Public Events: Arts and Lecture Series

There are 13 million people with cancer in the United States, and it's estimated that 1.3 of these cancers are hereditary.Despite advanced training in cancer genetics and years of practicing medicine, Dr. Theo Ross was never certain whether the history of cancers in her family was simply bad luck or a sign that they were carriers of a cancer-causing genetic mutation.  Then she was diagnosed with melanoma, and for someone with a dark complexion, this made no sense.  It turned out there was a genetic factor at work.

Insects walk on water, snakes slither and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed and versatility, but how do they do it and what can we learn from them?        

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has implications for almost every aspect of our lives.The fears that it has evoked, however, sometimes seem to outweigh the possibilities.

The Mystical Arts of Tibet tours, featuring the famed multiphonic singers of Drepung Loseling monastery, have taken the world by storm.  Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a means of promoting world peace and healing through sacred performing art.  Don't miss their Farewell Tour.

See the moving documentary, "The Woman Who Loves Giraffes," followed by Q&A with giraffologist Anne Innis Diggs, the subject of the film.

The intrepid actors of WVL Radio Theatre are back, this time with a series of classic American horror stories, including one by Edgar Allan Poe, a creative retelling of the Lizzie Borden axe murders, and of course a re-imagining of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Four actors, live sounds effects, and original music transport you back to 1946 when the imagination created horrors far more vivid than any that might actually be lurking in your living room…

These five extraordinary, virtuosic and innovative drummers transform “scrap” into “art,” and “arts” into “music”, creating unforgettable performances using instruments artfully crafted from industrial scrap.  More than just a concert, their performances are an intense blend of choreography, gymnastic agility, percussive precision, unique sculptural instruments, and in this case, film. 

Multiple scientists pull out all the stops to try to convince you that THEIR work is the most fascinating. Order early - this sells out quickly!

Hop aboard a musical time machine and experience the movies like you’ve never seen them before! The Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra, hailed as “the premier American ragtime ensemble”, will bring tears of laughter to your eyes as you laugh out loud to holiday themed silent films of yesteryear including the first-ever film adaptations of A Christmas Carol and The Night Before Christmas, all accompanied live with their original historic orchestral scores.

Paleontologist Paul Sereno returns to Fermilab to discuss his recent work.

Award winning piano trio on its US debut tour!

Chicago's original brass quintet performs a variety of classical and light favorites.

Tom Crean (1877-1938) the intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes is brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan Dooley.  Hear the riveting true stories of Crean’s Antarctic explorations as one of the few men to serve with both Scott and Shackleton and survive three famous expeditions: Discovery, (1901 – 1904); Terra Nova (1910 – 1913); and Endurance (1914 – 1916).

More information to come soon, but here is an article on the topic...  Make it an icy combo - Purchase tickets for this lecture as well as the one-man play -  Tom Crean:  Antarctic Explorer and save 20% on the play.  Call 630/840.ARTS to take advantage of this  cool offer. Dr. Bradford Benson is senior... More »

“Music that’s brimming with energy and creative zeal.” – Irish Music Magazine

Recent breakthroughs in fiber material and fabric  processing allow us to design and produce fibers and fabrics that see, hear, sense, communicate, store and convert energy, regulate temperature, monitor health, and change color. The basis for these new fabric capabilities are fibers that contain semiconductor devices  have made it into the fibers themselves, setting the stage for a “Moore’s law” in fibers. The new fiber materials enable visually inconspicuous yet highly functional capabilities in fabrics.

Tickets available soon! From New York City, the ensemble features the best and brightest of classical music's rising stars drawn from many of the nation's major music schools including Juilliard, Curtis, and Yale. Frisson showcases a myriad of rarely-performed masterworks. Listen and enjoy as Frisson expands and contracts into a variety of ensembles, including quintets,... More »

“Something wickedly funny this way comes” – The New York Times

Hey hey, it is Micky Dolenz of the Monkees! As a special treat, he'll be sharing some of his home videos of early Fermilab taken during the lab's construction, at the height of Monkee-mania.