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Evanston Symphony Orchestra
Address: PO Box 778, Evanston, IL 60204
Phone: (847) 864-8804
Email: esomusic@evanstonsymphony.org
Website: www.evanstonsymphony.org
Description: The ESO is an Illinois not-for-profit community orchestra that provides quality, diverse, enjoyable and accessible classical musical entertainment that enriches the audience, orchestra and community.
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Pick & Staiger Concert Hall
Mailing Address: Pick-Staiger Concert Office 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2420
Tickets: (847) 467-4000
Phone: (847) 491-5441 Call this number for concert information or other inquiries during business hours.
Fax: (847) 467-1831
24-Hour Concert Hotline: (847) 467-PICK (7425)
Website: www.pickstaiger.org
Description: Since its inception the hall has functioned as both a classroom and performance facility for School of Music performing ensembles, Music/Theater productions, faculty recitals, festivals and professional guest artists. A typical season of programming includes Orchestral, Choral, Opera, Chamber, Jazz, Contemporary, Brass, and Percussion concerts as well as solo recitals, lectures, master classes, and other related events. 
Pick-Staiger’s diverse programming is designed to showcase the developing talent of School of Music students; to promote interaction among faculty members, students, and professional artists; and to provide affordable cultural presentations to the community at large.
Pick-Staiger is also home to professional performance organizations such as Chicago Chamber Musicians, Chicago Philharmonic, Northshore Concert Band, Evanston Symphony Orchestra, and others who rent facilities from the School of Music.
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Next Theatre Company
Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes Street
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: 847-475-1875 x2
Fax: 847-475-6767
info@nexttheatre.org
Description: Since our founding in 1981 by Harriet Spizziri and Brian Finn, our 167-seat space has been home to over a hundred productions, serving nearly a quarter of a million theatergoers and winning Jeff 
Awards in nearly every category. The theater’s adventurous spirit and great conviction prompted Richard Christiansen of the Chicago Tribune to announce that The Next is “a resounding reaffirmation of what faith, dedication and talent can accomplish. It is what distinguished Chicago theatre in its early stages more than a quarter century ago, and it is what continues to make Chicago theater so exciting. How fortunate we are to have theaters such as The Next in our midst.”
We serve over 10,000 patrons each year, including students, elderly, and everyone in between. Our audience includes local Evanstonians as well as Chicago and North Shore residents, and they have come to expect artistic excellence in the pursuit of culturally progressive work. As Dan Zeff of Copley News observed earlier this year, the Next is quickly becoming “the venue of the edgiest theater in the area.”