Upcoming Events
The Music of John Williams
Encore Stream! Premiering Jan. 4Show Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- January 4, 2021 - February 28, 2021
7:30 pm - 11:55 pm
PRESENTED VIRTUALLY: American composer, John Williams has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history.
Dennis Watkins: The Magic Parlour at Home
Fridays & Saturdays thru Jan.Show Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- January 22, 2021
8:00 pm - January 23, 2021
8:00 pm - January 29, 2021
8:00 pm - January 30, 2021
8:00 pm
Award-winning magician, Dennis Watkins has created an all-new virtual magic show that delivers world-class, interactive magic and mind-reading directly to your living room screen.
A Night of Broadway and Opera
Premiering Saturday, Jan. 23, 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- January 23, 2021 - February 28, 2021
7:30 pm - 11:55 pm
PRESENTED VIRTUALLY: Maestro Muspratt conducts New Philharmonic and four soloists performing his favorite music!
Music Student Recital
Friday, Jan. 29, 12pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- January 29, 2021
12:00 pm
Featuring College of DuPage voice and instrumental students performing a variety of selections. Students are taking private lessons at COD complimenting their course of study.
Corpus Christi
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1:30 & 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- February 3, 2021
1:30 pm - February 3, 2021
7:30 pm
20-year-old Daniel experiences a spiritual transformation while incarcerated in a youth detention center. On work-release to a remote village and with one quick lie, he is mistaken for the town’s new priest.
Folk Art to Fine Art, Mercados a Museos
Friday, Feb. 5, 7pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- February 5, 2021
7:00 pm
Cesáreo Moreno, Chief Curator at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, presents a talk about 20th Century Mexican art and its development from local markets to museums around the world.
Daughters of the Dust
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1:30 & 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- February 10, 2021
1:30 pm - February 10, 2021
7:30 pm
Set in 1902, the story of three generations of woman who are members of the Gullah islanders, whose ancestors were brought here as enslaved people centuries ago.
COD Chamber Singers celebrate Black History Month
Friday, Feb. 12, 12pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- February 12, 2021
12:00 pm
Featuring College of DuPage voice and instrumental students performing a variety of selections. Students are taking private lessons at COD complimenting their course of study.
Misty Gamble – Visiting Artist Series
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 | 11aShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- February 16, 2021
11:00 am
Misty Gamble’s life-size fragmented figurative, ceramic sculptures and installations focus attention on issues surrounding femininity and challenge conventional standards of morality, normalcy, and propriety.
Otelo Burning
Wednesday, Feb.17, 1:30 & 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- February 17, 2021
1:30 pm - February 17, 2021
7:30 pm
Set in South Africa in 1989, against a backdrop of brewing conflict 16-year-old Otelo Buthelezi takes to the water for the first time.
Contemporary Art after Frida Kahlo
Sunday, Feb. 21, 3pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- February 21, 2021
3:00 pm
Julie Rodrigues Widholm gives a presentation on Kahlo’s lasting influences in the art historical canon and explores how this legacy can be seen even through the work of contemporary artists today.
Woman at War
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1:30 & 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- February 24, 2021
1:30 pm - February 24, 2021
7:30 pm
A comedy-drama tells the story of Halla – a 50 year-old woman who leads a secret double life: a choir director living a quiet life who is also waging war against a local aluminum plant.
Under Milk Wood
Thursdays - Sundays, Feb. 25 - Mar. 7Show Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- February 25, 2021
7:00 pm - February 26, 2021
7:00 pm - February 27, 2021
7:00 pm - February 28, 2021
3:00 pm - March 4, 2021
7:00 pm - March 5, 2021
7:00 pm - March 6, 2021
7:00 pm - March 7, 2021
3:00 pm
Sit back and enjoy falling into the lives of a town on a spring day filled with poetic humor.
Piaf! The Show!
Sunday, Feb. 28, 7pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- February 28, 2021
7:00 pm
This show is a compilation of Piaf’s memorable songs, such as “Padam…Padam,” “Hymne a l’Amour” and “Non, Je ne Regrette Rien,” arranged to reflect Piaf’s life, from street performer to international star.
