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Highlighted Events Public Events November 2016 Table of Contents Overview Highlighted November 2016 Events ........................................................... 3 Children’s Events ......................................................................................... 4 Northwestern Events Arts Music Performances .................................................................................... 6 Exhibits, Theatre, and Film .......................................................................... 10 Living Leisure and Social ......................................................................................... 18 Fall Mini Courses Around Campus ARTica (art studio) Neighborhood and Community Relations Norris Outdoors 1603 Orrington Avenue, Suite 1730 Religious Services ........................................................................................ 20 Evanston, IL 60201 www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations Sports, Health, and Wellness Northwestern Wildcat Athletics .................................................................. 21 Recreation .................................................................................................... 23 Alan Anderson Swimming Executive Director Group Exercise (fall schedule) [email protected] 847-467-5762 Professional Development and Lectures One Book, One Northwestern: Nate Silver, The Signal and the Noise ..... 29 Lectures in the Humanities and Social Sciences ........................................ 30 To receive this publication electronically every month, please Lectures in the Sciences ............................................................................... 36 email Carol Chen at [email protected] Professional Development ........................................................................... 42 Evanston Campus Map and Parking Information Cover image: Autumn leaves outside of Medill. Meir Shalev: Two She-Bears – Reflections on Israeli Society (Renée and Highlighted Events Lester Crown Speaker Series) November 2016 Thurs, Nov 10, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, free McCormick Foundation Center, 1870 Campus Dr, Evanston Astronomy on Tap – Celebrating 50 Years of Star Trek Contact: Nancy Gelman, [email protected], 847-491-2612 Thurs, Nov 3, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, free Meir Shalev is a renowned Israeli author and journalist. A writer of fiction, non- Smylie Bros, 1615 Oak Ave, Evanston fiction and children's books, his 2006 novel, A Pigeon and a Boy was awarded the Contact: Laura Sampson, [email protected] National Jewish Book Award. His most recent novel is Two She-Bears. He is also a Join CIERA (Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research columnist for the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth. in Astrophysics) at Smylie Bros. Brewery for an evening of trivia and the science of Star Trek. Doors open at 7:00 PM, event starts at 7:30 Macbeth: A Staged Reading PM with no cover charge. Fri, Nov 11, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, free Wirtz Center, Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston Sweet Charity Contact: Joel Solari, [email protected], 847-467-2426 Nov 4-Nov 20: Thurs, Fri, Sat at 7:30 PM & Sun at 2:00 PM In the 2016 One Book, One Northwestern book, “Signal and the $30 adults/$27 seniors 62+ and educators/$25 NU Noise,” Nate Silver unpacks our obsession with predicting the future, and gives us employee/$10 full-time student/$6 NU student in advance a number of examples of how we often fail. Shakespeare gives us another view of Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston that obsession. Macbeth is a great tragedy of confirmation bias and the Meet Charity Hope Valentine, the optimistic dance hall consequences of believing too strongly in the power of prediction. hostess who sings, dances and pours her heart out to one undeserving man after another in her pursuit of finding true love. Still the hopeful Northwestern University Center for Audiology, Speech, Language, and romantic, Charity dances onward in her pursuit of love, happiness, and self- Learning Open House enlightenment. Tues, Nov 11 and Sun, Nov 16, free 2315 Campus Dr, Evanston Antonia Novello, Former U.S. Surgeon General Contact: [email protected], 224-255-2220 Fri, Nov 4, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Join the clinic for a free open house event with complimentary hearing screenings, Lurie Research Center, Hughes Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, tinnitus relief information, and demonstrations of new hearing aid technology. Chicago Contact: Teresa Mastin, [email protected] National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera When Novello grew up in the small city of Farjardo, Puerto Thurs, Nov 17, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $20 public/$16 NU Rico, she never dreamed she would be named Surgeon General employee/$10 full-time student with ID of the United States in 1990. This appointment made history, as she became the Wirtz Center, Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston first woman and the first Hispanic ever to hold that office. Contact: Box Office, [email protected], 847-467-2426 Mack the Knife is back in a darkly comic new take on a raucous musical