Ludwig Van Beethoven
TRIO in C minor
for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 9, No. 3

Robert Schumann
FANTASY PIECES for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73
Schumann's 200th Birthday (1810-1856)

Astor Piazzolla/Bragato
FOUR SEASONS OF BUENOS AIRES
for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1965)

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Ludwig Van Beethoven
TRIO in C minor
for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 9, No. 3

Robert Schumann
FANTASY PIECES for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73
Schumann's 200th Bi... more

A musical about marriage

Music by Harvey Schmidt
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
(Based on "The Fourposter" by Jan de Hartog)
Originally Produced on Broadway by David Merrick
Originally Directed by Gower Champion

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.

Ages 12 and older
Ages 21 and under: 1/2 price

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A musical about marriage

Music by Harvey Schmidt
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
(Based on "The Fourposter" by Jan de Hartog)
Originally Produced on Broadway by David Merrick
Originally Directed by Gower Champion ... more

Community Meeting Room, Main Library

A lecture on Carmen by Georges Bizet will be presented by Lillian Celic of the Lyric Opera Lecture Corp.

What could make a man cheat on his fiancée, drive his mother to tears, and ditch a good job? One woman — Carmen! She's the sex-bomb, gypsy seductress who loves them and leaves them — tossing egos and hearts in the dust.

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Community Meeting Room, Main Library

A lecture on Carmen by Georges Bizet will be presented by Lillian Celic of the Lyric Opera Lecture Corp.

What could make a man ... more

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).

The student dancers and percussionists of the Evanston Escola de Samba will kick off the event with a high-energy samba performance, followed by ODS’s concert program featuring the music of Brazilian giants Pixinguinha, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Heitor Villa Lobos. Brazilian guest artist Dill Costa, along with MIC faculty artists Jim Setapen, Julia Miller, and Fiona Queen, will explore the relationship between Brazilian popular and classical music. The program will include original arrangements of Brazilian classics such as Pixinguinha’s “Carinhoso,” Jobim’s “Corcovado,” and Villa Lobos’ “Bachianas Brasileiras #5,” as well as many lesser known works from the Brazilian repertoire. The complete program, subject to change, is listed below.

Preliminary program

Villa Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras #9 (arranged for 9 piece instrumental ensemble)

Villa Lobos: Choros for solo guitar and duet (Featuring Luciano Antonio and guest artist Julia Miller)

Villa Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras #6, Mvt. 1, Aria (Choro) for flute and cello

A.C. Jobim: Tema Para Ana, and Imagina (arranged for piano trio)

Villa Lobos: A Manha da Pierrete (Pierrette's hands) for solo piano featuring Fiona Queen

Villa Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras #5, Aria (arranged for 9 piece instrumental ensemble)

Pixinguinha: Vou Vivendo

Pixinguinha: Carinhoso

Pixinguinha: Lamentos

Jobim: Chega de Saudade

A.C. Jobim:  Corcovado (Arr. Jim Gailoretto)

Jobim: Dill Costa feature- TBA

Jobim: A Felicidade

ODS personnel and instrumentation

Luciano Antonio, guitar/voice

Linda Binder, violin/mandolin

Edgar Campos, trumpet

Raphael Crawford, trombone

Felipe Fraga, drum set/aux percussion

Chris Hasselbring, trumpet

Marcos Oliveira, aux percussion

Krzysztof Pabian, double bass/electric bass

Melissa Snoza, flute

Richard Yeo, cello

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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).

The student dancers and percussionists of the Evanston Esc... more

Community Meeting Room, Main Library

The beginning is more than the half. -Aristotle

We become who we are in no small part because of where we have been, where we come from. In this kickoff session for Project Engage, take Flat Falcon 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. Bring those images to our first session where we will explore memories of growing up, share our photographs with Flat Falcon, view other images with this theme, and eat pizza.  Who is this Flat Falcon, you ask? Pick up the friendly, feathered Flat Falcon, instructions, and the photography packet in the Loft at least one week in advance. Participants must be Evanston Township High School Students. Register here!

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Community Meeting Room, Main Library

The beginning is more than the half. -Aristotle

We become who we are in no small part because of where we have been, where we come from. In this k... more

Community Meeting Room, Main Library

(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. He eventually married and settled in a small town, leaving the nomadic life behind. But 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. On the way, Ignacio is followed by Fermín, a spirited teenager determined to become his apprentice. Tired of loneliness, Ignacio accepts the young man as his pupil and together they traverse the vast Colombian terrain, discovering the musical diversity of Caribbean culture. Hardened by a life of solitude, Ignacio tries to discourage Fermín from following in his footsteps, but destiny has different plans for them.

