October 18 through 24

Thomas Hampson Vocal Master Class

at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 1977 S. Campus Drive 
Tuesday, Oct 19 at 11:30 AM
American baritone Thomas Hampson has won worldwide recognition for his thoughtfully researched and creatively constructed programs. He is one of the most important interpreters of German romantic song, especially the works of Schumann, Mahler, and Wolf.

Write What You Don't Know: Readings From Cion
at University Hall, 201 1897 Sheridan Rd.
Tuesday, Oct 19 at 5:30 PM
The Center for the Writing Arts is proud to announce Zakes Mda as the Visiting Writer in Residence for Fall Quarter 2010. Mda will be teaching Writing 301: The Art of Fiction for the CWA and a literature course cross-listed with the English Department. Q&A will follow the reading, as well as a book signing by the author.

Adam Unsworth, horn
at Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Tuesday, Oct 19 at 7:30 PM
A former member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Adam Unsworth is associate professor of horn at the University of Michigan. His solo recordings demonstrate his strong versatility and musicality as a jazz musician and composer. Featuring music by Cherubini, Nurock, Sansom, Ballou, Ernste, and Thimmig, his recital will be preceded by a free master class at 5:30 p.m. in Lutkin Hall.
 
Al Stewart
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave.
Wednesday, Oct 20 at 8:00 PM
With the release of Uncorked, Folk singer/songwriter, Al Stewart, and musical partner, Dave Nachmanoff, take a trip through Stewart’s musical back pages, both in terms of the musical catalogue of nearly 20 albums’ worth of songs, and in terms of performance style.  Al Stewart numbers among his contemporaries the likes of guitar wizards Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, singer-songwriters Roy (“Hats Off To”) Harper and Richard Thompson, and a former flatmate named Paul Simon.

Third Annual Evanston Harvest Celebration
at Now We're Cookin', 1601 Payne St. Ste C 
Thursday, Oct 21 at 6:30 PM
This year's Harvest Celebration at Now We're Cookin' benefits the Evanston Farmer's Market and Evanston Township High School's Edible Acre project. Guests will mingle and explore several tasting stations where chefs will prepare and provide sample dishes highlighting their partner farm's fall bounty. Quince has teamed up with Lyons Fruit Farm to present a delicious pear dish prepared by Sous Chef Benjamin Benbow. Wines will be provided by Schaefer's Wines. For more details contact Nell Funk at (847) 570-4140 or info@nwcookin.com. Register online here.

The Trial
at Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Dr.
Thursday, Oct 21 at 7:00 PM
(Orson Welles, 1962, France/W. Germany/Italy, 35mm, 118 min.)
Kafka’s The Trial is no doubt one of the more daunting novels to adapt for cinema, but writer, director, and supporting actor, Orson Welles, handles his source material masterfully. Anthony Perkins stars as Josef K., a man caught up in a bureaucratic nightmare for an offense he can’t discern.

South Branch Book Club: The Professor and the Madman
at Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave.
Thursday, Oct 21 at 7:00 PM
This month, the South Branch Book Club will be discussing The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. "With riveting insight and detail, Simon Winchester crafts a fascinating glimpse into one man's tortured mind and his contribution to another man's magnificent dictionary." - Bookbrowse.com

Q2nite!
at Quince at the Homestead, 1625 Hinman Ave.
Thursday, Oct 21at 7:30 PM
This Q2nite will feature John Moulder (guitar) and Ken Hall (vibes).

Gershwin: Here to Stay featuring KT Sullivan & Mark Nadler
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave. 
Thursday, Oct 21 at 8:00 PM
KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler are two of the most awarded and popular cabaret artists in New York City. The all-Gershwin show they will be bringing to SPACE was heralded as "a wonderfully buoyant tribute" by The New York Times when they performed it at New York City's Algonquin Hotel this past spring.  For this show, KT and Mark are joined by the brilliant Chicago pianist, Jon Weber.

Tartuffe
at Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Dr.
Friday, Oct 22 through Saturday, Nov 6
By Molière
Adapted and directed by Sean Graney
Renowned Chicago director, Sean Graney, kicks off the Theatre& Interpretation Center’s 30th anniversary season with his entertaining and irreverent adaption of Molière’s Tartuffe! This titillating tale of a family patriarch, a devout fraud, and unquenchable lecherous desire is one of the greatest comedic masterpieces of all time. 

