Sunday picks: Disney dames come to life at the Akoo
Disney dames
The stories of “Cinderella,” “Snow White” and “Beauty and the Beast” come to life onstage in “Disney Live! Presents Three Classic Fairy Tales” at the Akoo Theatre, 5400 N. River Road, Rosemont. $15-$33.50; $47.50-$70 VIP or front-row seats. (800) 745-3000 or disneylive.com. 1 p.m. Sunday, March 18
Lego art
See Lego models of Geneva's historic Third Street at the Northern Illinois Lego Train Club exhibition at the Geneva History Center, 113 S. Third St., Geneva. See Geneva's downtown shops replicated in Legos. Admission is $5 for adults; $3 for Geneva History Center members and children. (630) 232-4951 or genevahistorycenter.org. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 18
Make them grow
Get tips and ideas on the latest gardening trends during the last day of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. $19. (312) 595-7437 or chicagoflower.com. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 18
Indoor blooms
Growers of indoor flora like African violets, primrose and lipstick plants won't want to miss the Northern Illinois Gesneriad Society Show & Sale at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. Free admission, but parking is $20 per car. (847) 835-5440 or chicagobotanic.org. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 18
Sit, Fido!
Alex Brooks, owner of the Alex Brooks Canine Center in Des Plaines, hosts a “Top Dog” dog behavior program at the Round Lake Area Public Library, 906 Hart Road, Round Lake. Learn how to guide your pet to its best behavior. Brooks will be joined by two of his own dogs for demonstrations. Note: No pets from the audience are allowed at the program. Free. (847) 546-7060 or rlalibrary.org. 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18
Midwest Dance Collective
The Midwest Dance Collective presents the theatrical dance concert “Your Guess is as Good as Mine,” with guest performers from the Barrington High School Orchesis dance team, at Barrington High School, 616 W. Main St., Barrington. Tickets cost $8-$10 and are available at the door. (847) 382-2789. 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 18
Operation integration
Gurnee resident and Shattered Globe member Doug McDade directs Clockwise Theatre's production of “Palmer Park,” by Joanna McClelland Glass. Set in 1967, just after race riots rocked Detroit, the drama is about two professional couples — one black, one white — who buy houses in the once tony suburb of Palmer Park, Mich., during integration's early days. See it at 221 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $16.50. (847) 775-1500 or clockwisetheatre.org. 3 p.m. Sunday, March 18
New Cerrudo
The Spring Series of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago continues this weekend with the world premiere of “Little mortal jump” by choreographer/dancer Alejandro Cerrudo, plus the returns of Sharon Eyal's “Too Beaucoup” and Alonzo King's “Following the Subtle Current Upstream” at Millennium Park's Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago. $25-$94. (312) 850-9744 or hubbardstreetdance.com. 3 p.m. Sunday, March 18
Belly dancing
The Pineapple Dance Studio presents a performance of the art of Middle Eastern belly dancing at the Ela Area Public Library, 275 Mohawk Trail, Lake Zurich. Free. No registration required. (847) 438-3433 or eapl.org. 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 18
‘National Romanticism' concert
The Northwest Symphony Orchestra presents its classical “National Romanticism” concert at Maine West High School Auditorium, 1755 S. Wolf Road, Des Plaines. $10-$20. (847) 895-7271 or northwestsymphony.org. 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 18
Gospel concert
The College of Lake County Gospel Choir performs at the Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. $4-$5. (847) 543-2300 or clcillinois.edu/tickets. 4 p.m. Sunday, March 18
Music in the Barn
Soprano Stephanie Sheffield, harpist Alison Attar and lutenist Joel Spears present a concert of songs and instrumental music from the Ars Nova to the early Renaissance period at the Byron Colby Barn at Prairie Crossing, 1561 Jones Point Road, Grayslake. Tickets cost $15 at the door. (847) 543-1202. 4 p.m. Sunday, March 18
‘Sleaze-rock' veterans
Faster Pussycat formed in the metal-crazed 1980s, specializing in a grimier, “glam-ier” form of metal that the band refers to as “sleaze rock.” The group hit it big with its self-titled debut album and its follow-up, “Wake Me When It's Over.” Over the years the band has added industrial elements to its sound and undergone a series of membership changes. The latest incarnation makes a stop at Penny Road Pub, 545 Penny Road, South Barrington, behind its most recent release, the live record “Front Row for the Donkey Show.” $12. Go to pennyroadpub.com. 5 p.m. Sunday, March 18