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Community Meeting Room, Main Library

(2010, 120 min. Spanish)

For most of his life, Ignacio Carrillo traveled the vil... more

Jean-Marie Cottet, piano; Jean-Luc Menet, flute; Jacques Ghestem, violin; Pierre-Henri Xuereb, viola; Frédéric Baldassare, cello

A chamber group of soloists devoted to performing contemporary music, Ensemble Alternance was founded in 1983. The ensemble is particularly well known for performing such composers as Boulez, Cage, Ligeti, and Crumb and has premiered works by Philippe Hersant, Philippe Schoeller, Bruno Mantovani, Fabien Lévy, and Mark André.

Raphaël Cendo, Untitled (world premiere)

Mark André, iv 2

Philippe Leroux, ppp

Raphaël Cendo, Furia

Gérard Pesson, Mes Béatitudes

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Jean-Marie Cottet, piano; Jean-Luc Menet, flute; Jacques Ghestem, violin; Pierre-Henri Xuereb, viola; Frédéric Baldassare, cello

A chamber group of soloists devoted to performing contemporary music, Ensemble Alternance was found... more

Small Meeting Room, Main Library

The African American Literature Book Group will discuss Gabriel's Story by David Anthony Durham

AAL book club discusses "Gabriel's Story". A different take on the Western frontier, this tale is of a family of newly freed African Americans who are seeking refuge from the reconstructed South and the promise of land. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the second floor Reader's Services desk. Register online or by calling (847) 448-8620.

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Small Meeting Room, Main Library

The African American Literature Book Group will discuss Gabriel's Story by... more

Community Meeting Room, Main Library

Northwestern University Manuscript Librarians Benn Joseph and Jason Nargis provide a history and virtual tour of the 25,000 item comic book archive in the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections.
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Community Meeting Room, Main Library

Northwestern University Manuscript Librarians Benn Joseph and Jason Nargis provide a history and virtual tour of the 25,000 item comic book archive in the Charles... more

Mallory Thompson, conductor

W. A. Mozart, Serenade No. 12 for Winds in C Minor

Richard Strauss, “Allerseelen”

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (arr. Ramon Ricker), Variations on “Mein junges Leben hat ein End”

Paul Hindemith, Symphony in B-flat for Band

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Mallory Thompson, conductor

W. A. Mozart, Serenade No. 12 for Winds in C Minor

Richard Strauss, “Allerseelen”

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (arr. Ramon Ricker), Variations on “Mein junges Leben hat ein End”... more

When Evanston signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement in 2006, it joined hundreds of other American cities that have pledged to ‘meet or beat’ the Kyoto Protocol by reducing GHG emissions to 7% below 1990 levels by 2012.

Citizens for a Greener Evanston (CGE) arts and culture task force. If you are unfamiliar with CGE, it is a non-profit organization made up community members working to reduce Evanston's carbon footprint.  The CGE Cultural Task Force is very excited to be planning its first event: Artists for a Greener Evanston. Through a showcase of Evanston "green" artists, CGE hopes to bring attention to Evanston's climate action plan and to promote community involvement.

The first night will play host to an opening reception while the second night will add family-oriented activities.  The showcase is sponsored by Citizens for a Greener Evanston.

Location:
Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., Rm. 106

Dates:
Friday, October 15, 6:00-9:00 p.m., opening reception
Saturday, October 16, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., family-friendly green art activities.

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When Evanston signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement in 2006, it joined hundreds of other American cities that have pledged to ‘meet or beat’ the Kyoto Protocol by reducing GHG emissions to 7% below 1990 levels by ... more

Arnold Steinhardt occupies a place of honor in the classical music hall of fame as the first violinist of the legendary Guarneri String Quartet, one of the most celebrated ensembles of the last 40 years. His recent memoir Violin Dreams explores the violin in general and, in particular, his lifelong immersion in the final movement of J. S. Bach’s Second Partita for unaccompanied violin, the Chaconne. During this illuminating event, originally presented at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Steinhardt talks about the masterpiece that every aspiring violinist must study and eventually perform, in addition to discussing the history of the form and playing examples of other chaconnes that may have inspired Bach. This intimate evening will feature video projections of the score, Steinhardt’s insightful commentary, and his performance of the Chaconne, followed by a lively question-and-answer session. Steinhardt will also give a public master class (details will be posted at www.pickstaiger.org).
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Arnold Steinhardt occupies a place of honor in the classical music hall of fame as the first violinist of the legendary Guarneri String Quartet, one of the most celebrated ensembles of the last 40 years. His recent memoir Violin Dreams explo... more

dates: Saturday, October 16th and Sunday October 17th
times: 10:00am to 3:00pm each day
Instructor: Jenny Pfanenstiel, Couture Milliner
price: $170.00 per Person
3 Person Minimum

