Sunday picks: See gourds fly at Mundelein Pumpkin Drop

Posted November 04, 2018 7:00 am

By Scott C. Morgan

Brews & rides

Craft beers from a variety of local and national breweries are all part of the Last Call Fall Festival at Six Flags Great America, 1 Great America Parkway, Gurnee. $30 passport on top of park admission of $77.99 ($54.99 for visitors under 48 inches tall). (847) 249-1776 or sixflags.com/greatamerica. Noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.

Bears & burgers

Watch the Chicago Bears take on the Buffalo Bills at noon Sunday at Harry Caray's in Lombard. And while you're there, enjoy half off the build-your-own Holy Cow! Burger Bar during the game. The deal is only available during Bears games in the bar at Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse, 70 Yorktown Center, Lombard, (630) 953-3400 or harrycarays.com/. Noon Sunday, Nov. 4.

Gone gourds

See leftover Halloween gourds go flying through the air at the annual Mundelein Pumpkin Drop at Keith Mione Park/Sports Complex, 1461 N. Midlothian Road, Mundelein. Free admission. (847) 566-0650 or mundeleinparks.org. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.

See the Grave Digger do tricks when the Monster Jam returns to the Allstate Arena in Rosemont. Associated Press, 2017

Big trucks

Cheer on oversized trucks such as the Grave Digger, Max-D, Megalodon and more when Monster Jam returns this weekend to the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont. $15-$45; $15-$25 parking. (800) 745-3000 or allstatearena.com. 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.

WWI novel

Get a tease of historical fiction when author Daniel Mason appears for a reading and book signing for his new novel, “The Winter Soldier,” at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. Free admission. (630) 355-2665 or andersonsbookshop.com. 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.

German giants

Soprano Laura Wilde joins with conductor Andrew Grams for the Elgin Symphony Orchestra concert “TITANS: Beethoven, Strauss & Wagner” this weekend at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. $30-$75; $10 students. (847) 888-4000 or elginsymphony.org. 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.

Werkforce Beer Dinner

Niche takes the work out of pairing beer with your meal during its Werkforce Beer Dinner Sunday. The $65 event includes a passing course of potato chips and caviar paired with Ol' Pile American Lager and a first course of seared foie gras paired with Black Currant Cognitive Dissonance fruited saison. Second course features escolar crudo with Brain Haze New England IPA and tallow “braised” rib-eye paired with Farmhouse Vultures, a blend of saisons aged in cabernet and chardonnay barrels. Dessert is fresh fig frangipane with What the Fig (a Niche Collaboration Dubbel). Reservations are required. Niche is at 14 S. Third St., Geneva, (630) 262-1000 or nichegeneva.com/. 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.

Concerts

Fallout Music Festival featuring Microcosms, Baertrum, DivisionPoint, The Darling Suns, The Gaffes, Everything We're Not, Jd Newman, Misstep Forward, Confusion, Watchtower and New Nights: 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, at Reggies Rock Club, 2105 S. State St., Chicago. $10-$15. (312) 949-0120 or reggieslive.com.

The Ten Tenors, Gentleman's Rule: 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, at Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $38-$58. (847) 782-2366 or geneseetheatre.com.

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