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Saturday, January 05, 2013
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A Holiday Fantasea| Chicago |
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Multispecies holiday aquatic show features dolphins, beluga whales and a sea lion, accompanied by multicultural holiday music and festive backgrounds from around the world. The Oceanarium will be transformed with snow covered trees, rocks and twinkling lights. Special holiday costumed characters, including Santa, will make an appearance.
Where: John G. Shedd Aquarium
When: Call or visit the website for times
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: $2 with purchase of a Shedd Pass (Passes are $26.95, $19.95 seniors and kids 3-11)
Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit| Chicago |
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Exhibit explores Schulz's personal history and his role as the sole inspiration and artistic talent behind Peanuts and its unique cast of characters. Through original cartoons, reproductions and related Peanuts ephemera, guests see how characters were developed and evolved. Schulz's Santa Rosa, Calif. studio, recreated for the first time, allows for a deeper look into his work and life. Kids and families have a chance to exercise their own Schultz-like creativity with activities like making a zoetrope.
Where: Museum of Science and Industry
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: $5, $3 kids 3-11, plus admission
Backyard Monsters| Chicago |
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Exhibit challenges guests to communicate, move and live like bugs at interactive stations. Live insects are featured throughout the exhibition, plus larger-than-life robotic creatures allow visitors to observe the often overlooked beauty and complexity of the insect world.
Where: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Dinosaur Day| Elmhurst |
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A day of dinosaur related activities for all age levels. Activities include assembling large wooden dinosaur skeletons, excavating bones and assembling them, dinosaur floor puzzles and other games. Estimated time for each activity is 10 to 60 minutes.
Where: Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with museum admission
Snowflake's Learn to Skate Clinic| Gurnee |
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Snowflake "Learn to Skate" Clinics are an introduction to Rink Side's learn to skate classes. They are open to any child ages 2-11, there will be 30 minutes of instruction and 15 minutes of free time. There is a public session following the clinic and everyone can stay to skate! (Regular admission fees apply.) Sessions are held Dec. 26-29, 31, Jan. 2-5.
Where: Rink Side Ice Arena & Family Entertainment Center
When: 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Ages: Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary, Family/All Ages
Cost: $12 per clinic; skate rental $3
Winter Carnival| Glenview |
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Activities include daily family public skate sessions, pictures on the Zamboni, a charity hockey game, hockey and figure skating lessons, skating exhibitions, Sundaes on Sundays, Pancakes with Mickey and more. Special guest appearances include "Skates" the Chicago Wolves mascot, Ronald McDonald, Frosty the Snowman, Sponge Bob and Mickey.
Where: Glenview Ice Center
When: Check website for schedule
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Varies; check website
Blue Man Group| Chicago |
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Watch men painted blue do unusual performance art and original slapstick comedy. It's fun to sit in the front, but remember to wear a plastic poncho to avoid the flying food and liquids. Buy tickets at the box office, online, via Ticketmaster or by calling (773) 348-4000.
Where: Blue Man Group at Briar Street Theatre
When: Check website for performance schedule.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: $49-$69
The ComedySportz Crew Meets The Snow Queen| Chicago |
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The ComedySportz crew gets in the Imagination Machine to visit the Snow Queen, in this version of the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen. They'll meet a goblin who shatters a mirror that makes you only see bad things, a Summer Sorceress, who keeps it summer around her at all times, a Helpful Reindeer and a very confused married couple of Crows.
Where: ComedySportz Theatre
When: 11 a.m.-noon
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: $10, $7 kids
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical| Chicago |
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In a world where a trip to the Laundromat threatens to separate Trixie from her beloved bunny, a girl needs a hero to help--Dad. Can her parents understand what she's saying in time to rescue Knuffle Bunny? Performances run Oct. 2, 2012-Jan. 6, 2013.
Where: Emerald City Theatre Company
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: $16, $13 kids, limited number of $10 tickets available for all performances
Have You Seen My Daddy?| Chicago |
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Musical that chronicles the sociological effects upon youth from
fatherless homes and how they manage to uplift themselves in spite
of it. Kwanzaa week holiday performances are Dec. 26, 27, 28.
Regular run is Jan. 12-June 1, 2013.
Where: eta Creative Arts Foundation
When: 2 p.m.
Ages: Elementary, Tweens
Cost: $6
















