Diane Ragains will be the guest soloist at the Du Page Symphony Orchestra’s second subscription concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at Pfeiffer Hall, 310 E. Benton St., Naperville.
The soprano made her debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana,” and has since appeared with numerous symphonies and opera companies throughout the United States.
Barbara Schubert will conduct a program that will feature works by Anton Bruckner and Maurice Ravel.
The Du Page Symphony Orchestra is an all-volunteer orchestra and was founded in 1954.
Its March 12 concert will feature Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the combined voices of the Naperville Chorus and the Downers Grove Oratorio Society, and the final concert on May 15 will showcase the winners of the 1993-94 Young Artists Auditions.
Tickets for Saturday’s concert are $9, $7 for students and senior citizens. Call 708-858-4042.
– Mark Lindsay and Gary Lewis & The Playboys will bring back the music of the ’60s at 8 p.m. Friday at the Norris Cultural Arts Center, 1040 Dunham Rd., St. Charles.
The concert replaces Dion, originally scheduled for Feb. 6.
Tickets are $22, $20 for children and senior citizens, $18 for groups of 10 or more. Call 708-584-7200.
– In celebration of Black History Month, the Paramount Arts Centre in Aurora presents Charlotte Blake Alston in a one-woman show featuring songs, storytelling and dramatic presentations of historic figures such as Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth. The show is 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Tickets are $10, $8 for children 12 and under; they are available at the Paramount Arts Centre box office, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. Call 708-896-6666 or Ticketmaster at 312-902-1500.
– The Saturday Brass Quintet will perform a chamber concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at Fermilab’s Ramsey Auditorium, Kirk Road at Pine Street, Batavia. Tickets are $10. Call 708-840-ARTS.
Also at Fermilab: Israeli dancer Roni Bar-Yosef will present a mini-workshop of traditional and contemporary Israeli folk dances at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Village Barn, Sauk Boulevard north of Batavia Road, Batavia.
A $1 donation of suggested. Call 708-584-0825 or 708-232-9089.
– The Vienna Choir Boys will be the first professional group to perform in the new Visual and Performing Arts Center at Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. The concert will be at 8 p.m. Friday.
Tickets are $19.50, $18.50 for students and senior citizens. Call 708-622-0300.
– At the Two Way Street Coffee House this month: Bob Janis, songwriter-folksinger with a country flair, Friday; Art Lang with Cathy Ciolac, performing a variety of traditional, original and old English tunes on multiple musical instruments, Feb. 11; Ron Hines, singer-songwriter-guitarist, Feb. 18; and Tom and Chris Kastle, who sing contemporary and traditional songs, Feb. 25.
All concerts begin at 8:45 p.m. Fridays. Admission is $2. The Two Way Street Coffee House is at 1047 Curtiss St., Downers Grove. Call 708-969-9720.
– “Jazz Wednesdays” at the Rusty Pelican in February include the Jeff Newell Quartet, Wednesday; the Frank Portolese Trio, Feb. 16; and Byron Febbs, Feb. 23.
Live jazz begins at 6 p.m. every Wednesday; there is no cover charge. The Rusty Pelican is at 777 E. Butterfield Rd., Lombard. Call 708-573-0400.
– Karen Leigh plays Esmeralda and David Girolmo plays the hunchback Quasimodo in the musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” playing at Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace.
Show times through March 20 are 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 are $18 to $25; dinner/theatre packages are $29.50 to $38.75. Call 708-530-0111 or Ticketmaster at 312-902-1500.
– Other theater offerings include:
“Heidi,” is being presented by The Summer Place Inc. through Feb. 20 at Naperville Central High School’s Theatre Central, West Street and Aurora Avenue, Naperville. Show times: 7 p.m. Fridays; 7 p.m. Saturday and Feb. 12; 2 p.m. Feb. 19; 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $5. Call 708-355-7969.
“How the Other Half Loves” is at Elmhurst College’s Mill Theatre, 253 Walter St., Elmhurst, at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Tickets: $5 Thursday; $6 Friday, Saturday. Call 708-617-3005.
The musical comedy “Nunsense” will be performed by the Bensenville Community Theatre Inc. at Blackhawk Middle School, 250 S. Church Rd., Bensenville, 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Tickets: $7; $5 for students, senior citizens. Call 708-766-4642.
