February 15, 2024
Thursday

Trade Show

10:00 amChicago Auto Show McCormick Place Lakeside Center. features multiple world and North Features domestic and imported cars, trucks, sport-utility vehicles...

The Arts

2:00 pmHighway Patrol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
5:00 pmIn The Mood - 1940's Musical Revue The Salt Shed. Live concert performance.
7:00 pmBlue Man Group Briar Street Theatre. Performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 773-348-4000
7:00 pmDrunk Shakespeare Lion Theatre. Live theatrical performance.
7:00 pmBilly Elliot Paramount Theatre, Aurora. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSilent Planet Bottom Lounge Restaurant. Live rock / metal music.
7:00 pmGolden Girls: The Laughs Continue Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Live theatrical performance.
7:00 pmLawrence Tome Carol's Pub. Performing country music live.
7:00 pmAndre 3000 Garfield Park Conservatory. Rap / hip hop music performance.
7:00 pmJust my Imagination Second City. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmTinashe Radius. R&B / soul music performance.
7:00 pmJessie Johnson Zanies. Comedic performance live.
7:30 pmRichard III Chicago Shakespeare Theater. By William Shakesphere.
7:30 pmAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brings African-American artistic expression... 312-922-2110
7:30 pmGirl From The North Country CIBC Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmChicago Symphony Orchestra: Paavo Jarvi - Sheku Kanneh-Mason Plays Elgar Symphony Center. Classical concert.
7:30 pmJoffrey Ballet: Studies in Blue Lyric Opera House of Chicago. Ballet theatrical performance.
7:30 pmIn The Heights Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmSelling Kabul North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmRachel Feinstein Comedy Vault, Batavia. Comedic performance live.
7:30 pmWait Wait...Don't Tell Me Studebaker Theater. Event with tickets available.
8:00 pmBlue Man Group Briar Street Theatre. Performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 773-348-4000
8:00 pmWidespread Panic Chicago Theatre. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmIndigo De Souza Thalia Hall. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmThe Damn Quails Joe's Sports Bar. Performing country music live.
8:00 pmThumpasaurus Lincoln Hall. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmJax Hollow S.P.A.C.E., Evanston. Performing country music live.
8:00 pmThe Outgoing Tide McAninch Arts Center, Glen Ellyn. Musical theatrical performance.
9:00 pmMorry Sochat Buddy Guy's Legends. Jazz / blues concert performance.
9:00 pmSango Concord Music Hall. Rap / hip hop music performance.
9:00 pmJunegrass Empty Bottle. Pop / rock performance.
10:00 pmReggae Gold Subterranean. Reggae / reggaeton concert performance.
10:00 pmLa Dinastia Rosario: Tono Rosario y Hermanos Rosario Joe's Live, Rosemont. Latin music in concert.

Sports

7:30 pmChicago Blackhawks vs Pittsburgh Penguins United Center. Professional Hockey Game.

For Children

10:00 amStorytime Barnes & Noble Booksellers Clybourn. This event is the perfect chance for moms and/or dads to bond with their little one. Every... 773-871-3610
10:00 amStudio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000
10:30 amCrystal Lake Storytime Borders, Crystal Lake. This fun and entertaining weekly children's event will consist of stories, age appropriate crafts... 815-455-0302
10:30 amLittle Red Riding Hood Apollo Theater Chicago. Little Red Riding Hood, a one-hour musical adaptation! Don't stray from the path. 773-205-9600
10:30 amBeauty and the Beast Beverly Art Center. Meet Bella, an adventurous young woman who ventures from her little village to save her Papa. She must be brave as she enters...
11:00 amStorytime Thursday Borders. Every Thursday, Borders will host a children's storytime. Bring the kids and see how their minds and imaginations soar... 773-752-8663
1:00 pm-
6:00 pm
Open Play Days My Corner Playroom. Corner Playroom is a Parent/Caregiver supervised indoor play place for kids ages 6 months to 5 years... 773-388-2121
1:00 pmStudio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000
5:00 pmStudio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000

Community

6:00 am-
7:30 am
Silent Sitting Inner Metamorphosis University - IMU. The thoughts and feelings that might arise during the silent sitting are simply to... 773-262-1468
Flicks and Picks Borders, Crystal Lake. This monthly discussion brings to Borders, Jeffrey Westoff of the Northwest Herald, to talk about Hollywood's... 815-455-0302
Judy Istock Butterfly Haven Notebaert Nature Museum. The Judy Istock Butterfly Haven features a kaleidoscope of butterflies with 75 species from around... 773-755-5100
River Works Notebaert Nature Museum. Splash through this waterplay experience and learn about Chicago's waterways and how they support... 773-755-5100
Mysteries of the Marsh Notebaert Nature Museum. Explore the variety of local wetlands and the creatures that live there and find out why these increasingly... 773-755-5100
Wilderness Walk Notebaert Nature Museum. Three meticulously re-created environments in Wilderness Walk immerse visitors in a prairie, savanna... 773-755-5100
Hands-on Habitat Notebaert Nature Museum. Hands-on Habitat invites budding naturalists (ages 3 - 7) to explore the secret world of animal homes... 773-755-5100
The Extreme Green House Notebaert Nature Museum. The Extreme Green House explains how our homes are linked to nature and offers recycling tips... 773-755-5100
Istock Family Look-in Animal Lab Notebaert Nature Museum. A detailed look at our native wetlands and their residents. 773-755-5100

Miscellaneous

12:00 pmChicago RV & Camping Show Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont. An expo featuring RV dealers displaying 100s of the latest models and camping equipment...