| 3:00 pm- 9:00 pm | Holiday Magic Brookfield Zoo. Bright Lights. Magical Nights. Holiday Magic. Now in it's 40th year, get ready to visit Chicagoland's largest and longest-running... |
| 7:00 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 | Los Lobos City Winery. New Year's Eve with Los Lobos. |
| 3:00 pm- 9:00 pm | Holiday Magic Brookfield Zoo. Bright Lights. Magical Nights. Holiday Magic. Now in it's 40th year, get ready to visit Chicagoland's largest and longest-running... |
| 8:00 pm | Los Lobos City Winery. New Year's Eve with Los Lobos. |
| 1:30 pm | Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn Drury Lane Theater, Oakbrook Terrace. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 2:00 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 |
| 2:00 pm | Love Actually - The Unauthorized Musical Parody Apollo Theater Chicago. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 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 |
| 7:00 pm | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Paramount Theatre, Aurora. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | The Second City:109th Revue Second City. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | The Walters House of Blues Chicago. Pop / rock performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brings African-American artistic expression... 312-922-2110 |
| 7:30 pm | Frozen - The Musical Cadillac Palace Theatre. Follow the adventures of Anna and Elsa live as Disney brings their hit movie to the stage. |
| 7:30 pm | String Cheese Incident Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Pop / rock performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Kiss Me Kate Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | The Play That Goes Wrong Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | BoDeans The Arcada Theatre, St. Charles. Pop / rock performance. |
| 8:00 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 |
| 8:00 pm | DeRay Davis Arie Crown Theatre. Comedic performance live. |
| 8:00 pm | The Second City: Out Of The House Party e.t.c. Theater. Comedic performance live. |
| 8:00 pm | Local H Beat Kitchen. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Comedy Laugh Fest United Center. Comedic performance featuring: Cedric The Entertainer, D.L. Hughley & Eddie Griffin. |
| 8:00 pm | Deck the Hallmark UP Comedy Club. Comedic performance live. |
| 9:00 pm | Shannon Baker Carol's Pub. Performing country music live. |
| 9:00 pm | Get Real: Green Velvet & Claude Vonstroke Radius. Techno / electronic concert performance. |
| 9:00 pm | Goose Riviera Theatre. Pop / rock performance. |
| 9:30 pm | Boy Harsher Empty Bottle. Techno / electronic concert performance. |
| 10:00 pm | John Summit Concord Music Hall. Techno / electronic concert performance. |
| 1:00 pm | St. Francis Fighting Saints vs. Madonna Crusaders Pat Sullivan Center, Joliet. College basketball (Div I-A and Div I-AA) game. |
| 4:00 pm | Northwestern Wildcats vs. Prairie View A&M Panthers Welsh Ryan Arena, Evanston. College basketball (Div I-A and Div I-AA) game. |
| 6:00 pm | Chicago State Cougars Women's Basketball vs. Grand Canyon Antelopes Emil & Patricia A. Jones Convocation Center. College basketball (Div I-A and Div I-AA) game. |
| 7:00 pm | Illinois-Chicago Flames vs. Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons Credit Union 1 Arena. College basketball (Div I-A and Div I-AA) game. |
| 10:00 am | Storytime 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 am | Studio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000 |
| 10:30 am | Crystal Lake Storytime Borders, Crystal Lake. This fun and entertaining weekly children's event will consist of stories, age appropriate crafts... 815-455-0302 |
| 11:00 am | Storytime 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 pm | Studio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000 |
| 5:00 pm | Studio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000 |
| 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 |
| 10:00 am- 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... |
| 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 |
