October 25 through 31

Contemporary Music Ensemble

at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 1977 S. Campus Drive 
Monday, Oct 25, 2010 07:30 PM
Under new faculty conductor and Bienen School alumnus Tim Robblee, the ensemble presents an evening of music by some of today’s most important composers.

Tyler Hilton & Josiah Leming with Dion Roy
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave.
Monday, Oct 25, 2010 08:00 PM

Percussion Ensemble
at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 1977 S. Campus Drive
Tuesday, Oct 26, 2010 07:30 PM
Experience the exciting rhythms of Northwestern’s Percussion Ensemble with conductor She-e Wu.

93XRT welcomes Dar Williams
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave.
Tuesday, Oct 26 at 8:00 PM
On one level, the sizable body of work accumulated by celebrated writer/artist Dar Williams is a continuing narrative of her life — what she’s experienced and what she’s observed during her years of intensive touring. On another, it forms a detailed look at the course of modern-day existence in the decade and a half between 1993, when Williams released her debut album, The Honesty Room, and 2008, when her longtime label Razor & Tie released her seventh and most recent studio album, Promised Land. Throughout her career, Williams has employed a reporter’s keen eye and a fiction writer’s feel for nuance in the act of confronting what she’s described as “the big picture of how people approach life,” doing by examining and illuminating the minute details.

Small Jazz Ensemble Concert: The Music of Wes Montgomery
at Regenstein Recital Hall, 60 Arts Circle Drive
Wednesday, Oct 27 at 7:30 PM
Victor Goines, conductor
Influential American guitarist Wes Montgomery is considered one of the giants of jazz guitar.

Marshall Crenshaw with Phil Angotti
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave.
Wednesday, Oct 27, 2010 08:00 PM
Over 25 years since breaking through to critical and commercial acclaim with his 1982 self-titled debut and its infectious, era-defining pop hit "Someday, Someway," Marshall Crenshaw creates an incredible new chapter in his career with his 429 Records debut Jaggedland. Crenshaw's first studio recording in more than six years is his most musically dynamic and lyrically intimate collection yet.

Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture
at Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive
Thuirsday, Oct 28 at 7:00 PM
(Mark Richard Smith, 2010 US, video, 97 min.)
Though a pioneering genius whose work bridged the 19th and 20th centuries both technologically and aesthetically, architect Louis Sullivan (often lauded as the creator of the skyscraper) has never been explored in depth on film. Director Smith rectifies this glaring omission with grand, sweeping shots of Sullivan’s surviving buildings, which showcase the master’s bold exteriors and colorful, intricate interiors in exquisite detail. Sullivan’s unique, iconoclastic style would influence an entire generation of architects, including his former chief draftsman, Frank Lloyd Wright. In person: Mark Richard Smith.

Lynn Harrell, cello
at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 1977 S. Campus Drive
Thursday, Oct 28 at 7:30 PM
Kay Kim, piano
Lynn Harrell’s presence is felt throughout the musical world as a consummate soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, conductor, and teacher. A frequent guest of the world’s leading orchestras, Harrell regularly collaborates with such noted conductors as James Levine, Sir Neville Marriner, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Yuri Temirkanov, Michael Tilson Thomas, and David Zinman.

Demon Lover Diary
at Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive
Friday, Oct 29 at 7:00 PM
(Joel DeMott, 1980, US, 16mm, 90 min.)
Two weeks after production starts, Jeff and Joel are fleeing Michigan—bullets ricocheting off their car—their lives and a complete record of the events in jeopardy. DeMott’s phenomenal film is unquestionably one of the greatest American documentaries. “Real-life horror far more unsettling than any found in fictional thrillers. This is America . . . a funny, frightening, exhilarating film.”—The Los Angeles Herald Examiner

Symphonic Band: Music of the Americas
at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 1977 S. Campus Drive
Friday, Oct 29 at 7:30 PM
Tim Robblee, conductor
Selections from the rich musical heritage of both North and South America, including Charles Ives’s Variations on America and Michael Gandolfi’s evocative Vientos y Tangos.

Piano Quintet and More
at Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place Evanston IL
Friday, Oct 29 at 7:30 PM
Stephen Alltop, Elizabeth Buccheri, Alan Chow, and Hsiao-Ling Lin, piano; Karen Brunssen, mezzo-soprano; Steven Cohen, clarinet; Gail Williams, horn; Gerardo Ribeiro and Rodolfo Vieira, violin; Rami Solomonov, viola; Russell Rolen, cello. Robert Schumann, Märchenerzählungen, Frauenliebe und Leben, Adagio and Allegro, and Piano Quintet in E-flat Major
6:45 p.m., preconcert student performance of a Schumann string quartet

Guest Performer Nancy Bellamy Davis: Passing Solo
at Annie May Swift Hall, 1920 Campus Drive
Friday, Oct 29 and Saturday, Oct 30 at 8pm
Adapted from Nella Larson’s novella Passing written in 1927, Passing Solo explores the conflicting demands of race and friendship… the slippery line between trust and deception. In this solo performance, Nancy Bellamy Davis portrays both Irene and Claire, friends from childhood who share a secret, as their renewed friendship exposes the price paid in a society in which freedom is bought and sold. Part of the solo/black/woman series, presented with the support of a grant from the Mellon Foundation.

Lyric Opera Lecture: A Midsummer Night's Dream
at Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., Community Meeting Room
Saturday, Oct 30 at 2:00 PM
A lecture on A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten will be presented by John Piepgras of the Lyric Opera Lecture Corp. Britten's score literally shimmers and breathes — capturing perfectly the ethos of an enchanted forest where magical things can and do happen (with a few dark undertones to keep things interesting)!

Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra
at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 1977 S. Campus Drive 
Saturday, Oct 30 at 7:30 PM
Victor Yampolsky, conductor; Anton Nel, piano; Daniel Myers, Joshua Paulus, Katherine Smith, and Gail Williams, horn. Robert Schumann, Konzertstück for Four Horns in F Major, Piano Concerto in A Minor, and Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, “Rhenish”

Simply November Gallery
at Simply Chicago Art, 1318 Oakton St.
Saurday, Oct 30 through Sunday, Nov 21
Steve (Sews) Hafliger
Artist Reception & Costume Party
Saturday October 30, 8:00pm-midnight

Justin Roberts & The Not Ready For Naptime Players
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave.
Sunday, Oct 31 at 11:00 AM
Special Halloween Show!
Bass and drums pound out the beat in perfect unison. Bodies spring to their feet and rush the stage; jumping, dancing and bouncing off each other like bumper cars. The concertgoers behave like children. Which is no surprise because they are children, participating in the kiddie mosh pit found at nearly every Justin Roberts concert. Justin Roberts is truly one of the "all-stars" of the indie family music scene.

Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio and More
at Lutkin Hall, 700 University Place
Sunday, Oct 31 at 7:30 PM
Robert Schumann (arr. Claude Debussy), Etudes in Canonic Form. György Kurtág, Hommage a R. Sch.
Clara Schumann, Piano Trio in G Minor. Johannes Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major
6:45 p.m., preconcert student recital: Schumann’s Carnaval played by 21 pianists

Joe Firstman with Peter Terry
at S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave.
Sunday, Oct 31 at 8:00PM

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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.