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Chicago Tribune
November 26, 1999
Column: Be there. Our picks for a week's worth of fun.
HAPPY HOLIDAY
Author: Steve Knopper.
Edition: CHICAGO SPORTS FINAL
Section: FRIDAY
Page: 3
Index Terms:
CHICAGO
HOLIDAY
RECREATION
GUIDELINE
Estimated printed pages: 3
Correction: Additional material published Nov. 30, 1999:
Corrections and clarifications.
The location and phone number for Mary Edsey's slide-and-lecture
adaptation of her book, "The Best Christmas Decorations
in Chicagoland," were incorrect in Friday's Be There listing. The free
event begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the World Cafe
and Visitors Center of Eli's Cheesecake World, 6701 W. Forest
Preserve Drive, Harwood Heights. 312-744-6222. The
Tribune regrets the error.
Article Text:
In a Christmas world, eight days of Hanukkah aren't enough. Here
are a few programs for those who celebrate the Feast of
Lights (sundown on Dec. 3), followed by other holiday happenings
Do-It-Yourself Hanukkah," featuring musician, rabbi and former
host of "The Magic Door" Joseph R. Black, the Maxwell
Street Klezmer Band, and prayer-melody composer Jeff Klepper,
plus a puppet show and arts and crafts, begins at 6 p.m.
Saturday at the Chicago Folk Center, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave.
Tickets: $14-$18. 773-728-6000.
Hanukkah celebration, with storyteller Susan Stone and Listen Up!
A Cappella, at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Chicago Cultural
Center's Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E. Washington St. Free.
312-744-1424.
"Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins," featuring the Maxwell Street
Klezmer Band, at 1 p.m. Sunday at the North Shore
Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie.
$8-$10. 847-673-6300.
Chicago's 86th annual tree-lighting ceremony - last year's tree stood
80 feet tall, with 10,000 lights and 1,000 ornaments -
begins at 4 p.m. Friday at Daley Plaza, Washington and Dearborn
Streets. Free. 312-744-3315. (Downtown was supposed
to officially freeze at 9 a.m. Friday with Skate on State - and at
Navy Pier, Grant Park and other locations - the annual free
ice-skating rinks that run through Feb. 27. But due to unseasonally
warm weather, that's been postponed until sometime next
week.... We'll report next issue.)
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular (envision elves with long,
shapely legs - otherwise known as the Rockettes; pictured
below) opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400
N. River Rd., Rosemont. The show runs through Dec. 30,
times vary. Tickets: $24.50-$56.50. 312-559-1212 (Ticketmaster).
Mercado Navideno, with music and a "festive atmosphere," begins
at 10 a.m. Saturday (through Dec. 5) at the Mexican Fine
Arts Center Museum, 1852 W. 19th St. Free. 312-738-1503.
Clairvoyant Joanna Ammons will penetrate
even the most stoic of father's brains for
the ultimate gift idea, beginning at noon
Saturday (through Dec. 18) at the Psychic
Aid Station in Gurnee Mills, 6170 W.
Grand Ave., Gurnee. 847-263-7500.
"The Best Christmas Decorations in Chicagoland," Mary Edsey's
(left) slide-and-lecture adaptation of her book, begins at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Chicago Public Library, 400 S. State St.
Free. 312-747-4050.
All it takes is 33 boys from Moscow to make up a choir, and The
Moscow Boys Choir will sing festive holiday carols in a
program titled "Christmas Around the World" at 3 p.m. Sunday at
the Paramount Arts Centre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. Tickets:
$17.50-$19.50; 630-896-6666. The Vienna Choir Boys,
celebrating its 500th anniversary in show business, sings a
Christmas concert at 8 p.m. Friday at Dominican University, 7900
W. Division St., River Forest. Tickets: $22.
708-524-6942.
Historian and folk artist Lee Murdock (right) sings "Christmas Ship"
songs at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Chicago Public
Library's auditorium, 400 S. State St. Free. 312-747-4050. (It's
also at 8 p.m. Saturday at the College of DuPage's Arts
Center, 22nd Street between Lambert Road and Park Boulevard, in
Glen Ellyn. Tickets: $14-$15. 630-942-4000.)
The Chicago Architecture Foundation's holiday walking tour hops
between decked out lobbies such as The Palmer House
and Symphony Center. It begins at 5 p.m. Thursday (and every
Thursday through Jan. 6, not counting the week before
Christmas) at the Wacker lobby of the Sears Tower, 233 S.
Wacker Drive. Tickets: $5. 312-922-3432.
The Holiday Candlelight Concert, with the American Concerto
Orchestra (Stephen Burns, conductor), turns Christmas into
classicalmas at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James Cathedral, 65 E.
Huron St. Tickets: $25. 773-772-5463.
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Send inquiries to hlajewski@tribune.com
Caption:
PHOTO: (Rockettes.)
PHOTO: (Mary Edsey.)
PHOTO: (Lee Murdock.)
PHOTOS 3
Copyright 1999, Chicago Tribune
Record Number: CTR9911300335
November 26, 1999
Column: Be there. Our picks for a week's worth of fun.
