Arts Week Schedule!!!

Evanston's Arts Week is just around the corner, and we here at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center couldn't be more excited. Here is a list of all the activities, performances, and just plain fun that will be going on during Arts Week:

Saturday, Oct. 4
Kellogg Global Arts Festival (Fountain Square)

Friday, Oct. 10
Evanston Art Walk (Central Street)
“Faces of Evanston: Award-Winning Photographs” (First Bank & Trust, 820 Church St.)
“Heating Up: Art and Ecology” (Evanston Art Center)
“Magdalena Abakanowicz: Reality of Dreams” (Block Museum of Art)
Arts Week Evanston Opening Night Event (Sherman Plaza)
2008/09 Season Preview Reception (Next Theatre)
The Pirates of Penzance (Chute Auditorium)
And Then There Were None (Northminster Presbyterian Church)

Saturday, Oct. 11
8th Annual Front Yard Art Sale (1931 Colfax St.)
Diane Thodos Open Studio (600 Hartrey Ave.)
Noyes Cultural Center Open House (927 Noyes St.)
~ “The Figure Through Different Eyes” Exhibit (2nd Floor & Studio 215)
~ Collage & Silkscreen Demonstration (Maggie Weiss - Studio 221)
~ Printmaking Demonstration & Open House (Evanston Art Center Print Studio)
~ “What Is an Etching?” Open Studio (Elizabeth Ockwell - Studio 212)
~ Kidfrolic Crafting Kit (Main)
~ Intermediate Acrobatic Stilts Class (Actors Gymnasium)
~ “Secrets of Bronze Casting” Open Studio & Sale (Studio 214)
~ “Rock Paper Scissors” Opening Reception (Gallery I)
Fine Arts Open House (King Lab School)
Come Dance! (Dance Center Evanston)
Musical Theater Showcase (Music Institute of Chicago)Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre Reading Series (Evanston Public Library)
St. Mark’s Art Show Opening Reception (St. Mark’s Episcopal Church)
The Pirates of Penzance (See Oct. 10 Listing)
YAMO (Evanston Township High School)
And Then There Were None (See Oct. 10 Listing)

Sunday, Oct. 12
Observe Jewelry Enameling Workshop (Evanston Art Center Jewelry Studio)
Diane Thodos (Open Studio)
Pinhole Camera Family Workshop (Block Museum of Art)
And Then There Were None (See Oct. 10 Listing)
The Pirates of Penzance (See Oct. 10 Listing)
Rembrandt Chamber Players Concert (Music Institute of Chicago)
YAMO (See Oct. 11 Listing)
New Music Concert (The Musical Offering)

Monday, Oct. 13
Drop-in Art Class (Levy Senior Center)
Vacation Day at the Art Center: Holiday Art Fun (Evanston Art Center)
Drop-in Ceramics Class (Levy Senior Center)

Tuesday, Oct. 14
Drop-in Woodcarving Class (Levy Senior Center)
Shower Singers (Levy Senior Center)
“The Reluctant Mr. Darwin” (Evanston Public Library)
Evanston Symphony Orchestra Open Rehearsal (Evanston Township High School Band Room)

Wednesday, Oct. 15
Drop-in Glass Fusion/Craft Class (Levy Senior Center)
Cultural Fund Grant Workshop (Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Rm. 106)
African American Literature Book Discussion (Evanston Public Library)
“A Celebration of Composer Camille Saint-Saëns” (Lutkin Hall)

Thursday, Oct. 16
Meet Our Legislators (Boocoo)
Drop-in Ceramics Class (Levy Senior Center)
Drop-in Square Dancing (Levy Senior Center)
“Art of Flower Arranging” Workshop (Evanston Art Center)
Teen Circus Ensemble Open House (Actors Gymnasium)
“Wonderful Multi-Hued Sapphires: Nature and Art through the Ages” (Eve J. Alfille Gallery)
Evanston Video Festival (Evanston Community Media Center)
Drop-in Woodcarving Class (Levy Senior Center)
Evanston Art Walk Benefit (Taylor Street)


Friday, Oct. 17
Drop-in Sewing Class (Levy Senior Center)
NU Marching Band Homecoming Concert (Cahn Auditorium)
The Pirates of Penzance (See Oct. 10 Listing)
YAMO (See Oct. 11 Listing)
And Then There Were None (See Oct. 10 Listing)
Side by Side by Sondheim (Light Opera Works)


Saturday, Oct. 18
Open Studio Art Show & Talk (Joyce Elias Studio)
“Getting Started in Metal Clay” Jewelry Workshop (Evanston Art Center Jewelry Studio)
Lang Open Studio (Lang Studios)
The Pirates of Penzance (See Oct. 10 Listing)
YAMO (See Oct. 11 Listing)
And Then There Were None (See Oct. 10 Listing)

Sunday, Oct. 19
“Secrets of Bronze Casting” Open Studio & Sale
Haunted Ships Family Workshop (Evanston Art Center)
Steve Justman Concert (Evanston Public Library)
“Magdalena Abakanowicz” Exhibition Tour (Block Museum of Art)
Dance Showcase (Levy Senior Center)
And Then There Were None (See Oct. 10 Listing)
The Pirates of Penzance (See Oct. 10 Listing)

More detailed listing to come!

- L.A.U.R.E.N.