Public Events January 2018 Subscribe to this publication by emailing Shayla Butler at [email protected] Table of Contents Overview Highlighted Events ................................................................................................. 3 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Events .................................................................... 4 Northwestern Events Neighborhood and Community Relations Arts 1603 Orrington Avenue, Suite 1730 Music Performances ....................................................................................... 6 Evanston, IL 60201 Exhibits ........................................................................................................... 9 www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations Theatre and Film .......................................................................................... 11 Living Alan Anderson Leisure and Social ......................................................................................... 12 Executive Director Norris Mini Courses [email protected] Around Campus 847-467-5762 ARTica (art studio) Norris Outdoors Northwestern Music Academy Religious Services ......................................................................................... 15 To receive this publication electronically every month, please email Shayla Butler at Sports, Health, and Wellness [email protected] Northwestern Wildcat Athletics ................................................................... 16 Recreation ..................................................................................................... 19 Speaking Events Cover image One Book, One Northwestern: Danielle Allen, Our Declaration .............. 22 Deering Library in winter. Speakers and Presentations .........................................................................23 Evanston Campus Map and Parking Information The Dolphin Show: Ragtime Highlighted Events Fri, 1/26 and Fri, 2/2, 7:30 PM January 2018 Sat, 1/27 and Sat, 2/3, 7:30 PM Sun, 1/28, 2:00 PM Relationships between Language and Music: From Sound to Syntax $15-$35 Robert Slevc (University of Maryland) Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street, Tues, 1/9, 4:00-5:30 PM, free Evanston Swift Hall, Room 107, 2029 Sheridan Road, Evanston Contact: Dolphin Show Producers, Contact: Benjamin Dionysus, [email protected], 847-467-2035 [email protected] Linguistic and musical processing seem similar in some ways but are differently A mother in New Rochelle waves affected by brain damage. Join Robert Slevc, Professor of Psychology, as he goodbye to her explorer husband, a explores this mystery, highlighting domain-general category learning and cognitive Latvian immigrant arrives in New York’s Lower East Side, and a pianist in Harlem control. plays his heartbreak on the keys. When a black infant is found buried alive in a New Rochelle garden, these three seemingly different worlds begin to collide. Lives th Experiments in Form: Sam Gilliam, Alan entwine as the 20 century dawns, to the tune of a strange new music hanging in Shields, Frank Stella the air. Epic and heartfelt, Ragtime is a musical about change, justice, and the Sat, 1/13 to Sun, 6/14, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, free hundreds of stories threaded into one American life. Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston Jennifer Koh: Shared Madness Contact: Lindsay Bosch, Sun, 1/28, 3:00-5:00 PM and 7:30- [email protected], 9:30 PM To celebrate the recent gift of the painting One (1970) $30 public, $10 students by American artist Sam Gilliam, the Block Museum will Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts present a focused exhibition of works by artists engaged Circle Drive, Evanston with abstraction and the expansion of painting in the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s. Contact: Concert Management One will be considered in the context of works from the Block’s collection by Office, 847-467-4000 Gilliam’s contemporaries Alan Shields and Frank Stella. These works will be Koh’s spellbinding new two-part supplemented by additional Gilliam works drawn local collections. program Shared Madness tells the story of a supportive community of Martin Luther King Jr. Day artists who wrote new works for Koh Keynote Speaker: Charles Blow as payment to generous benefactors Thurs, 1/25, 6:00 PM, free, no tickets required who donated money for a new violin in Ryan Auditorium, Technological Institute, exchange for music commissions. The 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston project, comprised of 24 specially- Contact: Theresa Bratanch, commissioned caprices inspired by those of Paganini, explores the relationship [email protected], between composer and performer, and between violinist and instrument. 