Things to do around the Fermilab area

 

Acid Reflux and Friends

(Comedy)

Location:

First Street Playhouse

 160 S Water Street, Batavia

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 8:00 pm,

 

And Then There Were None

(Theatre)

Location:

First Street Playhouse

 160 S Water Street, Batavia

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 8:00 pm,

 

Barn Raising

(Family & General)

Location:

Kline Creek Farm

 600 S County Farm Road, West Chicago

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm,

 

Barn Raising

(Family & General)

Location:

Kline Creek Farm

 600 S County Farm Road, West Chicago

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm,

 


 

Clean Chicago Comedy

(Comedy)

Location:

Chicago Comedy Company

 601 N Martingale Road, Schaumburg

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 7:30 pm, 9:30 pm,

 

Flanagan's Wake

(Theatre)

Location:

Pheasant Run Resort & Spa

 4051 E Main Street, St. Charles

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 6:00 pm, 9:00 pm,

 

Kane County Cougars Home Games

(Sports)

Location:

Philip B. Elfstrom Stadium

 34W002 Cherry Lane, Geneva

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 6:00 pm,

 

Kane County Flea Market

(Antiques & Crafts)

Location:

Kane County Fairgrounds

 525 S Randall Road, St. Charles

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 12:00 pm,

 

Murdering Marlowe

(Theatre)

Location:

Janus Theatre

 919 Prospect Boulevard, Elgin

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 8:00 pm,

 

Parallel Lives

(Theatre)

Location:

First Street Playhouse

 160 S Water Street, Batavia

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 8:00 pm,

 

Pump Boys and Dinettes

(Theatre)

Location:

Steel Beam Theatre

 111 W Main Street, St. Charles

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 8:00 pm,

 

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

(Theatre)

Location:

Pheasant Run Resort & Spa

 4051 E Main Street, St. Charles

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 6:00 pm,

 

The Musical of All Musicals: The Musical

(Theatre)

Location:

Pheasant Run Resort & Spa

 4051 E Main Street, St. Charles

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 5:00 pm, 8:30 pm,

 

Acoustic Renaissance Concerts

(Music)

Location:

Unitarian Church of Hinsdale

 17 W Maple Street, Hinsdale

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 8:00 pm,

 

Animals in Artland: Wild Wings

(Art)

Location:

DuPage Children's Museum

 301 N Washington Street, Naperville

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 9:00 pm,

 

Entre Carne Y Espiritu: Between Flesh and Spirit

(Art)

Location:

Aurora Public Art Commission

 20 E Downer Place, Aurora

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 12:00 pm,

 

 

 

Location:

Aurora Public Art Commission

 44 E Downer Place, Aurora

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 12:00 pm,

 

The Lexus of Naperville Jazz Festival

(Music)

Location:

Downtown Naperville

 Main Street & Jackson Avenue, Naperville

Dates:

Sat Jun 2, 2007 at 3:00 pm,

 


 

Things to do in Chicago - limited to areas around the center of downtown: Magnificent Mile, Gold Coast, Old Town, River North, Loop, West Loop

 

Things to do in Chicago - Music

         Critics' Choice

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra

      Saturday Symphony Center, Orchestra Hall

  Myung-Whun Chung returns to lead an all-Brahms program with the Firt Symphony and Violin Concerto. Gutsy, take-no-prisoners violinist Vadim

  Repin is .. MORE»

 

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      DePaul Composers Forum

      Saturday DePaul University, Concert Hall

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      Northwestern Symphonic Band

      Saturday Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University

      Ryan Nelson leads a Latin-American evening of H. Owen Reed (La fiesta Mexicana), Revueltas (Sensemaya) and Ian Crouse (Cronica del ulimo ano en la vi.. MORE»

 

          

      University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra

      Saturday Mandel Hall

      Under the batons of Barbara Schubert and James Kallembach, the students close out their quarter with Hindemith's gleaming symphony Mathis der Maler an.. MORE»

 

 

         FREE

      Chicago Gospel Music Festival

      Saturday Millennium Park

      For Gospel Fest highlights, see “TK opener,” page TK. For a complete list of showtimes, see page TK.

