Public Events October 2017 Subscribe to this publication by emailing Carol Chen at [email protected] Table of Contents Overview Highlighted Events ................................................................................................. 3 Open House Chicago .............................................................................................. 5 Chicago Humanities Festival .................................................................................6 Northwestern Events Neighborhood and Community Relations Arts 1603 Orrington Avenue, Suite 1730 Music Performances ..................................................................................... 10 Evanston, IL 60201 Exhibits ......................................................................................................... 16 www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations Theatre .......................................................................................................... 19 Film .............................................................................................................. 20 Arts Discussions ........................................................................................... 22 Alan Anderson Executive Director Living [email protected] Leisure and Social .........................................................................................25 847-467-5762 Norris Mini Courses Around Campus ARTica (art studio) Norris Outdoors To receive this publication electronically Northwestern Music Academy every month, please email Carol Chen at Religious Services ........................................................................................ 29 [email protected] Sports, Health, and Wellness Northwestern Wildcat Athletics .................................................................. 30 Recreation .....................................................................................................35 Cover image Autumn colors on Deering Meadow. Speaking Events One Book, One Northwestern: Danielle Allen, Our Declaration .............. 36 Speakers and Presentations ........................................................................ 38 Evanston Campus Map and Parking Information Highlighted Events Northwestern vs. Penn State (Homecoming) October 2017 Sat, 10/7, 11:00 AM, tickets $45+ Ryan Field, 1501 Central St, Evanston A Conversation with Samantha Power Cheer on the ‘Cats as we take on the Penn State Nittany Lions during Homecoming (NOTE: open to NU students, faculty, and and Reunion Weekend. Be sure to join us at the free pre-game at Wildcat Alley just staff only until further notice) northeast of Ryan Field for face-painting, giveaways, Willie the Wildcat, and our Mon, 10/2, 7:30 – 9:30 PM, free marching band. Ryan Auditorium, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston Samantha Power served as U.S. Ambassador to the Salsa Squared: Chips and Salsa Dancing United Nations from 2013-2017 under President Fri, 10/13, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, free Barack Obama. Before that, she served on President The Garage at Northwestern, 2311 Campus Dr, Obama’s National Security Council and was a senior Ste 2300, Evanston adviser to then-Senator Obama’s presidential Come eat some chips and salsa and learn some campaign. Power began her career as a war correspondent for various publications salsa dancing while you're at it! Free and open to before writing her first book, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of the public! Hosted by the Society of Hispanc Genocide, which discussed America’s role responding to genocide and won the Professional Engineers (SHPE) at Northwestern. Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction. Power will participate in a conversation moderated by Wendy Pearlman, a professor of political science at Northwestern University. Evanston Day of Caring Sat, 10/14, 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, free but registration required In the Country We Love: My Family Divided (Diane Guerrero, actor and Ryan Field’s Wild Café, 1501 Central St, Evanston immigration reform advocate) All are invited to join Northwestern, the City of Evanston, and United Way for a Tues, 10/3, 6:00-7:30 PM, free morning of volunteering in the community. Last year, volunteers deployed all over Tech, Ryan Family Auditorium, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston to help local non-profits and organizations serve those in need. Free Evanston breakfast will be served. Registration opens in early September. Diane Guerrero is best known for her roles as “Maritza Ramos” in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black Open House Chicago (for which she received three Screen Actors Guild Sat, 10/14 and Sun, 10/15, check awards), and as "Lina" in CW's break-out hit, Jane the website for opening times that vary by Virgin. Diane’s memoir, In the Country We Love, details site, free her life as a