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Weekend picks: Fortune Feimster comes to Rosemont, Chicago

Posted October 14, 2014 2:00 pm

By Laura Milbrath Stewart and Scott C. Morgan

Comedian Fortune Feimster performs at Zanies locations in Chicago and Rosemont.

Fortune teller

Catch comedian Fortune Feimster (“Last Comic Standing,” “Chelsea Lately”) performing her standup routine at two Zanies locations: 1548 N. Wells St., Chicago. (312) 337-4027; also at MB Financial Park, 5437 Park Place, Rosemont. $25 plus a two menu-item purchase. (847) 813-0484 or zanies.com. In Chicago: 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17; in Rosemont: 8 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18

FRIDAY

Lego Master Build

In celebration of its first anniversary at Gurnee Mills, the Lego Store will host a “Creation Nation” Lego Master Build event. Visitors are invited to help create landscape and city scenes from Lego bricks. The Legos will be used to fill a 25-by-25-foot map of the United States in the mall's Dining Pavilion. Kids can receive prizes for participating. Free. Gurnee Mills is at I-94 and Grand Avenue, Gurnee. (847) 263-7500 or gurneemills.com. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19

Glass Pumpkin Patch

See more than 3,000 pumpkins made of blown glass at the Morton Arboretum's fourth annual Glass Pumpkin Patch. Guests can watch demonstrations by glass blowers, purchase the pumpkins on display and visit a farmers market. Pumpkin patch is free with paid $9-$12 Arboretum admission. Children, ages 1 and younger, are free. The Morton Arboretum is at 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Visit mortonarb.org, Daily hours for exhibit, demonstrations and sale vary. Friday, Oct. 17, through Sunday, Oct. 19

SATURDAY

Majeski Met debut

Soprano and Waukegan native Amanda Majeski performs for a worldwide audience in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Mozart's “The Marriage of Figaro” directed and reset to the early 1930s by Sir Richard Eyre. The comic opera is simulcast on Saturday as part of the Live In HD series. Cheer on Majeski locally at participating local movie theaters in Batavia, Naperville, South Barrington and Lincolnshire among others. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. Ticket prices vary by theater, but largely $20-$26. fathomevents.com. 11:55 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18

Doggy dress up

See which canines will be crowned top dogs for the most creative costumes at the Spooky Pooch Parade on Saturday at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. $25 per dog plus $25 parking fee per car or van. (847) 835-5440 or chicagobotanic.org. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18

Hoots and H'Owls

Randhurst Village hosts its Third Annual Hoots and H'Owls Fall Festival, featuring loads of family activities including pumpkin decorating, balloon twisting and stilt-walkers. See owls from the Stillman Nature Center of South Barrington and sand sculptures created by The Sand Sculpture Company. Randhurst Village is at Rand and Elmhurst roads, Mount Prospect. Free admission. Visit facebook.com/shoprandhurst. 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18

Kiddie rock

“Yo Gabba Gabba Live! Music is Awesome” is sure to bring out both parents and kids who love the rocking Nickelodeon cable TV show on Saturday at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Road, Rosemont. $21-$41. (800) 745-3000 or rosemont.com. 2 and 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18

Harlem hurrah

“A Different World” TV star Jasmine Guy teams up with The Avery Sharpe Trio to perform jazz and blues classics in “Raisin' Cane: A Harlem Renaissance Odyssey” on Saturday at College of Lake County's Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. $38-$48; $37-$47 seniors; $12-$15 youth. (847) 543-2300 or jlcenter.clcillinois.edu. 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18

Piano man

Pianist and composer Jim Brickman is famous for topping adult contemporary music charts. Catch him Saturday at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. $55-$65. (630) 896-6666 or paramountaurora.com. 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18

Comic dynamo

Comedian Wanda Sykes likes to joke that she's a minority in her own home now. Find out why when Sykes performs standup on Saturday at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., Chicago. $39.50-$75. (800) 745-3000 or thechicagotheatre.com. 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18

