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For One and All: Prints from The Block’s Collection Starting October 1, 2023 Evanston In its foundational years, The Block Museum of Art gained a reputation for presenting groundbreaking exhibitions that considered the unique roles prints and printmaking have played within visual cultu...	Visual Arts	October 2023	1696179600
Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera Starting October 1, 2023 Evanston Rosalie Favell (b. 1958) is a photo-based Métis artist from Canada whose work is inspired by her Indigenous heritage."Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera" presents over 115 black and ...	Visual Arts	October 2023	1696179600
Imagine U: Frida Libre Starting October 20, 2023 Evanston Book and Lyrics by Karen Zacarías Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma Directed by Ismael Lara, Jr. Inspired by the childhood of legendary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Frida Libre is an uplifting story tha...	Theatre and Dance	October 2023	1697828400
The Prom Starting November 10, 2023 Evanston Music by Matthew Sklar Book & Lyrics by Chad Beguelin Book by Bob Martin Music by Matthew Sklar Directed & Choreographed by Tor Campbell Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new s...	Theatre and Dance	November 2023	1699666200
Viktor Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis Starting November 16, 2023 Evanston The November 16 performance features a 6:30 p.m. preperformance talk by Jesse Rosenberg, Inna Naroditskaya, Alan Pierson, and Joachim Schamberger. Joachim Schamberger, director; Alan Pierson, conducto...	Music	November 2023	1700184600
Heroes of the Fourth Turning Starting November 17, 2023 Evanston MFA Writing for the Screen & Stage Alumni Production By Will Arbery Directed by Joan Sergay It is nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard afterparty. ...	Theatre and Dance	November 2023	1700271000
16th Annual Writers Festival, presented by Northwestern Creative Writing Starting May 6, 2024 Evanston Please join us for the 16th annual Writers Festival, featuring renowned writers offering public readings! This year's featured writers are Stephanie Griest, Kirstin Valdez Quade, and Airea D. Matthews...	Literary Arts	May 2024	1715032800
Welcome to Matteson! (Congo Square Theater) October 1, 2023 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Chicago A dark comedy by Inda Craig-Galván, WELCOME TO MATTESON! follows two Black couples over the course of a dinner party; one couple has lived in the Chicago suburb of Matteson for years, the other has ju...	Theatre and Dance	October 2023	1696186800
An Evening of Gershwin for Two Pianos October 4, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston James Giles, Spencer Myer, and Logan Skelton, piano Enjoy an evening of George Gershwin favorites arranged for two pianos, performed by Bienen piano professor James Giles and special guests Spencer M...	Music	October 2023	1696465800
Creative Writing Spectacular & Faculty Reading October 5, 2023 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston Please join us for an amazing evening of storytelling, poetry, and refreshments! This event showcases FOUR members of our creative writing program, each reading from their most recent book or collecti...	Literary Arts	October 2023	1696543200
Jazz Small Ensembles: The Music of Kenny Dorham and Sonny Rollins October 9, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors Jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer McKinley Howard “Kenny” Dorham is frequently lauded by critics and fellow musicians, but in his lifetime he never receiv...	Music	October 2023	1696897800
For the Left Hand October 12, 2023 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston Join the Bienen piano studio for a screening of the documentary For the Left Hand. Inspired by a story written by Bienen alumnus Howard Reich ('77) for the Chicago Tribune, the film delves into the ex...	Music	October 2023	1697133600
Symphonic Wind Ensemble October 13, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Mallory Thompson, conductor; Dustin Nguyen, trombone (2023 Concerto Competition winner) The Symphonic Wind Ensemble opens the academic year with Kevin Day’s spirited Dancing Fire, which evokes the ima...	Music	October 2023	1697243400
Jazz Small Ensembles: The Music of Mary Lou Williams and Tadd Dameron October 16, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams is credited with hundreds of compositions and arrangements, including music for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she record...	Music	October 2023	1697502600
Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra: The Music of Dexter Gordon October 17, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner, conductor Tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Dexter Gordon was among the most influential of the early bebop musicians, with a studio and performance career spanning more tha...	Music	October 2023	1697589000
Warnock Lecture Series: Swati Chattopadhyay (University of California, Santa Barbara), "Mapping the Ephemeral: Decolonizing Durational Imagination" October 18, 2023 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston Fall 2023 Warnock Lecture, presented by the Department of Art History Lecture: 5–6:30pm Reception: 6:30–7:30pm This lecture is an invitation to reimagine the norms of durational imagination in archite...	Humanities	October 2023	1697666400
Contemporary Music Ensemble October 18, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Ben Bolter, conductor; Tania León, guest composer and 2023 winner of the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition The Contemporary Music Ensemble welcomes composer Tania León to the Bienen Sc...	Music	October 2023	1697675400
