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Dates	Event Name/Description	Location	City	Event Type
01/01/11 -  01/01/13	Chicago Imagist and Abstractionist Art Elmhurst College is home to an extraordinary collection of works by Chicago Imagist and Abstractionist Artists. Focusing on artists working in Chicago from the 1950s to the present, the collection displays a broad range of artistic ideas and influences. From Ed Paschke's psychedelic colors to Roger Brown's dreamlike silhouettes, the collection represents what art critic James Yood called "the best single overview of art from 1966 to 1985 in any public institution." Please call the library for exhibit hours.	Elmhurst College A.C. Buehler Library	Elmhurst	Visual Arts
ONGOING	Champagne Sunday Brunch Executive Chef Carol Buckantz will present a truly lavish display of brunch fare every Sunday from 10:00am - 2:00pm. Familiar favorites will be found, in addition to newly added items, from entrees and side dishes to the Bananas Foster Station and Sundae Bar. Reservations are recommended, but not required. Tables may be reserved by calling 630-671-5013 or online through OpenTable.	Shiraz on the Water	Bloomingdale	Other
04/16/11 -  09/01/12	The Civil War and Dupage County: A Local Perspective This exhibit commemorates the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War by reflecting on the relationship between the soldiers and their families and friends during this time of dramatic change and hardship. Letters, photos and documents from the Museum's archives are featured as well as many artifacts from the permanent collection.	DuPage County Historical Museum	Wheaton	Visual Arts
06/28/11 -  09/01/12	"Jens Jensen: Landscapes for People" at The Morton Arboretum This exhibit features landscape drawings, archival photographs, and modern color photographs to introduce visitors to Jensen's philosophies. The exhibit demonstrates how Jensen's naturalistic, prairie-inspired style of landscape design has established him as a major figure in American landscape architecture and focuses on what Jensen always intended his landscapes to be for people. His landscapes thus emerge not only as sites of aesthetic beauty but as expressions of Jensen's theories of the social impact of landscape architecture. Sterling Morton Library. Closed Dec 24-25, and Dec 31.	The Morton Arboretum	Lisle	Visual Arts
ONGOING	Smokey Joe's Bar Burgers now $4.95 Join us in our bar Monday through Friday until 4pm. For a limited time we are offering our Smokey Joe's Bar Burger at $4.95 for a single, $6.95 for a double and $8.95 for a triple.	Weber Grill Restaurant's Smokey Joe's Bar	Lombard	Other
ONGOING	Weber Grill Restaurant Happy Hour Menu Join us in our bar or our bar patio from 3pm-6pm Monday through Friday for great happy hour food specials and all day drink specials!	Weber Grill Restaurant Smokey Joe's Bar	Lombard	Other
ONGOING	Weber Grill Restaurant Live Music Fridays Join us in our bar every Friday night for live music starting at 6pm. Our bar has its own patio and special bar menu. Come check it out!	Weber Grill Restaurant Smokey Joe's Bar	Lombard	Other
09/02/11 -  09/02/12	Vanishing Acts: Trees Under Threat Now we see them & for how long? Explore the precarious plight of the world's trees in "Vanishing Acts: Trees Under Threat." This new outdoor exhibit premiers at The Morton Arboretum and travels to other arboreta and botanical gardens across the U.S. Learn how trees enrich our lives, explore the forces that threaten them, and find out how you can help these endangered trees. Free with Arboretum admission. All ages. Conifer Collection. Daily, September 2, 2011 - September 2, 2012: 7 a.m. to sunset	The Morton Arboretum	Lisle	Other
10/28/11 -  02/26/12	Sacred Arts Exhibit: Picturing the Parables Picturing the Parables: When God Told Stories, is a collection of artwork by 20 contemporary artists uniquely presenting the parables of Christ using time-honored and non-traditional art forms. Works vary from narrative depiction to abstract interpretation. Explore anew the compelling stories of Jesus. Reflect on God's vast love for mankind. Be inspired at the Billy Graham Center Museum.	Billy Graham Center Museum	Wheaton	Visual Arts
11/01/11 -  02/29/12	"Gnome Hunt" at The Morton Arboretum We've lost our gnomes! Search for gnomes in the Children's Garden this winter in "Gnome Hunt." Bring your best "I Spy" skills to find all the gnomes hidden throughout the garden. We'll provide a checklist so you can keep track of them. This is a self-guided discovery activity. All ages. Children's Garden. Free with Arboretum admission. November 1-February 29: (weather permitting) 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.	The Morton Arboretum	Lisle	Other
11/05/11 -  04/30/12	Girl Scouts: Our Promise --Exhibit at DuPage County Historical Museum The DuPage County Historical Museum, in collaboration with the Girl Scouts of America, celebrates the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting with a fascinating exhibit. This exhibit will trace the highlights of the past 100 years using uniforms, photos and artifacts from the Girl Scouts collection. Free admission. Share your girl scout story at www.dupagemuseum.org.	DuPage County Historical Museum	Wheaton	Other
