Learn the basics of square dancing

Posted January 03, 2009 10:00 pm

Stock your dollhouse with miniature dolls, furniture and more at the "Three Blind Mice Dollhouse and Miniatures Show" in Schaumburg.

Freebie!

Feel free to dance

The Arlington Squares Square Dance Club invites the public to socialize and learn the basics of square dancing at its free "Beginner's Square Dance Party. "

7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the Congregational Church (United Church of Christ), 1001 W. Kirchoff Road, Arlington Heights. Free admission. (847) 359-1642 or (847) 551-9119. Visit arlingtonsquares.com.

This afternoon

Was that a fruitcake flying by?

Bring your leftover fruitcake (or buy some on site) to toss into the wind at the Morton Arboretum's "Fruitcake Fling." Participants will be judged in categories including how far they fling the fruitcake, how close the cake lands to a specified mark and how long two-person teams can toss a fruitcake without dropping it. Winners will be announced at a medal ceremony.

1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. New general admission for 2009 is $8-$11. Kids are free on Sunday, Jan. 4, with a paid adult admission. Visit mortonarb.org.

Mr. Crumbo's art

Limited edition, silk-screen prints by the late artist Woodrow "Woody" Crumbo, a member of the Potawatomi Native American tribe of Oklahoma, are on display through Sunday, Jan. 4, at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian. Crumbo was a man of all trades - he was not only an artist of Native American subjects, he was a dancer, a flute player and a mineral prospector.

Noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 Central St., Evanston. Suggested museum donation is $2.50-$5. Maximum donation for a family is $10. (847) 475-1030. Visit mitchell museum.org.

This week

Dan St. Paul in St. Charles

Comedian Dan St. Paul brings his own brand of comedy to Zanies at Pheasant Run in St. Charles.

8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, and Thursday Jan. 8; 8 and 9:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, and at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at Zanies at Pheasant Run, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. Admission is $23, plus a two-item food/beverage minimum. (630) 584-6342 or zanies.com.

Tiny treasures

Dealers and artisans sell everything from dolls to doghouses in miniature scale at the "Three Blind Mice Dollhouse and Miniatures Show." Dollhouses range from beginner's kits to elaborate finished houses.

Runs 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Radisson Hotel Schaumburg, 1725 E. Algonquin Road, Schaumburg. Admission is $2-$5. Children under age 5 are free. No strollers are allowed. Visit www.3Blindmiceshow.com. (847) 397-1500.

Classical tunes and cookies

Oliver Colbentson, a former concertmaster at the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York, performs classical music with piano accompaniment. After the concert, guests can meet Colbentson and snack on cookies and punch.

2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, at Indian Trails Public Library, 355 S. Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling. Free admission. Registration is required. Call (847) 459-4100 or visit indiantrailslibrary.org.

'Doubt'

See "Doubt," John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning 2005 drama of a stern nun in the 1960s who suspects the new parish priest of abusing a new student.

Opens at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at the Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. $23-$25. (630) 587-8521 or SteelBeamTheatre.com.

Pistol Pete

Hear rock and blues tunes as Pistol Pete headlines at the Harlem Avenue Lounge.

8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, at Harlem Avenue Lounge, 3701 S. Harlem Ave., Berwyn. There is no cover charge. (708) 484-3610 or harlemavenuelounge.com.

"Eagle Dancer," a limited edition silk-screen print by artist Woody Crumbo, is part of the Crumbo exhibit at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian. Sunday, Jan. 4, is the final day of the exhibit.

If you have ever dreamed of throwing a fruitcake as far as you can, the Morton Arboretum's "Fruitcake Fling" event is the place to be on Sunday, Jan. 4.

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