Kimiko Hahn Poetry Reading October 19, 2023 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston Kimiko Hahn is the author of ten books of poems, including: Foreign Bodies (W. W. Norton, 2020); Brain Fever (WWN, 2014), and Toxic Flora (WWN, 2010), both collections prompted by science; The Narrow ...	Literary Arts	October 2023	1697752800
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra October 19, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Benjamin Manis, conductor; Giang Vo, graduate assistant conductor Carlos Simon, Fate Now Conquers Maurice Ravel, Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Suite) Ottorino Respighi, Trittico Botticelliano Ludwig va...	Music	October 2023	1697761800
Symphonic Band October 20, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Shawn Vondran, conductor This eclectic program delves into an array of emotions and moods. David Biedenbender’s jubilant Luminescence, based on a 17th-century hymn, is followed by John Mackey’s elegia...	Music	October 2023	1697848200
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra October 21, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Donald Schleicher, conductor The Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra's first performance of the academic year opens with Liza Sobel Crane's (E)Merging Dances, premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2022...	Music	October 2023	1697934600
Raphaella Smits, guitar October 21, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Nimble fingers, a prismatic sense of timbre, and a serene dignity that informs all she plays” —New York Times Raphaella Smits plays worldwide on eight-stri...	Music	October 2023	1697934600
Marine Band Low Brass Trio Recital and Master Class October 22, 2023 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston MGySgt Mark Jenkins, principal euphonium; MSgt Frank Crawford, principal tuba; MSgt Chris Tiedeman, tuba In this event tailored for students, members of "The President’s Own” United States Marine Ban...	Music	October 2023	1698003000
Alice Millar Chapel Choir with the Choir of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris October 27, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Stephen Alltop and Yves Castagnet, conductors In this very special choral event, the Choir of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris performs the Missa brevis of Yves Castagnet, Francis Poulenc’s Litani...	Music	October 2023	1698453000
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble: Evensong October 29, 2023 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Off-Campus Andrew Megill, Logan Henke, Timothy Lambert, and Victoria Marshall, conductors; Charles Foster, piano; Reverend Erika Takacs, liturgical consultant BCE continues its annual tradition of a concert ins...	Music	October 2023	1698613200
Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble: The Legacy of Louis Armstrong October 31, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Darius Hampton, conductor All of the elements that would become jazz—swing, the blues, syncopation, improvisation, scatting—existed previously, but Louis Armstrong blended them in a way that would cha...	Music	October 2023	1698798600
SOLD OUT: Yulianna Avdeeva, piano November 3, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “Her playing was generous and warm, though the concentration was absolutely formidable” —The Guardian Yulianna Avdeeva gained worldwide recognition at the 2010...	Music	November 2023	1699057800
Percussion Ensemble November 4, 2023 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston She-e Wu, director An afternoon of eclectic rhythms.	Music	November 2023	1699128000
University Chorale: Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars November 4, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston A. J. Keller and Logan Henke, conductors; Charles Foster, collaborative piano This program explores the mystery of creation through choral works from the 16th through 21st centuries, including music o...	Music	November 2023	1699144200
An Afternoon of Flute Chamber Music November 5, 2023 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston John Thorne, Jennifer Gunn, and Alyce Johnson, flute, piccolo, and alto flute; Kay Kim, piano Bienen School faculty members John Thorne, Jennifer Gunn, and Alyce Johnson come together for an afternoon...	Music	November 2023	1699214400
Baroque Music Ensemble: J. S. Bach and Sons November 5, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Stephen Alltop, conductor; Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, viola Northwestern alumna Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff performs a Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in E-flat Major by J. S. Bach. Originally presumed...	Music	November 2023	1699234200
Jazz Small Ensembles: Composition 1501—Student Originals November 6, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors This program showcases the creativity of jazz studies students in the Joe Clark and Darius Hampton Ensembles.	Music	November 2023	1699320600
Evening of Brass November 7, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Gail Williams, director Music written and arranged for brass ensemble.	Music	November 2023	1699407000
Symphonic Wind Ensemble November 10, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Mallory Thompson, conductor The ensemble’s second concert of the fall quarter is centered around themes of loss, grief, and spirituality. Carlos Simon’s Go Down Moses, inspired by the spiritual of the...	Music	November 2023	1699666200
Guitar Ensemble November 11, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Anne Waller, director Music for guitar soloists, duos, trios, and full ensemble.	Music	November 2023	1699752600