This event is a two day workshop.  Each person will learn the different types of wool for blocking.  You will learn how to wet, steam and form the wool over a hat block to make a shape of a hat.  Once dry, the hat will then be cut, hand sewn, wired and embellished.  This will truly be a hat that you will wear with pride.  All hat bodies, hat forms and wiring will be provided.  During drying time, Jenny will demonstrate how to make different types of hand made embellishments.  Though she will have other supplies with her, she would like all attendees to bring needles, thread and scissors.  In addition, please bring any buttons, feathers and broaches you may have.  Jenny will show you how you can use these to embellish your hats.

RSVP by October 9th to classes@simplychicagoart.com

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dates: Saturday, October 16th and Sunday October 17th
times: 10:00am to 3:00pm each day
Instructor: Jenny Pfanenstiel, Couture Milliner
price: $170.00 per Person
3 Person Minimum

This event is a two day workshop.  Each per... more

Celtic Ghost Stories

Celtic Ghost Stories

There’s nothing plain about the exhibit of Plains Native art and culture that will be on view from July 3 to October 17.
 
This exhibit focuses on tribes of the northern Great Plains during the period of forced removal from ancestral lands and the Reservation Period of the 1880s to the 1930s. The exhibit also touches on how traditional art is kept alive today on Plains reservations and will include contemporary Plains ledger art (created on accounting paper) and animal-hide art.

The exhibit will comprise approximately 50 historic objects from the museum’s permanent collection and on loan from private collectors, including pictorial beadwork; beaded bags, purses and moccasins; painted hide bags; clothing; quillwork; and dolls.
 
Displays will trace changes in designs, materials, and methods of Plains artists, such as the adoption of sewing machines, often introduced at boarding schools that taught industrial arts, and the cultural interplay between Natives and white settlers and traders.
 
“Dazzling Colors” takes its name from the written account of a U.S. Cavalry officer who in 1881 witnessed a Lakota Sun Dance attended by approximately 12,000 Oglala and Brulé Lakota. “Nothing could be added in the way of dazzling colors,” wrote Army Captain John Gregory Bourke.  “Calico shirts in all the bright hues of the rainbow, leggings of cloth, canvas, and buckskin, moccasins of buckskin, crusted with fine beadwork were worn by all.”
 
In a departure from most temporary exhibits at the Mitchell, “Dazzling Colors” will be mounted in themed sections, many with their own atmospheric environment. For example, visitors will view some materials by walking into a canvas replica of a tipi flanked by ledger art depicting resistance and battles in the early reservation years.  Some items will be displayed in a vignette modeled on a historic photo of a merchandise stand operated by a Native couple selling art and craftwork.
 
A computer terminal in the gallery will have an interactive program to introduce visitors to the concept of the Lakota winter count, a pictorial calendar with images representing each year’s most memorable event. Users will hear words spoken in the Lakota language when they scroll over the pictures. The winter count was used as a visual aid in retelling oral histories.
 
Among topics to be explored in the exhibit is the difference in the arts practiced by Plains Indian men and women. According to exhibit curator Laura McDowell, men created representational and narrative art, such as images and scenes documenting historical and current events or illustrating spiritual themes, and they tended to work alone. The women typically worked in groups, crafting domestic items decorated with abstract and geometrical designs.
 
“As a follow-up to the Mitchell’s recent exhibit about Pacific Northwest Coast Native peoples, it seemed appropriate to look at Native communities closer to home,” McDowell said. “This is a geographic region familiar to those who drive west on summer vacations, but the history and culture of the indigenous peoples there remain little-known to many of those passing through.”

For more information, contact the Museum at 847.475.1030 or click here to email visitorservices@mitchellmuseum.org

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There’s nothing plain about the exhibit of Plains Native art and culture that will be on view from July 3 to October 17.
 
This exhibit focuses on tribes of the northern Great Plains during the period of forced removal from ances... more