citizen daughter of undocumented parents, Evanston and Chicago and her years-long struggle to deal with the [email protected] consequences of the broken immigration system. Experience Ryan Field as an insider, tour Millar Chapel, be an astronomer at Dearborn Observatory, and explore The Unexpected Universe: Astronomical Deering Library, along with other local venues throughout Evanston and Chicago. Telescopes Continue to Reveal New Surprises: Get insider access and special tours, and be on the lookout for sites that are Wendy L. Freedman, the 9th Annual CIERA normally not available for public viewing! Public Lecture Series Thurs, 10/5, 7:30-8:30 PM, free Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St, Evanston Northwestern welcomes famed cosmologist Wendy L. Freedman from the University of Chicago as she leads an exploration of the universe’s origins. Freedman is world-renowned for leading a team of astronomers who measured with high precision the universe’s age. www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations October 2017 3 Chicago Philharmonic A-List Speaker Series Body and Soul, featuring Carmina Burana Sat, 10/21, 1:00-3:00 PM, free Sun, 10/15, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, tickets $10-75 but registration requested Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Dr., Pritzker School of Law, Evansotn Thorne Auditorium, 375 E. Accompanied by the Apollo Chorus of Chicago and Chicago Ave., Chicago Evanston Children’s Choir, the Chicago Meant to inspire and motivate Philharmonic opens its 2017-2018 season with Body and Soul, featuring the young minority students ages renowned Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. 14-24 to pursue careers in the • Orff, Carmina Burana: inspired by medieval poetry of fortune and fate entertainment industry, this event draws Hollywood’s elite from PR, business and • Theofanidis, Rainbow Body: merging medieval mystics with Tibetan legal, photography and visual effects, and journalism to share their insights. Buddhist philosophies Speakers include Emmy-winning TV host Jeanne Sparrow and Lisa Marie Boykin, • Stravinsky, Firebird Suite: based on a Russian fairy tale of a magical bird Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at Annapurna Pictures (Zero Dark Thirty, The Hurt Locker, and Detroit). Danielle Allen, One Book One Northwestern Keynote Address We’ll See You in Court: The Defense of Liberty Evanston campus: Thurs, 10/19, 4:30 PM in the Era of Trump (David Cole, ACLU Tech, Ryan Family Auditorium, 2145 Sheridan Road National Legal Director) Chicago campus: Thurs, 10/19, 12:00 – 1:15 PM Tues, 10/24, 7:30 PM, free but tickets required Rubloff Room 140, 375 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., Evanston Free and no tickets required The election of Donald Trump poses threats to a host Hear the author of Our Declaration: A Reading of the of constitutional liberties and norms, including free Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality press, the right to vote, religious freedom, and the deliver a keynote address. A book signing will follow rule of law itself. In times like these, civil society plays the speech. Widely known for her work on justice and citizenship in both ancient an especially important role in defending liberty and Athens and modern America, Allen is currently Director of the Edmond J. Safra restraining the abuse of power. The ACLU has been Center for Ethics and James Bryan Conant University Professor at Harvard. at the forefront of this effort. David Cole, its national legal director, will discuss the role of civil society, and ultimately of all of us, in advancing and defending liberty The Power of Song, in support of Build Congo in these perilous times. Schools Sat, 10/21, 7:00 PM, $25 adults/$10 students Chicago Humanities Festival at Northwestern First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, 1427 Chicago Ave, Sat, 10/28, see chicagohumanities.org for full program Evanston Join thought leaders for a day centered on the theme of Contact: Jan Sullivan, [email protected] “belief”: faith in the divine, commitment to a cause, Northwestern voice professor W. Stephen Smith headlines conviction about the truth, trust in our institutions? What a fundraiser by performing Broadway hits and more to kind of future do we believe in? Northwestern scholars raise funds for Diboko Primary School and Institute and thought leaders will lead discussions on campus in Bulunda School in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. conjunction with a Chicago-wide festival. Go to Build Congo Schools is a coalition of Congolese and chicagohumanities.org to see the linup! American churches to rebuild schools and build new schools in the Congo. www.northwestern.edu/communityrelations October 2017 4 Charles Deering Library Open House Chicago 10/14: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM; 10/15: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM