The artwork of Joyce Reuland will be on display through Feb. 27 at Aurora University's Downstairs Dunham Gallery.
Aurora artist Joyce Reuland will exhibit 14 watercolors and six pen-and-ink sketches from Jan. 12 through Feb. 27 at Aurora University's Downstairs Dunham Gallery, 1400 Marsellaise Place.Capture the Moment highlights the sketches of homes and buildings which Reuland is known for.
A hallmark of her work is careful attention to detail, and light and dark values that provide an appealing contrast that give her works an intuitive, yet engaging perspective.
Reuland recently opened Gallery 44, a cooperative of artists at 50 E. Galena Blvd. in Aurora.
An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday.
Call (630) 844-7844.
Fermilab: Fabric, Color Texture: The Art Quilts of Parson & Wasilowski is on display from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through February in the 2nd Floor Gallery, Wilson Hall, Fermilab, off Kirk Road, Batavia. (630) 840-ARTS. On Stage `Grease' takes stage at Drury Lane
The 1950s satire which drew its inspiration from American Bandstand, poodle skirts, leather jackets and fast cars comes to the Drury Lane Oakbrook beginning Sunday and continues to March 18.
Grease, the rock 'n' roll hit, includes such memorable musical tunes as Beauty School Dropout, Greased Lightnin', and Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee.
Actors include Raegan Kotz as Sandy, Darren Dusenske as Danny Zuko, Tammy Mader as Rizzo and Brian Herriott as Teen Angel.
Grease is on stage at 8 p.m. Wednesdays, 2 and 8 p.m. Thursdays, 8:30 p.m. Fridays, 5:30 and 9 p.m. Saturdays, and 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets range from $19 to $25 with dinner theatre packages available.
Drury Lane is a100 Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace.
Call (630) 530-0111.
Pheasant Run Resort's Theatre: My Fair Lady is on stage through March 24 with dinner and theatre times: Fridays at 7:00 (dinner)/8:15 p.m. (performance); Saturdays at 4/5:15 p.m. or 8:30/9:45 p.m. and Sundays at 12:30 p.m. (Sunday brunch)/2:15 p.m. or 5:45/7 p.m. at 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles.
Dinner theatre tickets: $38; show tickets: $20. (630) 584-6300
Music Illinois Chamber Symphony presents `Virtuoso Orchestra'
The Illinois Chamber Symphony presents its fourth concert of the 2000-2001 season entitled Virtuoso Orchestra Night at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Norris Theatre, 1040 Dunham Road, St. Charles.
Featured soloists for the evening are Melvin Warner, clarinet, performing the Concertino Opus. 26 for clarinet and orchestra.
Janice MacDonald, principal flautist of the Illinois Chamber Symphony will dazzle the Concertino in G Major for Flute and String Orchestra by Quantz.
Warner is principal clarinetist of the ICS and the Chicago Sinfonietta and is also a longtime member of the music faculty at Northern Illinois University.
Tickets cost $25/20 or $15 for students and seniors.
Call (630) 584-7200, Ext. 10.
Chord on Blues: Music starts at 9 p.m. Thursdays, 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, at Chord on Blues, 106 S. First Ave., St. Charles.
This week: The Matthew Skoller Band ($8) and Carl Weathersby & Vital Support ($12). (630) 513-0074. Medley Baseball collectors converge on Charlestowne Mall
Collectors of baseball cards and memorabilia will find thousands of collectibles at the 21st annual Sports Card and Memorabilia Show Friday through Sunday at Charlestowne Mall.
More than 100 vendor tables will hold treasures from game-used and team-approved baseball jerseys to autographed bats, hats, ticket stubs and pins of favorite long-ago players.
Dealers from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas and Wisconsin will participate.
Charlestowne is at 3800 North Avenue in St. Charles.
The mall is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Call (6300 513-1120.
Martin Luther King Jr.: Michael Dyson, author of I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr., will speak on the life of King at 7:30 tonight in Pfeiffer Hall, 310 E. Benton Ave., Naperville.
Call (6300 637-5300.
