October 1 through 10

A kick-off celebration for Arts & Humanities Month will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, October 1, at Design Within Reach, 1710 Sherman Ave., Evanston. Musical entertainment will be provided by The Blue Dragons. Admission is free.

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at Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive
Opening Reception: Oct. 1, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Exhibition: Friday, Oct. 1 through Monday, Nov. 1
Caged Dresses, Floating Kimono are two bodies of work that flow one into the other. Gathering materials generally thought to be failures, unwanted, disregarded or trashed, Patricia Otto rehabilitates these items. Looking at the materials anew, relating each to the other in unique juxtapositions, she recreates a new work and a new form.

Multiple SIDosis: The Genius of Sid Laverents multiple sidosis

Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive
Friday, Oct. 1 at 7:00 PM
In his century on earth, Sid Laverents was a one-man band, a rocket scientist, and history’s greatest amateur filmmaker. Roctober editor Jake Austen will introduce several of Sid’s short films and other works.

“Keyboard Conversations: Gershwin and Friends”
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 1977 S. Campus Drive
Friday, Oct. 1 at 7:30 PM
An evening of memorable melodies and jazzy rhythms including Gershwin’s rarely-heard solo piano version of “Rhapsody in Blue.” Call 847.467.4000 for subscription information.

93XRT welcomes Graham Parker
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave., 847.492.8860
Friday, Oct. 1 at 8:00 PM
Rock Singer/Songwriter Graham Parker of Graham Parker and The Rumour performs live.

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10th Annual Front Yard Art Sale
1931 Colfax St., Evanston
Saturday, Oct. 2 from 8am to 4pm, rain or shine
Featuring original art by Evanston painter, Amy O. Woodbury. Landscapes, figures, abstracts, portraits. All sizes. All affordably priced. For more info., call 847.475.3132.

Kids Fare: March with the Band 
Trienens Hall, 2707 Ashland Avenue
Saturday, Oct. 2 at 10:30 AM
March with the high-stepping Northwestern University Marching Band in all its glory. Be sure to bring an instrument to play with the band. Park for free in the Ryan Field west lot on Ashland Avenue north of Central Street. Follow the signs to the Trienens Hall east side entrance, northwest of Ryan Field.

Simply October Gallery
at Simply Chicago Art, 1318 Oakton St.
Artist Reception: Saturday, Oct. 2, 1:00-5:00 PM
Gallery: October 2 through October 24
"Nature Reinvented" by Jim Lange; "Firehouses across America" by John Allen & Gina Morri. Ten percent of your purchase of John & Gina's photographs will be donated to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation!

Author Visit: Chris Crutcher!
Evanston Public Library, Community Meeting Room, Main Library
Saturday, Oct. 2 at 4:30 PM
(Following “The Sledding Hill”) A Discussion with Author Chris Crutcher!

SPACE Jams: A Rock and Roll Fundraiser for Musical Education
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave., 847.492.8860
Saturday, Oct 2 at 7:00 PM
Attend a fun evening to support music education with live music from three great bands, silent and live auction, celebrity guests such as Hot Doug and The Score's Dan Bernstein, and more! All proceeds will benefit The Intonation Music Workshop, an innovative music education organization which provides instruments, instruction, and a unique pop music curriculum to kids in Chicago's under-served communities.

Tastes of Paradise: Music for Pleasures of the Palatetastes of paradise Nichols Concert Hall at the Music Institute of Chicago
Saturday, Oct. 2 at 8:00 PM
Take a whirlwind journey with Chicago a cappella as they serve up a delicious musical menu, including songs about the pleasures of wine, coffee, sweets, and even bagels, mashed potatoes and chocolate milk. Highlights include Paul Carey’s cycle Play With Your Food!, medieval and modern drinking songs, movements from J. S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata, and steamy pop standards “Black Coffee” and ”Java Jive.”

Bluegrass Advocates
at Celtic Knot, 626 Church St.
Saturday, Oct. 2 at 10:00 PM

James and the Giant Peach
Evanston Public Library, Children’s Room, Main Library
Saturday, Oct. 2 thru Sunday, Oct. 3
1996, Running time: 80 minutes, Rated: PG
Roald Dahl’s modern classic for children is a delightful combination of live action and stop-motion animation.

Teen Theatre Production: The Sledding Hill
Evanston Public Library, Main Library, Community Meeting Room
Saturday, Oct. 2 thru Sunday, Oct. 3
A stage adaptation of Chris Crutcher's novel produced by B.O.O.K.: Theatre with a Spine.

newberry consort.jpg“Newberry Consort: Rule Britannia! Celebrating the Tercentenary of Thomas Arne”
Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place, Evanston
Sunday, Oct. 3 at 3:00 PM
The Newberry Consort’s season opens with a tribute to one of 18th-century England’s most popular and successful composers, Thomas Arne (1710–78).

