Mayor’s Cup Youth Soccer Tournament

Families and friends are invited to participate in the 16th Annual Mayors Cup Youth Soccer Tournament (advance registration required for team participation). One of the largest youth soccer tournaments in the United States, This FREE tournament takes place in Lincoln Park at Montrose Harbor.

Venetian Night

Approximately 35 boats will be decorated with lights and props as they sail along beautiful Lake Michigan, between the Shedd Aquarium at Roosevelt Road and the Chicago Yacht Club at Monroe Street. People of all ages stake out spots along the lakefront as early as 9 am to ensure a good view of the event.

Chicagoween 2009

Chicago celebrates Halloween like no other city. Parks, streets and buildings come alive with the decorations of the season and activities are all centered round this very scary and very orange time of year.

Free Concert Series Kicks off in Lincoln Square – June 11

Come to Lincoln Square each Thursday night this summer for their free concert series “Concerts on the Square” in the Giddings Plaza — part of a great community tradition that starts on June 11 at 7pm with The Sons of the Never Wrong.

Eastside Art Festival Just Steps from Millenium Park – June 5-7

Looking for art downtown? Look no further than a few steps from Millennium Park’s famous Cloud Gate sculpture — the Chicago Eastside Millennium Art Festivalshowcases the work of 150 juried artists from across the United States this weekend.

Taste of Chicago Public Preview

Taste of Chicago will have a sneak preview on Daley Plaza, Wednesday, June 10, 11am-2pm. Several of our newest participants will have food booths on the Plaza selling some of their Taste menu items. Plus, we’ll have a live performance from The Eli Story which appears at Taste of Chicago on June 26th at the Illinois Lottery Taste Stage.

BOMBS AWAY! A New Musical at Mary’s Attic

Bailiwick Repertory of Chicago presents Bombs Away!, a new musical by the creators of the Jeff Award-winning Dr. Kinsey musical, DR. SEX. Bombs Away! is an evening of musical numbers allegedly dropped from Broadways classic musicals, as presented by Dr. Barry Mishkin, America’s foremost Broadway musicologist.

Peaches Faison

Peaches Faison, awarded Billboards best New Vocalist for her first solo album Love Fire, is an accomplished soloist and voice-over artist. Inspired by the great gospel singers, her repertoire also includes jazz, opera, and various forms of popular music.

A Little Touch of Coward in the Night with Suzanne Petri

Jeff-nominated actress and singer Suzanne Petri celebrates the words and music of Sir Noel Coward (1899-1973) in honor of his 110th birthday. In a career that spanned two world wars and seventy-five years, Coward was an English composer, lyricist, playwright, screenwriter, actor, Las Vegas cabaret star and more, publishing more than 50 plays and composing hundreds of songs during his lifetime.

Women of Paris by Elizabeth Doyle and Claudia Hommel

Theres no better way to celebrate Bastille Day in Chicago this year than with cabaret artists Elizabeth Doyle and Claudia Hommel, as they reprise the show they originally performed at the Montmartre Museum in Paris.

Lucky Plush Productions presents In the Middle, Somwhat Replicated

From remote locations, Lucky Plush Productions (Chicago/Riverside) and Smith/Wymore Disappearing Acts (SF/Bay Area) have collaborated to create a thought-provoking and entertaining work through internet-mediated response videos on YouTube.

Spring Awakening

Hailed as the Best Musical of the Year by the NY Drama Critics Circle, the Drama Desk, the Outer Critics Circle and the Tony Awards, SPRING AWAKENING has emerged as the most talked about new musical on Broadway.

On Stage With…Joan Curto with Beckie Menzie

Joan Curto will make her Auditorium debut with Beckie Menzie on piano. Their brand-new show highlights the best of the American Songbook, with works by esteemed songwriters and entertainers like Berlin, Gershwin, Porter, Lennon and Gold. This show treats the audience to an unforgettable performance from a unique vantage point – the stage. Take a seat on stage, order a drink and enjoy the show!

500 Clown and the Elephant Deal

Inspired by (not based on) Bertolt Brecht’s Man is Man, 500 Clown and the Elephant Deal is an original theater production for adults with music, co-created with composer and lyricist John Fournier. A rocking three-piece band, an alluring Mistress of Ceremonies, and a daring stage crew have everything they need for a night of theatre except for the story, which has gone MIA.

Cy Twombly: The Natural World, Selected Works 20002007

The distinctive practice of Cy Twombly merges drawing, painting, writing, and symbolic gesture in the pursuit of a direct, intuitive form of expression. The more than 30 works in the Modern Wing’s Abbott Galleries inaugural exhibition speak from the artists enduring concern with the natural world, themes that have become increasingly prevalent in recent years.

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