Weekend picks: Russell Peters is Almost Famous
Canadian candidate
Canadian comedian Russell Peters puts in two bids to become more of a household name with his Almost Famous World Tour playing twice this weekend at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., Chicago. $48.50-$63.50. (800) 745-3000 or thechicagotheatre.com. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12
Teen screens
The One Direction: Where We Are The Concert Event promises loads of games, activities, products and displays for toddlers up to teenagers on today and Monday at select participating movie theaters in the suburbs ranging from Batavia to Gurnee. $15. fathomevents.com. 12:55 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Oct. 12 and 13
Words vs. music
A poet and a composer proclaim their love to a widowed countess in Richard Strauss' final opera “Capriccio,” which begins a seven-performance run with American star soprano Renée Fleming (who memorably sang the national anthem at the 2014 Super Bowl) at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. $20-$369. (312) 827-5600 or lyricopera.org. 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12
Classical nature
Cellist Matthew Agnew and conductor Stephen Squires team for the Elgin Symphony Orchestra “Nature's Soundscape” concerts this weekend at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. $25-$60. (847) 888-4000 or elginsymphony.org. 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, in Elgin
Body image
A spa billboard showing a gorgeous, bikini-clad woman with arrows pointing to her imperfections and how they could be improved provokes outrage in a Chicago suburb in “Impenetrable” by Mia McCullough. Judy Blue directs Clockwise Theatre's production of the 2012 play about body image and perception and how this advertisement affects men and women in the community. 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, at 221 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $12, $20. See clockwisetheatre.org.
Classical oom-pahs
The Oktoberfest with a New Philharmonic Twist promises loads of games, activities, products and displays for toddlers up to teenagers on today, at the McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. $46; $30 German dinner. (630) 942-4000 or atthemac.org. 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12
CLC Wind Ensemble
The 45-member College of Lake County Wind Ensemble presents a concert in the Mainstage Theatre of the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts on the CLC Grayslake campus, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. The group is composed of CLC students and Lake County community members. Program selections range from classical to songs from stage and screen including “The Sound of Music” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. $5-$6. Youth under age 18 are free. (847) 543-2300 or clcillinois.edu/tickets. 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12