibrant new selections harnesses the elements of jazz: syncopation, blues, swing, and im...	Music	November 2022	1669080600
An Evening of Telemann and Handel November 22, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Robert Morgan, oboe; Sandra Morgan, flute; Dennis Michel, bassoon; J. Patrick Rafferty, violin; Stephen Alltop, harpsichord; Susan Lewis Friedman, soprano Bienen faculty members Robert Morgan (assist...	Music	November 2022	1669167000
Gallery Talk: "Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World" December 1, 2022 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s explores mid-20th-century abstract art from North Africa, West Asia, and the Arab diaspora—a vast geographic expanse that encompasses diverse...	Visual Arts	December 2022	1669919400
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra December 1, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Robert G. Hasty, conductor; Kaytlin Withers, soprano (Concerto/Aria Competition winner) W. A. Mozart, Symphony No. 35 in D Major (“Haffner”) Joseph Haydn, Scena di Berenice Ludwig van Beethoven, Symph...	Music	December 2022	1669944600
Symphonic Band December 2, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Shawn Vondran, conductor Valeria Coleman, Roma John Barnes Chance, Elegy Gustav Holst, Second Suite in F David Maslanka, Mother Earth: A Fanfare Adam Schoenberg, Finding Rothko	Music	December 2022	1670031000
Berta Rojas, guitar December 3, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Berta Rojas, guitar “One runs out of superlatives when writing about Berta Rojas,” declares Classical Guitar magazine. Rojas’s recordings have received thre...	Music	December 2022	1670117400
A Festival of Lessons and Carols December 4, 2022 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Evanston Stephen Alltop, conductor; Alice Millar Chapel Choir; Philharmonia; Millar Brass Ensemble Note: this performance will begin at 10:40 a.m. In this beloved holiday tradition, readings and musical gems ...	Music	December 2022	1670171400
The Brahms I Love December 9, 2022 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the 2022-23 Keyboard Conversations series Jeffrey Siegel, piano Passionate rhapsodies, charming waltzes, and intimate intermezzos. Keyboard Conversations subscription renewals for the 2022-23 ...	Music	December 2022	1670635800
Calidore String Quartet with Xavier Foley, double bass January 6, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the 2023 Winter Chamber Music Festival Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violin; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi, cello; Xavier Foley, double bass Praised by the New York Times for its “deep re...	Music	January 2023	1673055000
An Afternoon of Brahms January 8, 2023 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the 2023 Winter Chamber Music Festival Stephanie Jeong and Simon Michal, violin; Weijing Michal, viola; Kenneth Olsen, cello; Adam Neiman, piano Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra prese...	Music	January 2023	1673211600
St. Lawrence String Quartet January 13, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the 2023 Winter Chamber Music Festival Geoff Nuttall and Owen Dalby, violin; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello The Washington Post hails the members of the St. Lawrence Stri...	Music	January 2023	1673659800
New Orford String Quartet January 15, 2023 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the 2023 Winter Chamber Music Festival Andrew Wan and Jonathan Crow, violin; Sharon Wei, viola; Brian Manker, cello “These four string virtuosos animate every note with uncommon power and pass...	Music	January 2023	1673816400
Horszowski Trio January 20, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the 2023 Winter Chamber Music Festival Jesse Mills, violin; Ole Akahoshi, cello; Rieko Aizawa, piano The Los Angeles Times declares, “The Horszowskis are power players… Memorably monumental.” ...	Music	January 2023	1674264600
Jupiter String Quartet January 22, 2023 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the 2023 Winter Chamber Music Festival Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violin; Liz Freivogel, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello Praised by the New Yorker for its “eloquent intensity,” the Jupiter S...	Music	January 2023	1674421200
Musical Valentines February 3, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the 2022-23 Keyboard Conversations series Jeffrey Siegel, piano Love-inspired music of Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, and Mendelssohn. Keyboard Conversations subscription renewals for the 2022-23 se...	Music	February 2023	1675474200
Warnock Lecture Series: Emine Fetvaci (Boston College) February 8, 2023 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston Description to come.	Visual Arts	February 2023	1675897200
Sara Davis Buechner, piano February 11, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Sara Davis Buechner, piano Lauded for her “intelligence, integrity and all-encompassing technical prowess” (New York Times) and “thoughtful artistry in the full...	Music	February 2023	1676165400
Álvaro Pierri, guitar February 25, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Álvaro Pierri, guitar “Fluent technique, golden tone and singing musicality poured from his guitar. Pierri matched panache with reflectiveness and superb rh...	Music	February 2023	1677375000
Bandini-Chiacchiaretta Duo with the Dalí Quartet March 11, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Giampaolo Bandini, guitar; Cesare Chiacchiaretta, bandoneón; Ari Isaacman-Beck and Carlos Rubio, violin; Adriana Linares, viola; Jesús Morales, cello The Ba...	Music	March 2023	1678584600
Yefim Bronfman, piano April 2, 2023 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston At this time, there are no further new subscriber tickets available for Yefim Bronfman's performance. Check this page on or after September 9, when additional tickets may become available. Part of the...	Music	April 2023	1680465600
Manuel Barrueco, guitar April 8, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Manuel Barrueco, guitar “A warmth and a singing quality that would undoubtedly have made Segovia smile.” –New York Times During three decades of concertizin...	Music	April 2023	1681000200
American Pianistic Treasures May 5, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the 2022-23 Keyboard Conversations series Jeffrey Siegel, piano Gershwin, Bernstein, Copland, and Gottschalk. Keyboard Conversations subscription renewals for the 2022-23 season are now availa...	Music	May 2023	1683333000
Warnock Lecture Series: Michael Yonan (University of California Davis) May 17, 2023 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston Description to come.	Visual Arts	May 2023	1684360800
Stewart Goodyear, piano May 26, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Stewart Goodyear, piano Proclaimed "a phenomenon" by the Los Angeles Times and "one of the best pianists of his generation" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Stewar...	Music	May 2023	1685147400