Northwestern University Marching Band Homecoming Concert
at Deering Meadow, 1937 Sheridan Rd.
Friday, Oct 22 at 7:00 PM
Daniel J. Farris, conductor
Kick off Northwestern’s Homecoming Parade in high spirits as the Wildcat Marching Band brings the sights and sounds of Ryan Field to Deering Meadow. In case of rain, this event will be held at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.

Piano Quartet and More
at Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Friday, Oct 22 at 7:30 PM
Richard Boldrey, James Giles, and Xiao-Min Liang, piano; Sunny Joy Langton, soprano; Karen Brunssen, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Hansen, tenor; Bruce Hall, bass; Michael Henoch, oboe; Joseph Genualdi, violin; Kristin Figard, viola; Tahirah Whittington, cello. Robert Schumann, Three Romances, Spanisches Liederspiel, and Piano Quartet in E-flat Major.
6:45 p.m. Pre-concert Student Recital: Schumann's Dichterliebe with Klaus Georg, tenor, and Wei-Han Wu, piano.

Tyrone Wells with Andrew Belle
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave.
Friday, Oct 22 at 8:00 PM

Documentary: Full Signal
at Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave. 
Saturday, Oct 23 at 2:00 PM
Main Library, Community Meeting Room
Full Signal, an award-winning documentary by former CBS News producer Talal Jabari, addresses the issue of cell phone proliferation and the effect on developing brains. Part of the fall Kids and Health series.

Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra: Cello Concerto
at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 1977 S. Campus Drive
Saturday, Oct 23 at 7:30 PM
Robert G. Hasty, conductor; Anna Burden, cello; Robert Schumann, Cello Concerto in A Minor; Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 7 in E Major

Brian McNeill
at Lake Street Church, 607 Lake St.
Saturday, Oct 23 at 7:30 PM
Brian McNeill performs. McNeill has been described as "Scotland's most meaningful contemporary songwriter" (The Scotsman).


Diane Thodos Open Studio
at 600 Hartrey Ave.
Saturday, Oct 23 and Sunday, Oct 24 from 12 to 5 PM
Local artist Diane Thodos will have new paintings and prints to see at her open studio.
 

Triple Celebration
at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 1977 S. Campus Drive
Sunday, Oct 24 at 2:30 PM
Evanston Symphony Orchestra's 65th anniversary celebration begins with audience favorites by Brahms, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. The Lincoln Trio, Ensemble in Residence at the Music Institute of Chicago, lend their collective talents to the “Triple” Concerto of Beethoven. Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fourth Symphony ends with a dazzling display of brass and percussion.Please call 847.864.8804 or email tickets@evanstonsymphony.org for all orders with children’s tickets.

Songs of War and Peace
at Nichols Concert Hall at the Music Institute of Chicago
Sunday, Oct 24 at 4:00 PM
To open its 15th season, the Chicago Chamber Choir (CCC), a skilled choral ensemble of 40 singers under the artistic director of Timm Adams, collaborates for the first time with the esteemed Milwaukee Choral Artists (MCA) for “Songs of War and Peace.” “Songs of War and Peace” is a special choral meditation on the human cost of war and the hope for peace.
Tickets and information are available at chicagochamberchoir.org or 312-409-6890.

HymnFest IX: All Glory, Laud, and Honor
at Alice Millar Chapel
Sunday, Oct 24 at 7:00 PM
Stephen Alltop, conductor; Alice Millar Chapel Choir and Millar Brass Ensemble
Come sing mighty hymns in a majestic space! The Chapel Choir, Millar Brass Ensemble, and audience will join the 100-rank Aeolian Skinner organ to “raise the roof” in hymn arrangements by Jeffrey Blersch, John Ferguson, Charles Ore, Paul Manz, Mack Wilberg, and others. Admission is a freewill offering.

Story Teller Willy Claflin performs
at Celtic Knot, 626 Church St.
Sunday, Oct 24 at 8:00 PM

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 For more information about specific events, please call the phone number listed with each activity. For general information about Arts & Humanities Month, please call the City of Evanston Cultural Arts Division at 847.448.8260.