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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
 Oct. 18, Ronald K Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company
 Nov. 2, The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa
 Dec. 19, 20. 21, The Nutcracker
 Jan. 11, Russian National Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake
 March 27, 28, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
 May 2, Ballet Hispanico
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Jazz
 Oct.
10, Blind Boys of Alabama and Preservation Hall
 Oct. 31, Burgess Gardner w/Arts Center Jazz Ensemble
 Dec. 5, The Mulligan Mosaics Big Band
 Jan. 9, Ramsey Lewis Trio
 March 21, KidJazz!
 April 3, Freddy Cole
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World
 Oct. 11, Scrap Arts Music
 Oct. 24, Soweto Gospel Choir
Nov. 2, The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa
 Feb., 20, Mystical Arts of Tibet
 March 6, 7, Club MAC: David Munnelly Band
 March 13, Aswat
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Eclectic: Folk, Pop, Bluegrass
and More
Oct.
10, Blind Boys of Alabama and Preservation Hall Jazz Band
 Nov. 9, The East Village Opera Company
 Nov. 15, Leo Kottke and Loudon Wainwright III
 Nov. 21, 22, Club MAC: Hot Club of Cowtown
 Nov. 28, 29, Club MAC: Megon McDonough
 Jan. 17, Jim Peterik and World Stage
 Feb. 13, 14, Club MAC: The Lascivious Biddies
 Feb. 21, Guitar Blues
 April 4, Punch Brothers with Chris Thile
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Theater
 Oct. 25, The Complete History of America (Abridged)
 Feb. 15, Henry V
 March 21, War of the Worlds &The Lost World
 April 19, Garrison Keillor
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Family
 Oct. 26, Hot Peas 'n' Butter
Dec. 19, 20, 21, The Nutcracker
 Jan. 3, Justin Roberts
Feb. 14, The Itty Biddies
 Feb. 14, The Phantom Tollbooth
 Feb. 22, Mad Science: CSI Live
 March 14, Beach Party with Dave Rudolf
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Music
 Oct. 3, 4, New Philharmonic: Celebrating Pavarotti
 Nov. 7, 8, New Philharmonic: Music and Movement
 Dec. 31, New Philharmonic: New Year’s Eve Celebration
 Feb. 27, 28, New Philharmonic: Russians Return
 April 24, 25, New Philharmonic: Bruch and Bartok
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Lectures
 Oct.
28, College Lecture Series: Arun Gandhi
 April 21, College Lecture Series: Stephen Prothero
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