Inescapable TruthsOngoing Evanston This exhibit of artwork by artist Bradley McCallum is an attempt to reclaim the legacy of American freelance war correspondent James Foley and acknowledge the universal concerns of journalists who see... | Visual Arts | April 2024 | 1714107600 |
Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & EcologyOngoing Evanston Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology is a traveling exhibition that considers kinship, healing, and restorative interventions as artistic practices and strategies to foster a deeper consciousnes... | Visual Arts | April 2024 | 1714150800 |
A Little Truth: Fact and Fiction in Family PhotographyOngoing Evanston When we have our picture taken, we often try to present our best selves. Even during difficult moments, we might force a smile, sit straighter, move closer together, cover the stain on our shirt. We m... | Visual Arts | April 2024 | 1714150800 |
The 93rd Annual Waa-Mu Show: TAKEN AWAY, A Musical TrilogyStarting April 26, 2024 Evanston The 93rd Annual Waa-Mu show, Taken Away: A Musical Trilogy, is a unique presentation of three original short-form musicals, connected by the theme of loss and the poignant exploration of something bei... | Theatre and Dance | April 2024 | 1714177800 |
Half & Half: 2024 MFA Thesis ExhibitionStarting May 3, 2024 Evanston Maximiliano Cervantes, Tarik Dobbs, Morisha Moodley, Jonathan Rosemond — 2024 Master of Fine Arts degree candidates — present their thesis projects and conclude their residencies in the Department of ... | Visual Arts | May 2024 | 1714755600 |
Kirstin Valdez Quade Reading: 16th Annual Writers Fest, presented by Northwestern Creative WritingStarting 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 |
Manic Pixie Dream Girls Aren't BlackStarting May 15, 2024 Evanston As a video game designer (well, almost!), Delilah has never had a problem with her untamed imagination. But when her boss suggests that the lead character in her latest video game is unrealistic and u... | Theatre and Dance | May 2024 | 1715819400 |
Eddie the MarvelousStarting May 16, 2024 Chicago Eddie’s life is going nowhere: a twenty-something, jobless high school dropout who lives with his mom and suffers from crippling social anxiety. To cope, he retreats into his imagination and envisions... | Theatre and Dance | May 2024 | 1715905800 |
Mozart’s Così fan tutteStarting May 23, 2024 Evanston Joachim Schamberger, director; Benjamin Manis, conductor; Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra With Mozart’s memorable melodies and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s comedic libretto, Così fan tutte has become... | Music | May 2024 | 1716510600 |
Imagine That!Starting June 2, 2024 Evanston Devised by Ellie Levine, Northwestern Theatre students in Theatre 330, and Total Child pre-school class. Directed by Ellie Levine Music and Sound Design by Stephan Moore Set & Props by Jillian Gr... | Theatre and Dance | June 2024 | 1717344000 |
Honey Pot Performance: The Ladies Ring Shout 2.0Starting June 22, 2024 Chicago Original script and performance by: Felicia Holman, Abra Johnson & Meida McNealContributing Artists & Authors: Paige Brown, Elizabeth Nichole Griffin, Aisha Jean-Baptiste*, Abra Johnson*, Jennifer Lig... | Theatre and Dance | June 2024 | 1719102600 |
HONEY POT PERFORMANCE: THE LADIES RING SHOUT 2.0Starting June 22, 2024 Chicago Original script and performance by: Felicia Holman, Abra Johnson & Meida McNealContributing Artists & Authors: Paige Brown, Elizabeth Nichole Griffin, Aisha Jean-Baptiste*, Abra Johnson*, Jennifer Lig... | Theatre and Dance | June 2024 | 1719102600 |
Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and Feminist Activism, 1968–72Starting September 18, 2024 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 | September 2024 | 1726678800 |
Federico Solmi: The Great FarceStarting September 18, 2024 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 | September 2024 | 1726678800 |
Looking 101Starting September 18, 2024 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 | September 2024 | 1726678800 |
The Block Collects - Fall 2024Starting September 18, 2024 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 | September 2024 | 1726678800 |
Clarinet ShowcaseApril 26, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Nathan Canfield, piano First-year Bienen students from the studio of Stephen Williamson and Todd Levy present a program of music written and arranged to showcase the distinctive tonal colors of the c... | Music | April 2024 | 1714177800 |