Concert Band November 12, 2023 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Daniel J. Farris, conductor Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present an afternoon of band standards.	Music	November 2023	1699822800
University Singers: A Joyful Noise November 12, 2023 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston A. J. Keller, conductor; Charles Foster, collaborative piano University Singers presents an uplifting concert program of works from a variety of styles and musical eras.	Music	November 2023	1699830000
Jazz Small Ensembles November 13, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Composition 1501—Student Originals Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors Jazz studies students in the Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort Ensembles present a concert of new, original compositions.	Music	November 2023	1699925400
Evie Shockley Poetry Reading November 16, 2023 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston Poet & literary scholar Evie Shockley thinks, creates, and writes with her eye on a Black feminist horizon. Her books of poetry include suddenly we, semiautomatic, and the new black. Her work has twi...	Literary Arts	November 2023	1700175600
Emperor of Atlantis Preperformance Talk November 16, 2023 6:30 PM - 7:15 PM, Evanston Jesse Rosenberg, Inna Naroditskaya, Alan Pierson, and Joachim Schamberger, panelists Bienen School faculty discuss composer Viktor Ullmann, his opera The Emperor of Atlantis, and the history of the wo...	Music	November 2023	1700181000
Norris Fall Arts & Crafts Fair November 17, 2023 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston Join us for our 2023 Fall Arts and Crafts Fair presenting work from different Northwestern members and allowing students to de-stress from academics! Unique art pieces will be available for purchase a...	Visual Arts	November 2023	1700254800
The Prom November 18, 2023 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston Music by Matthew Sklar Book & Lyrics by Chad Beguelin Book by Bob Martin Music by Matthew Sklar Directed & Choreographed by Tor Campbell Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a n...	Theatre and Dance	November 2023	1700337600
Heroes of the Fourth Turning November 18, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston MFA Writing for the Screen & Stage Alumni Production By Will Arbery Directed by Joan Sergay It is nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard afterparty. ...	Theatre and Dance	November 2023	1700357400
Philharmonia November 19, 2023 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Diego Hernandez, graduate conductor; Giang Vo, graduate assistant conductor An afternoon of string and orchestral music.	Music	November 2023	1700427600
Northwestern Camerata November 19, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Victoria Marshall, conductor Blending folk and sacred music, the Northwestern Camerata presents a program of transcendent and ancient songs for treble choir. Featured composers include Andrea Ramsey,...	Music	November 2023	1700443800
Marimba Concert November 20, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston She-e Wu, director An evening of music spotlighting the distinctive sonic palette of the marimba.	Music	November 2023	1700530200
Christine Brewer Vocal Master Class November 21, 2023 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Tichio-Finnie Vocal Master Class Series Grammy Award-winning soprano Christine Brewer is “the uncommon singer of her vocal type whose voice can slice through a thick orchestra while still...	Music	November 2023	1700614800
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra November 30, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Benjamin Manis, conductor Joel Thompson, In Response to the Madness Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 96 (“The Miracle”) Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (“Scottish”)	Music	November 2023	1701394200
Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra November 30, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston The Neo-Bop Era and the Young Lions Movement—”What’s old is new again” Derrick Gardner, conductor At the close of the 1970s, the conversation around the future of jazz was contentious. Miles Davis h...	Music	November 2023	1701394200
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble: The Art of Courtly Love December 1, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Andrew Megill, conductor; Charles Foster, collaborative piano Experience the many different facets of love in a program combining masterpieces of the French choral repertoire with readings from The A...	Music	December 2023	1701480600
Symphonic Band December 1, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Shawn Vondran, conductor The Symphonic Band’s second fall-quarter concert opens with Andrew Boss’s á la Machaut, lending a modern touch to thematic material from the works of medieval composer Guilla...	Music	December 2023	1701480600
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra December 2, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Donald Schleicher, conductor; Diego Hernandez, graduate assistant conductor; Ke Wang, piano (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner) Hector Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture Johannes Brahms, Piano ...	Music	December 2023	1701567000
A Festival of Lessons and Carols December 3, 2023 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston Please note that the actual event start time is 10:40 a.m. Stephen Alltop, conductor; Alice Millar Chapel Choir; Philharmonia; Millar Brass Ensemble In this beloved holiday tradition, readings and mu...	Music	December 2023	1701621000
Chopin and Liszt December 8, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations, with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Gorgeous melodies and exhilarating virtuosity from the two Romantic era composers. Delight in dreamy nocturnes, vibrant polona...	Music	December 2023	1702085400
