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2026-2027 Exhibition Submissions: Dittmar Gallery Ongoing Evanston 2026-27 submissions are now open through April 10, 2026. Please CLICK HERE to submit your exhibition proposal. Dittmar Memorial Gallery at Norris University Center is an exhibition space and gatherin...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1771740000
Call for Vendors: Spring 2026 Arts & Crafts Fair at Norris Ongoing No Location CLICK HERE to apply to be a vendor! Applications accepted through Monday, March 9 at 11:59pm. Join us for the annual Arts and Crafts fair at Norris University Center. Each year, the Arts and Crafts fa...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1771740000
Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” and Muslim Portraiture in Mali Starting February 22, 2026 Evanston The storied city of Djenné, a center of Islamic learning, study, and scholarship since the twelfth century, is the hometown of Bamako-based photographer Hamdia Traoré (b. 1992, Mali). The thirty portr...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1771783200
Teresa Montoya’s Tó Łitso (Yellow Water): Ten Years after the Gold King Mine Spill Starting February 22, 2026 Evanston On August 5, 2015, the rupture of the abandoned Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, released more than three million gallons of toxic wastewater into the Animas River, turning its waters a shocki...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1771783200
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Starting February 22, 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 Dance	February 2026	1771790400
Tuesday Karaoke at Luna's Pub! Starting February 24, 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 7:00 to 9:00pm each week.		February 2026	1771981200
Thursday Trivia Night at Luna's Pub! Starting February 26, 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 7:00 to 9:00pm each week.		February 2026	1772154000
Variety Nights Starting February 27, 2026 Evanston Join in us for weekly Variety Nights on Next Up! Stage! UPCOMING VARIETY NIGHTS Friday, February 13 - Love Hurts Comedy Show & Speed Friending Friday, February 20 - Game Night Friday, February 27 - Li...		February 2026	1772236800
Bizet's Carmen Starting February 27, 2026 Evanston Joachim Schamberger, director; Patrick Furrer, conductor; members of the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra Love, jealousy, and tragedy collide in Bizet’s classic opera as Don José turns his b...	Music	February 2026	1772242200
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 Dance	March 2026	1772897400
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 Dance	March 2026	1773448200
Ramble On Subtitle EDE Rocks! Starting March 19, 2026 Evanston The Evanston Dance Ensemble is diving into the archives. Join us as we explore the culture, attitude, and expansive reach of rock and roll music. Artistic Director Enid Smith and Assistant to the Dire...	Theatre and Dance	March 2026	1773966600
Ramble On Subtitle EDE Rocks! Starting March 21, 2026 Evanston The Evanston Dance Ensemble is diving into the archives. Join us as we explore the culture, attitude, and expansive reach of rock and roll music. Artistic Director Enid Smith and Assistant to the Dire...	Theatre and Dance	March 2026	1774116000
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 Dance	May 2026	1777681800
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 Dance	May 2026	1778286600
Writers Fest 2026 Starting May 11, 2026 Evanston Please join us for the 18th annual Writers Festival, featuring renowned writers offering public readings! This year's featured writers are Leni Zumas, Aminatta Forna, and Marsha de la O. May 11: Read...	Literary Arts	May 2026	1778536800
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 Dance	May 2026	1779496200
Art Talks! Teresa Montoya's Tó Łitso (Yellow Water) February 22, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston Join the Block Museum Student Associates in our galleries for a close look at one or two works on view in Teresa Montoya’s Tó Łitso (Yellow Water): Ten Years after the Gold King Mine Spill. The exhibi...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1771790400
Student Composers Concert February 24, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston A program of new works by Bienen student composers.	Music	February 2026	1771983000
Immigrant Owned: Photographer Jonathan Castillo in Conversation February 25, 2026 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston Immigrant Owned is an ongoing photography project that honors the cultural and economic contributions of immigrants to Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods. Join us for a discussion of artist Jonathan Cast...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1772064000
Adam Unsworth, horn February 25, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Kay Kim and William Menefield, piano Principal horn of the Ann Arbor Symphony and a former member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, alumnus Adam Unsworth makes his reci...	Music	February 2026	1772069400