Preview Jones and Schmidt’s I Do! I Do!
McGaw Children's Center Auditorium, 1420 Maple Ave. 
Sunday, Oct. 3, Wed., Sept. 6 and Thursday, Oct. 7
Light Opera Works
In this charming and nostalgic musical, we meet Michael and Agnes on their wedding day and follow their lives for 50 eventful years. Show times vary.

Concert I — “Bach to the Future” — Season Opening Celebration
Nichols Concert Hall at the Music Institute of Chicago
Sunday, Oct. 3 at 3:00 PM
C.P.E. Bach affirms our roots in the love of Baroque music. The concert moves on to the sultry mood set by the Poulenc Trio and concludes with the vitality of Brahms’ “Quartet in A Minor,” featuring pianist Jeannie Yu.

“Dancing with Orion: Concert One” 
Nichols Concert Hall at the Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Ave. 
Sunday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 PM

The Dance Was Very Frenetic notes towards ‘documenta 13,'
at Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive
Monday, Oct 4 at 12:00 PM
Christov-Bakargiev will present her lecture, “The Dance Was Very Frenetic notes towards ‘documenta 13,’” During her talk, she will discuss her curation of one of the world’s foremost contemporary art exhibitions, “documenta 13,” scheduled to take place from June 9 through Sept. 16, 2012, in Kassel, Germany. For more information, call 847.491.7346.

Generation SPACE: Young Jazz in Chicago
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave., 847.492.8860
Monday, Oct 4 at 5:00 PM
The Roosevelt University Jazz and Contemporary Music Studies Program headed by Paul Wertico presents a CHAD WACKERMAN Drum Clinic featuring special guests Alan Holdsworth on guitar and Ernest Tibbs on bass at 5PM
Three Bands starting at 7PM: The Roosevelt University Special Septet, The David Kromelow Quartet, and The Nicholas Kaplan Quintet.

Yefim Bronfman Piano Master Class
Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Monday, Oct. 4 through Tuesday, Oct. 5
Pianist Yefim Bronfman, winner of the Bienen School’s Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance, presents the first of two master classes featuring Bienen School piano students. Admission is free.

Jason Reeves with Joe Brooks
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave., 847.492.8860
Tuesday, Oct 5 at 8:00 PM
Self-taught guitarist, Singer/Songwriter Reeves paints beautifully sophisticated portraits of some of life’s most vulnerable, yet exhilarating moments.

Stories from the Garden
Imagine U. Saturday Morning Family Series at Hal and Martha Hyer Wallis Theater, 1949 Campus Drive
Wednesday, Oct 6, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
In this interactive, fun-filled session, director Rives Collins and dynamic student cast members will share their talents and take your family on an exploration of The Secret Garden – a world of hidden keys, walled gardens and the magical powers of an open heart. Each child will have an opportunity to create a token of his or her visit to this enchanting, once-in-a-lifetime storybook garden! Recommended for children ages 5-10. $5 per person.

Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian (2009, 54 min.)
Evanston Public Library, Community Meeting Room, Main Library
Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 7:00 PM
Hollywood has created over 4,000 movies about Native Americans (“The Indians”). In Reel Injun, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining look at how Hollywood 's mythological "Injun" has influenced how America 's Native people are perceived.
Co-presented with Evanston 's Mitchell Museum of the American Indian and ITVS Community Cinema, Independent Lens and WTTW.

Ruthie Foster with Ernie Hendrickson
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave., 847.492.8860
Wednesday, Oct 6 at 8:00 PM
This extraordinary songwriter/performer tackles life’s big issues throughout her sizzling new album

Beadmaking
Evanston Public Library, The Loft, Main Library
Thursday, Oct. 7 at 4:30 PM
We’re going to turn old comics and magazines into fabulous beads. You'll leave with a new bracelet or necklace. Teens only!

The Exiles
at Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive
Thursday, Oct. 7 at 7:00 PM
(Kent Mackenzie, 1961, US, 35mm, 72 min.)
After studying film at the University of Southern California during the late 1950s, director Mackenzie recruited friends to shoot this unique time capsule of life in Los Angeles’s long-gone Bunker Hill neighborhood. The cast members essentially portray themselves: Native Americans who have left the reservations in search of the American dream in the city.

Q2nite!
at Quince at the Homestead, 1625 Hinman Ave.
Thursday, Oct 7 at 7:30 PM
Think cozy, intimate jazz club, featuring two talented musicians, performing two sets. This month's Q2nite will feature Greg Fishman (sax & flute) and Mike Allemana (guitar)

Maria Muldaur
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave.
Thursday, Oct 7 at 8:00 PM
Singer/Songwriter Maria Muldaur's musical roots run deep. Her latest album, Yes We Can!, was released on July 22, 2008. The album showcases the work of some of the most socially conscious songwriters of the past half-century: Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Allen Toussaint, Earl King and Garth Brooks, to name a few.

