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Weekend picks: Time's running out to see Charlie Brown at MSI

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A 1950s drawing of "Peanuts" character Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz is part of "Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit" at the Museum of Science and Industry.

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An animatronic model of an Allosaurus is displayed during a previous "Discover the Dinosaurs" show, which returns to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.

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The Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Players perform Schoenfield's Cafe Music for Piano Trio and Faure's Piano Quartet No. 1 in a concert at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Park Ridge.

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Chicago singer/songwriter Heather Styka headlines the Two Way Street Coffee House in Downers Grove on Friday, Jan. 18.

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Comedian Paul Reiser returns this weekend to Zanies Comedy Club in Rosemont.

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You only have a few weeks left to get an up-close look at the legendary comic strip characters that Charles M. Schulz created in "Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit" at the Museum of Science and Industry. The Young Rapscallions, with drummer Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin from "Superbad"), make a stop at the Montrose Room Friday. Buffalo Theatre stages Steve Martin's adaptation of “The Underpants” at College of DuPage.