Evanston Arts Events

The Search for Signs of Life Beyond Earth

Cahn Auditorium 8 Oct 2026

Evanston author Sara Levine, in conversation with Rebecca Makkai

Nichols Concert Hall 24 Sep 2026

Author Talk: Full of Myself with Austin Channing Brown

Zora's Place 25 Sep 2026

Evanston Artist Studio Tour

822 Dempster St 3 Oct 2026

80's Fall Double Feature: Palmhouse After Dark

PALMHOUSE 9 Oct 2026

LES VAMPIRES (1916) in 16mm w/ Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 14 Oct 2026

Author Talk: Sharon Cameron, author of Up from the Ashes

Beth Emet The Free Synagogue 10 Oct 2026

A Wrinkle In Time at Lifeline Theatre

Lifeline Theatre 2 Oct 2026

Maro and Nasaya at Evanston SPACE

Evanston SPACE 2 Oct 2026

Larkabout 2026

Evanston SPACE 1 Oct 2026

Space Presents....Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers at Cahn Auditorium

Evanston SPACE 3 Oct 2026

Block Cinema at 25: IRMA VEP (1996) in 35mm

Block Museum of Art 24 Sep 2026

Kids Art making date night

Little Gems 2 Oct 2026

The Wood Brothers at Cahn Auditorium

Evanston SPACE 21 Nov 2026

Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer

St Luke's Episcopal Church 14 Nov 2026

Gallery Night

922 Davis St 10 Oct 2026

JASON AND SHIRLEY REVISITED (2015/2025) with director Stephen Winter

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 23 Oct 2026

Jackopierce w. JB Vannatta (acoustic)

SPACE 25 Oct 2026

Albert Cummings at Space - Evanston, IL

Evanston SPACE 19 Oct 2026

The Enigma of William Girdler’s ABBY (1974)

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 30 Oct 2026

Our Changing City: The Obama Presidential Center

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 9 Oct 2026

There's a Higher Power: Celebrating the Music of the Louvin Brothers

American Legion 25 Sep 2026

Evanston Rides Tuesday Adult Ride

Evanston's Fountain Square 6 Oct 2026

Family Bisque Painting

Norris University Center 23 Oct 2026

Northshore Concert Band: Memory & Motion

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall 8 Nov 2026

Kristine Hansen FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S ILLINOIS

Bookends & Beginnings 24 Sep 2026

Exhibition Keynote: "The Modern Metropolis" and Images of the City

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 30 Sep 2026

The art of recycled materials for kids

Little Gems Evanston 21 Sep 2026

Charleen Hurtubise SAOIRSE

Bookends & Beginnings 2 Oct 2026

Story Vroom Vroom: Evanston's Storytelling Party

Double Clutch Brewery 23 Sep 2026

LET'S MAKE ZINES

1620 Orrington Ave 23 Oct 2026

Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol at Lifeline Theatre

Lifeline Theatre 28 Nov 2026

Jackopierce at Evanston SPACE

Evanston SPACE 25 Oct 2026

Linda Kass WORLD NEWS FROM WAVERLEY HIGH

Bookends & Beginnings 6 Oct 2026

Space Presents...Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart at Cahn Auditorium

Evanston SPACE 4 Nov 2026

Jon McLaughlin

Evanston Space 10 Dec 2026

Verdi. Impossible Love.

Nichols Concert Hall 6 Nov 2026

The Bakery Dragon and the Giant Cookie book launch

Art Makers Outpost 17 Oct 2026

Dessa at Space

Evanston SPACE 4 Mar 2027

NORTH SHORE FINE ART EXPO

Hilton Orrington/Evanston 13 Nov 2026

Mindfulness at the Museum: Drop-in Guided Meditation

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 4 Nov 2026

The Holiday Market at Palmhouse

PALMHOUSE 12 Dec 2026

Art and Women in Sports: Looking at Amber Morningstar

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 14 Oct 2026

Julian Lage Quartet feat. John Medeski, Jorge Roeder, Kenny Wollesen at Cahn Auditorium

Evanston SPACE 6 Nov 2026

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997) in 35mm with guest Eric Hoyt

Block Museum of Art 12 Nov 2026

Northshore Concert Band: Grace & Gathering

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall 20 Feb 2027

Sarah Mesle TANGLED

Bookends & Beginnings 22 Oct 2026

Sharon Chubbuck and Cynthia Ellwood BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE

Bookends & Beginnings 12 Nov 2026

Curator’s Talk: All the Noise and the Hurry

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 5 Nov 2026

Click, Clack, Moo at Lifeline Theatre

Lifeline Theatre 21 Feb 2027

Wine Goddess Book Club: Adventures on the Wine Route by Kermit Lynch

The Wine Goddess 22 Oct 2026

Curator’s Talk: Modernity in the Making

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 22 Oct 2026

Writing for Legacy Workshop

2223 Washington St, Evanston, IL 10 Oct 2026

Antonius-Tín Bui in Conversation: Students Shape the Collection

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 2 Dec 2026

JAZZ JAM SESSIONS IN EVANSTON

Prairie Moon 1 May 2025

A Close Look: Demetrius Fields and Maria Sanchez

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 29 Oct 2026

Click, Clack, Moo - Cows That Type at Lifeline Theatre

Lifeline Theatre 13 Feb 2027

Click Clack Moo at Lifeline Theatre

Lifeline Theatre 14 Mar 2027

A Close Look: Block Student Alumni on the Making of Perennial Blossom

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 18 Nov 2026

November "Bookmarks & Bonding" Social

Taste Food and Wine 7 Nov 2026