HAPPY HOLIDAY
Author: Steve Knopper.
Edition: CHICAGO SPORTS FINAL
Section: FRIDAY
Page: 3
Index Terms:
CHICAGO
HOLIDAY
RECREATION
GUIDELINE
Estimated printed pages: 3
Correction: Additional material published Nov. 30, 1999:
Corrections and clarifications.
The location and phone number for Mary Edsey's slide-and-lecture
adaptation of her book, "The Best Christmas Decorations
in Chicagoland," were incorrect in Friday's Be There listing. The free
event begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the World Cafe
and Visitors Center of Eli's Cheesecake World, 6701 W. Forest
Preserve Drive, Harwood Heights. 312-744-6222. The
Tribune regrets the error.
Article Text:
In a Christmas world, eight days of Hanukkah aren't enough. Here
are a few programs for those who celebrate the Feast of
Lights (sundown on Dec. 3), followed by other holiday happenings
Do-It-Yourself Hanukkah," featuring musician, rabbi and former
host of "The Magic Door" Joseph R. Black, the Maxwell
Street Klezmer Band, and prayer-melody composer Jeff Klepper,
plus a puppet show and arts and crafts, begins at 6 p.m.
Saturday at the Chicago Folk Center, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave.
Tickets: $14-$18. 773-728-6000.
Hanukkah celebration, with storyteller Susan Stone and Listen Up!
A Cappella, at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Chicago Cultural
Center's Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E. Washington St. Free.
312-744-1424.
"Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins," featuring the Maxwell Street
Klezmer Band, at 1 p.m. Sunday at the North Shore
Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie.
$8-$10. 847-673-6300.
Chicago's 86th annual tree-lighting ceremony - last year's tree stood
80 feet tall, with 10,000 lights and 1,000 ornaments -
begins at 4 p.m. Friday at Daley Plaza, Washington and Dearborn
Streets. Free. 312-744-3315. (Downtown was supposed
to officially freeze at 9 a.m. Friday with Skate on State - and at
Navy Pier, Grant Park and other locations - the annual free
ice-skating rinks that run through Feb. 27. But due to unseasonally
warm weather, that's been postponed until sometime next
week.... We'll report next issue.)
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular (envision elves with long,
shapely legs - otherwise known as the Rockettes; pictured
below) opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400
N. River Rd., Rosemont. The show runs through Dec. 30,
times vary. Tickets: $24.50-$56.50. 312-559-1212 (Ticketmaster).
Mercado Navideno, with music and a "festive atmosphere," begins
at 10 a.m. Saturday (through Dec. 5) at the Mexican Fine
Arts Center Museum, 1852 W. 19th St. Free. 312-738-1503.
Clairvoyant Joanna Ammons will penetrate
even the most stoic of father's brains for
the ultimate gift idea, beginning at noon
Saturday (through Dec. 18) at the Psychic
Aid Station in Gurnee Mills, 6170 W.
Grand Ave., Gurnee. 847-263-7500.
"The Best Christmas Decorations in Chicagoland," Mary Edsey's
(left) slide-and-lecture adaptation of her book, begins at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Chicago Public Library, 400 S. State St.
Free. 312-747-4050.
All it takes is 33 boys from Moscow to make up a choir, and The
Moscow Boys Choir will sing festive holiday carols in a
program titled "Christmas Around the World" at 3 p.m. Sunday at
the Paramount Arts Centre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. Tickets:
$17.50-$19.50; 630-896-6666. The Vienna Choir Boys,
celebrating its 500th anniversary in show business, sings a
Christmas concert at 8 p.m. Friday at Dominican University, 7900
W. Division St., River Forest. Tickets: $22.
708-524-6942.
Historian and folk artist Lee Murdock (right) sings "Christmas Ship"
songs at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Chicago Public
Library's auditorium, 400 S. State St. Free. 312-747-4050. (It's
also at 8 p.m. Saturday at the College of DuPage's Arts
Center, 22nd Street between Lambert Road and Park Boulevard, in
Glen Ellyn. Tickets: $14-$15. 630-942-4000.)
The Chicago Architecture Foundation's holiday walking tour hops
between decked out lobbies such as The Palmer House
and Symphony Center. It begins at 5 p.m. Thursday (and every
Thursday through Jan. 6, not counting the week before
Christmas) at the Wacker lobby of the Sears Tower, 233 S.
Wacker Drive. Tickets: $5. 312-922-3432.
The Holiday Candlelight Concert, with the American Concerto
Orchestra (Stephen Burns, conductor), turns Christmas into
classicalmas at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James Cathedral, 65 E.
Huron St. Tickets: $25. 773-772-5463.
----------
Send inquiries to hlajewski@tribune.com
Caption:
PHOTO: (Rockettes.)
PHOTO: (Mary Edsey.)
PHOTO: (Lee Murdock.)
PHOTOS 3
Copyright 1999, Chicago Tribune
Record Number: CTR9911300335
