Fine & Performing Arts

It’s Homecoming Week at North Central College, and you’re invited to enjoy fine & performing arts events as part of the celebration. Check out a full schedule of activities—which include a parade and a football game versus Wheaton College—at www.northcentralcollege.edu/homecoming.

Women's Chorale

You can catch two performances of three outstanding North Central College ensembles, the Women’s Chorale, Concert Choir and Concert Winds. The ensembles will perform first as part of the Outstanding Alumni Awards & Recognition Program.  at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23. The annual Homecoming Concert is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23. Both events are in the Wentz Concert Hall.

Starting Thursday, Oct. 22 and continuing through Sunday, Oct. 25, edgy Chicago theatre comes to Naperville with performances of “Love Song” in Meiley-Swallow Hall.

Also this week, North Central College hosts the screening of “The Band Plays On,” a documentary by Naperville Community Television celebrating the 150-year anniversary of the Naperville Municipal Band. The documentary will premiere at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave. The band will present a concert immediately following the premiere. Admission is free.

Just added to the 2009-2010 Fine & Performing Arts Season is a Sunday, July 26 performance by contemporary rock band Lifehouse! This will be the first concert performance in North Central College’s Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium.

Tickets are on sale now: $30 for stadium seating and $40 for field-level seats. Local band Lady Upstairs will take the stage at 6:45 p.m. followed by Sleeping at Last at 7:30 p.m. and Lifehouse at 8:30 p.m.

Call the box office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) to reserve your tickets today!

It’s here! North Central College is pleased to announce its 2009-2010 Fine & Performing Arts Season.

The season features a wide variety of shows, from Broadway star Michael Feinstein to music legends Gloria Gaynor and Herb Alpert with Lani Hall and a host of other artists and theatrical productions.

This will be the second season for the College’s magnificent Wentz Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center, which was universally hailed for its stunning acoustics by world-renowned artists who performed there during the inaugural season.

This year offers more options for ticket prices and season packages. Patrons may purchase discounted preferred seating for five shows in each of the Performing Arts, Jazz, Classical, Dance and A la Carte Series. Series ticket packages are available now; ticket sales for individual events begin July 15.

The season includes such crowd-pleasing shows as ABBA Mania, Ricky Skaggs Family Christmas, 500 Clown Christmas, River North Chicago Dance Company, Harlem Gospel Choir, Canadian Brass, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, The Fab Four, Monterey Jazz Festival, Boyz II Men, Chick Corea and Gary Burton, Take 6, One Night of Queen, and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

Shows sure to appeal to families include “Seussical” and “Junie B. Jones.” College and professional theatrical productions include “Pippin,” “Love Song,” Aquila Theater Company’s “As You Like It” and Organic Theater Company’s “Tomfoolery.” North Central College’s student and faculty musicians, actors and artists will be featured in numerous events, and the season includes a full schedule of exhibits planned for the College’s three art galleries.

So be sure to check out some of the amazing Fine & Performing Arts events this season at North Central College!