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BackStage Theatre Company presents a dark and disturbing play by writer and actor Wallace Shawn (My Dinner with Andre). In Aunt Dan and Lemon, a reclusive young woman named Lemon recounts her seemingly ordinary life story, which becomes increasingly dominated by an eccentric family friend known as Aunt Dan. The play serves as a complex meditation on compassion and morality. Learn more...

Now at the Apollo Theater after a sold-out limited engagement, the new musical Million Dollar Quartet recaptures the memorable December 4, 1956 night when legends Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins met in Memphis for an impromptu jam session. The show is loaded with rock 'n' roll hits such as "Blue Suede Shoes," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire." Learn more...

Nicholas Kraemer, one of today's leading Baroque music specialists, lets the musicians of the CSO shine in a selection of 18th-century gems. He completes the concert with Strauss' elegiac Metamorphosen, an intimate work for 23 solo strings. Learn more...

Chicago Symphony Orchestra's popular Beyond the Score series explores Mahler's Fourth Symphony. One of the conductor's most irresistible works, it draws from folk songs, klezmer, military marches and many more sources. The program will begin with a live multimedia documentary, exploring the Fourth Symphony's cultural and musical context, before the CSO performs the work in its entirety. Learn more...

The Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific comes to the Rosemont Theatre. Set on a tropical island during World War II, the musical tells the sweeping romantic story of two couples and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of war and by their own prejudices. Learn more...

Family favorite A Christmas Carol is back at Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace this holiday season. In Drury Lane Children's Theatre's production of this Dickens classic, an old miser has an incredible change of heart over the course of one night after being visited by ghosts from Christmas past, present and future. Learn more...

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a humorous story of a young girl from Kansas who takes New York City by storm as she flaps, taps and Charlestons her way into the Roaring '20s. Millie experiences the hustle and bustle of Jazz Age Manhattan at a time when women were just entering the workforce and rewriting society's rules. It's a funny, romantic story about following dreams and falling in love. Learn more...

The Chicago Bulls host their longtime rivals, the Detroit Pistons, at the United Center. The classic NBA rivalry was rekindled this summer, when former Bulls guard Ben Gordon signed with the Pistons. The Bulls' stars include spectacular point guard and 2009 Rookie of the Year Derrick Rose. Learn more...

Watson Adventures' art-themed scavenger hunt sets teams loose in the famed Art Institute of Chicago, where competitors will have to search the museum's collection for nudity. Working in groups of up to six people, participants will have to solve a series of clues that require tracking down provocative Picassos, sultry sirens bathing beauties and a naked muscle man wrestling a lion. Learn more...

Medieval Times is an exciting, family-friendly dinner attraction inspired by an 11th century feast and tournament. Guests are served a four-course banquet and cheer for one of six knights as they compete in the joust and other tests of skill. Expect lots of jousting, swordsmanship, thrilling hand-to-hand combat, and displays of extraordinary horsemanship as part of an exciting story set in Medieval Spain. Learn more...

Two of the NBA's top point guards face off on a Saturday night, as Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls host Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets. Paul led the league in assists last season, while Rose won the Rookie of the Year award. Learn more...

Porchlight Music Theatre presents Miracle on 34th Street, a stage adaptation of the classic holiday movie. A kindly old gentleman takes a job as a department store Santa. He claims to be the genuine article, convincing a cynical divorced single mother, her somber daughter, and the entire state of New York that Santa Claus is no myth. Learn more...

Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, Joakim Noah and the Chicago Bulls host the New York Knicks at the United Center. The Bulls are led by 2009 Rookie of the Year Rose, one of the league's brightest rising stars. Mike D'Antoni's Knicks are known for their fast-paced offense. Learn more...

Chris Bosh and the Toronto Raptors face the Chicago Bulls in NBA action. The Bulls are led by 2009 Rookie of the Year Derrick Rose and high-scoring small forward Luol Deng. Learn more...

Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival is an all-day celebration of music old and new from 25 bands on three stages. The show features six-time Grammy-winner Béla Fleck and his Flecktones. Also on the bill: Dr. Dog, Emmitt-Nershi Band, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, The Giving Tree Band and more. Learn more...

