Featuring original art by Evanston painter, Amy O. Woodbury. Landscapes, figures, abstracts, portraits. All sizes. All affordably priced.

Time: 8am - 4pm, rain or shine
Address: 1931 Colfax Street, Evanston.

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Featuring original art by Evanston painter, Amy O. Woodbury. Landscapes, figures, abstracts, portraits. All sizes. All affordably priced.

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.
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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... more

(Following The Sledding Hill), Community Meeting Room, Main Library

A Discussion with Author Chris Crutcher!

Chris Crutcher comes to Evanston!  The acclaimed YA author of Deadline, Whale Talk, Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes, and Ironman will speak with the teen cast and crew, and take questions from the audience, following the Saturday, October 2nd performance of The Sledding Hill.  Crutcher, whose books have been challenged and/or banned in several middle schools and high schools across the nation, will discuss censorship, YA literature, reading, writing, and more.  Don't miss this talk with one of the most influential modern YA authors writing today.  

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(Following The Sledding Hill), Community Meeting Room, Main Library

A Discussion with Author Chris Crutcher!

Chris Crutcher comes to Evanston!  The acclaimed YA au... more

[WHITE BOY + BLACK DAD = GREY AREAS]
written and performed by James Anthony Zoccoli

Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. • Friday & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.

The totally too-good-to-be-true story of one boy’s life in an interracial family in Chicagoland, 1979. [JAZ] gives his retrospective account of his life as Little Jimmy: a half-Italian, half-Polish kid who wants to be all Black when his White mother gets remarried to an African-American man.

“Combines honest storytelling with poignant questions about race and cultural identity.” -- Chicago Reader

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[WHITE BOY + BLACK DAD = GREY AREAS]
written and performed by James Anthony Zoccol... more

Human beings have craved the earthly pleasures of food and drink seemingly forever. Take a whirlwind journey with Chicago Acappella 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."

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Human beings have craved the earthly pleasures of food and drink seemingly forever. Take a whirlwind journey with Chicago Acappella as they serve up a delicious musical menu, including songs about the pleasures of wine, coffee, swee... more

Bluegrass Advocates

Bluegrass Advocates

Ellen Hargis, soprano; Judith Malafronte, mezzo-soprano; William Hite, tenor; David Douglass, violin; Brandi Berry, viola; Anita Rieder, flute; Craig Trompeter, cello; Jason Moy, harpsichord

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). Arne’s works run the gamut from pleasure-garden songs for Vauxhall to the first Italian-style opera seria in English. Plumbing the Newberry Library collections, the consort has recreated his colorful orchestrations for strings, baroque flute, and continuo in a selection of Shakespeare songs, opera arias, and chamber pieces. You’re invited to sing along in the evening’s finale!

A $2 discount will be offered on phone orders made in advance of the concert.

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Ellen Hargis, soprano; Judith Malafronte, mezzo-soprano; William Hite, tenor; David Douglass, violin; Brandi Berry, viola; Anita Rieder, flute; Craig Trompeter, cello; Jason Moy, harpsichord

The Newberry Consort’s season opens w... more

The Sledding Hill,
a stage adaptation of Chris Crutcher's novel produced by B.O.O.K.: Theatre with a Spine.

Celebrating Banned Books Week 2010, The Loft's very own teen theatre troupe, the Bodacious Oracles of Knowledge, presents a stage adaptation of The Sledding Hill, a story about censorship, freedom, ghosts and courage by acclaimed YA author, Chris Crutcher.  Featuring an ensemble cast of teen actors, musicians, and crew, this challenging, provocative production will embody the troupe's slogan, Theatre with a Spine.  Suggested donation at the door: $5.  Recommended for ages 10 & up. 

Do you act?  Play music?  Draw?  Build?  Work stage crew?  Our theatre troupe is open to anyone who wants to participate.  If you're interested in performing or being involved in any way, please email Jarrett, the production's director, at jdapier@cityofevanston.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Location: Main Library, Community Meeting Room

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The Sledding Hill,
a stage adaptation of Chris Crutcher's novel produced by B.O.O.K.: Theatre with a Spine.

Celebrating Banned Books Week 2010, The Loft's very own teen theatre troupe, more

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.

C.P.E. Bach: Hamberger Sonata in G Major for flute and continuo

Dohnanyi: Serenade for violin, viola, and cello

Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano

Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Minor
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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.

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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 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

Entertaining the North Shore for over 50 years, this independent women's barbershop chorus will harmonize a cappella to songs from Broadway shows such as Annie Get Your Gun, Mama Mia, Cats, My Fair Lady, and more. The barbershop standard “Lida Rose” from The Music Man will couple the Harmonizers with acclaimed Chicago favorite Bradford Newquist.

In addition, the concert will include The Milwaukee Connection, a high-voltage jazz quintet featuring formidable swing clarinetist and Evanston resident John Blegen.
For tickets and other information call 312-409-4215.
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Entertaining the North Shore for over 50 years, this independent women's barbershop chorus will harmonize a cappella to songs from Broadway shows such as Annie Get Your Gun, Mama Mia, Cats, My Fair Lady, and more. The barbershop standard “Lida Rose... more