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      Lisa Roti Quartet

      Saturday Pops For Champagne

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      Mark Hummel's Blues Harp Blowout + Fruteland Jackson + Little Arthur Duncan

      Saturday Buddy Guy's Legends

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      Shirley Johnson Blues Band

      Saturday Blue Chicago (North)

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      Skinny Puppy

      Saturday House of Blues

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      JW Williams Blues Band + Patricia Scott

      Saturday Blue Chicago (South)

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      Big James Montgomery + Linsey Alexander

      Saturday Kingston Mines

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Things to do in Chicago - Theater

 

      Troilus and Cressida

      Saturday Chicago Shakespeare Theater

      With a striking opening image of shrouded men, our anticipation rises for a play that will be an equally eloquent evocation of wartime loss. Despite d.. MORE»

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      The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

      Saturday Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place

Composer William Finn's loose jamboree meditation on the most tragically operatic contest K–12 has to offer is fully realized by director James Lapine.. MORE»

 

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      The Bald Soprano

      Saturday The Building Stage

      Eugène Ionesco’s bit of seminal Absurdism, The Bald Soprano might be intuitively staged in ambiguous shades of gray, trite dialogue dripping with gent.. MORE»

 

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      The Color Purple

      Saturday Cadillac Palace Theatre

      What this jubilant, highly entertaining musical adaptation contributes to Alice Walker’s classic story of Celie—a poor black woman raped as a teen the.. MORE»

 

          

      In the Continuum

      Saturday Goodman Theatre

      One woman lives in Zimbabwe, another in L.A. But they share two things: Both are pregnant and HIV-positive. Robert O’Hara directs Danai Gurira and Nik.. MORE»

 

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      Oedipus Complex

      Saturday Goodman Theatre

      Adaptor-director Frank Galati’s Oedipus takes place in the world and mind of Sigmund Freud, who used Sophocles’ tragedian as a template for all sexual.. MORE»

 

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      Shear Madness

      Saturday The Chicago Theatre

      This older-than-the-Bible comic whodunit features topical gags plus spot-on and nowhere-near-the-spot wordplay. But mostly it's a showcase for a gay s.. MORE»

 

          

      Wicked

      Saturday Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre

      It’s hard to find fault with an estrogen-fueled story that brings grrrl power to 13-year-olds everywhere. In fact, as a result of their enthusiasm, th.. MORE»

 

      Tommy Gun's Garage

      Saturday Tommy Gun's Garage

Roaring Twenties gangsters sing, drink and shoot while you eat your dinner. MORE»


 

Things to do in Chicago - Tours and Museums

 

 

      “Chicago: You Are Here.”

      Saturday Chicago Architecture Foundation

      Although this exhibit is used best as a preface on the city’s architecture, any Chicago born-and-bred will learn more about how the Windy City’s hist.. MORE»

         Critics' Choice

      “Stitched Together—Early American Samplers.”

      Saturday Chicago Cultural Center

      See Clarke and Glessner House Museum. MORE»

          

      Architecture of Culture and Commerce

      Saturday Chicago Architecture Foundation

      See some of the most ornate, lavish and innovative feats in design on this tour that includes Burnham, Root & Atwood's stately Reliance Building, Loui.. MORE»

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      Architecture River Cruises

      Saturday Meet at the southeast corner

      This quintessential Chicago tour takes you along the Chicago River to marvel at one of the city's greatest assets: its world-class architecture. The 9.. MORE»

          

      “John James Audubon: The Birds of America,” and “While All the Tribes of Birds Sang.”

      Saturday Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery

      Along with 30 prints from the renown illustrator of nature, the museum presents an exhibition of bird-related artifacts ranging from prehistoric bird .. MORE»

          

      Bobby's Chicago Bike Hike: City of Neighborhoods

      Saturday Bobby's Bike Hike

      Cruise the city, see the sights and learn a bit about Chicago history on this leisurely paced bike tour that takes you through the Gold Coast, Old Tow.. MORE»

          

      Bobby's Chicago Bike Hike: Sunglasses at Night

      Saturday Bobby's Bike Hike

      The evening version of Bobby's tours takes you on a leisurely ride through some of the city's most beautiful nighttime spots, like Millennium Park, Mu.. MORE»

          

      Bobby's Quintessential Chicago Tour

      Saturday Bobby's Bike Hike

      This tour includes some of the city's emblematic sights, including Buckingham Fountain, Navy Pier, Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum, Soldier Field, an.. MORE»

          

      Highlights by Bus

      Saturday Chicago Architecture Foundation

      This bus tour covers miles of ground, from Mies van der Rohe's IIT campus and Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House on the South Side to the Rookery downto.. MORE»

          

      Historic Skyscrapers

      Saturday Chicago Architecture Foundation

      The skyscrapers that rose from the ashes of the Great Fire of 1871 permanently altered the city's skyline. Downtown's outdoor museum of towering artif.. MORE»

 

          

      Millennium Park Archives

      Saturday Harold Washington Library, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium

      Any Chicagoan can tell you Millennium Park was a long time in the making. All the work that went into creating Chicago's top outdoor space is now part.. MORE»

          

      “Millennium Park Archives.”