broadcast Ayad Akhtar and Kimberly Senior in Conversation live from the National Theatre. London scrubs up for the coronation. Mr. and Mrs. Mon, Nov 7, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, free with RSVP requested Peachum are looking forward to a bumper day in the beggary business, but their Wirtz Center, Louis Theater, 1949 Campus Dr, Evanston daughter didn’t come home last night and it’s all about to kick off. Contact: Rosie Roche, [email protected] Pulitzer Prize-winner Akhtar's new play JUNK: The Golden Chicago Jazz Orchestra: Not So Silent Night Age of Debt takes us back to the hotbed of the ‘80s and offers Tues, Nov 29, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $25 public/$10 students an origin story for the world that finance has given us. The talk Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston will be illustrated with scenes from the play. Akhtar and Jeff-award winner director This special program of holiday classics features the Duke Kimberly Senior, director of Tony-nominated Disgrace, will discuss this work and Ellington–Billy Strayhorn arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s The their collaboration on the Pulitzer Prize winning play Disgraced, looking at people’s Nutcracker Suite. For over 35 years the Chicago Jazz Orchestra indebtedness to their family histories and inherited identities. has been at the forefront of performing classic American jazz-orchestra repertoire throughout the Chicago area. www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations November 2016 3 Swim Lessons Children’s Events The Norris Aquatic Center offers weekly Parent-Tot swim lessons for ages 6 months to 3 years old during the spring and summer, as well as youth swimming lessons for ages 4-12. See nurecreation.com/aquatics for more information. Classes for children are offered in two groups: • Parent-Tot Swim Lessons (ages 6 mo. to 3 years) – This introduces children to the water with the support of a parent. • Youth Swim Lessons (ages 4-12) – These focus on giving children the swimming skills and safety knowledge to enjoy the water. Class sizes are limited to five students per instructor. • Class Day/Dates Time Fee Fall Parent Tot Sundays, 10/2 – 11/13 12:15-12:45 PM $69/79 Youth, all levels Sundays, 10/2 – 11/13 1:00 – 1:45 PM $79/89 Youth, all levels Sundays, 10/2 – 11/13 2:00 – 2:45 PM $79/89 Youth, levels 1-3 Wednesdays, 10/5 – 11/16 4:15 – 5:00 PM $79/89 Youth, levels 4-5 Wednesdays, 10/5 – 11/16 5:15 – 6:00 PM $79/89 Winter Parent Tot Sundays, 1/15 – 2/26 12:15-12:45 PM $69/79 Youth, all levels Sundays, 1/15 – 2/26 1:00 – 1:45 PM $79/89 Youth, all levels Sundays, 1/15 – 2/26 2:00 – 2:45 PM $79/89 Youth, levels 1-3 Wednesdays, 1/18 – 3/1 4:15 – 5:00 PM $79/89 Youth, levels 4-5 Wednesdays, 1/18 – 3/1 5:15 – 6:00 PM $79/89 Spring Parent Tot Sundays, 4/2 – 5/28 12:15-12:45 PM $69/79 Youth, all levels Sundays, 4/2 – 5/28 1:00 – 1:45 PM $79/89 Youth, all levels Sundays, 4/2 – 5/28 2:00 – 2:45 PM $79/89 Youth, levels 1-3 Wednesdays, 4/12 – 5/24 4:15 – 5:00 PM $79/89 Youth, levels 4-5 Wednesdays, 4/12 – 5/24 5:15 – 6:00 PM $79/89 www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations November 2016 4 www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations November 2016 5 Percussion Ensemble Music Performances Thurs Nov 3, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $6 public/$4 students. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston She-e Wu, director Join us for an evening of eclectic rhythms. Marcin Dylla, Guitar Sat, Nov 5, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $30 public/$10 students. Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston Hailed by the Washington Post as “among the most gifted guitarists on the planet,” Polish guitarist Marcin Dylla has won 19 first prizes at prestigious Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music regularly hosts eminent international music competitions, including the Gold performers of music spanning geographies, styles, and the ages, as well as Medal at the 2007 Guitar Foundation of America showcasing the performances and compositions of our students. International Competition in Los Angeles. In 2006 he was selected to give the world premiere of a posthumously discovered toccata by Unless otherwise noted, the contact for music performances and to buy tickets is Joaquín Rodrigo. Dylla has appeared at such distinguished venues as Vienna’s the Bienen School of Music’s Concert Office at www.concertsatbienen.org or 847- Konzerthaus and Musikverein, Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional, St. Petersburg 467-4000. Ticket prices are provided for full-time Northwestern students with ID Philharmonic Hall, and New York’s Carnegie Hall, performing in over 50 cities in and for the general public; Northwestern faculty and staff receive a 15% discount Europe and North America. from the general public price. • Mauro Giuliani, Sonata in C Major, Op. 15 • Heitor Villa-Lobos, Five Preludes Performances • Roberto Sierra, Sonata para guitarra • Manuel Maria Ponce Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra: The Music of the Master, Duke Ellington Tues Nov 1, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, $6 public/$4 students Beroque Music Ensemble: Baroque Brilliance! Patrick G.
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