IceBox
Wednesday, Mar. 3, 1:30 & 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- March 3, 2021
1:30 pm - March 3, 2021
7:30 pm
Oscar is a 12-year-old Honduran boy forced to flee his home from gang violence seeks asylum in the United States, only to find himself trapped in the U.S. immigration system.
Frida Kahlo and the Animal Self
Thursday, Mar. 4, 7pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- March 4, 2021
7:00 pm
Kahlo was known for her love of animals, giving a home to many at the Casa Azul, and they also took on symbolic meaning in her paintings.
Frida Kahlo’s Creativity: Staging Art, Staging Life
Sunday, Mar. 7, 3pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- March 7, 2021
3:00 pm
Adriana Zavala discusses Kahlo’s keen appreciation for the beauty and variety of the natural world, as evidenced by her home and garden as well as the complex use of plant imagery in her artwork.
Honeyland
Wednesday, Mar. 10, 1:30 & 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- March 10, 2021
1:30 pm - March 10, 2021
7:30 pm
Filmed over three years, Honeyland features the story of a daughter and her mother who are the last female wild beekeepers living in Macedonia with a new nomadic family next door who threaten their livelihood.
Faculty Spotlight: The Matt Shevitz Quartet
Friday, Mar. 12, 12pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- March 12, 2021
12:00 pm
Faculty Spotlight – Matt Shevitz is a music professor and Director of Jazz Ensembles at College of DuPage. His quartet performs The Chicago Connection: Music by Hometown Heroes.
Paola Aguirre Serrano – Visiting Artist Series
Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2021 | 11aShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- March 17, 2021
11:00 am
Paola Aguirre Serrano is the founder of BORDERLESS — a Chicago-based urban design and research practice focused on cultivating collaborative design agency through interdisciplinary projects.
Music Student Recital
Friday, Mar. 19, 12pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- March 19, 2021
12:00 pm
Featuring College of DuPage voice and instrumental students performing a variety of selections. Students are taking private lessons at COD complimenting their course of study.
Faculty Recital
Friday, Mar. 26, 12pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- March 26, 2021
12:00 pm
In addition to holding advanced degrees in their fields, faculty members of the Music Department at College of DuPage are active performers in the Chicagoland area and internationally. Join us as they share their immense talent.
Faculty Spotlight: Andy Rozsa
Friday, Apr. 9, 12pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- April 9, 2021
12:00 pm
Faculty Spotlight featuring bass trombonist Andy Rozsa.
The Texas Tenors
Sunday, Apr 11, 7pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- April 11, 2021
7:00 pm
By popular demand, The Texas Tenors return to the MAC for a live streamed performance.
War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast
Thursdays - Sundays, April 15 - 25Show Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- April 15, 2021
7:00 pm - April 16, 2021
7:00 pm - April 17, 2021
7:00 pm - April 18, 2021
3:00 pm - April 22, 2021
7:00 pm - April 23, 2021
7:00 pm - April 24, 2021
7:00 pm - April 25, 2021
3:00 pm
Where fake news began in a frightening tale of an alien invasion.
Alumni Spotlight: Louise Kelly
Friday, Apr. 16, 12pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- April 16, 2021
12:00 pm
Alumni Spotlight featuring singer, songwriter, educator Louise Kelly performing her own music as she celebrates Earth Day and shares her story.
Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos
Premiering April 17, 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- April 17, 2021 - June 15, 2021
7:30 pm - 11:55 pm
PRESENTED VIRTUALLY: Expressive melodies intertwined with rich orchestral colors are the hallmark of Rachmaninoff’s first three piano concertos.
Frida Kahlo and the Mexican Revolution
Wednesday, Apr. 21, 7pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- April 21, 2021
7:00 pm
John Paris covers the social and political consequences of the Mexican Revolution and how it sparked the Constitution of 1917.
Erin Wiersma, John Sabraw, Terry Conrad – Visiting Artist Series
Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021 | 11aShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- April 22, 2021
11:00 am
Erin Wiersma’s artistic practice focuses on the body’s capacity to absorb and respond to an environment. Terry Conrad is interested in the community aspects of printmaking and the trace materials found within the landscape. Sabraw works with environmental engineer and Ohio University Professor Guy Riefler to remediate streams polluted by abandoned coal mine seepage, in southeastern Ohio.
