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Best bets: Comic-Con, rock art at Arlington Park, cheap Korn

Posted July 27, 2009 11:00 pm

Daily Herald Staff Report

Greek-Canadian comedian Angelo Tsarouchas performs at the Improv Comedy Showcase in Schaumburg.

Comic confabulation

Don your comic book hero duds and go into full-obsessive-fan-mode when Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con 2009 & Video Game Expo sets up shop at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Road, Rosemont. $30 single-day ticket; $55 and up for multiple-day packages. (847) 697-2222 or wizarduniverse.com. 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 7 and 8; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9

Rock garden

See vintage pop music memorabilia such as posters, lithographs, photographs and more at the "The Rock Art Show" at Arlington Park, 2200 W. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights. $6-$7 general admission. (847) 385-7500 or arlingtonpark.com. 11:15 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, July 31; 11:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1; 11:15 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2

Discount Korn

Korn offers an inexpensive taste of their metal rock sound for a special concert at Toyota Park, 7011 S. Harlem Ave., Bridgeview. $10. (800) 745-3000 or toyotapark.com. 7 p.m. Friday, July 31

Going to market

From seas of shirtless guys to music acts ranging from Berlin, En Vogue and The Village People, there's always something to gawk at during Northalsted Market Days, stretching out on North Halsted Street between Belmont Avenue and Addison Street, Chicago. $5 donation. chicagoevents.com. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1 and 2

Fiery fun

The main music headliners of this year's Elgin FoxFireFest are Creedence Clearwater Revisited and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. Listen along at Festival Park, 136 S. Grove Ave., Elgin. $5-$10 general entry; $15-$20 VIP tickets. (847) 531-7005 or cityofelgin.com Festival: noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1; noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2; Credence at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1; ESO at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2

Taymor 'Magic'

The Metropolitan Opera presents an encore screening of its 2006 HD simulcast of Mozart's "The Magic Flute." This family-friendly English adaptation features direction and costumes by Julie Taymor, the Tony Award-winner famed for her stage adaptation of Disney's "The Lion King." Screened locally at select movie theaters in Batavia, Crystal Lake, Lincolnshire, Lombard, Naperville, South Barrington and more. $15. Visit ncm.com/Fathom for more information. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5

CD burning

Former "American Idol" contestant and St. Charles native Leslie Hunt celebrates the release of her new CD, "Your Hair is on Fire," at two locations: Chord on Blues, 106 First St., St. Charles. $5. (630) 513-0074. Also at Subterranean, 2011 W. North Ave., Chicago. $5. (773) 278-6600. lesliehunt.net. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5 in St. Charles; 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6 in Chicago

Debbie does Drury Lane

Hollywood and Broadway legend Debbie Reynolds ("Singin' in the Rain," "The Unsinkable Molly Brown") returns for a concert run of show tunes and movie memories at Drury Lane Oak Brook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. $38; $52.75 meal & show packages. (630) 530-0111 or drurylaneoakbrook.com. 2:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 6 and 7; 1:30 and 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8; 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9

Big guy comedy

Greek-Canadian comedian Angelo Tsarouchas has increasingly made a name for himself with comedy specials on Showtime and film cameos in "Cinderella Man" and "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle." See if Tsarouchas will send you into titters at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg. $17-$19. (847) 240-2001 or improv.com. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6; 8 and 10:15 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7; 7 and 9:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8; 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9

Korn performs at Toyota Park in Bridgeview.

Former "American Idol" contestant Leslie Hunt has two CD release parties for "Your Hair is on Fire" in St. Charles and Chicago.

Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con 2009 returns to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, where you may find Mikey Daniels of Portage, Ind., as a character from the cartoon Samurai Pizza Cats. Daniel White | Staff Photographer, 2008

Creedence Clearwater Revisited plays at Elgin's Fox Fire Fest.

Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds returns to sing and reminisce in concert at Drury Lane Oak Brook.

The Village People perform at Northalsted Market Days at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2.

Evanston-native Matthew Polenzani stars as Prince Tamino in director Julie Taymor's family-friendly adaptation of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" in The Metropolitan Opera re-screening of its 2006 high-definition simulcast.

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