Bizet’s Carmen February 26, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Joachim Schamberger, director; Patrick Furrer, conductor; members of the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra Love, jealousy, and tragedy collide in Bizet’s classic opera as Don José turns his b...	Music	February 2026	1772155800
TAK Ensemble February 27, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Laura Cocks, flute; Madison Greenstone, clarinet; Charlotte Mundy, voice; Marina Kifferstein, violin; Ellery Trafford, percussion A mixed quintet committed to musical exploration and experimentation...	Music	February 2026	1772242200
Art Talks! Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” February 28, 2026 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 Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” and Muslim Portraiture in Mali. The exhibition offer...	Visual Arts	February 2026	1772303400
Guitar Ensemble February 28, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Anne Waller, director Music for guitar soloists, small ensembles, and full ensemble.	Music	February 2026	1772328600
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 Dance	February 2026	1772328600
Concert Band March 1, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Daniel J. Farris, conductor; Imran Amarshi and Maggie Whiteman, doctoral assistant conductors Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of exciting repertoire for wind b...	Music	March 2026	1772398800
Northwestern Camerata: All Shall Be Well March 1, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Ari Carillo, conductor; Sinhwa Lee, keyboard Music for treble voices from a variety of eras and styles. Sarah Quartel, All Shall Be Well Traditional Irish (arr. Joni Jensen), “Turning” David Chi...	Music	March 2026	1772398800
Saxophone Ensembles March 2, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Taimur Sullivan, director; Thomas Giles, saxophone; Stacy Garrop, guest composer The ensembles continue their mission of expanding the repertoire for saxophone with this concert of new compositions. F...	Music	March 2026	1772501400
Jazz Small Ensembles: Student Originals March 2, 2026 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort, conductors Enjoy original compositions and new arrangements by students in the Derrick Gardner and Kevin Fort ensembles.	Music	March 2026	1772503200
Diana Soviero Vocal Master Class March 3, 2026 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Tichio-Finnie Vocal Master Class Series Abigail Arnold, soprano; Ruoxuan Nola Tan, mezzo-soprano; Erik DeMario and Alec Fore, tenor; Brent Funderburk, piano Proclaimed “one of the world’...	Music	March 2026	1772586000
From Lagos to Bamako: Biennales and Global Conversations in African Photography (Online) March 5, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Online This webinar will examine the Rencontres de Bamako (Bamako Encounters), Africa’s premier photography biennale, as a critical site for global artistic exchange and local cultural development. Since its...	Visual Arts	March 2026	1772733600
"How Cities Can Prepare for a Deluge of Self-Driven Cars" by David Zipper March 5, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Evanston The Transportation Library will host a talk by David Zipper, Senior Fellow at the MIT Mobility Initiative, on Thursday, March 5 at noon in the Transportation Library Reading Room. This event is free a...		March 2026	1772733600
Symphonic Wind Ensemble: Sin Fronteras March 6, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Robert Taylor, conductor This concert celebrates the rich and varied voices that define American music. The first half features iconic works by Charles Ives, William Grant Still, and Aaron Copland—eac...	Music	March 2026	1772847000
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 Dance	March 2026	1772904600
Art Talks! Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” March 7, 2026 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 Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné” and Muslim Portraiture in Mali. The exhibition offer...	Visual Arts	March 2026	1772908200
Contemporary Music Ensemble March 7, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Evanston Raven Chacon, guest composer; Ben Bolter, conductor; Michaela Marchi, vocalist Presented in partnership with the Center for Native Futures, the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, and ...	Music	March 2026	1772931600
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 Dance	March 2026	1772992800
Philharmonia March 8, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston Luis Aguilar, graduate conductor; Yelisey (Eli) Zelman, graduate assistant conductor An afternoon of music for orchestra.	Music	March 2026	1773000000
University Singers: Mystic Shapes Beyond Us March 8, 2026 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston A. J. Keller and Aiden Kocian, conductors; Chuck Foster, collaborative pianist University Singers presents a program that traces humanity’s enduring search for the divine. Spanning several centuries a...	Music	March 2026	1773007200