12/01/11 -  02/28/12	"Cool Kids Winter Play" at The Morton Arboretum Tired of hibernating indoors? Kids head outdoors for an exhilarating afternoon of outdoor fun at "Cool Kids Winter Play." Bundle them up and experience this 15-minute guided glimpse into a winter wonderland with activities that may include building snow forts, snowmen and a garden scavenger hunt. All ages. Free with Arboretum admission. The Children's Garden. Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays December - February: 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. (weather permitting)	The Morton Arboretum	Lisle	Seasonal
12/02/11 -  03/30/12	"Arbor Reading Adventures" at The Morton Arboretum A magical reading adventure! "Arbor Reading Adventures" offers your kids an interactive story time and fun crafts indoors before your young adventurers head out on the grounds for a winter walk! Themes change each week. Suggested for ages 3-5; adults must accompany children. Sterling Morton Library. Wednesdays and Fridays December - March: 11-11:45 a.m.	The Morton Arboretum	Lisle	Other
01/06/12 -  03/24/12	David Weinberg: Mr. Wild's Garden Mr. Wild's Garden is photographer David Weinberg's provocative re-envisioning of his mysterious childhood neighbor, Mr. Wild. Weinberg's narrative body of photographs tells a story about a dilapidated greenhouse, a yard of towering weeds and a solitary, enigmatic man who inspired a range of emotionally charged images. Weinberg's exhibition acts as a meditation on the natural process of growth, overgrowth and decay. The series explores the passage of time through a sequence of photographs shot from different perspectives-the frightened and cautiously curious child, the old neighbor and the weeds themselves. The veil of fogged glass and strewn plastic camouflage a remembered reality, mimicking the murky atmosphere of early recollections. Mr. Wild's Garden evolved from the series Deconstruction, an exploration of greenhouse architecture in winter. The unchecked growth of a greenhouse in off-season sparked the enduring memory of Weinberg's strange neighbor. Please join us for an artists led talk with Executive Director Phyllis O'Neill on Friday, Febuary 17, 2012 at 6:30 pm. This program is free and open to the public.	Elmhurst Art Museum	Elmhurst	Visual Arts
01/13/12 -  03/10/12	Carolyn Ottmers: Splice Splice, Carolyn Ottmers' installation of hanging vines and branches cast in stainless steel create a canopy of silver growth in EAM's Hostetler Gallery. A hybrid of organic form, technical process and the use of specialized material, plant life that thrives in urban environments inspires the sculptures-like veins breaking through cracks in a sidewalk to clamber up inhospitable concrete walls. Through a mastery of metal casting, Ottmers uses multiples to reflect her interest in the diversity of nature and the industrial production of objects. The construction of Ottmers' sculpture becomes the intervention of seasonal change by disrupting and freezing organic subjects into immutable objects.	Elmhurst Art Museum	Elmhurst	Visual Arts
01/13/12 -  03/10/12	Molly McCracken Kumar: Blooming Atmosphere Molly McCracken Kumar contemplates the birth, death and regeneration of the natural world in her exuberant paintings. McCracken Kumar's paintings embody themes from Hindu philosophy and spirituality. Her whimsical compositions represent Shiva's cosmic dance of the dynamic tension and change of the universe. McCracken Kumar says she "experiences this dynamic tension most keenly while gardening and observing plants." Her garden becomes a visual reference that gives form to her spirituality. McCracken Kumar translates delicately painted flowers, vines and plants into celestial transcendence. Through her paintings, McCracken Kumar searches for tranquility as a way to find balance and rest within the constant movement of her everyday life. McCracken Kumar's final images are kinetic yet calm embodiments of her painting process. Please join us for a lecture by Dan Addington about the artwork of Molly McCracken Kumar on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 6:30 pm. This program is free and open to the public.	Elmhurst Art Museum	Elmhurst	Visual Arts
01/13/12 -  03/13/12	Meghan Q. McCook: Terra Hive Meghan Q. McCook's Terra Hive series of blown glass terrariums seamlessly blend artistic exploration with functional craft. McCook creates flowing organic environments by blowing hot glass into a copper-wire structures. With the higher melting temperature of wire, the frame stays intact as the molten glass billows around the structure. McCook relies on the natural fluidity of hot glass to reveal her process, and infuses the work with personal history or memory. The inclusion of epiphytes, or air plants, adds layers of physicality to the work. The seductive, brightly colored flowering plants and their intricate leaving and rooting formations intuitively match the sensual and natural forms created by the glass.	Elmhurst Art Museum	Elmhurst	Visual Arts
