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May 2, 2025
If you’re looking to see a show this week, you can catch the final weekend of a reimagined “Man of La Mancha,” or take your young ones to Imagine U’s “A Tale of Peter Rabbit” on Friday evening. Also on the docket are the fourth annual Spring Pow Wow, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra and Choirs, and more highlights to add to your calendar. As always, all are welcome!
Creative connect
Film producer Ira Deutchman joins School of Communication professor and filmmaker Spencer Parsons for a conversation sponsored by the Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises program, followed by a lunch reception. Two of Deutchman’s films will also be screened at The Block Museum of Art later in the week.
The event is at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, in room 2-370, Frances Searle Building, 2240 Campus Drive, Evanston. RSVP and learn more about the screenings here.
In pursuit of peace
Mayor Shiro Suzuki of Nagasaki, Japan, delivers the keynote of the Mapping Nuclear Legacies Symposium, a two-day event exploring nuclear justice and how localities are engaging with nuclear legacies. Suzuki’s lecture, which will be followed by responses from experts, will examine moving away from a culture of distrust between citizens and local governments and towards a culture of peace.
Suzuki’s lecture is at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, in room 217, Fisk Hall, 1845 Sheridan Road, Evanston. Register and see the full symposium schedule here.
A day for community
Join Northwestern’s Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance for its 4th annual traditional Spring Pow Wow. This event is open to all and is a space for Native and non-Native people to gather together to dance, eat, socialize, share art and be in community.
Doors open at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 3, at Welsh-Ryan Arena, 2705 Ashland Ave., Evanston. Register for a virtual workshop on what to expect and pow wow etiquette here.
A moving requiem
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra and Choirs perform Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. A statement of protest against conflict and violence, the composition interweaves the traditional Latin Mass for the Dead with nine poems concerning war by Wilfred Owen.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, and 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston. Buy tickets here.
Bringing stories to light
Dana Hedgpeth, a Native American journalist and a veteran reporter for The Washington Post, details how she, along with an investigative team, unveiled the largely forgotten and long-ignored abuse and deaths of Native American children who were forcibly removed from their homes and sent to U.S. government-run boarding schools.
Hedgpeth speaks at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, in the forum of McCormick Foundation Center, 1870 Campus Drive, Evanston. Register here.
