McAninch Arts Center Hosts Free Community Open House and Tickets On-Sale Party August 15th at 10 a.m.
In addition to being the first to purchase single tickets to the MAC’s 2015-2016 season, ticket buyers will enjoy personalized customer care from the MAC’s ticket services staff, no handling fees and the chance to pick their seats. The first 50 ticket buyers on that day will also receive a special complimentary gift.
Everyone attending the event will have the opportunity to enjoy free food, including sandwich wraps, chips, popcorn, sweets, soda and coffee; listen to live piano music performed by Steven Havens, Pianist and Instructor of Piano at College of DuPage; take selfies with Jim Belushi cardboard pop up, tour the Belushi Performance Hall and enter for ticket giveaways taking place every half-hour.
Some of the exciting shows MAC’s 2015-2016 Touring Series available for purchase include the following:
- Unbelievably fun and exciting family entertainment including Mike Super, winner of NBC’s hit show “Phenomenon†and finalist from “America’s got Talent†(Oct. 24);
- Incredible dance events including the MAC debut of Alvin Ailey II, (Oct. 18);
- An an unforgettable concert by iconic jazz great Ramsey Lewis (March 12), presented in partnership with WDCB 90.9 FM;
- Hysterical improv and sketch comedy with Colin Mocherie and Brad Sherwood of “Whose Line is it Anyway†(Dec. 12);
- Enjoyable trips down memory lane courtesy of Bee Gees Night Fever, during the College of DuPage’s Homecoming weekend (Oct. 16);
- Culturally rich performances including Fiesta Mexico-Americana! Featuring the multiple Grammy Award–winning American Chicano rock band Los Lobos with Ballet Folklorico Mexicano (Feb. 21);
- Thought-provoking discussions such as that with best-selling author Erik Larson on his newest work “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania†(Nov. 10) presented by the MAC in collaboration with the Daily Herald Author’s Circle Book Club and the College Lecture Series;
- A riveting production of Arthur Miller’s Tony Award-winning drama “All My Sons,†performed by one of the most respected touring theater companies in the country, Montana Repertory Theatre (March 5);
- New Philharmonic’s exciting series of concerts beginning with  “Heavenly Bodies of Holst†featuring New Philharmonic’s performance of Gustav Holst’s “The Planets†accompanied by a series of awe-inspiring short films created by Emmy-nominated astronomer and film director, Dr. Jose Francisco Salgado (Oct. 3-4);
- Club MAC cabaret setting performances including “Close to You, Music of the Carpenters†(March 18-19).
For more information visit the MAC’s 2015-2016 season visit AtTheMAC.org or call 630.942.4000.
The mission of the MAC is to foster enlightened educational and performance opportunities, which encourage artistic expression, establish a lasting relationship between people and art, and enrich the cultural vitality of the community. For more information about the MAC, visit AtTheMAC.org, facebook.com/AtTheMAC or twitter.com/AtTheMAC.
New Philharmonic’s 2015-2016 Season is made possible in part with support by Brookdale Plaza, The JCS Fund of The DuPage Foundation, Smith Financial Advisors, Terrence J. Taylor & Maureen Sullivan Taylor, WDCB 90.9 FM and the College of DuPage Foundation.
Established as a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit charitable organization in 1967, the College of DuPage Foundation raises monetary and in-kind gifts to increase access to education and to enhance cultural opportunities for the surrounding community. For more information about the College of DuPage Foundation, visit cod.edu/foundation or call 630.942.2462.
Programs at the MAC are partially supported through a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