Gallery Talk: "Actions for the Earth"April 27, 2024 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Block gallery talks explore exhibitions by posing multidisciplinary questions and perspectives, led by faculty, staff, students, and community members across Northwestern and beyond. Join graduate stu... | Visual Arts | April 2024 | 1714239000 |
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra and ChoirsApril 27, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Donald Schleicher and Andrew Megill, conductors; Kylie Buckham and Calista Smith, soprano; Giada Barney, alto; Matthew Sink, tenor; Wesley Diener, baritone; Spencer Greene, bass The Northwestern Unive... | Music | April 2024 | 1714264200 |
Art Talks! A Little Truth: Fact and Fiction in Family PhotographyApril 28, 2024 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston Meet the Block Museum Student Associates in our galleries for a close look at works on view in A Little Truth: Fact and Fiction in Family Photography. Block Museum Student Associates (BMSAs) are Nort... | Visual Arts | April 2024 | 1714330800 |
Symphonic BandApril 28, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Shawn Vondran, conductor; Schyler Adkins, doctoral assistant conductor; Gail Williams, horn The Symphonic Band’s first performance of the spring quarter includes Sure-fire, a new concerto by Australia... | Music | April 2024 | 1714334400 |
Gabriela Montero, pianoApril 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 |
Erin Lesser, fluteMay 2, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Praised for her “spellbindingly beautiful” (Time Out New York) and “fresh and engaging” (New York Times) performances, Erin Lesser has collaborated with composers including Steve Reich, Marcos Balter,... | Music | May 2024 | 1714696200 |
Thaviu-Isaak Endowed Piano CompetitionMay 4, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston Featuring Northwestern piano students nominated by the Bienen School piano faculty, this annual competition was established by the late violin professor Samuel Thaviu and his wife, Elinor Thaviu, to h... | Music | May 2024 | 1714849200 |
Percussion EnsembleMay 4, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston She-e Wu, director; Aaron Villareal, guest percussionist; Cameron Marquez, graduate assistant An eclectic afternoon of rhythms. Elijah Daniel Smith, Shifting Ground Toru Takemitsu, Rain Tree John C... | Music | May 2024 | 1714852800 |
SOLD OUT: An Tran, guitarMay 4, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series This event has sold out. Hailed by The Boston Globe for his “subtle, graceful virtuosity,” An Tran continues to impress audiences with innate musicality and... | Music | May 2024 | 1714869000 |
Samuel and Elinor Thaviu String CompetitionMay 5, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston Featuring Northwestern string students nominated by the Bienen School string faculty, this annual competition was established by the late violin professor Samuel Thaviu and his wife, Elinor Thaviu. Th... | Music | May 2024 | 1714935600 |
Evening of BrassMay 7, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Gail Williams, director; Aaron DuBois, guest conductor and composer; Schyler Adkins, doctoral assistant conductor; Imran Amarshi, graduate assistant conductor Music written and arranged for brass ens... | Music | May 2024 | 1715128200 |
Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble: Whisper Not—The Music of Benny GolsonMay 7, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Darius Hampton, conductor Known for his unique voice as both a saxophonist and composer, Benny Golson rose to prominence in the 1950s playing in the bands of such renowned artists as Lionel Hampton, D... | Music | May 2024 | 1715128200 |
Extending Care: A Conversation about Conservation and FuturityMay 8, 2024 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston The Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts is a collaboration between the Art Institute of Chicago and materials science-related departments at Northwestern University to pursue objects-based and o... | Visual Arts | May 2024 | 1715209200 |
Film Talks - A Touring Program of Experimental Cinema (Program 2)May 10, 2024 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Evanston Film Talks - A Touring Program of Experimental Cinema With Book Editors and Program Curators Andrew Vallance and Simon Payne RSVP Program 1 of Film Talks will be hosted by the Film Studies Center at ... | Film | May 2024 | 1715385600 |
