Interactive 'Beauty and the Beast' in Winnetka
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Chill out with yoga and tea
Ease into exercising in this new year by learning about gentle chair yoga. After trying some of the techniques, relax a bit more with a sampling of teas. The program is for all ages.
Facts: 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at the Round Lake Area Public Library, 906 Hart Road, Round Lake. Admission is free. (847) 546-7060.
'Ghosts'
DePaul Theatre School presents "Ghosts," Henrik Ibsen's controversial drama touching upon a family undone by a social disease.
Facts: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, through Thursday, Jan. 22, at Athenaeum Theatre Studio 3, 2936 N. Southport, Chicago. Free, but reservations are required. (312) 922-1999.
All the benefits of ice
Learn about all of the benefits that ice brought to farmers more than a century ago in the Ice Harvesting program at Kline Creek Farm. If weather conditions permit, farm staff members and volunteers will take to the frozen surface of Timber Lake to show guests how a checkerboard ice pattern is scored and how ice is cut into blocks with a saw. Then guests can see how the ice blocks are packed and stored for months in an icehouse.
Facts: Runs 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at Kline Creek Farm, 1N600 County Farm Road, Winfield. Free. Reservations are not required. (630) 876-5900 or dupageforest.com.
$10 and under
Trying to catch a trout
The 2009 Chicago Boat, RV and Outdoors Show features hundreds of RVs, boats and marine accessories along with exhibits and educational activities. One of the highlights of this 79th annual show is the Huck Finn Trout Pond where young and old can drop their fishing lines into an indoor pool stocked with large trout. Visitors can also view the world's fastest offshore racing boat or step onboard a new hybrid pontoon boat.
Facts: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18; at McCormick Place North Building, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. Admission is $4-$10. Children age 12 and younger are free. Visit ChicagoBoatShow.com.
'Beauty and the Beast'
See an interactive version of "Beauty and the Beast," the classic fairy tale about a hideous beast and the woman who gradually comes to fall in love with him.
Facts: 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, and noon and 3 p.m. Sunday Jan. 18, at the Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka. $10. (847) 446-0537 or visit winnetkacommunityhouse.org.
Rico! rocks the evening!
The band Rico! presents a wide variety of musical styles for a patchwork of musical tastes including Afro-Cuban, soul, reggae, jazz, hip-hop, rock and blues. Band members use instruments such as congas, timbales, keyboards, guitars and drums to pound out their tunes.
Facts: 9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at Fitzgerald's, 6615 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn. Admission is $8. (708) 788-2118 or fitzgeraldsnightclub.com.
Line by line
Denim and Diamonds hosts its Tuesday Night Retro Night Line Dances for all ages, with beginner's lessons and open dancing.
Facts: 7 to 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the White Eagle Banquets & Restaurant, 6839 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles. Admission is $6; $4 for ages 17 and younger. (847) 965-6353.