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.


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