SUNDAY

Howl-O-Ween Fest

Pets and their human friends are invited to Save-A-Pet's Howl-O-Ween Fest at the Save-A-Pet shelter and adoption center, 31664 N. Fairfield Road, Grayslake. The fest showcases a pet costume contest, a pumpkin patch, pumpkin decorating, a bake sale, games and more. Admission is free. The $10 costume contest entry fee includes a goody bag and a pet photo and benefits the cats and dogs at Save-A-Pet. Visit saveapetil.org. Noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19

OktoBIRDfest

The Stillman Nature Center hosts its Raptor Sunday event, part of the center's monthlong OktoBIRDfest. Guests can get an up-close look at great horned, barred, barn and screech owls. Stillman staff will show off a peregrine falcon, broad-winged hawk and red-shouldered hawk. Kids can dissect owl pellets. $10 per car. The center is at 33 W. Penny Road, South Barrington. (847) 428-6957 or stillmannc.org. 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19

No monsters welcome

The Steel Beam Theatre hosts its KC Scaregrounds Haunted House at the Kane County Fairgrounds, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Youngsters can tour a non-scary, monster-free version of the house, walking through mazes lit by 3-D glow-in-the-dark paint. Kids are invited to dress in costume. $10 per adult; $5 per child. Purchase tickets at kcscaregrounds.com or on-site at the fairgrounds. Proceeds support the not-for-profit Steel Beam Theatre. 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19

Heart and Soul

Huey Lewis and the News delivered 1980s pop hits like “The Power of Love,” “Back in Time” and “I Want a New Drug,” Fans can see the band performing on Sunday at North Central College's Pfeiffer Hall, 310 E. Benton Ave., Naperville. $65-$85. (630) 637-7469 or finearts.northcentralcollege.edu. 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19

The world of Poe

Actor and historian Terry Lynch performs as famed author and poet Edgar Allan Poe in the “To Tell A Tale” program at the Naper Settlement's Century Memorial Chapel, 523 S. Webster St., Naperville. Lynch gives guests a biographical sketch of Poe's life, and then retells some of Poe's greatest works. $6-$7. Reservations recommended. (630) 420-6010 or napersettlement.org. 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19

Dancin' the night away

Hear the Bobby Sanders Orchestra at the Big Band Dance at Atlantis Banquets, 1273 N. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. The band plays selections by musical greats Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie and many others. Admission is $15 per person. (847) 392-0918. 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19

Mexican pop

Acclaimed Mexican singer and composer Ana Gabriel performs in her El Concierto tour today the Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Road, Rosemont. $49-$125. (800) 745-3000 or rosemont.com. 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19

Baroque glories

Nicholas Kraemer conducts Mozart's Requiem along with pieces by Beethoven and Haydn with Chicago's own Music of the Baroque today and Monday at two locations: Northwestern University's Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, then at Millennium Park's Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago. $27-$75. (312) 551-1414 or baroque.org. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 in Evanston; 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20 in Chicago

Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel performs at the Rosemont Theatre at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19.

Waukegan native and soprano Amanda Majeski, left, made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Countess Almaviva in the new 2014 opening night production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" ("Le Nozze di Figaro"). Courtesy of Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Jasmine Guy ("A Different World") stars with The Avery Sharpe Trio in "Raisin' Cane: A Harlem Renaissance Odyssey" at College of Lake County's Lumber Center for the Performing Arts in Grayslake Saturday, Oct. 18.

"Yo Gabba Gabba! Live: Music is Awesome" plays two shows at the Rosemont Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 18.

A collie princess was part of a past Spooky Pooch Parade at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe. This year's is slated for Saturday, Oct. 18. Courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden

Huey Lewis and the News plays their hits at North Central College's Pfeiffer Hall in Naperville Sunday, Oct. 19.

A pet costume contest is part of the fun at the Howl-O-Ween Fest, from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Save-A-Pet shelter and adoption center, 31664 N. Fairfield Road, Grayslake.

More than 3,000 pumpkins made of blown glass are part of the Morton Arboretum's Glass Pumpkin Patch. Courtesy of the Morton Arboretum

Get an up-close look at great horned owls at the Raptor Sunday event, from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Stillman Nature Center, 33 W. Penny Road, South Barrington. Courtesy of the Stillman Nature Center

Actort and historian Terry Lunch, pictured, portrays famed author and poet Edgar Allan Poe in the "To Tell A Tale" program at the Naper Settlement. Courtesy of Naper Settlement

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