Performances

Jazz all-star vocalist Alyssa Allgood and her quartet highlight Jazz Weekend in St. Charles, September 10 at the Baker Community Center.

On October 8, 1871, a fire began on the near south side of Chicago that would grow into a three-day conflagration remembered today as The Great Chicago Fire. On the great fire’s 150th anniversary, author William Pack presents a program based on his book, “The Essential Great Chicago Fire.” Join us for a look back at the tragic event that led to Chicago’s triumphant emergence as one of the world’s great cities.

Internationally acclaimed guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque brings his unique talent to a program he calls My Secret Tango.

In her first Baker Community Center after several well-received historical portrayals at the Norris gallery, Debra Miller portrays Mary Shelley using the author’s correspondence and writings.

Mary Hunt and her quartet perform November 20 in a concert of jazz, blues and rock favorites at the Baker Community Center, St. Charles.

Start your December with an engaging and entertaining exploration of the man in the red suit, when popular performer Terrence Lynch takes on the history and mythology of a beloved Christmas tradition.

Start your Christmas week with an upbeat concert of seasonal favorites, when award-winning vocalist Maureen Christine, Michael Bazan and the 1st Choice Big Band present “Songs of the Season…with a Twist!”