2. Up Close and Personal…In This Intimate Performance Space
Lenses, X-Ray and Paint, Oh My!
Using Technology to Uncover
Paintings’ Hidden Secrets
Art Institute of Chicago,
NW Chapter, Curator Presentation
Friday, January 13 at 1 p.m.
General Admission: No Charge, but Reservations
Required at: bncarereservations@gmail.com
Many of our beloved paintings hold secrets. Maybe
the composition has been changed, areas painted
over or vibrant colors hidden by age. Kelly J.
Keegan, a paintings conservator at The Art Institute
of Chicago, will review impressionist masterpieces
and how, using high-resolution imaging and
scientific analysis, the paintings’ untold stories have
now been discovered.
Pat McKillen in Concert
Solo Acoustic Singer/Songwriter and Recording Artist
Friday, February 10 at 8 p.m.
General Admission: $20 | Cash Bar
A great Valentine’s Day weekend date night! Or chance
to mingle with friends. One of Barrington’s own, Pat
McKillen returns after last year’s sold-out performance.
He’ll share his original soulful lyrics accompanied by
acoustic guitar, with songs of love, childhood and his Irish
roots, including songs from his new album. A fusion of
folk, pop and rock.
Kenneth Ender, President,
Harper College: Lecture
College Affordability and Completion:
Ensuring Pathways to Opportunity
Sunday, February 26 at 3 p.m.
Reception Immediately Following Presentation
General Admission at No Charge, but Reservations Required
Learn about a new concept in post-secondary education—
the “Communiversity”. Dr. Kenneth Ender explores how
to expand career paths and employment opportunities for
young adults by creating a network of secondary schools, the community college,
and a local state college or university to deliver a flexible, high-value education at a
reasonable cost.
Nancy Braithwaite:
An Evening with Friends
Chamber Music and Vocals
Wednesday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m.
General Admission: Adults $20 | Students $10
Internationally acclaimed clarinetist Nancy Brathwaite
is joined by local talents soprano Joanne McDade, cellist
Walter Preucil, and pianists Kenneth Smith and William
Koehler, as they perform pieces from Beethoven, Brahms
and Schubert, and other works. Traditional and modern
works that are both moving and fanciful.
Dale Griffith Humanities Presentation
Alternative Narratives in Our Contemporary World:
Secular Egotism vs. the Lonely Man of Faith
Sunday, March 5 at 3 p.m.
General Admission: $10
How do stories orient us to the world—either consciously or
unconsciously? Dale Griffith, a former Barrington High School
teacher, and his current colleague, Dr. Rebecca Schorsch,
explore the understanding of religion in literature. With
dramatizations and discussions of Albert Camus’ The Fall and
Joseph Soloveitchik’s The Lonely Man of Faith.
Barbara L. Benson Barrington Historical Lecture Series
The Octagon House Letters: Stories of Emaline
Afternoon Tea and Presentation
Thursday, March 23
Tea at 2:00 p.m. |
Presentation at 2:30 p.m.
General Admission: $20
(Includes Tea, Coffee and Desserts)
Late 19th century Barrington comes
alive through a series of 700 letters
written from the Octagon House
by Emaline Hawley Brown to her
daughter Laura Nightingale in
Fairmont, Minnesota. Historian
Barbara Benson shares their stories—for an intimate view of Barrington and the love
between mother and her “dear little girl beyond the Mississippi”.
Miró String
Quartet
Chamber Music Concert
Sunday, April 9 at 3:00 p.m.
General Admission: $40 Adults |
$20 Students
After performing to sold-out
crowds at Carnegie Hall and
debuting works by a Pulitzer
Prize-winning composer,
this celebrated Austin, Texas
string quartet now comes to Barrington. Taking its name and inspiration from the
Surrealist artist Joan Miró, the quartet brings its unique style, while staying true to
the traditions of chamber music masters. Works include Haydn, Bartók and Brahms.
Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity!
Bella Voce Camerata
Small Vocal Ensemble Performance
Sunday, April 30 at 3:00 p.m.
General Admission:
$20 Adults | $10 Students
Chicago’s own, this chamber
ensemble of the larger Bella Voce
group, shares intimate works that
celebrate the hope of springtime,
and its sometime cruelty, like love.
Mixing these diverse emotions—
joy, hope and agony—with songs from early madrigal to modern jazz. Historically
informed performance precision. Exploring the artistic potential of the human
musical imagination.
A Taste of Chamber Music
With Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s
Maestro Andrew Grams
Performance and Wine Tasting
Sunday, May 21 at 3:00 pm
General Admission: $30 Adults | $10 Students | Cash Bar
A rare opportunity to hear this dynamic conductor
perform as a violinist! This ESO ensemble will play such
chamber music classics as Beethoven’s String Quartet in
F Major, Opus 59 No. 1 and Brahms’ String Sextet in B-flat Major, Opus 18—in the
intimate BWH ballroom setting, exactly as chamber music was originally presented
to audiences and patrons.
