the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage
 
 

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"A multi-cultural center with bookings as bold and brash as its architecture." — Chicago Tribune

"...the cultural center for greater DuPage County." — Daily Herald


See Touring Performance Calendar below

In the season prior to our 1986 opening, 11,000 patrons attended arts events at College of DuPage. Today, more than 80,000 patrons attend performances annually and attendance exceeds 100,000 when community rental events are taken in account.

McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage

• three theaters with no seat farther than 75 feet from the stage
• home to resident professional theater, opera, symphony,
jazz and chorus
• more than 280 performances annually
• drawing audiences from more than 239 Illinois towns and 24 states
• designated by the Illinois Arts Council as one of 40 Partner in Excellence Arts Institutions
• presenting more than 40 artists year round, including:

American Ballet Theatre
Bill Cosby
Chick Corea
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Victor Borge
Wynton Marsalis
Four Bitchin’ Babes
Christopher Parkening
Penn & Teller
The Parsons Dance Company
Joan Baez
Barrage
Flying Karamozov Brothers
Chanticleer
Shenandoah Shakespeare Express
Judy Collins
Ballet Nacional du Senegal
David Grisman
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Pat Metheny
Steven Wright
Marvin Hamlisch
Weird Al and more …

For more information on the MAC Touring program, contact:

Roland Raffel, Director of Marketing
630-942-2263


2008/2009 Touring Event Listings

Genre Listing

Dance | Jazz | World | Folk, Popular | Theater | Family | Music | Lectures


Dance

brown dancer photo Oct. 18, Ronald K Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company

west africa dancer photo Nov. 2, The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa

nutcracker photoDec. 19, 20. 21, The Nutcracker

swan lake ballet photoJan. 11, Russian National Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake


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Jazz

preservation hall photoOct. 10, Blind Boys of Alabama and Preservation Hall

arts center jazz ensemble imageOct. 31, Burgess Gardner w/Arts Center Jazz Ensemble

kid jazz photoMarch 21, KidJazz!


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World

soweto gospel choir PhotoOct. 24, Soweto Gospel Choir

west africa dance PhotoNov. 2, The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa

mystical arts photo 1Feb., 20, Mystical Arts of Tibet

david munnelly band Photo March 6, 7, Club MAC: David Munnelly Band

aswat PhotoMarch 13, Aswat

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Eclectic: Folk, Pop, Bluegrass and More

preservation hall photoOct. 10, Blind Boys of Alabama and Preservation Hall Jazz Band

east village opera company photo Nov. 9, The East Village Opera Company

loudon wainwright photoNov. 15, Leo Kottke and Loudon Wainwright III

hot club of cowtown photoNov. 21, 22, Club MAC: Hot Club of Cowtown

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Theater

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Family

hot peas n butter photoOct. 26, Hot Peas 'n' Butter

nutcracker photoDec. 19, 20, 21, The Nutcracker

justin roberts photoJan. 3, Justin Roberts

itty biddies photoFeb. 14, The Itty Biddies

phantom tollbooth imageFeb. 14, The Phantom Tollbooth

new philharmonic photoFeb. 22, Mad Science: CSI Live

Dave Rudolf pictureMarch 14, Beach Party with Dave Rudolf

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Music

new philharmonic photoOct. 3, 4, New Philharmonic: Celebrating Pavarotti

new philharmonic photoNov. 7, 8, New Philharmonic: Music and Movement

new philharmonic photoDec. 31, New Philharmonic: New Year’s Eve Celebration

new philharmonic photoFeb. 27, 28, New Philharmonic: Russians Return

new philharmonic picture April 24, 25, New Philharmonic: Bruch and Bartok


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Lectures

arun gandhi photoOct. 28, College Lecture Series: Arun Gandhi

stephen prothero photoApril 21, College Lecture Series: Stephen Prothero

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