      Saturday Harold Washington Library Center

      Any Chicagoan can tell you Millennium Park was a long time in the making. All the work that went into creating Chicago's top outdoor space is now part.. MORE»

          

      Millennium Park Revealed

      Saturday Chicago Architecture Foundation

      Sure, you know it took years for Millennium Park to go from blueprint to reality. Now you can find out how city officials collaborated with architects.. MORE»

          

      “Nourishing Culture: Greek Immigrants and Food in Chicago.”

      Saturday Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center

      Ever wondered how gyros became one of our most beloved mall foods, or why flaming cheese is served in every tourist spot in Greektown? This exhibit st.. MORE»

          

      “Remembering Generations: The Greek Immigrant's Journey.”

      Saturday Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center

      Learn more about the origins of Greektown and the history of the Hellenic immigrant experience with this retrospective of photos, art and historical i.. MORE»

          

      “Spanning Chicago: Bridges in the City of Big Shoulders”

      Saturday Harold Washington Library Center

      The Windy City. Paris on the Prairie. The Movable Bridge Capital of the World. While that last moniker might not be as well known, it is just as apt a.. MORE»

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      Chicago Turkish Festival

      Saturday Daley Plaza

      The City of Chicago and the Turkish-American community have teamed up to present this festival of Turkish fashion, belly dancing, carpets and kilims, .. MORE»

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      Cultural Center Tours

      Saturday Chicago Cultural Center, Randolph Street Lobby

      Gaze at the world's largest Tiffany stained-glass dome, ornate mosaics, marble and moldings in this 19th-century building that once housed the Chicago.. MORE»

         Kid-friendly

      Come In and Play

      Saturday Chicago Tourism Center

      Game is on at the city's new summerlong game space hang out. As part of Chicago's Art of Play, the Tourism Center will be hosting exhibitions, weekly .. MORE»

         Critics' Choice

         Kid-friendly

         FREE

      Gospel Music Festival

      Saturday Millennium Park

      Let the spirit move you to Millennium Park, where gospel acts from around the country light up two different stages singing songs of praise. Events ta.. MORE»

 

      “Filth, Treason and Blasphemy? Museums as First Amendment Battlegrounds.”

      Saturday McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum

      The First Amendments establishes freedom of religion, speech and the press. How has this effected the way our country's institutions represent their a.. MORE»

          

      McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum

      Saturday McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum

      Though lately a certain Texan has had us associating the word freedom with wire tap, the freedoms addressed at this new museum are of the more traditi.. MORE»

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      “My Museum.”

      Saturday Chicago Children's Museum

      This interactive exhibit encourages kids to explore and celebrate their individuality by taking self-portraits and adding them to a massive neighborho.. MORE»

          

      “What Does Freedom Mean?”

      Saturday McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum

      Exercise your own freedom of expression by visiting the recording station, which lets you leave a message for future visitors on what freedom means to.. MORE»

          

      “12151791.”

      Saturday McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum

      The museum's centerpiece is a sculpture named after the date the First Amendment was ratified. The two-story piece is made up of 800 cascading steel p.. MORE»

          

      Shoreline Sightseeing Architecture Cruise

      Saturday Navy Pier

      You'll set sail from Navy Pier for a docent-led tour on the Chicago River. Highlights include Marina City, Tribune Tower and the Art Deco Board of Tra.. MORE»

          

      Shoreline Sightseeing Skyline Tour

      Saturday Navy Pier

      Take in panoramic views of the skyline from Lake Michigan. Narrators highlight Chicago history and legends as you cruise by Buckingham Fountain and th.. MORE»

 

      “The Universal Condition.”

      Saturday International Museum of Surgical Science

      Pain. We’ve all experienced it. Find out how others through the ages have attempted to relieve it, from psychoactive plants in ancient times to contem.. MORE»

 

          

      “Turn of the Century Apothecary Shop.”

      Saturday International Museum of Surgical Science

      This old-timey, walk-in apothecary was re-created using wood medicine shelves, patent medications, a prescription book and tools of the trade taken fr.. MORE»

 

         Critics' Choice

      “Chicago: Crossroads of America.”

      Saturday Chicago History Museum

      This exhibit begins its ride through history with “L” Car Number One, the mahogany-paneled car that swept riders off to the World's Columbian Expositi.. MORE»

 

          

      Musuem of Broadcast Communications

      Saturday Museum of Broadcast Communications

      After a three-year break, this museum has re-opened in a brand new, state-of-the-art space. Relieved radio heads, TV lovers and history buffs can expe.. MORE»