Best bets: Concerts, cake, comedy

Streetlamp singers

“Jersey Boys” isn't playing in Chicago anymore, but you can catch Michael Ingersoll and several alumni from the hit musical performing pop standards in the revue “Under the Streetlamp,” which also features the Elgin Youth Symphony. Performances this weekend are at Elgin Community College's Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. $48; $21 extra for preshow wine reception at select performances; $125 dinner and show option at select performances. (847) 622-0300 or tickets.elgin.edu. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12; 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13; 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14

‘Cake Boss'

New Jersey chef Buddy Valastro (aka “The Cake Boss” on the cable TV network TLC) brings his “Bakin' with the Boss Tour” complete with family history and other behind-the-scenes anecdotes to the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $17-$19. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12

Cooking corral

Sample dishes from more than 150 exhibitors during the The Great American Cooking Expo at Arlington Park, 2200 W. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights. $10-$15 one-day admission. (847) 486-9005 or thecookingexpo.com. 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 13 and 14

Netrebko's Norina

Russian soprano Anna Netrebko leads a starry cast as Norina in Donizetti's “Don Pasquale,” an operatic comedy about an older man who marries a fiery younger woman with the hope of disinheriting his nephew. The Italian opera with English subtitles is simulcast live from the Metropolitan Opera to movie theaters around the world in high definition on Saturday. Tickets vary depending upon theater, but are mostly in the range of $18-$25. Visit fathomevents.com for suburban locations. Noon Saturday, Nov. 13

Rallye around

Help support the People's Resource Center in Wheaton by competing with your car around the Western Suburbs in the Great Thanksgiving Turkey Hunt Road Rallye, which commences on Saturday in the parking lot of Fuddruckers, 1500 Branding Lane, Downers Grove. $30 per vehicle. (630) 690-8973 or wheelsrallyeteam.com. 6 p.m. registration Saturday, Nov. 13

Jazz danceRiver North Chicago Dance Company debuts Sidra Bell's #8220;Risoluta#8221; (featuring a jazz score by Dennis Bell) and performs revivals by choreographers Robert Battle and Frank Chaves this Saturday at Millennium Park's Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago. $30-$65. (312) 334-7777 or rivernorthchicago.com. 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 Melding bluesCorky Siegel's Chamber Blues is famed for blending the blues with classical music and plenty of comic brio. See Siegel team up with singer/actress Megon McDonough for a Saturday concert at the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. $29-$35. (815) 356-9212 or rauecenter.org. 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13Puppet classicsThe DuPage Symphony Orchestra teams up with the Madcap Puppet Theatre of Cincinnati for family-friendly concerts on Sunday featuring the music of Grieg, Copland and more at North Central College's Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. $12-$14. (630) 637-7469 or northcentralcollege.edu/showtix. 2 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14Thunder drumsLet your eyes soak in the spectacle of period costumes while your ears take a sonic pounding when Jigu! Thunder Drums of China performs this Sunday at North Central College's Pfeiffer Hall, 310 E. Benton Ave., Naperville. $20-$30. (630) 637-7469 or northcentralcollege.edu/showtix. 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 40002662“Under the Streetlamp” starring Michael Ingersoll and other alumni of the musical “Jersey Boys” hits Elgin Community College’s Visual and Performing Arts Center. 40002667Russian soprano Anna Netrebko stars as Norina in the Metropolitan Opera’s live high-definition simulcast of Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.”Photo by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera 9821728Jessica Wolfrun performs with River North Chicago Dance Company Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago. 33002155Jigu! Thunder Drums of China appear at North Central College’s Pfeiffer Hall in Naperville. 356258Buddy Valastro, a.k.a. “The Cake Boss,” journeys from New Jersey to the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan as part of his “Bakin’ with the Boss” tour. 26574000The Madcap Puppet Theatre of Cincinnati teams up with the DuPage Symphony Orchestra for two family-friendly concerts at North Central College's Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville.