| 6:00 pm | The Supertramp Tribute The Hobart Art Theater. Live concert performance. |
| 6:30 pm | Dancenter North: Magic of The Nutcracker Genesee Theatre, Waukegan. Ballet theatrical performance. |
| 6:30 pm | Nathan Graham S.P.A.C.E., Evanston. Performing country music live. |
| 6:30 pm | Holiday Rockstars Tribute Night The Forge, Joliet. Live concert performance. |
| 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 | Tommy Davidson Chicago Improv, Schaumburg. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Coached Ensembles Donny's Skybox Theatre. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Drunk Shakespeare Lion Theatre. Live theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Joffrey Ballet: The Nutcracker Lyric Opera House of Chicago. Ballet theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Harry Potter and The Cursed Child James M. Nederlander Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Legally Blonde North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Cox n Crendor Podcast Lincoln Hall. TV / radio taped program. |
| 7:00 pm | Too Hype Crew The Vixen, McHenry. Rap / hip hop music performance. |
| 7:00 pm | Second City Mainstage Revue Second City. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | The Second City e.t.c.'s 48th Revue e.t.c. Theater. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | Jared Freid Comedy Vault, Batavia. Comedic performance live. |
| 7:00 pm | It's a Wonderful Life Athenaeum Theatre. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:15 pm | Michael Palascak Zanies Comedy Club, Rosemont. 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 | Les Miserables Cadillac Palace Theatre. Live On Stage. |
| 7:30 pm | A Christmas Carol Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Arlington Heights. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 7:30 pm | Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Alastair Willis - Merry, Merry Chicago! Symphony Center. Classical concert. |
| 7:30 pm | The Choir of Man Apollo Theater Chicago. Performance series. |
| 7:30 pm | Rocky Mountain High Experience - A John Denver Christmas Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. Live concert 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 | Les Miserables Cadillac Palace Theatre. Live On Stage. |
| 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 | Dwayne Kennedy CG's Comedy Club, Bolingbrook. Comedic performance live. |
| 8:00 pm | The Blood Brothers Thalia Hall. Live rock / metal music. |
| 8:00 pm | Irving Berlin's White Christmas Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. Musical theatrical performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Brooklyn Charmers - Steely Dan Tribute The Venue, Aurora. Live concert performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Kash Doll Ramova Theatre. Rap / hip hop music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Samara Joy Chicago Theatre. Jazz / blues concert performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Zeds Dead The Salt Shed. Alternative music performance. |
| 8:00 pm | Gavin Coyle - A Celtic Christmas McAninch Arts Center, Glen Ellyn. Celtic world music performance. |
| 9:00 pm | Declan Kennedy Reggies Chicago. Performing country music live. |
| 9:15 pm | Sophie Buddle Zanies. Comedic performance live. |
| 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... |
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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 |
| 7:30 pm | John Cusack With A Screening of Say Anything Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. 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 |
