| 1:00 pm | Salt Creek Ballet: The Nutcracker North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. Ballet theatrical performance. |
| 2:00 pm | A Christmas Carol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Meet miserly Scrooge, hard-working Bob Crachit, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and... 312-443-3800 |
| 2:00 pm | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brings African-American artistic expression... 312-922-2110 |
| 2:00 pm | Comedysportz4kidz ComedySportz of Chicago. A comedy show just for kids 9 and under! |
| 2:00 pm | Frozen - The Musical Cadillac Palace Theatre. Follow the adventures of Anna and Elsa live as Disney brings their hit movie to the stage. |
| 2:00 pm | Joffrey Ballet: The Nutcracker Civic Opera House. Ballet theatrical performance. |
| 2:00 pm | Ballet Chicago: The Nutcracker Athenaeum Theatre. Ballet theatrical performance. |
| 2:00 pm | A Christmas Carol Raue Center For The Arts, Crystal Lake. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 3:00 pm | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brings African-American artistic expression... 312-922-2110 |
| 3:00 pm | A Christmas Carol Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Arlington Heights. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 3:00 pm | Six The Musical Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 3:00 pm | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Paramount Theatre, Aurora. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 3:00 pm | Straight No Chaser Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Pop / rock performance. |
| 4:00 pm | Blue Man Group Briar Street Theatre. Performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 773-348-4000 |
| 4:00 pm | Q Brothers Christmas Carol The Yard. Rap / hip hop music performance. |
| 5:00 pm | Blue Man Group Briar Street Theatre. Performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 773-348-4000 |
| 5:00 pm | Late Night Catechism Royal George Theatre. A religious comedy from playwrights Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan which features a nun played by Donovan... 773-348-4000 |
| 7:00 pm | Blue 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 pm | Sebastian Maniscalco United Center. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | The Second City:109th Revue Second City. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Knuckle Puck Bottom Lounge Restaurant. Pop / rock performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Love Actually - The Unauthorized Musical Parody Apollo Theater Chicago. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | John Heffron Chicago Improv, Schaumburg. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:30 pm | A Christmas Carol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Meet miserly Scrooge, hard-working Bob Crachit, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and... 312-443-3800 |
| 7:30 pm | Chris Isaak Genesee Theatre, Waukegan. Pop / rock performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Suicide Machines Reggies Rock Club. Live rock / metal music. |
| 7:30 pm | Baby Wants Candy Donny's Skybox Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 8:00 pm | A Christmas Carol Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre. Meet miserly Scrooge, hard-working Bob Crachit, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and... 312-443-3800 |
| 8:00 pm | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brings African-American artistic expression... 312-922-2110 |
| 8:00 pm | Bye 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 pm | Bible Bingo Royal George Theatre. The audience shares stories about religion in society while playing seven games of Bingo and winning prizes... |
| 8:00 pm | Kenny G The Arcada Theatre, St. Charles. Jazz / blues concert performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Kiss Me Kate Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn Drury Lane Theater, Oakbrook Terrace. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Noah Gundersen S.P.A.C.E., Evanston. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Keith Sweat & Jagged Edge Chicago Theatre. R&B / soul music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | The Second City: Out Of The House Party e.t.c. Theater. Comedic performance live. |
| 8:00 pm | Deck the Hallmark UP Comedy Club. Comedic performance live. |
| 8:00 pm | Bret Ernst CG's Comedy Club, Bolingbrook. Comedic performance live. |
| 8:00 pm | Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Andres Orozco-Estrada - Hilary Hahn, Dvorak Violin Concerto, & Tchaikovsky 5 Symphony Center. Classical concert. |
| 8:30 pm | Mitchell Tenpenny Joe's Sports Bar. Performing country music live. |
| 8:30 pm | Kool Keith Empty Bottle. Alternative music performance. |
| 9:30 pm | Gimme Gimme Disco House of Blues Chicago. Live concert performance. |
| 10:00 pm | Blue Man Group Briar Street Theatre. Performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 773-348-4000 |
| 10:00 pm | Bye 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 pm | Whitney Cummings The Vic Theater. Comedic performance live. |
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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 |
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4:00 pm | The Pritzker Military Museum & Library Announces "Drawn To Combat: Bill Mauldin & the Art of War" Pritzker Military Museum Library. The exhibition will highlight the active role that Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin took... |
| 8:00 pm | Mystery Science Theater 3000 CIBC Theatre. Lecture event. |
| 8:00 pm | Keillor & Company - A Prairie Home Holiday Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet. Lecture event. |
| 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 |