Balourdet Quartet January 5, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival "... an exceptionally talented group... With bows flying and notes swirling, this quartet has a bright future ahead." —Ponca City News Angela Bae and Justin ...	Music	January 2024	1704504600
Ariel Quartet with Orion Weiss, piano January 7, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Alexandra Kazovsky and Gershon Gerchikov, violin; Jan Grüning, viola; Amit Even-Tov, cello; Orion Weiss, piano “...A gripping and often very subtle reading, ...	Music	January 2024	1704661200
Dover Quartet January 12, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Bienen School of Music Quartet-in-Residence "From start to finish, everything was absolutely flawless...The Dover Quartet could play anything for us, and we w...	Music	January 2024	1705109400
Calder Quartet January 14, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival "I've written before that every time I hear the Calder, the ensemble seems to have reached a new level. That remains true, and now only the stars are the limi...	Music	January 2024	1705266000
Parker Quartet January 19, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Daniel Chong and Ken Hamao, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola; Kee-Hyun Kim, cello "Fearless, yet probingly beautiful"—The Strad The Grammy Award-winning Parker ...	Music	January 2024	1705714200
Anna Geniushene, piano January 20, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “Powerhouse sound, forceful music personality, and sheer virtuosity” —Musical America Silver medalist of the 2022 Van Cliburn Competition, Anna Geniushene has ...	Music	January 2024	1705800600
Gryphon Trio January 21, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival “The Gryphon’s musical conversations are animated and charming...it has character and detail to spare, and elegance is no small accomplishment.” —The Globe an...	Music	January 2024	1705870800
A French Musical Feast February 9, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations, with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Ravishing melodies and sumptuous sonorities to enchant the ear, including Debussy’s ever-popular Clair de lune, Ravel’s enchan...	Music	February 2024	1707528600
Nigel North, lute February 10, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Wonderful fluidity and subtlety of expression” —Birmingham Post Nigel North is a self-taught lutenist who has developed a unique career as a teacher, acco...	Music	February 2024	1707615000
Warnock Lecture Series: Christiane Gruber (University of Michigan) February 14, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston Winter 2024 Warnock Lecture, presented by the Department of Art History Lecture: 5–6:30pm Reception: 6:30–7:30pm	Visual Arts	February 2024	1707951600
Peter Orner Reading February 15, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston Chicago-born Peter Orner is the author of two novels published by Little, Brown: THE SECOND COMING OF MAVALA SHIKONGO, 2006 and LOVE AND SHAME AND LOVE (2010), and three story collections also publish...	Literary Arts	February 2024	1708038000
SOLD OUT: Beatrice Rana, piano February 22, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “Her playing was refined and soft-spoken in its brilliance throughout” —New York Times Beatrice Rana attracted international attention in 2011, when she won fi...	Music	February 2024	1708651800
Raven Leilani Reading February 29, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston Raven Leilani Baptiste is an American writer whose debut novel, Luster, was published in 2020 under the name Raven Leilani. Her work has been published in Granta, The Yale Review, McSweeney’s Quarterl...	Literary Arts	February 2024	1709247600
David Russell, guitar March 2, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Russell is not only an elegant musician but also a technician of the highest order.” —San Francisco Classical Voice Classical guitarist David Russell is w...	Music	March 2024	1709429400
SOLD OUT: Maria João Pires, piano April 12, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Winner of the 2023 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance "Sparkle as well as high seriousness" —The Guardian Born in 1944 in Lisbon, Maria João Pires gave...	Music	April 2024	1712968200
Álvaro Pierri, guitar April 13, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Fluent technique, golden tone, and singing musicality” —Vancouver Sun A leading personality in the world of the guitar, Álvaro Pierri is a regular guest i...	Music	April 2024	1713054600
Gabriela Montero, piano April 28, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “Montero’s playing had everything: crackling rhythmic brio, subtle shadings, steely power in climactic moments, soulful lyricism in the ruminative passages, and...	Music	April 2024	1714350600
An Tran, guitar May 4, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series Hailed by The Boston Globe for his “subtle, graceful virtuosity,” An Tran continues to impress audiences with innate musicality and dynamic artistry. In rec...	Music	May 2024	1714869000
Three Great Beloved Romantics May 10, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano The 2023-24 season of Keyboard Conversations comes to a close with captivating music of Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Grieg. Keyboar...	Music	May 2024	1715387400
Warnock Lecture Series: Rita Lucarelli (University of California, Berkeley) May 22, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston Spring 2024 Warnock Lecture, presented by the Department of Art History Lecture: 5–6:30pm Reception: 6:30–7:30pm	Visual Arts	May 2024	1716415200