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Brian Lynch directs community actors in Mel Brooks' "The Producers"

Mel Brooks' comedic masterpiece "The Producers" takes the stage in August at North Central College, featuring some 80 community actors.

Mel Brooks' comedic masterpiece "The Producers" takes the stage in August at North Central College, featuring some 80 community actors. The story concerns two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich by overselling interests in a Broadway flop. Complications arise when the show unexpectedly turns out to be a success.

Jazz guitarist Jerry Hahn performs Sept. 24 at North Central College

North Central College presents jazz guitar icon Jerry Hahn in concert Sept. 24 in Wentz Concert Hall. Before the concert, Hahn will have a guitar clinic.

North Central College presents jazz guitar icon Jerry Hahn in concert Sept. 24 in the acoustically stunning Wentz Concert Hall.

Hahn will perform with drummer Jack Mouse, coordinator of Jazz Studies at North Central College, and acclaimed jazz bassist Bob Bowman. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24, in North Central's Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. Tickets are $25 and $15; call the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit www.northcentralcollege.edu/showtix.

Naperville Art League artists featured in North Central College exhibit

Members of the Naperville Art League will display their original creations at North Central in the show “Spontaneous," which is free and open to the public.

Members of the Naperville Art League will display their original creations in a month-long exhibit at North Central College.

“Spontaneous” is free and open to the public from July 23 through Aug. 22 in Schoenherr Art Gallery at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. Artists will greet visitors during an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 23.

July 17 is first concert in Hot Jazz-6 Cool Nites series

Previewed in the Naperville Sun, jazz vocalists and recording artists Janice Borla, Jay Clayton and Madeline Eastman combine their talents with North Central’s jazz instrumentalists for the popular concert series Hot Jazz-6 Cool Nites, July 17 and 19-23, in Wentz Concert Hall. Tickets are $20/adults and $15/students and senior citizens for the first five performances. The July 23 tickets are $10 and $5.

Singer, songwriter LeAnn Rimes to perform Sept. 18 at North Central

LeAnn Rimes heads to Naperville before the Oct. 5 release of her new album, “Lady and Gentlemen.”

Singer/songwriter LeAnn Rimes will perform her classic country hits and songs from her latest release Sept. 18 at North Central College.

Rimes heads to Naperville before the Oct. 5 release of her new album, “Lady and Gentlemen.” Her first studio album in three years will feature covers of classic country tunes. Rimes’ performance will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, in North Central’s Pfeiffer Hall, 310 E. Benton Ave., Naperville. Tickets are $75, $65 and $60; call the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit www.northcentralcollege.edu/showtix.

Family musical "A Year With Frog and Toad" opens this weekend

The first of three summer musicals, “A Year With Frog and Toad,” comes to Pfeiffer Hall July 16-18 and 23-25. Nominated for three Tony Awards in 2003—for Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book of Musical—the play is a whimsical story that follows an unlikely friendship between a cheerful and popular Frog and a rather grumpy Toad through four fun-filled seasons of one year. Susan Craig-Olsen, North Central’s lecturer of theatre, will direct 110 actors from the community.

Summer Music Theatre presents "H.M.S. Pinafore" July 29-Aug. 1

Putting a new twist on the classic work "H.M.S. Pinafore," North Central's Summer Music Theatre will showcase actors from the community.

North Central College's Summer Music Theatre will showcase actors from the community and a new twist on a classic work--"H.M.S. Pinafore," Gilbert and Sullivan's first runaway hit and one of the most successful and enduring comic operas of all time.

Recent online videos about North Central College

Jazz faculty member Frank Caruso leads student jazz ensemble in performance of “When Johnny Comes Marching Home.” NCTV17 reports on Los Lonely Boys performance in Wentz Concert Hall. The Cavaliers drum & bugle corps perform in Res/Rec Center July 11.

Trustee, benefactor Judy Stevenson was "one of a kind"

North Central Trustee was a caring mother, sucessful entrepreneur and business leader, a friend of the arts and a generous benefactor of North Central.

North Central College Life Trustee Judy Stevenson will be remembered for being a caring mother, a successful entrepreneur and business leader, a friend of the arts and a generous benefactor of North Central College and many other causes.

Stevenson died Monday, June 28, 2010, after a long battle with emphysema and related illnesses. She was a fifth-generation Napervillian.

North Central hosts Cavalcade of Brass July 11

North Central welcomes the Cavalcade of Brass, featuring eight drum & bugle corps, including The Cavaliers from Rosemont, Ill., at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 11.

North Central College welcomes the Cavalcade of Brass, featuring eight drum & bugle corps, including The Cavaliers from Rosemont, Ill., at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 11. The performance will be held in North Central's Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium, 455 S. Brainard St., Naperville.