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...	Music	March 2026	1773102600
Jazz Small Ensembles: Student Originals March 9, 2026 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Joe Clark and Darius Hampton, conductors Enjoy original compositions and new arrangements by students in the Joe Clark and Darius Hampton Ensembles.	Music	March 2026	1773104400
A Close Look: Water Security & Flint Is Family March 11, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston Explore selections from artist LaToya Ruby Frazier’s Flint is Family series from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Essi Rönkkö, The Block’s Associate Curator of Collections and Academic Programming, ...	Visual Arts	March 2026	1773259200
Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra March 12, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Harvey Felder, conductor Schubert’s Overture in C Major in the Italian Style opens the concert; the piece was his contribution to the trend of overtures written in the style of the wildly popular Gi...	Music	March 2026	1773361800
Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra March 12, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Derrick Gardner, conductor; Ron Blake, saxophone The Jazz Orchestra welcomes saxophonist and alumnus Ron Blake (‘86) for their second winter concert. Previously a member of Roy Hargrove and Art Farm...	Music	March 2026	1773361800
Jinjoo Cho and Guests: Unearthing Love and Grief in George Rochberg's Third String Quartet March 13, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Pre-concert conversation, 6:30 p.m. Jinjoo Cho and David Bowlin, violin; Min-Jeong Koh, viola; Max Geissler, cello Bienen School associate professor of violin Jinjoo Cho and special guests present a...	Music	March 2026	1773448200
Symphonic Band March 13, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Shawn D. Vondran, conductor The Symphonic Band’s second winter-quarter concert features five contemporary voices who are adding fresh perspectives to the wind band medium. Adam Schoenberg conceived ...	Music	March 2026	1773448200
Norman Fischer Chamber Music Master Class March 14, 2026 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Evanston Cellist Norman Fischer, a lifelong friend of composer George Rochberg, coaches Bienen student chamber musicians as part of the weeklong colloquium Unearthing Love and Grief in George Rochberg’s Third ...	Music	March 2026	1773500400
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 Dance	March 2026	1773505800
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 Dance	March 2026	1773534600
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 Dance	March 2026	1773597600
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, and University Chorale: Serenade to Music March 15, 2026 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston Andrew Megill, conductor Music for chamber choir and orchestra, including a ravishing setting of Shakespeare by Ralph Vaughan Williams, the energetic Psalm 115 by Felix Mendelssohn, and one of Haydn...	Music	March 2026	1773612000
CANCELED: Trombone Choir March 15, 2026 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston This performance has been canceled. Reed Capshaw, director Music written and arranged for trombones.	Music	March 2026	1773621000
Ramble On Subtitle EDE Rocks! March 21, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Evanston The Evanston Dance Ensemble is diving into the archives. Join us as we explore the culture, attitude, and expansive reach of rock and roll music. Artistic Director Enid Smith and Assistant to the Dire...	Theatre and Dance	March 2026	1774105200
Amanda Majeski Vocal Master Class April 7, 2026 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Tichio-Finnie Vocal Master Class Series Lurdes Zapata, soprano; Isabel Yang, mezzo-soprano; Maya Behiri, alto; Leonardo Mangalindan, tenor; Alan Darling, piano The Financial Times remar...	Music	April 2026	1775606400
Opening Reception: Community Art Show April 9, 2026 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Evanston Join us for the opening reception of our annual community show which brings together artists from Northwestern, Evanston and greater Chicagoland communities to display their works in a group show. Ar...	Visual Arts	April 2026	1775775600
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...	Music	April 2026	1775867400
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...	Music	April 2026	1775953800
Spring 2026 Arts & Crafts Fair April 16, 2026 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 Arts	April 2026	1776369600
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...	Music	April 2026	1777163400
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...	Music	April 2026	1777233600
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...	Music	May 2026	1778286600
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 Dance	May 2026	1778373000
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, ...	Music	May 2026	1778373000