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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A Chorus Line (Play)
The Dram Group presents A Chorus Line at the Bloom Auditorium Theater. For ticket information call the Drama Group box office at 708.755.3444
Saint Sebastian Players Present Tribute (Play)
The Saint Sebastian Players present Tribute by Bernard Slade February 15-March 9. Call 773.404.7922 or visit www.ticketweb.com.
G.I.F.T. (Theater)
Location: 459 N. Wolcott
Conceived and directed by Collaboraction company member and Creative Director, Sam Porretta, and inspired by Lewis Hyde’s “The Gift,” G.I.F.T. explores the nature of gifts, community and culture while leading the audience on a partially open-aired journey through a sprawling warehouse compound and soundstage. An ensemble of 11 performers and a multi-disciplinary design team bring a new world to life in a production that is not a typical “holiday” offering. Otherworldly characters exist in strange worlds of their own and among the audience members, as they bring the audience on a journey that traverses through four different environments built within the 7,000 square foot compound that Collaboraction now calls home. In an interactive and transformative environment, audiences can participate and ruminate on gifting as we enter a season full of certain expectations.
Downtown Downers Grove 1st Annual Gingerbread House Contest (Holiday)
Location: Downtown Downers Grove
Show off your creativity this year in the 1st Annual Downtown Downers Grove Gingerbread House Contest during "It's A Wonderful Weekend" November 27 - November 29! Entry is FREE!Entries are welcome in two divisions, Family/Individual and Business! Winners in each division will be chosen by viewers choice during "It's A Wonderful Weekend." Winners will receive $100 in Downtown Downers Grove Gift Certificates!Gingerbread Houses will be on display throughout Downtown Downers Grove from Friday, November 27 to November 29. Entry forms are due by Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:00p.m. and Gingerbread Houses need to be delivered on Friday, November, 27, 2009 at 3:00p.m. For more information call 630-729-0380 or visit www.visitdownersgrove.com for the Entry Form.
Our World at War: Photojournalism Beyond the Frontlines (Arts and Entertainment)
Time: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Location: Loyola University (51 East Pearson)
Attend this free photo exhibit at the Loyola University Chicago School of Communication. Witness the emotional impact of war through the lenses of award-winning photojournalists Ron Haviv, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey and Franco Pagetti. This exhibit is hosted by the Greater Chicago Red Cross, presented by the International Committee of the Red Cross, in collaboration with VII Photo Agency and the Newseum.
Little Builders Exhibition arrives at Kohl Children’s Museum (Museum)
Time: 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Kohl Children's Museum
“Construction” starts at Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 with the arrival of the Little Builders exhibition. Aimed at teaching children the ropes of a builder’s world, the new science exhibition uses interactive activities and construction scenarios to teach children about building. Little Builders encourages children to use the tools offered in their own unique way, giving them the chance to grow creatively and allowing them to personalize their experience. As part of the Little Builders exhibition, children are given the opportunity to dress in a hard hat and orange safety vest before entering the exhibit. For added fun and a more genuine role-playing experience, children are also given a push cart and orange cones to use during their time in the exhibit. The exhibition closes Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010.
Chicago Northwest Job Fair (Career Fair)
Time: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: Holiday Inn Rolling Meadows, 3405 Algonquin Road
Meet face-to-face with top employers at the ChicagoHires Job Fair! Attendance is free for job seekers! Register at www.Chicagohires.com and you will receive the company list and our online job fair guide. Free RESUME REVIEWS will be available at the event from our two local career experts. See you at the job fair!Wednesday, November 18, 200911:00 AM to 2:00 PMHoliday Inn Rolling Meadows3405 Algonquin RoadRolling MeadowsPrice: FREEPhone: (877) 561-5627Age Suitability: 18 and up
MIdwest Ballet Theatre's "The Nutcracker" (Dance Performance)
Time: 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Tivoli Theatre, Downers Grove
Midwest Ballet Theatre's highly acclaimed production of Tchaikovsky's holiday classic, The Nutcracker, will be presented at 1:30 pm Saturdays and Sundays, November 14,15, 21, and 22, at the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove. Guest artists include MBT alumna, Anne Milewski, a soloist with the American Ballet Theatre, as well as guest artists from the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. Choreography is by artistic director Mim Eichmann.
"WCSC/AKA/SSCFCU FREE Financial Education Series" (Education)
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: AKArama Foundation, Inc. Community Service Center 6220-28 South Ingleside Avenue
Woodlawn Community Service Corporation, AKArama Foundation, Inc. and South Side Community Federal Credit Union are presenting a FREE Financial Education series. Starting Tuesday, October 13, 2009 this seven week series takes place on consecutive Tuesdays thru Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. located at the AKArama Foundation, Inc. Community Service Center 6220-28 South Ingleside Avenue. For more information/registration call: (773) 548-8859.
Illinois Fathers Support Group (Lecture/Talk)
Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E Maple St, Hinsdale, IL
11/12/20097 pm to 8:30 pmIllinois Fathers Support Group, Hinsdale, ILLocation: Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E Maple St, Hinsdale, ILMike Doherty, Chairman of Children's Rights Counsel-IL, guest speaker, will discuss their research regarding updating Illinois family law in order to help over 35,000 children each year who will experience the separation or divorce of their parents. The goals are to increase greater father involvement in their children's schooling, fewer animosity-generating court battles, greater communication and incentives for parents to cooperate with each other, improved post-divorce adjustments, less elevation of one parent into a monopolizing role and clearer signals to all parents that children in Illinois need a meaningful relationship with both parents. Contact # 630-408-5200. Register @ IllinoisFathers.org for updates in legislation regarding parenting agreements and visitation.
The Orion Ensemble (Concert)
Time: 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Location: Roosevelt University's Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave.
Celebrated soprano Alicia Berneche joins The Orion Ensemble for the world premiere of Which Way Home?, settings of five Anne Sexton poems by award-winning New York composer Drew Hemenger. Berneche also will collaborate with Orion’s Kathryne Pirtle (clarinet) and Diana Schmück (piano) to bring to life the Six German Songs, Op. 103 by Louis Spohr. For the program’s final work, Orion welcomes back Baird Dodge, principal second violin for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for Piano Quintet, Op. 1 by Hungarian composer Ernst Dohnányi. Also November 22, 3 p.m., Music Institute of Chicago’s Nichols Hall in Evanston and November 29, 7 p.m., Fox Valley Presbyterian Church in Geneva.
