August 10, 2018
Friday

Headliners

1:20 pm Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals Wrigley Field. MLB Baseball Game. 773-404-2827
7:10 pm Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Indians Guaranteed Rate Field. MLB Baseball Game. 312-674-1000

Festivals

11:00 am-
9:00 pm
Chicago Hot Dog Fest Lincoln Park. While sampling hot dogs from more than a dozen vendors people can also partake in cold beer and decadent desserts, while a tasty...
5:30 pm-
9:00 pm
Ginza Holiday Midwest Buddhist Temple. The Ginza Holiday Festival is a large Japanese cultural festival featuring skilled craftsmen from Japan demonstrating...

The Arts

6:30 pm-
8:30 pm
Water Colors: Let Freedom Sing Lake Stage. Performing a free, all-ages concert, part of Water Colors, a free live jazz music series presented in partnership with the Jazz...
7:30 pm Hamilton CIBC Theatre. A musical story about the life and very interesting times of Alexander Hamilton.
7:30 pm On The Run II: Beyonce & Jay-Z Soldier Field. Performing live in concert.
7:30 pm Heartbreak Hotel Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place. The tender story of Elvis Presley in the early years of his career as he and Sam Phillips create...
8:00 pm Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play The Public House Theater. Outrageous interactive comedy revolving around the joys and pitfalls of boozing in the windy city. Yep, it's just...
8:00 pm Bible Bingo Royal George Theatre. The audience shares stories about religion in society while playing seven games of Bingo and winning prizes...
8:00 pm The Factory Theater Presents "Lametown and the Adventures of Spirit Force Five" The Factory Theater. When a cheerleading squad is called upon to save the parallel universe of Lej, they must summon their collective team...
8:00 pm "The Lady Demands Satisfaction" Open Caption Weekend City Lit Theater. All performances of The Lady Demands Satisfaction feature open captioning by Caption Point, on a screen provided by the...
8:00 pm Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Drury Lane Theatre and Conference Center, Oakbrook Terrace. A birthday party brings a family's skeletons to the surface as each one...
10:00 pm Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play The Public House Theater. Outrageous interactive comedy revolving around the joys and pitfalls of boozing in the windy city. Yep, it's just...

Sports

1:20 pm Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals Wrigley Field. MLB Baseball Game. 773-404-2827
7:10 pm Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Indians Guaranteed Rate Field. MLB Baseball Game. 312-674-1000

For Children

8:00 am-
6:00 pm
Open Play Days My Corner Playroom. Corner Playroom is a Parent/Caregiver supervised indoor play place for kids ages 6 months to 5 years... 773-388-2121
10:00 am Studio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000
1:00 pm Studio Drop In The DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville. Each session will explore alternating math, science, and art-related projects... 630-637-8000

Community

6:00 am-
7:30 am
Silent Sitting Inner Metamorphosis University - IMU. The thoughts and feelings that might arise during the silent sitting are simply to... 773-262-1468
8:00 pm-
12:00 am
Cocktails and Clay Hyde Park Art Center. Imagine happy hour... with clay! Join us at the Hyde Park Art Center for a night of mud-mashing, dance partying... 773-324-5520
Judy Istock Butterfly Haven Notebaert Nature Museum. The Judy Istock Butterfly Haven features a kaleidoscope of butterflies with 75 species from around... 773-755-5100
River Works Notebaert Nature Museum. Splash through this waterplay experience and learn about Chicago's waterways and how they support... 773-755-5100
Mysteries of the Marsh Notebaert Nature Museum. Explore the variety of local wetlands and the creatures that live there and find out why these increasingly... 773-755-5100
Wilderness Walk Notebaert Nature Museum. Three meticulously re-created environments in Wilderness Walk immerse visitors in a prairie, savanna... 773-755-5100
Hands-on Habitat Notebaert Nature Museum. Hands-on Habitat invites budding naturalists (ages 3 - 7) to explore the secret world of animal homes... 773-755-5100
The Extreme Green House Notebaert Nature Museum. The Extreme Green House explains how our homes are linked to nature and offers recycling tips... 773-755-5100
Istock Family Look-in Animal Lab Notebaert Nature Museum. A detailed look at our native wetlands and their residents. 773-755-5100