01/13/12 -  03/31/12	Stephen Eichhorn: Floral Burst Chicago artist Stephen Eichhorn creates delicate hand-cut paper collages from photos of foliage-palm fronds, grasses, leaves and flowers. Quiet and poetic, Eichhorn's work radiates a complex harmony between the natural and handmade world. Eichhorn's new work has on black backgrounds creates a floating image in cosmic space. Though complexly layered and intuitively organized, the work exudes a simple elegance. Eichhorn's floral arrangements suggest an underlying structural rhythm to growth, adaptation and accumulation. The painstaking and delicate method Eichhorn uses to make his pieces mirrors the natural process of fertilization, evolution and exuberant proliferation. Eichhorn's new work begins to loosen his collage style, reducing or abandoning framework and creating draping compositions. The work embodies the delicate architecture of orchid petals and his larger free-form installations take on the appearance of blankets quilted from Japanese maple leaves. Please join us for a panel discussion with Stephen Eichhorn, Cody Hudson and Luke Batten, moderated by curator Aaron Ott on March 2, 2012 at 6:30 pm. This program is free and open to the public.	Elmhurst Art Museum	Elmhurst	Visual Arts
01/19/12 -  03/11/12	Moonlight and Magnolias Prepare yourself to be locked in a room for five days with nothing to eat but bananas and peanuts as legendary producer David O. Selznick, famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and Wizard of Oz director Victor Fleming craft a troubled screenplay into one of the finest films of all time. It's the behind-the-scenes glimpse of Gone With the Wind seen through the eyes of these comical and desperate creators in 1939 Hollywood. Rating: PG13 due to strong language. PEANUT ALLERGY ALERT: Peanuts and peanut shells are an integral part of this production and will be used on stage. Directed by Dennis Zacek, one of Chicago's most acclaimed directors. Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Thursdays, February 2 & 16, 2pm. Tickets: $32-$42.	Fox Valley Repertory at Pheasant Run Resort	St. Charles	Performing Arts
01/19/12 -  03/25/12	Gypsy Winner of three Tony Awards, "GYPSY" is considered by many critics to be the greatest American musical ever written. "Gypsy" is based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, a famous burlesque stripper. This show tells the story of Rose, an overbearing stage mother who is determined to break into the big time by pushing a vaudeville career onto her two daughters.	Drury Lane Theatre	Oakbrook Terrace	Performing Arts
01/22/12 -  02/17/12	Preston Jackson: Paintings and Sculpture - Inside the Outside Preston Jackson's work is about the life of a people whose history and culture were ignored by and considered to be irrelevant to most Americans. As a painter, sculptor and art educator, Jackson tells the stories of his people and communicates their universal truths to all members of society. Jackson is emeritus professor of sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Artist in Residence at Bradley University. He was selected as the 1998 Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, the highest honor given to individuals in the state. The exhibit is free and open to the public. (630) 617-6110 Founders Lounge, Frick Center, Elmhurst College (190 Prospect Ave., www.elmhurst.edu/campusmap) Public Reception: Founders Lounge, Frick Center Thursday, February 9th, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. with Artist's Talk at 5 p.m.	Founders Lounge, Frick Center, Elmhurst College	Elmhurst	Visual Arts
01/24/12 -  03/18/12	Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow Exhibit The dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 marked the end of World War II but resulted in a new threat: the uncertainty of the Atomic Age. This traveling exhibition from Exhibits USA explores the ways in which Americans lived with the daily fear of atomic war, and how government responded to the growth of atomic powers and the onset of the Cold War. Through interesting period artifacts and displays, Alert Today shows how Americans were inundated with multi-media propaganda that warned of the dangers of atomic energy and reflected a nervous public and shifting global politics.	Elmhurst Historical Museum	Elmhurst	Visual Arts
01/26/12 -  02/25/12	Classic Cinemas Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Annual Predict The Oscars Contest Billy Crystal for the ninth time is hosting Hollywood's big event - the 84th Oscars - at the Kodak Theatre, and now it's YOUR turn to predict who will take home those golden trophies. Moviegoers will have their pick from some of the most memorable movies of the year during Classic Cinemas "Predict the Oscars" contest. The Grand Prize Winner will receive FREE movies for two for an entire year at any Classic Cinemas theatre location along with a gift card valued at $200, good at any of the 21 Chicagoland Francesca Restaurants. Entrants choose from among the nominees in the categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Animated Film. Each of the thirteen Classic Cinemas locations will select one correct ballot for entry in the Grand Prize drawing. The remaining 12 Second Place winners will each receive a movie pass for one for the entire year. Additionally, every correct entry will receive a pair of tickets to the Brookfield Zoo and a pair of movie passes to any Classic Cinemas location. Patrons can complete and deposit their ballot in the lobby of any of the 13 Classic Cinemas theatres starting Friday, January 27, 2012, and continuing through Saturday, February 25, 2012. Entrants must be at least 16 years old, and only one entry per day is allowed. Contest rules are on back of ballots and posted in the theatre lobbies. The "Predict The Oscars" contest is co-sponsored by Brookfield Zoo and Francesca's Restaurants.	Tivoli Theatre	Downers Grove	Performing Arts
01/26/12 -  02/25/12	Classic Cinemas Rolls Out The Red Carpet For Annual Predict The Oscars Contest Billy Crystal for the ninth time is hosting Hollywood's big event - the 84th Oscars - at the Kodak Theatre, and now it's YOUR turn to predict who will take home those golden trophies. Moviegoers will have their pick from some of the most memorable movies of the year during Classic Cinemas "Predict the Oscars" contest. The Grand Prize Winner will receive FREE movies for two for an entire year at any Classic Cinemas theatre location along with a gift card valued at $200, good at any of the 21 Chicagoland Francesca Restaurants. Entrants choose from among the nominees in the categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Animated Film. Each of the thirteen Classic Cinemas locations will select one correct ballot for entry in the Grand Prize drawing. The remaining 12 Second Place winners will each receive a movie pass for one for the entire year. Additionally, every correct entry will receive a pair of tickets to the Brookfield Zoo and a pair of movie passes to any Classic Cinemas location. Patrons can complete and deposit their ballot in the lobby of any of the 13 Classic Cinemas theatres starting Friday, January 27, 2012, and continuing through Saturday, February 25, 2012. Entrants must be at least 16 years old, and only one entry per day is allowed. Contest rules are on back of ballots and posted in the theatre lobbies. The "Predict The Oscars" contest is co-sponsored by Brookfield Zoo and Francesca's Restaurants.	York Theatre	Elmhurst	Performing Arts
01/31/12 -  02/28/12	New Exhibits for Black History Month In honor of Black History Month, the Peck Homestead is exhibiting new information about the Underground Railroad history at the house and one of the Freedom Seekers who stopped there. A painting by Sheldon Peck's daughter Susan of what is believed to be "Old Charley," a Freedom Seeker who knew the Pecks, is on display for 2012. In addition, more information about the Peck family will be on display as well. The Sheldon Peck Homestead will be open for free tours beginning January 31, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday from 1-4pm. Groups are welcome to make an appointment for a private viewing of the museum by calling 630-629-1885. The Sheldon Peck Homestead part of the National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The Peck Homestead is currently the only site in Chicagoland listed on the Network to Freedom, a national verifiable listing of Underground Railroad sites and history.	Sheldon Peck Homestead	Lombard	Seasonal
02/01/12 -  02/05/12	"Cool Kids Winter Play" Kid-friendly projects. A free chocolate-themed kid's even - "Cool Kids Winter Play," is on tap for February 1, 3, 4, & 5 at 11 am & 1 pm in the Children's Garden.	The Morton Arboretum	Lisle	Other
02/01/12 -  02/29/12	"Chocolate Exhibit" at The Morton Arboretum Tiny but mighty! The "Chocolate Exhibit" is a mini display highlighting the growing, harvesting and production process of chocolate. After shopping for chocolate items in the Arboretum Store or warming up with a hot cup of cocoa after a nice walk, take a look at this kiosk to learn about chocolate and its relationship to trees. All ages. Free with Arboretum admission. Visitor Center. Daily in February: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.	The Morton Arboretum	Lisle	Other
02/01/12 -  02/29/12	"Chocolate Products" at The Arboretum Store We love chocolate! So much so that the Arboretum Store has a flurry of chocolate-themed products available in the store. Come see what wonderful items come from chocolate. All ages. Costs per item. The Arboretum Store.	The Morton Arboretum	Lisle	Other
02/01/12 -  02/29/12	"Film Noir and the Still Photo" at The Morton Arboretum Love classic film and photography? "Film Noir and the Still Photo" combines these two passions! Discuss legendary 1940s film noir with photographers Willard Clay and Chris Aquino and view the first film of this genre Citizen Kane. Then learn how to apply these techniques to your still photography. Thornhill Education Center. Wednesdays, February 1-29: 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.	The Morton Arboretum	Lisle	Visual Arts
02/01/12 -  02/29/12	Wow Her with the Perfect Accompaniment to Chocolate Her eyes. Her smile. Her laugh. Whatever it is you love most about her, a gift card from Eaglewood Resort & Spa this Valentine's Day is sure to light up that special feature just for you. From papmering spa treatments to sumptuous cuisine to the indulgent luxury of a AAA Four Diamond resort, she'll love every moment of her Eaglewood escape. And, for the month of romance, enjoy special bonuses for the perfect romantic escape! Receive a free $25 gift certificat when you purchase a $150 gift card, or enjoy a free night's stay with a $300 gift card purchase.	Eaglewood Resort & Spa	Itasca	Seasonal