North Central Chronicle

Music

Students from various music ensembles at North Central will present “Explore the Sound IV,” a theatrically staged and lit musical event at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. To order, call 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit northcentralcollege.edu/showtix.

Black History

In observance of Black History Month, North Central welcomes two speakers to campus.

Marc Lamont Hill — author, cultural critic, media commentator and professor — will give a free talk at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Smith Hall at Old Main.  His talk is titled “Building Community in an Hour of Chaos: Progress in the Age of Obama.”

Isabel Wilkerson - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author - will give a free talk at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the theatre in Meiley-Swallow Hall. She will discuss her bestselling book “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.”

Conference

North Central will host the 12th annual Self Employment in the Arts Conference starting at 1 p.m. Feb. 24 and ending at 4 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Hilton Lisle/Naperville Hotel, 3003 Corporate West Drive, Lisle. The conference is for anyone aspiring to be a self-employed artist. For more information and to register, visit selfemploymentinthearts.com or contact SEA Director Amy Rogers at 630-637-5468 or aerogers@noctrl.edu.