Warren Rosenblum is a professor of history at Webster University in St. Louis and a proud Evanston native. He has published widely on the history of social reform and has taught the History of Disability in various unlikely spots around the world. He was recently a Fulbright Scholar at the Catholic University in Belgium and currently serves on the board of Shore Community Services.
Presented in collaboration with Shore Community Services in its 75th anniversary year.
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SUMMARY:Ladies Home Journal\, a concert with La Caccina
DESCRIPTION:Ladies Home Journal
A concert with vocal ensemble La Caccina
Saturday, November 7, 7pm
In-person event
At the Evanston History Center
225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL
The Evanston History center is thrilled to welcome back La Caccina after their sold-out, hauntingly beautiful Weird Sisters concert here last year. La Caccina will be an artist in residence at the History Center, presenting two concerts in 2026-27.
Ladies Home Journal, the first concert, is program of music that celebrates feminine strength, resilience, and resourcefulness, from Andrea Ramsey's moving "Letter from a Girl to the World" to Sister Sledge's groovy "We Are Family." The concert will also feature a world premiere from Chicago-area composer Marybeth Kurnat.
Concert ticket includes admission to the Dawes House Museum and the related Vive La Garçonne: New Women, Flappers & All That Jazz: Evanston Women's Fashions of the 1920s. This exhibit highlights our collection of female fashions in Evanston from a century ago, a time when gender norms in fashion, and the status quo from the 19th century, were rapidly changing.
Part of the Evanston Women's History Project. 
About the artist
La Caccina champions and performs diverse, innovative repertoire for women’s voices to engage audiences and inspire the next generation of collaborative musicians. The ensemble finds its namesake in Francesca Caccini, a prolific Baroque composer known for her virtuosic musicality and beautiful singing voice. Following in Caccini’s footsteps, the singers of La Caccina bring a wide range of expertise to the ensemble, enabling them to adapt to a variety of musical styles—from Renaissance madrigals to South African folk songs, and from contemporary pop songs to classical masterworks such as Vivaldi’s Gloria in D and Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Since their founding, La Caccina has collaborated with ensembles including the Pavo String Quartet, the DuPage Symphony Orchestra, and bluegrass trio Glass Mountain, and has commissioned and premiered works by Marie-Claire Saindon, Timothy C. Takach, Augusta Read Thomas, Matthew Harris, and Melissa Dunphy, among others.
No matter the music, La Caccina’s expressive, emotional singing highlights the versatility of the treble voice and brings musical excellence, integrity, and honesty to every performance. Learn more about La Caccina.
Ticket price includes refreshments.
Guitarist Donovan Mixon is a self-described citizen of the world. In 1988, then a Berklee College of Music professor, he was awarded an NEA grant for jazz composition. His artistic journey led to an 18-year residency in Europe, primarily in Italy and Turkey, where he performed at music festivals such as the Umbria and Istanbul jazz festivals and taught concepts from his unique method 'Performance Ear Training' at music schools and universities such as DAMS in Bologna Italia and Istanbul Bilgi University. Since 2010, Chicago has been his creative hub where he performs in clubs, concert halls and festivals with his World Jazz Quintet as well as with the GBME--Great Black Music Ensemble—of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) of which he is a recent inductee. Mixon curates monthly jazz performances with a series called "Donovan’s Garage" a unique performance laboratory located in N. Evanston. His latest recording, 'Finding Center' is set for prerelease in May 2025. It features all original compositions, fellow AACM members Fred Jackson Jr, Leon Q Allen and other instrumentalists such as Robert Irving III, Charles Heath, Emmanuel Ngolle, Cory Biggerstaff and the splendid voice of Sarah Marie Young.
Donovan Mixon photo by Joerg Metzger. URL:https://evanstonhistorycenter.org/event/donovans-garage-evanstons-free-monthly-jazz-performance-laboratory-2/ LOCATION:Evanston History Center\, 225 Greenwood Street\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://evanstonhistorycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/DonovanSimple.png ORGANIZER;CN="Evanston History Center":MAILTO:kfabian@evanstonhistorycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261111T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261111T130000 DTSTAMP:20260831T223213Z CREATED:20260831T223213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T223213Z UID:10015990-1794398400-1794402000@evanstonhistorycenter.org SUMMARY:Curiosity Cafe: The Midnight Ride of William Dawes DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime Curiosity Cafe Second Wednesday of the month from 12-1pm at the Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood St. FREE, no RSVP needed. Come to the Dawes House for coffee, lunch, and informal conversation around a variety of unique Evanston History topics. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch; coffee and tea will be provided. November's topic is: The Midnight Ride of William Dawes William Dawes, the great-great-grandfather of Charles Gates Dawes, role alongside Paul Revere to alert the colonial militias of advancing British troops in the famous ride of 1775. While Revere is remembered, largely due to Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this talk will explore the story of the other rider, Dawes, in the early stages of the Revolutionary War. This Veteran's Day talk will also acknowledge Civil War veterans in Dawes family, and some of the World War I vets from Evanston. We will also look at the historic 18th century items recently donated to the History Center by William Dawes' descendants. With Evanston History Center docent Kathy Alonso. URL:https://evanstonhistorycenter.org/event/curiosity-cafe-the-midnight-ride-of-william-dawes/ LOCATION:Evanston History Center\, 225 Greenwood Street\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://evanstonhistorycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/NovCafe.png ORGANIZER;CN="Evanston History Center":MAILTO:kfabian@evanstonhistorycenter.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR