Sheepshearing event planned for Kline Creek Farm in Winfield
Freebie! Shear delight
Find out how wool sheared from a sheep is made into a sweater or coat during the sheepshearing event at Kline Creek Farm. The farm's resident sheep will be sheared using modern and old-fashioned methods - including the use of 100-year-old, hand-cranked shears. Watch as wool is scoured, carded and spun into yarn. Demonstrator John Seraphine's border collie dogs will be on hand, moving sheep from one pasture to another.
10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at Kline Creek Farm, 1N600 County Farm Road, Winfield. Free. No reservations required. (630) 876-5900. Visit dupageforest.com.
This afternoon 'Lysistrata'
See "Lysistrata," Nicholas Rudall's translation of Aristophanes' classic Greek comedy about the women of Sparta. Boeotia and Corinth band together to end war by withholding sex from their men until the fighting is over.
3 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at Dominican University, 7900 W. Division St., River Forest. $15. (708) 366-2490 or dom.edu.
Follow the Yellowbrook Road to Grayslake
Round Lake Park District's theater program teams up with College of Lake County to present "The Wizard of Oz," the famed tale of a Kansas girl who travels to a magical land - via a tornado.
2 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the College of Lake County, C005 Auditorium, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. $5. (847) 543-2300.
David's thoughts
Satirist and best-selling author David Sedaris presents a 60-minute reading of his new book of essays, "When You Are Engulfed in Flames," followed by a question-and-answer session and a book signing.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Paramount Theatre, 8 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. $35-$60. (630) 896-6666 or theparamounttheatre.com.
Local artists on parade
See work by local artists at the Elmhurst Artists' Guild Spring Members Show 2009. Works include oil and watercolor paintings, sculpture and mixed media.
1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 19; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 21; 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 22; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 23; 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, April 24; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst. Admission is $2-$4. Kids younger than 12 admitted free. Tuesday admission is free for all visitors. Call (630) 834-0202 or (630) 279-1009 or visit elmhurstartmuseum.org.
This week
Can you spare an antique dime?
Calling all coin lovers! Leading dealers in antiquities and foreign and ancient coins - from 26 states, Germany, Switzerland, England, Spain and Canada - will be on hand to buy, sell and trade with the public during the Chicago International Coin Fair.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 24-25, at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare, 5440 N. River Road, Rosemont. A rare coin and paper money auction takes place at 1 and 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission is $5. Free admission for kids 16 and younger with a paying adult. Visit cifshow.com.
Celtic Thunder
The five-member Celtic Thunder group provides an evening of popular Celtic music, including Irish and Scottish ballads.
7:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $45-$57.50. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com.
Stop and smell the daffodils
The American Daffodil Society Annual Show features more than 1,000 daffodils, judged by society members. See cut blossoms, floral designs and photography competitions.
Noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 25, at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. Admission to the garden is free. Parking is $20 per car. (847) 835-5440 or chicagobotanic.org.
'Cats'
ArtReach Educational Theatre and Spotlite Theatrix Production Company presents "Cats," Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1980s musical dance revue based on T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats."
7:30 p.m. Friday, April 24, in Harper College Building J, Theatre Room J143, 1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine. $15-$17. (847) 372-7798 or artreachspotlite.com.