Chicago's Hottest Things-To-See

Long-Running Major Museum Exhibits, Most-Popular Theatre Performances
If you are only in town for a short while, these are some of the "Must-See's" to include in your Chicago plans. They are major events in the city, but have a limited engagement. They belong on your short-list of things-to-see. Included among them are traveling exhibits, major theatre productions as well as other uniquely-Chicago events. Some are seasonal in nature, but all are worth a look. They are either here now or are coming soon.

Dates	Name	Location	Description
MUSEUM EXHIBITS
Open Run	The Ancient Americas	The Field Museum	The Field Museum’s ground-breaking new exhibition, The Ancient Americas, takes you on a journey through 13,000 years of human ingenuity and achievement in the western hemisphere, where hundreds of diverse societies thrived long before the arrival of Europeans.
Thru Summer 2008	Lizards & the Komodo King	John G. Shedd Aquarium 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60605 312.939.2438	The world’s largest lizard is making a first-time appearance in Chicago. And he’s not alone. Meet all his scaly cousins .
Open Run	Black Holes	Adler Planetarium 1300 S Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60605-2403 312.922.STAR	There's a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to an end.
Through Sept 1	The Glass Experience	Museum of Science & Industry 57th Street & Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60637 1 (773) 684-1414	Be prepared to be blown away in the Museum of Science and Industry’s new exhibit, The Glass Experience, which runs through September 1. This innovative and interactive exhibition reveals the science, craftsmanship and beauty that is the world of glass and glassmaking.
THEATRE PERFORMANCES
Tickets available through Dec. 31st	Jersey Boys (PREMIUM TICKETS)	LaSalle Bank Theatre 18 W Monroe Chicago, IL	Award winning best musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons. This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history.
Tickets available through Nov. 2nd	Wicked (PREMIUM TICKETS)	Ford Center for Performing Arts 24 W Randolph Chicago, IL	Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular.
Tickets available through Aug. 31st	The Blue Man Group (PREMIUM TICKETS)	Briar Street Theatre 3133 N Halsted Chicago, IL 773.348.4000	Featuring three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theatre, percussive music, art, science and vaudeville into a form of entertainment that is like nothing else.