February 16, 2024
Friday

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

6:00 pmVeil of Maya The Forge, Joliet. Alternative music 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 pmDon't Quit Your Daydream Second City. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmJake Johannsen Zanies. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmBig Jay Oakerson Chicago Improv, Schaumburg. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmChicago's Best Stand Up Laugh Factory. Comedic performance live.
7:00 pmRachel Feinstein Comedy Vault, Batavia. 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 pmHighway Patrol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmGolden Girls: The Laughs Continue Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Live theatrical performance.
7:30 pmGirl From The North Country CIBC Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmJoffrey Ballet: Studies in Blue Lyric Opera House of Chicago. Ballet theatrical performance.
7:45 pmJosey Scott's Saliva The Vixen, McHenry. Live concert performance.
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 pmBye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play The Public House Theater. Outrageous interactive comedy revolving around the joys and pitfalls of boozing in the windy city. Yep, it's just...
8:00 pmWidespread Panic Chicago Theatre. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmRaul Sanchez CG's Comedy Club, Bolingbrook. Comedic performance live.
8:00 pmIndigo De Souza Thalia Hall. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmBilly Elliot Paramount Theatre, Aurora. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmThe Pines Chop Shop. Live concert performance.
8:00 pmJ. Robbins Beat Kitchen. Live rock / metal music.
8:00 pmThe Blue Note Quintet & Gerald Clayton Symphony Center. Jazz / blues concert performance.
8:00 pmSmoakland Joe's Sports Bar. Techno / electronic concert performance.
8:00 pmTkay Maidza Lincoln Hall. World music performance.
8:00 pmMia X Ally Park West. Performing country music live.
8:00 pmMr. Big Des Plaines Theatre. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmSecond Hand News - Tribute to Fleetwood Mac S.P.A.C.E., Evanston. Live concert performance.
8:00 pmThe Outgoing Tide McAninch Arts Center, Glen Ellyn. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmIn The Heights Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmJim Brickman North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmJesus Christ Superstar Genesee Theatre, Waukegan. Musical theatrical performance.
8:00 pmAmerican English The WC Social Club, West Chicago. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmDave Matthews Tribute Band The Hobart Art Theater. Live concert performance.
8:30 pmBaby Wants Candy Donny's Skybox Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
8:30 pmLucy's Comedy Raue Center For The Arts, Crystal Lake. Comedic performance live.
8:30 pmNuovo Testamento Bottom Lounge Restaurant. Latin music in concert.
8:30 pmPaige Alice Naylor Constellation. Live concert performance.
9:00 pmMississippi Heat Buddy Guy's Legends. Jazz / blues concert performance.
9:00 pmRod Tuffcurls and The Bench Press Joe's Live, Rosemont. Pop / rock performance.
9:00 pmBuzz Worthys Durty Nellie's, Palatine. Live concert performance.
9:30 pmWire and Nail Carol's Pub. Performing country music live.
9:30 pmClub 90s: Lana Del Rey Night House of Blues Chicago. Live concert performance.
9:30 pmAndrew Dismukes Zanies Comedy Club, Rosemont. Comedic performance live.
10:00 pmBye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play The Public House Theater. Outrageous interactive comedy revolving around the joys and pitfalls of boozing in the windy city. Yep, it's just...
10:00 pmNightmares On Wax PRYSM Chicago. Alternative music performance.
10:00 pmBonnie X Clyde Sound Bar. Techno / electronic concert performance.
10:00 pmJoel Corry TAO Chicago. Techno / electronic concert performance.
10:00 pmJoey Nebulous Empty Bottle. Pop / rock performance.

For Children

8:00 am-
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
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 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...
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

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
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

10:00 amChicago RV & Camping Show Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont. An expo featuring RV dealers displaying 100s of the latest models and camping equipment...
8:00 pmThrift Store Halo The Cubby Bear. Live concert performance.
8:00 pmJay White as Neil Diamond Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet. Live concert performance.