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August 14, 2024
Co-curated by Northwestern’s Bill Savage, new exhibit pays tribute to legendary columnist Mike Royko and the heyday of print
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Upcoming Events
Nov
21
2024
Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and Feminist Activism, 1968–72
12:00 PM Evanston
An exhibition drawn from the collections of The Block Museum and Northwestern Libraries
During a pivotal period in American publ…
Nov
21
2024
Federico Solmi: The Great Farce
12:00 PM Evanston
Past and present, history and amusement, reality and spectacle are conflated and distorted in Federico Solmi’s monumental me…
Nov
21
2024
Looking 101
12:00 PM Evanston
Class is in session. Learn to look through art.
The average museum visitor spends fewer than 30 seconds looking at a work of art. …
Nov
21
2024
The Block Collects - Fall 2024
12:00 PM Evanston
Every year The Block brings new works of art into the collection to support Northwestern University’s teaching and learning …
Nov
21
2024
Inside Chinese Theater: Archive of the Invisible in American Music
4:00 PM Evanston
Part of the Music Studies Distinguished Speaker Series
Presented by Professor Nancy Yunhwa Rao, Head of Music Theory, Rutge…
Nov
21
2024
Antigone
7:30 PM Evanston
Sophocles’ Antigone, translated by poet and MacArthur Fellow Anne Carson, remains unequaled in its ability to co…