Three Great RomanticsMay 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. Pyotr I... | Music | May 2024 | 1715387400 |
Art Talks! A Little Truth: Fact and Fiction in Family PhotographyMay 11, 2024 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Meet the Block Museum Student Associates in our galleries for a close look at works on view in A Little Truth: Fact and Fiction in Family Photography. Block Museum Student Associates (BMSAs) are No... | Visual Arts | May 2024 | 1715448600 |
Alice Millar Spring Festival Concert: Bach Festival CantatasMay 11, 2024 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Preconcert discussion by Musicology Associate Professor Andrew Talle in Vail Chapel (adjacent to Alice Millar Chapel) at 6 p.m. Stephen Alltop, conductor; Alice Millar Chapel Choir and soloists; Baroq... | Music | May 2024 | 1715472000 |
Guitar EnsembleMay 11, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Anne Waller, director Music for guitar soloists, small ensembles, and full ensemble. | Music | May 2024 | 1715473800 |
PhilharmoniaMay 12, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Diego Hernandez, graduate conductor; Giang Vo and Jason Gluck, graduate assistant conductors Leroy Anderson, Fiddle-Faddle Antonín Dvořák, Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22 Aaron Copland, “Hoe... | Music | May 2024 | 1715544000 |
Jazz Small Ensembles: Composition 1503—Student OriginalsMay 13, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors This program showcases the creativity of Bienen jazz studies students as they perform their new and original works. | Music | May 2024 | 1715646600 |
Ensemble LineaMay 14, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Founded in 1998 by pianist and conductor Jean-Philippe Wurtz, Ensemble Linea has garnered international acclaim, performing at music festivals throughout Europe and the US. The ensemble encourages and... | Music | May 2024 | 1715733000 |
Counterinsurgent: Art Historian T.J. Demos on Cop City, Abolition Ecology, and the Aesthetics of CounterreformMay 15, 2024 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Evanston he Block Museum and the Climate Crisis + Media Arts Working group welcome art historian and author T.J. Demos for a lecture entitled "Counterinsurgent: Cop City, Abolition Ecology, and the Aesthetics ... | Humanities | May 2024 | 1715814000 |
Student Solo Percussion ConcertMay 15, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston An evening of solo performances by students from the Bienen percussion studio. | Music | May 2024 | 1715819400 |
Ensemble LineaMay 16, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston The ensemble presents new works by Bienen compositions students Yi-Ting Lu, Lisa Atkinson, Jasmine Thomasian, Wan Heo, Serge Wen, and Carlos Bandera. | Music | May 2024 | 1715905800 |
Contemporary Music EnsembleMay 17, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Alan Pierson and Ben Bolter, conductors; Steven Kazuo Takasugi, guest composer The Contemporary Music Ensemble's May performance features a new work by student composer Casey Weisman, James Tenney's ... | Music | May 2024 | 1715992200 |
Bienen Harp Ensemble and Studio RecitalMay 19, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston Marguerite Lynn Williams, director An afternoon of solo and ensemble music for harp. | Music | May 2024 | 1716145200 |
Concert BandMay 19, 2024 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 | May 2024 | 1716148800 |
Trombone ChoirMay 19, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Reed Capshaw, director Music written and arranged for trombones. | Music | May 2024 | 1716165000 |
Jazz Small Ensembles: Composition 1503—Student OriginalsMay 20, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors A program featuring new and original compositions and arrangements by students in the Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort ensembles. | Music | May 2024 | 1716251400 |
Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra: A Tribute to Chicago JazzMay 21, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner, conductor The Chicago style of jazz has its origins in the Mississippi Delta and New Orleans “Dixieland” style pioneered by such musicians as King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, and Loui... | Music | May 2024 | 1716337800 |