Faculty Spotlight: Karol Sue Reddington & Marcia Lehe
Friday, Apr. 23, 12pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- April 23, 2021
12:00 pm
Faculty Spotlight – Karol Sue Reddington and Marcia Lehe, duo-pianists, performing Manuel Infante’s Danses Andalouses for two-pianos
Frida Kahlo, America, and the Impact of Place
Sunday, Apr. 25, 3pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- April 25, 2021
3:00 pm
Celia Stahr details Kahlo’s early days in San Francisco, New York and Detroit in the 1930s during the early days of her marriage with Diego Rivera.
DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble
Thursday, May 6, 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- May 6, 2021
7:30 pm
This ensemble, under the direction of Matt Shevitz, performs dances and concert programs during the academic year as well as numerous off-campus performances. Its repertoire spans more than a century of large jazz ensemble compositions, including original work from members of the ensemble.
Music Student Recital
Friday, May 7, 12pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- May 7, 2021
12:00 pm
Featuring College of DuPage voice and instrumental students performing a variety of selections. Students are taking private lessons at COD complimenting their course of study.
College of DuPage Jazz/Pop Combos
Friday, May 7, 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- May 7, 2021
7:30 pm
The Jazz/Pop Combos are designed to address the fundamental concepts of jazz performance. Includes reading a jazz lead sheet, improvising over various forms common in jazz, and constructing small-group arrangements.
Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, May 11, 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- May 11, 2021
7:30 pm
The ensemble performs both traditional literature for small orchestra/chamber music from the 1600s through the 21st century as well as less traditional chamber orchestra styles such as jazz, contemporary classical, theater and film music.
Chamber Singers
Thursday, May 13, 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- May 13, 2021
7:30 pm
Chamber Singers specialize in vocal chamber music of all periods with particular emphasis on Renaissance madrigal and motets, music of the 20th century, and the music of many cultures.
Music Student Recital
Friday, May 14, 12pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- May 14, 2021
12:00 pm
Featuring College of DuPage voice and instrumental students performing a variety of selections. Students are taking private lessons at COD complimenting their course of study.
A Salute to Frida
Premiering Saturday, May 15, 7:30pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- May 15, 2021 - June 15, 2021
7:30 pm - 11:55 pm
PRESENTED VIRTUALLY: Celebrate the heritage of Frida Kahlo through the rhythm and sounds of Mexico, in anticipation of the major exhibit of her works to be held right here at the MAC in June 2021.
Frida Kahlo: A Politics of Subjectivity and Self-Representation
Sunday, May 23, 3pShow Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- May 23, 2021
3:00 pm
This talk will examine and contextualize specific works by Kahlo in order to illuminate the relevance of her work to contemporary issues of subjectivity, performativity and self-representation, suggesting a reading of the Frida Kahlo: Timeless exhibition through this lens.
Frida Kahlo: Timeless Exhibition
June 5 - Sept. 6, 2021Show Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- Summer 2021
June 5, 2021 - September 6, 2021
10:00 am
The exhibition, on view June 5 – September 6, 2021, is presented by Bank of America and will be the most comprehensive presentation of Kahlo’s work displayed in the Chicago area in over 40 years.
Tres Fridas Project
Saturday, June 6 - Monday, Sept. 6, 2021Show Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- June 5, 2021 - September 6, 2021
12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Cleve Carney Museum of Art and McAninch Arts Center will be presenting the award winning Tres Fridas Project in the newly appointed lobby exhibition space. The Tres Frida’s project was created by Reveca Torres and Mariam Pare, two artists paralyzed by a spinal cord injury.
Tony Fitzpatrick: “Jesus of Western Avenue”
Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 - Monday, Jan.31, 2022Show Details
DATE:Upcoming Date(s) and Time(s)
- October 2, 2021 - January 31, 2022
12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
“Jesus of Western Avenue” will feature more than 30 recent works by world-renowned multimedia artist and celebrated Chicago resident Tony Fitzpatrick at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art in the fall of 2020.
