Enjoy Evanston
The 2008 Arts Week Evanston celebration will take place October 10-19!
A committee is planning lots of great events, so check this page again in late summer for more information.
Information about 2007 activities is listed below so you can see what types of events happened last year!
ARTS WEEK EVANSTON...IT’S AWESOME! October 5 - 14, 2007
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Arts Week Evanston kicks off its annual celebration of the arts with a free opening night celebration in downtown Evanston. Starting at 6:00 p.m. Oct. 5, there will be a jazz performance and performances by the Northwestern University Dolphin Show, Variations Dance Group, and the ETHS Marching Band at the northwest corner of Sherman Avenue and DavisStreet (Sherman Plaza).
Then at 7:30 p.m. the new Sherman Plaza public artwork, "The Sea of the Ear-Ring," will be dedicated. Evanston's Mayor Lorraine H. Morton and members of the Public Art Committee will join the artist, Takashi Soga, in cutting the ceremonial ribbon. Soga's red 15-foot metal sculpture appears to defy gravity as its large ring gives the illusion of floating independently while in reality it is attached to a joint supported in the body of the structure. "The Sea of the Ear-Ring" was chosen from 155 submissions from artists around the world.
Dance Showcase
Dance Showcase, Arts Week Evanston's tribute to dance in all forms, takes the stage at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Levy Center, 300 Dodge Ave., Evanston. One of Arts Week Evanston's most anticipated events, the Dance Showcase annually features local dance companies coming together to perform for audiences of all ages. Among the companies performing this year are Evanston Dance Ensemble, Urban Beat Dance, Equilibrium Dance Company, Captivate Dance Company and Elements Contemporary Ballet. Admission to the Dance Showcase is free.
More than 50 other chances to be part of Arts Week!
Arts Week is your chance to explore, to taste, to take the artists’ dare to stretch your imagination as they tempt you with new sights, sounds, colors and ideas. Be transformed by the arts: attend a music, theater or dance performance ~ there’s everything from classical music to improv to an original musical based on Shel Silverstein’s works; from ballet to hip-hop on the dance stage.
Or participate! Go to a woodcarving class, a painting class, a book discussion group, or a choral rehearsal and join in. For some people the most interesting thing about art is watching it being made. Learn the secrets of creating art as you wander through the working spaces of five artists of Darrow Street Studios, or admire the paintings at a front yard art sale. Open studios alsowill be held at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center and the Evanston Arts Center.
Be amazed at the creativity around you ~ and in yourself…enjoy Arts Week!
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