Trip Weekend

1. The Ancient Americas @ Field Museum

   Ongoing

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2. Queer Interiors and Phthalo Blue @ Hyde Park Art Center

   Through 11/16

3. Shoot for the Moon @ Adler Planetarium

   Ongoing

4. Smart Home: Green + Wired @ Museum of Science and Industry

   Aug. 1-Jan. 4 2009

5. Strings @ Hyde Park Art Center

   Through 10/19

6. The Things They Carried @ National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum

   Through October

7. The Leaf and the Page @ Illinois Artisans Shop

   Through 1/16

8. "Express" talks @ Art Institute of Chicago

   Fridays, 2-2:30 p.m., Thursdays, Fridays, 5:30-6 & 7-7:30 p.m. and Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m.

9. Baby Wants Candy: The Rock Musical @ Apollo Theater

   Fridays, 10:30 p.m.

10. The Chicago Comedy Series @ Apollo Theater

    Through 11/15: Fri-Sat 8 PM

11. The Edge Comedy Club @ Chicago Center for the Performing Arts

    Saturdays, 9 p.m.

12. The Improvised Shakespeare Company @ iO

    Fridays, 8 p.m.

13. pHamily the Musical @ Studio BE Theatre

    Through 6/2: Sat 10 PM,

14. Pimprov @ Chemically Imbalanced Theater

    Fridays, 10:30 p.m.

15. Candide @ Stage 773

    Through 11/2: Fri-Sat 7:45 PM, Sun 2:30 PM

16. Late Nite Catechism @ Royal George Theatre Center

    Thursdays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

17. Wicked @ Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre

    Through 1/25: Tue 7:30 PM, Wed 2 and 7:30 PM, Thu 7:30 PM, Fri 8 PM, Sat 2 and 8 PM, Sun 2 PM,

18. Co-Ed Prison Sluts @ Annoyance Theatre

    Through 10/31: Fri 10:01 PM

19. The Painted Bird @ Field Museum

    Sept. 12-Jan. 4 2009

20. Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters @ Field Museum

    Aug. 1-Jan. 4 2009

21. Ancient Lands, Modern Battles @ National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum

    Aug. 13-Oct. 31 2008

22. Blue Man Group @ Briar Street Theatre

    Thursdays-Sundays

23. Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story

    Through 11/2: Wed 2 and 7:30 PM, Thu 7:30 PM, Fri 8 PM, Sat 2 and 8 PM, Sun 2 PM

24. Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago @ Art Institute of Chicago

    Sept. 6-Dec. 15 2008

25. Alexander Calder @ Museum of Contemporary Art

    Aug. 1-Feb. 28 2009

26. Everything’s Here: Jeff Koons and His Experience of Chicago @ Museum of Contemporary Art

    Aug. 1-Oct. 19 2008

27. Evolving Planet @ Field Museum

    Ongoing

28. The Extreme Green House @ Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

    Ongoing

29. Fast Forward . . . Inventing the Future @ Museum of Science and Industry

    Ongoing

30. Vincent Fecteau @ Art Institute of Chicago

    Sept. 11-Nov. 30 2008

31. Against Me!, Ted Leo + Pharmacists, Future of the Left @ Riviera Theatre

    Fri., Oct. 17, 7 p.m. 2008

32. B-52s @ Star Plaza Theatre

    Fri., Oct. 17, 8 p.m. 2008

33. Alejandro Escovedo, Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra, Satin Peaches @ Park West

    Fri., Oct. 17, 8 p.m. 2008

34. Rufus Wainwright @ the Venue at Horseshoe Casino

    Fri., Oct. 17, 8 p.m. 2008

35. Old Crow Medicine Show @ Riviera Theatre

    Sat., Oct. 18, 8 p.m. 2008

36. Idol Anxiety @ Smart Museum of Art

    Aug. 13-Nov. 12 2008

37. Museum tours @ Museum of Contemporary Art

    Wednesdays-Fridays, 1 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m., 12, 1 & 2 p.m. and Tuesdays, 1 & 6 p.m.

38. R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) @ Strawdog Theatre Company

    Through 10/25: Thu-Sat 8 PM, Sun 7 PM