McAninch Arts Center Announces 2017 Lakeside Pavilion Free Outdoor Summer Series

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The McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd. in Glen Ellyn, is
pleased to announce the 2017 Lakeside Pavilion Free Outdoor Summer Series. Programming runs July 6 to Aug.11 and includes a Thursday evening Family Movie Series,
a Friday evening Pop Music Series and a Thursday evening Jazz Concert Series.“More than 35,000 have enjoyed one of our Lakeside Pavilion summer shows since the
inaugural season four years ago,” said MAC Director Diana Martinez. “Since then, the
series has become a signature summer event for our community.”The Family Movie Series begins July 6 with the MGM classic “The Wizard of Oz,” starring
Judy Garland (1939). On July 13, it is time to blast to the past for “Back to the
Future” (1985), starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. The film series wraps
up July 20 with Walt Disney Pictures’ Academy Award-winning animated feature film
“Zootopia” (2016). All films are free and begin at dusk (around 8 p.m.). The Pop Music Series opens with the internationally acclaimed Chicago-based Beatles
tribute band, American English (July 14). “Presley Perkins Lewis & Cash,” starring
former members of the Broadway smash "Million Dollar Quartet," performs July 21. New
Philharmonic, under the baton of Maestro Kirk Muspratt, performs a mix of classical,
Broadway pops, movie scores and more on July 28. Nikki Torres and the Rhythm Machine
Band bring “A Tribute to Miami Sound Machine & Gloria Estefan” to the Pavilion stage
on Aug. 4; and The Magic of Motown wraps up the series on Aug. 11. All Pop Music Series
concerts are free and begin at 7:30 p.m. The performance of The Magic of Motown is
sponsored by Follett’s College of DuPage Bookstore.WDCB 90.9 FM, Chicago’s station for jazz, returns with its Thursday Evening WDCB LIVE
Jazz Concert Series on July 27 with “An Evening with Guy King and his Little Big Band,
including a tribute to Ray Charles & B.B. King.” The New Lionel Hampton ...

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