2008 Chicago Official Visitors Guide - (Page 14) Spring/Summer ’08 calendar MARCH Ongoing – Daily How People Make Things Through May 11 Chicago Children’s Museum www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org Marine Mammal Presentations Shedd Aquarium 312-939-2438, www.sheddaquarium.org Through May 27 Tuesday Evenings in the Café Museum of Contemporary Art 312-280-2660, www.mcachicago.org Gaelic Storm House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn 312-923-2000, www.hob.com Open Run Ford Center for Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre www.broadwayinchicago.com Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emeraldgreen skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years. APRIL April 4–16 Chicago Latino Film Festival Various Locations 312-431-1330, www.latinoculturalcenter.org April 21–27 Chicago Improv Festival Various Locations 773-935-9810, www.chicagoimprovfestival.org MAY May–Sept. Altar Boyz Ongoing Chicago Neighborhood Festivals Various Locations 312-744-3315 www.chicagoneighborhoodfestivals.us ▲ Drury Lane Water Tower Place www.drurylanewatertower.com May–Sept. Bike Chicago 2008 Various Locations 312-744-3315, www.bikechicago.us May–Oct. Various Locations 312-744-3315, www.chicagofarmersmarkets.us Through July 13 LaSalle Bank Theatre www.broadwayinchicago.com The 2006 Tony Award-winning musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop-music history and sold 175 million records worldwide! May 3 Mayor Daley’s Kids and Kites Festival Museum of Science and Industry 57th St. and Lake Shore Dr. 312-744-3315, www.chicagokidsandkites.us May 24 Memorial Day Parade State St. from Lake St. to Van Buren 312-744-3315, www.cityofchicago.org/specialevents JUNE June 14–15 The Best of The Second City Ongoing Mondays Second City www.secondcity.com The Second City’s stars of tomorrow perform hilarious works originally written by some of the greatest comedic minds of the 20th century. The Best of The Second City showcases scenes and songs created by alumni such as Bill Murray, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert. Well Street Art Festival On Well St. from North Ave. to Division St. 312-951-6106, www.oldtownchicago.org Old Town Art Fair Willow, Wells, Menomonee Wisconsin and Sedgwick Sts. 312-337-1938, www.oldtowntriangle.com June 14–15 Karen Kilimnik Through June 8 Museum of Contemporary Art www.mcachicago.org ▲ June 14–15 Andersonville Midsommarfest 5200 N. Clark St. at Foster Ave. 773-665-4682, www.starevents.com This exhibition is the first significant presentation in a United States museum of the artist Karen Kilimnik, a key figure in contemporary art who emerged during the late 1980s and early 1990s. This exhibition presents a survey of Kilimnik’s paintings, drawings and installation-based works since the late 1980s. pg 14 ▲ Chicago Farmers Markets Altar Boyz is a hilarious, holyinspiring musical comedy about five small-town boys trying to save the world one screaming fan at a time. Altar Boyz sweetly satirizes the phenomenon of boy bands, the popularity of Christian-themed music and products in contemporary American culture. Jersey Boys ▲ Shear Madness Open Run The Chicago Theatre www.thechicagotheatre.com This enormously popular and hilarious whodunit is set in a unisex hair salon that is the scene of a wacky murder. The award-wining comedy is filled with up-to-the-minute spontaneous humor and is different each performance because the audience gets to solve the crime. March 16 ▲ Wicked Inspired by Mister Rogers’ Factory Video Tours, this exhibit tells the story about the ideas, process and technology behind the making of children’s favorite objects. Young visitors can explore the Factory Floor and participate in hands-on activities when they create a cup, bowl and spoon of their very own. Live demonstrations and fun family projects bring children into the world of invention and imagination, and so much more! ▲ ▲
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