Block Museum

‘Actions for the Earth’


Inescapable Truths Ongoing 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	May 2024	1715576400
Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology Starting May 15, 2024 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	May 2024	1715792400
A Little Truth: Fact and Fiction in Family Photography Starting May 15, 2024 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	May 2024	1715792400
Half & Half: 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition Starting May 15, 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	1715792400
Manic Pixie Dream Girls Aren't Black Starting 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 Marvelous Starting 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 tutte Starting 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 2.0 Starting 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 2.0 Starting 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, 1968–72 Starting 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 Farce Starting 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 101 Starting 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 2024 Starting 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
Jazz Small Ensembles: Composition 1503—Student Originals May 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 Linea May 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 Counterreform May 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 Concert May 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 Linea May 16, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston The ensemble presents new works by Bienen compositions students Yi-Ting Lu, Jasmine Thomasian, Wan Heo, and Serge Wen. Wan Heo, A Bell that Calls the Underground Yi-Ting Lu, Fluttering, Flapping, Wh...	Music	May 2024	1715905800
Contemporary Music Ensemble May 17, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Alan Pierson and Ben Bolter, co-directors; Jason Gluck, graduate assistant conductor; Steven Kazuo Takasugi, guest composer The Contemporary Music Ensemble's May performance features a new work by st...	Music	May 2024	1715992200
Bienen Harp Ensemble and Studio Recital May 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 Band May 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. David Biedenbender, Melodious Thunk Gordon Jacob (ed. Christopher Heidenreich)...	Music	May 2024	1716148800
Trombone Choir May 19, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Reed Capshaw, director Music written and arranged for trombones. Jeff Reynolds, Fanfare for the Paleobones Josef Rheinberger (arr. Dr. Bradley Palmer), Abendlied, Op. 69, No. 3 Allen Chase, Three ...	Music	May 2024	1716165000
Jazz Small Ensembles: Composition 1503—Student Originals May 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 Jazz May 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 Arts May 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 Guests May 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
SOLD OUT: Symphonic Wind Ensemble May 26, 2024 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston This event has sold out. 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 Di...	Music	May 2024	1716760800
Northwestern Camerata: Burn Radiant Love May 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 Eyes May 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 Grasses May 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 Sun June 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 Orchestra June 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 Barrel June 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 screening June 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 Walk June 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 screening June 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
Summer Graduate Reading presented by the MFA in Prose and Poetry and MA in Writing Programs at SPS August 16, 2024 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Evanston Recent creative writing graduates of the MFA in Prose and Poetry and MA in Writing Programs at SPS will read original work. Featured readers will include Nimra Chohan, Rachel Kennedy, Natalia Nebel, M...	Humanities	August 2024	1723849200
The Power and Passion of Beethoven September 27, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Für Elise, the Sonata in F-sharp Major (“For Thérèse”), and the “Appassionata” Sonata.	Music	September 2024	1727483400
Jeffrey Kahane, piano October 4, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “achievement of a joy that can’t come too soon and can’t wait” —LA Times Pianist, conductor, and scholar Jeffrey Kahane is now in the fifth decade of an expansi...	Music	October 2024	1728088200
Paul O'Dette, lute October 5, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “the clearest case of genius ever to touch his instrument.” —Toronto Globe and Mail One of the most influential figures in his field, lutenist Paul O’Dette ...	Music	October 2024	1728174600
Clayton Stephenson, piano November 1, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “Stephenson is not just a remarkable virtuoso, but a poet, a dramatist and a master story-teller.” —Gramophone American pianist Clayton Stephenson’s love for mu...	Music	November 2024	1730507400
Kupinski Duo November 16, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series "elegance of sound (...) and maturity of interpretation.” —Twoja Muza Magazine The Kupinski Guitar Duo, comprised of Ewa Jablczynska and Dariusz Kupinski, h...	Music	November 2024	1731807000
A Few of Our Favorite Things December 13, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Beloved music of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Debussy.	Music	December 2024	1734139800
Dover Quartet January 10, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Bienen School of Music Quartet-in-Residence Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violin; Julianne Lee, viola; Camden Shaw, cello “The power of the Dover Quartet to commun...	Music	January 2025	1736559000
Third Coast Percussion with Jessie Montgomery January 11, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Jessie Montgomery, violin; David Skidmore, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Sean Connors, and She-e Wu, percussion Grammy Award-winning composer and violinist Jes...	Music	January 2025	1736645400
Trio Valtorna January 12, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Ida Kavafian, violin; David Jolley, horn; Gilles Vonsattel, piano The Danbury News-Times praises Trio Valtorna’s balance of “gentleness and power.” Bringing t...	Music	January 2025	1736715600
Vertavo String Quartet January 17, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Øyvor Volle and Annabelle Meare, violin; Berit Cardas, viola; Bjørg Lewis, cello “With phenomenal expressive flexibility, the Vertavo moved from warmest sensu...	Music	January 2025	1737163800
Viano Quartet January 19, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Lucy Wang and Hao Zhou, violin; Aiden Kane, viola; Tate Zawadiuk, cello In a recent review of the Viano Quartet, the Boston Globe proclaims, “…one stopped lis...	Music	January 2025	1737320400
Dudok Quartet Amsterdam January 24, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Judith van Driel and Marleen Wester, violin; Marie-Louise de Jong, viola; David Faber, cello ChicagoClassicalReview.com praises the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam’s ...	Music	January 2025	1737768600
Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane Duo January 25, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series Pianist, conductor, and scholar Jeffrey Kahane is in the fifth decade of an expansive and versatile career which has included concertos with the New York Philha...	Music	January 2025	1737855000
Miró Quartet January 26, 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston Part of the Winter Chamber Music Festival Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer, violin; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello Hailed for their “explosive vigor and technical finesse” by the New Y...	Music	January 2025	1737925200
Louis Lortie, piano January 31, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “immaculate pianism and artistry” —The Guardian Pianist Louis Lortie appears in the world’s most prestigious concert halls and festivals, including London’s Wig...	Music	January 2025	1738373400
Meng Su, guitar February 8, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Pure musical alchemy… the audience jumped to its feet in ovation.” —Courier & Press Multifaceted guitarist Meng Su captivates audiences around the world wi...	Music	February 2025	1739064600
Tom Borrow, piano February 14, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “In a world teeming with gifted young pianists, Borrow stands out with a touch that’s both light and powerful, and supremely incandescent” —Cleveland Plain Deal...	Music	February 2025	1739583000
Schubert: The Sorrowful and the Sublime February 21, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel Jeffrey Siegel, piano Beloved Impromptus and the joyous Sonata in A Major, D. 664.	Music	February 2025	1740187800
Shin-ichi Fukuda, guitar March 14, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “Sensuously beautiful tone…lyrical and sublime” –San Francisco Classical Voice Shin-ichi Fukuda began playing the classical guitar at the age of eleven unde...	Music	March 2025	1741998600
Christopher Guzman, piano April 4, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “coiled...explosive” —New York Times Pianist Christopher Guzman enjoys an international performing career that showcases a broad range of styles from the Baroqu...	Music	April 2025	1743813000
Michelle Cann, piano May 2, 2025 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Evanston Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series “a pianist of sterling artistry” —Gramophone Lauded by audiences and critics alike, Michelle Cann has become one of the most sought-after pianists of her genera...	Music	May 2025	1746232200