Chicago - Official Visitors Guide - (Page 22) winter ▲ ‘07–’08fall calendar Winter Wonderfest Dec. 7–Jan. 6 Navy Pier www.navypier.com Navy Pier is transformed into a winter wonderland featuring hundreds of lush decorated trees, sparkling lights and wintertime decorations. Enjoy an ice skating rink (pictured), large-scale inflatable games, a bungee run and slides. Santa Claus and his toymaking elves will listen to children’s wishes at Santa’s Holiday Village. Welcome Yule Dec. 14–23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra www.cso.org Concerts feature members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Chorus and the Chicago Children’s Choir. These concerts have become an annual tradition with programs that combine classic choral arrangements of beloved holiday songs with new musical productions created especially for the CSO. ▲ Nov. 23–25, Nov. 30–Dec. 2, Dec. 7–9, Dec. 14–Jan. 1 (closed Dec. 24–25) Lincoln Park Zoo www.lpzoo.org ZooLights is a free event from 5–9 p.m. that features more than one million holiday lights, a spectacular water laser show, live ice carving, Santa’s workshop and of course, zoo animals! Nutcracker Mayor Daley’s Annual Holiday Sports Festival Dec. 28–30 McCormick Place — North and South Buildings www.cityofchicago.org/specialevents This all-ages sports festival includes both tournaments and interactive zones. Pre-registered teams compete in tournaments for basketball, soccer, volleyball and table tennis. Interactive activities include wall climbing, football, golf, skateboarding, badminton, boxing, tumbling, fencing and more. Dec. 12–30 Auditorium Theatre at Roosevelt University Joffrey Ballet of Chicago www.auditoriumtheatre.org Good Boys and True Dec. 6–Feb. 10 Steppenwolf Theatre www.steppenwolf.org Brandon Hardy is brilliant, athletic and charming, the kind of young man that makes St. Joe’s Preparatory School proud. When the Ivy Leaguebound senior becomes the center of a scandal that threatens to destroy his future, his mother must sort fact from fiction. This is a potent, riveting world premiere drama from a dynamic young writer. The enchanting Victorian scenery and costumes, thrilling waltzes of the Snowflakes and Flowers, dozens of dancing and singing children, and the incomparable Joffrey dancers, create a spectacle which guests of all ages will cherish forever. ▲ Hunchback Dec. 6–Jan. 6 Redmoon Theater www.redmoon.org This visually stunning adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame tells the tragic story of Quasimodo the hunchback, Esmeralda the gypsy, and Frollo the villainous cleric, in a hypnotic, dark, monumental tale of loss and redemption. Chicago Auto Show Feb. 1–10 McCormick Place www.chicagoautoshow.com Chicago showcases the spectrum of automobile offerings on a single show floor in McCormick Place. This show features over 1,000 cars, trucks and SUVs and ready to steal the show concept cars. ▲ Doctor Atomic Dec. 14–Jan. 19 ▲ Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Tale Jan. 19–Feb. 24 Lookingglass Theatre www.lookingglasstheatre.org This performance features the world’s elite circus performers, evocative storytelling, amazing athleticism and the very highest levels of circus artistry, bringing the ancient Greek myth story of Hephaestus to the high wire in this death-defying circus retelling. Lyric Opera of Chicago www.civicoperahouse.com John Adams’ landmark opera receives its Chicago debut. Poised at the threshold of the Atomic Age, J. Robert Oppenheimer and those involved in the Manhattan Project, grapple with forces beyond comprehension as the final moments of the Trinity Test close in around them. pg 22 ▲ ▲ ZooLights ▲ ▲ ▲
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