847-467-5197 Charles M. Blow is a New York Times op-ed Norris Mini Courses columnist and CNN commentator who tackles Register now for January and February classes hot-button issues such as social justices, racial The Norris University Center offers a range of leisure equality, presidential politics, police violence, classes – everything from wine appreciation to tai chi to gun control, and the Black Lives Matter ceramics – open to the public. Learn new skills and movement. hobbies in a relaxed environment. See pg. 12 www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations January 2018 3 Afrocensored Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Thurs, 1/18 - Fri, 1/20, 7:00 PM Shanley Hall, 2031 Sheridan Road, Evanston Events Contact: Theresa Bratanch, [email protected], 847-467-5197 Afrocensored by Amira Danan is a play that explores the lives of three black women from different walks of life. By way of travel through Paris, these women come to The Northwestern University community has celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. the realization that they may be less alone in their experience than they believed King since 1987 with an expanded special commemoration, including stage events, discussions, lectures, films, music, theater, and service projects throughout the themselves to be. week to inspire reflection on Dr. King’s life and legacy, including the continuation Chains on Chocolate of the Alpha Phi Alpha Candlelight Vigil. In January 2013, Northwestern Sat, 1/20, 2:00 PM and 8:30 PM designated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day as an official University-recognized Shanley Hall, 2031 Sheridan Road, Evanston annual holiday for students, faculty, and staff. Chains on Chocolate, a play by Elliot Sagay, investigates how slavery may have been molded into new forms throughout America's history. By touching different Keynote Speaker: Charles Blow moments in history, the play aims to relate to the modern day through the lens of Thurs, 1/25, 6:00 PM, free, no similar black men. tickets required Ryan Auditorium, Technological Harambee Institute, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston Fri, 1/26, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM Contact: Theresa Bratanch, Norris Center, Louis Room, 1999 Campus Dr, Evanston [email protected], Swahili for ‘pull together’, the term "Harambee" is most often used as a rallying cry 847-467-5197 Charles M. Blow is a New York Times pp- in Kenya for people to come together in community and gather resources. While Swahili is one of thousands of languages spoken in Africa and throughout the ed columnist and CNN commentator who African diaspora, here at Northwestern, we ‘pull together’ in the spirit of tackles hot-button issues such as social community, history, and approbation of African, Afro-Carribean, and African justices, racial equality, presidential American culture. Bringing together students, staff, faculty, and alumni, Harambee politics, police violence, gun control, and kicks off Black History Month in February and features a variety of performances, the Black Lives Matter movement. music and food for everyone to enjoy. Featuring music and performances by Northwestern student groups. Open to the public. Sign language interpreted event. Artmaking Event: Witness Quilt Wed, 1/31, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, free Block Museum, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston Campus Observance: Candlelight Vigil Join Melissa Blount, Evanston-based artist and activist and creator of the Black Mon, 1/15, 7:00 PM, free Lives Matter Witness Quilt, to produce a new collaborative work of art. No sewing Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Rd, Evanston experience is required. RSVP appreciated at http://bit.ly/WitnessQuilt. Contact: Theresa Bratanch, [email protected], 847-467-5197 The Alpha Mu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc hosts this annual tradition, which includes a keynote address from an invited guest speaker. Northwestern musical students groups also perform, with a reception to follow. Sign language interpreted event. Open to the public. www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations January 2018 4 www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations January 2018 5 Dudok Kwartet Amsterdam Music Performances Fri, 1/12, 7:30-9:30 PM $30 public, $10 students Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston Contact: Concert Management Office, 847-467-4000 The Dudok has collaborated with composers including Kaija Saariaho, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Calliope Tsoupaki, and Max Knigge. This Winter Chamber Music Festival performance marks their North American debut. Judith van Driel and Marleen Wester, violin Marie-Louise de Jong, viola The Arts Circle. Your destination for the arts at Northwestern. David Faber, cello With world-class exhibitions and performances, the Arts Circle welcomes patrons, Rolson String Quartet students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the larger community alike. It’s easier than ever Sun, 1/14,