Warnock Lecture Series: Rita Lucarelli (University of California, Berkeley): "Doorscapes and Guardians of the Underworld: a comparative visual approach to the imagery of the ancient Egyptian and Etruscan demons"May 22, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Evanston Spring 2024 Warnock Lecture, presented by the Department of Art History "Doorscapes and Guardians of the Underworld: a comparative visual approach to the imagery of the ancient Egyptian and Etruscan d... | Visual Arts | May 2024 | 1716415200 |
“Actions for the Earth” Gallery Talk with Climate Crisis + Media ArtsMay 23, 2024 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Block gallery talks explore exhibitions by posing multidisciplinary questions and perspectives, led by faculty, staff, students, and community members across Northwestern and beyond. Join Michael M... | Visual Arts | May 2024 | 1716485400 |
Bienen Faculty and GuestsMay 26, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston Yuan-Qing Yu, violin; Kenneth Olsen, cello; Todd Levy, clarinet; Winston Choi and Christopher Guzman, piano Bienen faculty members Yuan-Qing Yu, Todd Levy, and Christopher Guzman, together with Yuan-... | Music | May 2024 | 1716750000 |
Symphonic Wind EnsembleMay 26, 2024 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston Mallory Thompson, conductor The ensemble’s final concert of the academic year celebrates the career and musical leadership of conductor Mallory Thompson, retiring from her Director of Bands position ... | Music | May 2024 | 1716760800 |
Northwestern Camerata: Burn Radiant LoveMay 26, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Victoria Marshall, conductor A recital for treble chorus fiery with love’s passion. Featured composers include Matthew Armstrong, Gwyneth Walker, Christine Donkin, Thomas Morley, and Frank Bridge. | Music | May 2024 | 1716769800 |
Symphonic Band: Through a Child’s EyesMay 31, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Shawn Vondran, conductor The Symphonic Band’s second spring-quarter performance highlights music celebrating the innocence and imagination of children. The program includes Percy Grainger’s joyous Ch... | Music | May 2024 | 1717201800 |
University Singers: In the Green GrassesMay 31, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston A. J. Keller, conductor; Charles Foster, piano Join University Singers in a delightful celebration of the return of spring, with musical selections focused on renewal and the rewards that the natural... | Music | May 2024 | 1717201800 |
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble and University Chorale: The Eternal SunJune 1, 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Andrew Megill and A. J. Keller, conductors; Charles Foster, piano This collaborative concert between two of the Bienen School’s flagship choral ensembles explores humanity’s relationship to the sun w... | Music | June 2024 | 1717272000 |
Northwestern University Symphony OrchestraJune 1, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Donald Schleicher, conductor Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 Aaron Copland, Third Symphony | Music | June 2024 | 1717288200 |
Two in a BarrelJune 2, 2024 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM, Evanston Creators/Performers - Sarah Rose Graber & Ruxy Santir Directed by Tim Licata Originally produced by Scissor Kick Two lively quirky best friends, Riri and Moku, are confined to a barrel sitting ... | Theatre and Dance | June 2024 | 1717351200 |
The Battlefields of Clara Barton, an encore screeningJune 9, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston By Suzan Zeder and Jenn Hartmann Luck Directed by Rives Collins The Battlefields of Clara Barton is a modern folk/rock musical about the vibrant life of Clara Barton, a Civil War nurse, a political ac... | Theatre and Dance | June 2024 | 1717959600 |
Memory of Nature: Talk and Campus Landscape WalkJune 15, 2024 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston Memory of Nature, a site-specific artwork by the Indonesian artist Arahmaiani will be installed outside the Block’s entrance in April 2024. This garden of native plants and flowers changes each time i... | Visual Arts | June 2024 | 1718472600 |
The Ballad of Mu Lan, an encore screeningJune 29, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston written and directed by Alvin Chan When Mu Lan dresses up as a boy to take her father’s place in the army, she has lots to learn and lots to prove, but her biggest battle might be with her confidence.... | Theatre and Dance | June 2024 | 1719687600 |