Sunday picks: GIs of Comedy comes to Chicago
Humor forces
Support the troops by laughing at the jokes by veterans and active duty soldiers appearing in the GIs of Comedy tour on Sunday at the Laugh Factory, 3175 N. Broadway St., Chicago. $17-$20 plus a two-drink purchase; $27-$30 VIP admission. (773) 327-3175 or gisofcomedy.com. 8 p.m. Sunday, March 29
Elgin Coin Club Show
Buy, sell and trade coins and bank notes from the United States and other countries at the Spring Coin Show hosted by the Elgin Coin Club at the Elgin Moose Family Center, 925 S. McLean Blvd., Elgin. More than 25 dealers will be on hand, and free appraisals will be available. Door prizes every hour. Raffle tickets available at front door. Free prize coins for anyone younger than 16. Free admission. worksandwords.com/coins/ecc. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 29
World's Fair Memorabilia Show
Collectors and dealers can buy, sell and trade items at the 21st annual World's Fair Memorabilia Show, which focuses on Chicago's World's Fairs and the 1893 Columbian Exposition, at the Elk Grove Holiday Inn, 1000 Busse Road, Elk Grove Village. There will be more than 20 tables of World's Fair items for sale and continuous showings of newsreels from the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair. Admission is $6; $5 for seniors over 64. worldsfairshow.com. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 29
Costumes & cars
Costumed kids are admitted free so they can get pictures at the special Princesses & Superheroes event today at the Volo Auto Museum, 27582 Volo Village Road, Volo. $13.95; $8.95 kids without special costumes ages five to 12; $11.95 seniors. (815) 385-3644 or volocars.com. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 29
Eggs and ice cream
Kids (ages 2 to 7), get your baskets ready: More than 5,000 eggs will be hidden in Mount Prospect's Moehling Park for Capannari Ice Cream's 13th annual Easter Egg Hunt. Meet the Easter Bunny, too. Capannari's, at 10 S Pine St., Mount Prospect, will be serving its March specialty flavors, including Irish Cream, Mint Cookie Crunch and others. Free. (847) 392-2277 or capannaris.com. Noon Sunday, March 29
Be our guest
The NETworks national tour of the 1994 Broadway smash “Disney's Beauty and the Beast” returns to town for another brief run starting Wednesday at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago. $15-$97. (800) 775-2000 or broadwayinchicago.com. 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29
Jazz dance originals
Giordano Dance Chicago is famous for being America's original jazz dance company, and they perform works by choreographers like Mia Michaels, Liz Imperio, Joshua Blake Carter and more this weekend at Millennium Park's Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago. $15-$75. (312) 334-7777 or giordanodance.org. 2 p.m. Sunday, March 29
String spotlight
Violinist Isabella Lippi is a soloist in the Elgin Symphony Orchestra concerts “Spotlight on Strings” conducted by Andrew Grams this weekend at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. $25-$60 (847) 888-4000 or elginsymphony.org. 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29
Play ball!
Join author and sports historian Rich Lindberg as he presents the multimedia program “Celebrating the White Sox” at the Bartlett Public Library District, 800 S. Bartlett Road, Bartlett. Copies of Lindberg's books will be available for purchase and signing after the program. Free. bartlettlibrary.org. 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29
City planners
Rock band Jefferson Starship performs music of Jefferson Airplane and its own back catalog as part of a 50th anniversary tour tonight at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $29-$69. (630) 962-7000 or oshows.com. 7 p.m. Sunday, March 29
Back to baroque
Jane Glover conducts the Music of the Baroque in the concerts “Imogen Cooper plays Beethoven” Sunday at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. $27-$75. (312) 551-1414 or baroque.org. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29