Chicago Events

Best of November 2009

Address: Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lecture Hall Gallery • 224 S Michigan Ave, #116, Chicago, IL 60604 Category: Museum Event - History Exhibit Dates: August 17 - November 20, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Through November 20, CAF is featuring several interwoven exhibits celebrating the work of Chicago architect Daniel H. Burnham. B Like Burnham is the kid-centered arm of a trio of fascinating displays that explore the city, past and present, from an architectural point of view, with the goal of exploring the social and...

Address: Storefront Theater (A DCA Theater) • 66 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601 Category: Performance - Theater - Other Dates: November 19 - December 20, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Traveling carnivals are notorious havens for society's fringe-dwellers. Take a closer look at the inner workings of one such carnival and its performers in Gillian Hastings' mesmerizing "dark fable." It's a tale perfectly suited to Silent Theatre Company's talents, an Edward Gorey-ish combination of horror and humor...

Address: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Downstairs Theatre • 1650 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614 Category: Performance - Theater - Mystery / Suspense Dates: October 21 - November 8, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Penned by well-known playwright, director, and producer Eric Simonson, Fake explores the relationship between science and faith. In recent years, several scholars have suggested that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle may have been the mastermind behind the Piltdown Man hoax. It's an interesting premise, from which Simonson has...

Address: Goodman Theatre • 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60601 Category: Performance - Theater - Comedy Dates: October 31 - November 29, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

The world premiere of Alan Gross's High Holidays is something to celebrate, a fresh twist on the familiar coming-of-age-in-America story. The dark comedy focuses on young Billy Roman, who is soon to enjoy his bar mitzvah. Billy's older brother comes home from college and immediately starts to stir things up, and...

Address: Art Institute of Chicago, Galleries 1-2 • 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603 Category: Museum Event - Art Exhibit Dates: October 10 - January 3, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Victorian photocollage may not be a familiar art form, so you may be surprised by the forward-looking nature of these pieces, created by mostly unknown women during the 1860s and 1870s. Alternately amusing, intelligent, witty, and fantastical, the works have been gathered from collections in the US, Europe, and...

Address: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Jentes Family Auditorium • 800 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611 Category: Performance - Theater - Classical Dates: September 23 - November 22, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Shakespeare's epic play, Richard III, never fails to entertain. The incredible villainy of the deformed would-be king, his psychology and motivation, are all bafflingly devoid of conscience. Richard III kills every last one of his foes, his young nephews, his wife – all in the paranoid belief that they will prevent...

Address: Ford Center for the Performing Arts • 24 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601 Category: Performance - Theater - Musical Dates: November 13 - January 10, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

The creepy, kooky, mysterious, and all together ooky Addams family takes on Chicago before hitting Broadway in this much-hyped new musical. Bebe Neuwirth and Nathan Lane star as the ghoulish iconic couple, Morticia and Gomez, who deal with problems, conflicts, and upheavals that are surprisingly average. With a cadre...

Address: Navy Pier • 600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611 Category: Animal Show / Event - Cat Dates: November 14 - November 15, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

If you've got an animal lover on your holiday gift list, Chicago's annual Pet Expo is the ideal place to pick up unique goodies. You'll find all sorts of gourmet dog biscuits and kitty treats, designer doggie sweaters, toys, and other fun stuff. Veterinarians, pet photographers, and regional animal rescue...

Address: Schubas • 3159 N Southport, Chicago, IL 60657 Category: Performance - Concert / Music - Country Dates: November 25, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

She's got an astounding gift, Haley Bonar. Her songs defy categorization, falling somewhere along the anti-folk/pop/country continuum, blissfully refusing convention, and rushing off on their own path. What sounds simple at first actually proves to be deceptively thoughtful, weighty even. If you're looking for...

Address: SPACE • 1245 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60202 Category: Performance - Concert / Music - Alternative Rock Dates: November 14, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

If you haven't seen them yet, do yourself a favor and get tickets to see Sons of the Never Wrong NOW. The Chicago-based trio turns traditional folk music on its ear, so to speak, with a quirky sense of humor and amazing harmonies. Their tunes have the power to make you smile, cry, sway, dance, sing, and laugh out...