Death-Defying Acts: The History of the Circus, with William Pack
Death-Defying Acts: The History of the Circus, with William Pack
St. Charles, IL
Wednesdays @ One returns for the Fall season with a program from one of our favorite presenters, William Pack. Join us under the Baker Center "Big Top" for "Death-Defying Acts: The History of the Circus." Barnum may be the biggest name, but he was only a small part of the story of the circus. Prep…
Wednesday, September 25 2024
1:00 PM
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2:30 PM
Come What May: Songs of Hope and Love, with Alyssa Allgood
Come What May: Songs of Hope and Love, with Alyssa Allgood
St. Charles, IL
"Saturday Night Lights" welcomes back the phenomenal Chicago-based jazz vocalist and composer Alyssa Allgood, performing with a quartet of Chicago area jazz all-stars. DownBeat Magazine describes Alyssa as “assured and daring,” and the Chicago Tribune calls her a “model of sophisticated song interp…
Saturday, May 18 2024
7:30 PM
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9:00 PM
Chad Goodman, from the Podium
Chad Goodman, from the Podium
St. Charles, IL
Wednesdays @ One is pleased to introduce you to Chad Goodman, the new music director of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. In his program, “Chad Goodman, from the Podium,” he will relate the story of his unexpected career in the highly competitive world of orchestral conducting, and share some thoughts …
Wednesday, April 3 2024
1:00 PM
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2:30 PM
Ides of March with Jim Peterik - 60th Anniversary Celebration Concert with Orchestra
Ides of March with Jim Peterik - 60th Anniversary Celebration Concert with Orchestra
St. Charles, IL
The Ides of March with Jim Peterik - Chicago's legendary rock band - celebrates its 60th anniversary on the actual "Ides of March" (March 15) with a unique performance backed by a full orchestra. It's "The Ides of March - with Strings Attached." And the only place you can experience this orchestra-…
Friday, March 15 2024
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
Tricia Park, Violin Solos: From Bach to BTS
Tricia Park, Violin Solos: From Bach to BTS
St. Charles, IL
Praised by critics for her “astounding virtuosic gifts” (Boston Herald), “achingly pure sound” (The Toronto Star), and “impressive technical and interpretive control” (The New York Times), Tricia Park enjoys a diverse and eclectic career as a violinist, educator, writer, composer, and podcaster.In …
Sunday, March 24 2024
3:00 PM
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4:30 PM
Chicago and the Home Front in WWII, with Jerome M. O'Connor
Chicago and the Home Front in WWII, with Jerome M. O'Connor
St. Charles, IL
As the 80th anniversary of D-Day approaches in 2024, we take a look back to Chicago and the home front during World War II, and the contributions of everyday people and businesses to the war effort. Join us as author, investigative journalist and educator Jerome M. O'Connor sheds light on how Ameri…
Wednesday, May 1 2024
1:00 PM
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2:30 PM
ESO String Quartet Plays Faure and Other Classics
ESO String Quartet Plays Faure and Other Classics
ST. CHARLES, IL
From the award-winning Elgin Symphony Orchestra comes a quartet of its finest string players, the ESO String Quartet, who will perform a concert of masterworks including a string quartet by the beloved French composer, Gabriel Faure, in centenary commemoration of his passing in 1924. Their program…
Sunday, October 6 2024
3:00 PM
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4:30 PM
Rhapsody in Blue at 100 and the Great American Songbook: Shout Section Big Band with Pianist Jeffrey LaDeur
Rhapsody in Blue at 100 and the Great American Songbook: Shout Section Big Band with Pianist Jeffrey LaDeur
St. Charles, IL
In January 1924, George Gershwin reportedly learned from a newspaper article that he was meant to be writing a “jazz concerto” for a concert of new American music to be performed a month later by the popular dance band leader Paul Whiteman. Writing at manic pace, Gershwin composed a two-piano versi…
Saturday, April 20 2024
7:30 PM
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9:00 PM
Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen: Contemporary Folk
Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen: Contemporary Folk
St. Charles, IL
Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen, each well-known and loved for their decades of music making, have spent well over a decade and a half in a joyful musical collaboration. Cindy is a superb singer, guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Grey is one of America’s finest players of the Irish flu…
Sunday, April 14 2024
3:00 PM
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4:30 PM
Rediscovering the 1849 Richards Riot in St. Charles
Rediscovering the 1849 Richards Riot in St. Charles
St. Charles, IL
Join us as Steve Gibson, past president of the St. Charles History Museum, relates the infamous and macabre story of the 1849 “Richards’ Riot” in St. Charles On the night of April 19, 1849, a crowd attempted to storm the home of Dr. George W. Richards in St. Charles, Illinois. Dr. Richards was the…
Wednesday, March 6 2024
1:00 PM
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2:30 PM
