Public Events March 2019 Subscribe to this publication by emailing Shayla Butler at [email protected] Table of Contents Overview Highlighted Events ................................................................................................. 3 Youth Summer Camps ........................................................................................... 5 Neighborhood and Community Relations 1800 Sherman, Suite 7-100 Northwestern Events Evanston, IL 60208 Arts www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations Music Performances ..................................................................................... 15 Theater .......................................................................................................... 21 Exhibits and Art Discussions ...................................................................... 22 Dave Davis Film Screenings ............................................................................................23 Executive Director [email protected] Living 847-491-8434 Leisure and Social ......................................................................................... 25 Norris Mini Courses Around Campus ARTica (art studio) To receive this publication electronically Norris Outdoors every month, please email Shayla Butler at Northwestern Music Academy [email protected] Religious Services ........................................................................................ 28 Sports, Health, and Wellness Northwestern Wildcat Athletics .................................................................. 29 Cover image Recreation .................................................................................................... 34 Deering Library in spring Speaking Events One Book, One Northwestern: Margaret Atwood, Handmaid’s Tale ........ 37 Speakers and Presentations ........................................................................ 38 Evanston Campus Map and Parking Information 2 Highlighted Events Imagine U: When She Had Wings March 2019 Fri, 3/1 and 3/8, 7:00-8:00 PM Sat, 3/2 and 3/9, 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM, 2:00-3:00 PM Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Sun, 3/3 and 3/10, 2:00-3:00 PM Culture and Exchange across Medieval $6-$12 Sahara Africa Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Hal & Martha Hyer Wallis Theater, 1949 Sat, 1/26 to Sun, 7/21, free Campus Drive, Evanston Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, Contact: Wirtz Center Box Office, 847-491-7282, [email protected] 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston A fiercely determined young girl and aspiring pilot named B. has decided that she Contact: Block Museum of Art, 847-491-4000, must realize her destiny to fly before turning ten. In a makeshift airplane built in her [email protected] backyard treehouse she recounts the thrilling and legendary victories of her hero, Caravans of Gold presents more than 250 artworks Amelia Earhart. That night following a tremendous summer thunderstorm, a and fragments spanning types, styles, and religious mysterious birdlike visitor takes up residence in her imaginary cockpit and B. practices, representing over five centuries and a vast wonders if the strange creature may be an incarnation of her hero and inspiration to geographic expanse. The works, both European and finally take flight. African, weave a story of the global networks and multi-directional trade at play in the medieval world. The exhibition is notable for an unprecedented number of loans from the national collections of Africa, including many works never before seen in the United States. Guys and Dolls Fri, 3/1, 7:30 PM Sat, 3/2, 7:30 PM Sun, 3/3, 2:00 PM $6-$30 Marguerite Lynn Williams, Harp and Ethel M. Barber International Chamber Artist Theater, Tues, 3/5, 7:30-9:30 PM 30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston $8 public, $5 students This classic romantic comedy comes to life with a modern lens that takes us from Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Galvin Recital the heart of Times Square, to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers Hall, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston of New York City and leaves us asking what it really means to be a Guy... or a Doll. Contact: Concert Management Office, Gambler Nathan Detroit tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in 847-467-4000, [email protected] town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend and Principal harpist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for fourteen Orchestra and a founding member of the Chicago years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler Sky Masterson for the cash, and Sky ends up Harp Quartet, International Chamber Artists, and La Folia, Marguerite Lynn chasing the straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown as a result; but Sarah's never Williams is acclaimed by Chicago Classical Review for her “seamless technical polish encountered anyone quite like Sky. Jeff Award winner and TimeLine Associate and lyric sensitivity.” Artistic Director Nick Bowling stages a fresh take on the beloved Broadway fable Marjan Mozetich, Songs of Nymphs where mobsters, mayhem, and musical comedy light up the stage. Camille Saint-Saëns, Fantaisie for Violin and Harp Arnold Bax, Harp Quintet Claude Debussy, Danse sacrée et danse profane Ferdinand Ries, Sextet in G Minor 3 The Arts as Tools of Social Change Northwestern Dance Marathon (NUDM) Wed, 3/6, 1:00-3:00 PM, free Fri, 3/8-Sun, 3/10, 7:00 PM Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston Norris University Lawn, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston Contact: Block Museum of Art, 847-491-4000, [email protected] Now in its 45th year, Northwestern University Dance Marathon (NUDM) is one of As part of the theme this year, “Gender Work and Power”, the Women’s Center is the largest student-run philanthropies in the nation. The mission is to unite the bringing Peggy Lipschutz to campus. This is in celebration of International Women’s Northwestern, Evanston, and Greater Chicagoland community through awareness, Day and Women’s History Month. Using art as her voice, Peggy Lipschutz has service, education, and philanthropic fundraising. Every year, 1000+ dancers and worked tirelessly towards creating a just and inclusive world. This program will committee members come together to create NUDM and dance for 30 hours straight feature her in conversation with Rebecca Armstrong, a singer and educator. Come to benefit NUDM’s primary and secondary beneficiaries: Communities In Schools hear this fierce fighter for social justice speak. of Chicago and the Evanston Community Foundation. Young Soul Rebels Fri, 3/15, 7:00-9:00 PM, free Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston Contact: Block Museum of Art, 847-491-4000, [email protected] (Isaac Julien, 1991, UK, 35mm, 105 min.) After a decade making experimental film and video as part of the Sankofa collective, Isaac Julien took a detour into narrative feature filmmaking in 1990 with Young Soul Rebels, a vibrant and intersectional portrait of late-70s British musical subculture. Following Chris and Caz, two pirate-radio soul DJs who stumble upon a tape documenting the murder of one of their listeners, Young Soul Rebels daringly tackles issues of race, class, sexuality and violence during a period of social From the Ashes, a One Earth Film Festival Screening upheaval in the UK; it’s also saturated with incredible music and fashion. An Thurs, 3/7, 7:00-9:00 PM, free, register HERE essential entry in the “New Queer Cinema” of the early 1990s, Young Soul Rebels McCormick Foundation Center, Forum, 1870 Campus Drive, Evanston remains one of Julien’s most accessible and personal films. Contact: Kathia Benitez, 847-467-3772, [email protected] With an introduction by Adrian Johns, Professor of History at the University of “From the Ashes” captures Americans in communities across the country as they Chicago. wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry and what its future should be under the Trump Administration. From Appalachia to the West's Powder River Basin, the film goes beyond the rhetoric of the "war on coal" to present compelling and often heartbreaking stories about what's at stake for our economy, health, and climate. The film invites audiences to learn more about an industry on the edge and what it means for their lives. 4 Summer Prospect Camp (Grades 9-12) Youth Summer Camps July 29, 8:45 AM – 5:00 PM August 31, 8:45 AM-5:00 PM Baseball Camps $175 individual Learn more online Northwestern University is offering a Summer High School Prospect Camp that is an excellent opportunity for any and all players in grades 9th-12th to be instructed by the Northwestern University Baseball staff. Members of the Northwestern Baseball staff will be present and instructing at all times throughout the camp. The participants will be instructed in all phases of the game, including hitting, defense, pitching, and base running. Northwestern will also offer education on proper collegiate athlete nutrition along with strength and conditioning training. This clinic will offer personal and group instruction. Attention is given to instruction and drills to enhance the skill level of each individual. All campers will receive a Northwestern Baseball t-shirt. Wildcat Baseball Youth Experience (ages 6-12) Session I: June 24 to June 26, 8:45 AM – 4:00 PM Session II: July 15 to July 17, 8:45 AM – 4:00 PM $325 individual/$243.75 for NU employees’ children Northwestern University is offering a summer youth baseball experience