Etty
at Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St.
Thursday, Oct. 7 through Oct 17. 2010
Written and performed by Susan Stein; Directed by Austin Pendleton
Midwest Premiere! Shortly before she is deported from Holland, Etty Hillesum, a young Dutch Jew, faces an ethical dilemma. Sharing the stage with her suitcase, Etty asks us not to leave her at Auschwitz, but to let her have a “little bit of a say” in what she hopes will be a new world.

Art Under Glass Reception and Exhibit
500 Davis St.
Friday, October 8, Reception from 5:00 to 6:30 PM

Joining in the month-long celebration of Arts & Humanities in Evanston, Art Under Glass introduces a new round of artists in storefront windows. The new exhibit will be featured in downtown windows at 500 Davis St. and on the 1600 block of Orrington Ave. At the reception, Mayor Tisdahl and project coordinators will welcome attendees and join the artists in a tour of their art. The tour will continue to the 1600 block of Orrington to view art featured in three additional windows. Food and beverages will be provided by Giordano’s, which operates a restaurant in the 500 Davis St. building. The reception is open to the public. 847.448.8260.
 

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Friday, Oct. 8 through Sunday, Nov. 14
Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday and Saturday at 8 PM; Sunday at 2 PM
A musical about marriage; Music by Harvey Schmidt; Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones (Based on "The Fourposter" by Jan de Hartog)
In this charming and nostalgic musical we meet Michael and Agnes on their wedding day and follow their lives for 50 eventful years. We watch them go through wedding night jitters, raise a family, negotiate mid-life crises, quarrel, separate, reconcile and grow old together, all to the strains of a tuneful, charming score by the creators of The Fantasticks and 110 in the Shade.

Savoyaires' 46th annual Gilbert & Sullivan, The Gondoliers
Chute Middle School Auditorium
Friday, Oct 8 through Saturday, Oct 17
A hilarious, tuneful tale of baby switching, celebrity endorsements, and unintentional bigamy, in a lavish production complete with full orchestra. Box office: 847.251.8767.

Lyric Opera Lecture: Carmen
Evanston Public Library, Community Meeting Room, Main Library
Saturday, Oct. 9 at 2:00 PM
A lecture on Carmen by Georges Bizet will be presented by Lillian Celic of the Lyric Opera Lecture Corp.

Roy Book Binder 
Lake Street Church
Saturday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 PM
“Book Binder is one of the finest blues fingerpickers active today.” – Scott Dirks, Blues Revue

Willy Porter & the Carpe Diem String Quartet
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave., 847.492.8860
Saturday, Oct. 9 at 8:00 PM
Folk Rock artist Willy has been pushing the boundaries of the acoustic guitar since the early 90's. That's what this special evening is all about.

Orquestra de Samba
Nichols Concert Hall at the Music Institute of Chicago
Sunday, Oct. 10 at 3:00 PM
The Music Institute of Chicago (MIC) celebrates the artistry of Brazil for its second annual Brazilian Music Festival, featuring MIC ensemble-in-residence Orquestra de Samba (ODS).

Engage! Photography 
Evanston Public Library, Community Meeting Room, Main Library
Sunday, Oct. 10 at 3:00 PM
In this kickoff session for Project Engage, take Flat Falcon (the Loft’s version of Flat Stanley) along with you to revisit the sites of some of your most powerful memories. Capture a photographic record of Flat Falcon’s exploits that will become a part of our traveling exhibit.

Mostly Music Chicago Presents: Duo Dioromo
Sunday, Oct 10 at 4:00 PM
Featuring: Minghuan Xu, violin; Winston Choi, piano
Program: Fratres for violin and piano (Arvo Pärt); Sonata in A major (Franck); Chaconne from the Red Violin, for violin and piano (John Corigliano); and Sonata No. 1 in D minor for violin and piano (Op. 75 Saint-Saens). For location and other details, please contact Mostly Music Chicago via website, email at info@mostlymusicchicago.com or by phone: 312.287.5761.

A Bunch of Broadway...and a Little Jazz
Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Ave. Evanston
Sunday, Oct. 10 at 7:00 PM
The barbershop standard “Lida Rose” from The Music Man will couple the North Shore Harmonizers with acclaimed Chicago favorite Bradford Newquist.

Monday Movie: The Wind Journeys 
Evanston Public Library, Community Meeting Room, Main Library
Monday, Oct. 11 at 7:00 PM
(2010, 120 min., Spanish)
For most of his life, Ignacio Carrillo traveled the villages of northern Colombia, playing traditional songs on his accordion, a legendary instrument said to have once belonged to the devil. After the traumatic death of his wife, he vows to never play the accursed accordion again, and embarks on one last journey to return the instrument to its rightful owner.