Announcing the 2014 Grand Opening Performance Series!
After months of renovation, we are so excited to share with you our 2014
Grand Opening Performance Series! Read on for the full schedule and details
about each performance.
“This is an exciting time for lovers of the performing arts,” says MAC
Interim Director Diana Martinez. “The MAC has always had a strong reputation, but with updated
performance spaces, public areas, and a new art gallery, the MAC promises to be
‘the’ destination to experience the visual and performing arts in the western
suburbs.”
The MAC’s 2014 Grand Opening Season’s Performance Series officially
opens on Feb. 8 with a performance by Grammy Award-winner ‘Keb Mo’.The MAC will
hold its Grand Opening Celebration and MAC Madness Benefit, Saturday, March 8
at 6 p.m. The event, headlined by College of DuPage and Second City alum Jim
Belushi and The Chicago Board of Comedy, will be an exciting evening of
improvisational comedy with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and more.
The exciting selection of music, literary, comedy and dance events for
the MAC’s 2014 Grand Opening Season’s Performance Series is as follows. All
events take place in the Performance Hall unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, February 8
8 PM
$50 adult / $48 senior / $40 youth
The MAC’s 2014 Grand Opening Season’s Performance Series opens Saturday,
Feb. 8 at
8 p.m. with three-time Grammy Award-winning musician Keb’ Mo’, known for
his genre-blending artfulness, intuitive lyrics, unique guitar style, and
magnetic onstage charisma.
Cleve
Carney Art Gallery Dedication and Concert
Sunday,
February 16
4
PM
$44
Adult / $42 Senior / $34 Youth
To
mark the dedication of the new Cleve Carney Art Gallery, a surprise Grammy
Award-winning jazz artist will share his rich vocal flights, edgy lyrics and
original compositions in this unforgettable concert. Performer to be announced
in January. Dedication at 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 8
6 PM
$250 per Person
An evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and laughs with College of DuPage
alumnus and friend Jim Belushi and the Chicago Board of Comedy to benefit and
celebrate the programs at the newly renovated McAninch Arts Center. For more
information about MAC Madness, call the College of DuPage Foundation
at 630.942.2462 or foundation@cod.edu.
at 630.942.2462 or foundation@cod.edu.
Saturday, March 8
9:30 PM
$44 adult / $42
senior / $34 youth
The Grand Opening evening of non-stop improv continues with a second late
night show with Jim Belushi and the Chicago Board of Comedy. Saturday, March 8 at 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 16
7 PM
$60 adult / $58 senior / $50 youth
$60 adult / $58 senior / $50 youth
David Sedaris, known for his
sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, performs readings of his newest
work in “An Evening with David Sedaris,” Sunday, March 16 at 7 p.m. “Sedaris’ droll
assessment of the mundane and the eccentrics who inhabit the world’s crevices
make him one of the greatest humorists writing today,” says the Chicago
Tribune.
Club MAC - Playhouse Theatre
Friday and Saturday, March 21 and 22
8 PM
$36 adult / $34 senior / $26 youth
Hot off the heels of their new full-length album, “The Spark & The
Fire,” the LA-based, critically acclaimed indie pop quartet Leftover Cuties
opens Club MAC with their irresistible combination of sultry vocals,
pop-perfect songwriting and old-school musicianship in two MAC debut concerts
Friday, March 21 and Saturday, March 22 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 22
8 PM
$38 adult / $36 senior / $28 youth
Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, renowned for
their rich, accessible, multi-cultural music experiences share their uniquely
Chicago jazz vibes at the MAC on Saturday, March 22 at 8 p.m.
Friday, March 28
8 PM
$44 adult / $42 senior / $34 youth
The explosively entertaining Celtic ensemble Cherish the Ladies
brings their enchanting wit and music back to the MAC stage on Friday, March 28
at 8 p.m.
Club MAC - Playhouse Theatre
Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29
8 PM
$36 adult / $34
senior / $26 youth
By popular demand, the Austin-based western swing band Hot Club of
Cowtown returns to Club MAC with performances Friday, March 28 and
Saturday, March 29 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 5
8 PM
$45 adult / $43 senior / $35 youth
In April, Classic Albums Live, who performed their crowd-pleasing
version of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” this past summer at Ravinia
Festival, performs music from The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” note for note -
cut for cut, Saturday, April 5 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 6
7 PM
$48 adult / $46 senior / $38 youth
French-American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux wraps up that
weekend with her intensely distinctive renditions of old classics and modern
tunes by Leonard Cohen and The Beatles, among others, Sunday, April 6, at 7
p.m.
Tuesday, April 15
7:30 PM
$10 adult/$8 senior/$6 youth
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson comes to
the MAC’s Performance Hall for a talk, Q&A and book signing Tuesday, April
15 at 7:30 p.m. Wilkerson is the author of “The Warmth of Other Suns,” one of
the New York Times “Top Ten Book of the Year” and also chosen as the 2013-2014
“One Book, One Chicago” selection.
Thursday, April 17
8 PM
$48 adult / $46
senior / $38 youth
The internationally acclaimed Pilobolus Dance Theatre returns to
the MAC for an evening of mixed repertoire, Thursday, April 17 at 8 p.m. NYC
Newsday hails Pilobolus as “a mind-blowing troupe of wildly creative and
physically daring dancers who leap, fly, intertwine and break all the rules…
Audiences should expect the unexpected.”
Saturday, May 3
8 PM
$42 adult / $40 senior / $32 youth
The indomitable Capitol Steps bring their nationally renowned
brand of gut-busting, funny political satire to the MAC’s Performance Hall for
one evening only, Saturday, May 3 at 8 p.m. “I cannot remember the last time I
laughed so hard or have been so wonderfully entertained during a live show,”
says Splash Magazine.
Tickets
To order tickets or for more information, call 630-942-4000 or visit AtTheMAC.org.
MAC Pack - The more you attend, the more you save.
Pick two events - SAVE 10%
Pick three or more events - SAVE 15%
Limited Time Offer – Order a MAC Pack by December 17
Purchase a 2014 MAC Pack by December 17 and receive:
• two complimentary concessions vouchers
• two complimentary passes to an exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the
New MAC (date TBA)
Offer valid for any MAC Pack purchase. Voucher may not be used for
alcohol, and is applicable only during the 2013-2014 season at the MAC.
Want to be among the first to experience the new MAC?
Make your plans to attend New Philharmonic’s popular New
Year’s Eve Concerts at 4 & 9 pm on Tues., Dec. 31!
This year’s concert is “Viennese Pops with an International Twist” and features an evening of waltzes, polkas and other traditional selections as well as Soprano Emily Birsan from Lyric Opera’s Ryan Opera Center singing Adele’s Laughing Song from Die Fledermaus and much more.
It’s a must-see event and tickets are selling quickly! Call the MAC Box Office today at 630.942.4000.
Plus – Save the date for New Philharmonic’s April 12-13 concerts – The Ultimate Rebel - Ludwig Van!
This year’s concert is “Viennese Pops with an International Twist” and features an evening of waltzes, polkas and other traditional selections as well as Soprano Emily Birsan from Lyric Opera’s Ryan Opera Center singing Adele’s Laughing Song from Die Fledermaus and much more.
It’s a must-see event and tickets are selling quickly! Call the MAC Box Office today at 630.942.4000.
Plus – Save the date for New Philharmonic’s April 12-13 concerts – The Ultimate Rebel - Ludwig Van!
The April concerts feature Beethoven’s groundbreaking
Fifth and Seventh symphonies in one program. For more information or tickets
visit www.AtTheMAC.org