The Holiday Hop is a rockin', smooth and soulful holiday to remember with great '50s and '60s chart-topping groups performing under one roof. The Coasters, The Platters and The Marvelettes lead a non-stop sing-along song list with favorites like: "The Great Pretender," "Only You," "My Girl," "Charlie Brown," "Yakety Yak," "Please Mr. Postman" and a few holiday surprises. Learn more...

As part of an annual holiday tradition, The Victory Gardens Theatre presents The Snow Queen. Hans Christian Andersen's beloved winter tale comes to life in a show featuring human actors alongside delightful puppetry and Michael Smith's magical, wickedly funny score. Learn more...

Be in the audience for a taping of the hilarious weekly news quiz from NPR and Chicago Public Radio, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Each week on the radio, you can test your knowledge against some of the news and entertainment world's best and brightest. Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell, and company take a fast-paced, irreverent look at the week's events. Guest panelists rotate weekly, like comedian Paula Poundstone, author Roy Blount Jr., and The Daily Show's Mo Rocca. Learn more...

Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. presents Heroes. Tom Stoppard's Olivier Award-winning translation of Gerald Sibleyras's comedy tells the funny and bittersweet story of three French World War I veterans who keep each other company on the back terrace of a retired soldiers' home, exchanging quips and plotting to escape to a grand adventure in Indochina. Learn more...

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, known around the world for its innovative, athletic repertoire by top choreographers, presents its Winter Series. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton, the program includes Off Screen by Alejandro Cerrudo, Tabula Rasa by Ohad Naharin and Walking Mad by Johan Inger. Learn more...

American Blues Theater presents a live radio-style performance of Frank Capra's holiday masterpiece on stage at the Biograph Theater. Complete with live sound effects and an original score, It's a Wonderful Life recreates a 1940s-era radio broadcast of this heartwarming tale of troubled George Bailey's Christmas Eve journey through his life history. Learn more...

The acclaimed International Gem and Jewelry Show presents the most dazzling display of gems, jewelry, beads, accessories and minerals ever seen under one roof. The huge selection, along with special show pricing direct from worldwide designers and manufacturers, make this show a must for gem enthusiasts and jewelry lovers alike. Learn more...

Silent Theatre Company welcomes visitors into the mysterious underground world of a traveling carnival. In the midst of fire breathers, fortune tellers, bestial tamers and natural freaks, a somber secret lies - a curse that binds them all together. With a live band and physical acts of carnival performance, this original dark fable combines the styles of Tim Burton and Edward Gorey in a thrilling and enchanting ride through a world of whimsy and the macabre. Learn more...

You Can't Take It With You follows the clash between a conservative family and the more eccentric Sycamore-Vanderhof household. Full of fast pacing and witty one-liners, the play, written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, has entertained audiences for over 70 years. It's a classic comedy that is as fresh as ever. Learn more...

Step aboard the Spirit of Chicago for unparalleled lakefront cruising fun. Dine on a delicious buffet lunch or dinner, dance, enjoy Broadway-quality entertainers and catch breathtaking views of the city's historic skyline. Learn more...

Noble Fool presents a holiday-themed sequel to the musical hit Forever Plaid. Thanks to a heavenly phone call from Rosemary Clooney, the four Plaid men return to harmonize on songs from the 1930s, '40s and '50s in their own hilarious tribute to the classic Ed Sullivan Christmas Spectaculars. Learn more...

Chants de Noël: A French Christmas is a concert of holiday gems by French composers and arrangements of French carols sung in French, Latin and English. The program includes such carols as "Il est né le divin enfant," "Masters in this Hall," "Angels We Have Heard on High" and "Noël nouvelet." The centerpiece on the program is Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio for chorus, organ, harp and string quartet. Learn more...

Jokes & Notes Comedy Club presents an evening of hilarious stand-up comedy. A great line-up of comics is scheduled to appear, including headliners from across the Midwest and beyond. Learn more...

A groundbreaking children's animated classical music experience, Barbie at the Symphony is a film with orchestra presentation of the best-selling Barbie "Princess" movies. This series of CGI animated films features Barbie singing and dancing to some of the world's best-loved musical scores with ballet sequences choreographed by Peter Martins of the renowned New York City Ballet. Learn more...

The Chicago Ensemble presents a relaxing program of classical piano trios performed by leading Chicago classical musicians. A complimentary wine reception precedes each performance, and the program includes works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Dvořák. Learn more...

The Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival returns to the Congress Theater for a second year. This day-long festival features performances by over two dozen bands, including Grammy-winner Béla Fleck and his Flecktones, psych-folk outfit Dr. Dog, and other artists playing music ranging from bluegrass and blues to rock, jam band and funk. Learn more...

Adventure Stage Chicago presents Gossamer. Based on a book by Newbery Medal-winning author Lois Lowry, Gossamer tells an inspiring story of the magical creatures who create dreams. A young Dream-Giver struggles to heal the hearts of an abused young boy and those around him in this powerful story, told with the aid of colorful projections and enchanting puppetry. Learn more...

The Chicago Ensemble presents a relaxing program of classical piano trios performed by leading Chicago classical musicians. A complimentary wine reception precedes each performance, and the program includes works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Dvořák. Learn more...

Phèdra is cursed by the gods to love her step-son, Hippolytus, who hides a secret love affair of his own. Emotional, turbulent and sexy, Phèdra is a mythical soap opera for the contemporary audience. Based on ancient myths, this tragedy examines how love and unabated passions can destroy us all. Learn more...

Two actors take on innumerable dramatis personae in Charles Ludlam's high-camp quick-change act. Vep satirizes all that is ridiculous in Gothic horror, Victorian melodrama, classic film, and conventional theater--and it's also a contender for the funniest American play of the last quarter-century. Learn more...

In the Golden Age of Magic, during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Chicago was a major center for magic in the United States. Great magicians gathered here to amaze audiences in theaters and parlors, nightclubs and showrooms, restaurants and bars throughout the city. The Magic Cabaret reawakens the Chicago magic tradition and brings it to modern audiences eager for mystery and wonder. Learn more...

The Royal George Theatre presents Will Clinger's solo comedy about a self-help guru and infomercial celebrity who claims to have the answers to a better way of life. Clinger plays Dr. Harlon Stewart as well as ten of the doctor's devotees, who have chosen to follow his dubious advice. Learn more...

The Salt Creek Ballet presents holiday favorite The Nutcracker, featuring a talented cast of more than 75 local dancers, joined by the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. This fairy tale ballet for the entire family tells the story of young Clara, the debonair Nutcracker Prince and a thrilling Christmas Eve journey filled with swirling snowflakes, waltzing flowers, giant mice and sugar plum fairies. Learn more...

Amahl and the Night Visitors tells the story of how a crippled young shepherd boy's life is changed forever when he sees an amazing star in the sky. When Amahl and his mother encounter three kings following the star in their search for a wondrous child, the result is a timeless and inspiring message of how faith, charity, and unselfish love can work miracles. This production will be directed by Francis Menotti, based on his father's original 1951 production. Learn more...

The creator of the hit Late Nite Catechism is back with another satirical look at religion. In the audience-participation comedy Saints & Sinners, Mother Superior hits upon a fundraising scheme to save her parish: sell a calendar of famous saints and sinners. The audience will have a chance to vote, ask questions, and win prizes in a trivia contest. Learn more...

Von Heidecke Chicago Festival Ballet performs The Nutcracker at Heller Auditorium. This beloved holiday tradition tells the story of Clara and her Nutcracker prince, combining an internationally acclaimed choreographer, world class principal dancers and some of the Chicagoland's most talented dance students, making von Heidecke's rendition of The Nutcracker a must-see-event. This production is traditionally classical while featuring gymnastics and exciting athleticism. Learn more...

Big City Swing offers a group class for anyone who thinks they can dance -- and even those who don't. The instructors of this two-class series have the talent, experience and sense of humor to make swing dancing accessible to everyone -- even the true beginner. These well-paced classes offer plenty of practice time, and participants will rotate partners. Learn more...

Dance like the stars! Jump, jive and wail the night away after you've learned the basics of swing dancing--undoubtedly the hippest, most fun dance out there. The instructors of this four-class series have the talent, experience and sense of humor to make swing dancing accessible to everyone--even the true beginner. Enjoy the music, dance with confidence and amaze your friends! Learn more...

The Chicago Chamber Musicians present Winds and Strings, a concert for Valentine's Day. The program features Bruckner's exquisitely blissful String Quintet in F Major, as well as delightful works by Dvorak and Krommer. Learn more...