Sunday picks: Catch cabaret star Reid at NCC

Posted April 11, 2015 11:00 pm

By Laura Milbrath Stewart and Scott C. Morgan

Harlem heritage

Broadway veteran and award-winning cabaret singer T. Oliver Reid (“Chicago,” “Kiss Me Kate,” “Dreamgirls”) performs his show “Drop Me Off in Harlem” tonight at North Central College's Madden Theatre, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. $30-$35. (630) 637-76469 or finearts.northcentralcollege.edu. 6 p.m. Sunday, April 12

Great Midwest Train Show

The Great Midwest Train Show, featuring 180 exhibitors with a wide variety of train scales and gauges, makes a stop at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 1500 Manchester Road, Wheaton. Highlights include operating train displays, including a Lego layout and a hands-on HO scale layout. Guests can have their own model trains appraised or repaired at the show. $7 adults; free for kids younger than 12. greatmidwesttrainshow.com. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 12

Touch a Tractor

Learn about life on the farm at the 10th annual Touch-a-Tractor family event at the Kane County Farm Bureau, 2N710 Randall Road, St. Charles. Climb on an antique tractor, ride pedal tractors, see modern farm equipment and get an up-close look at farm animals like baby chicks and more. Plus, there will be farm-themed movies and music and a kids' raffle to win a pedal tractor. Free. Refreshments available for purchase; proceeds benefit the KCFB Foundation. (630) 584-8660 or kanecfb.com. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 12

Play On!

The College of Lake County Theatre Department presents a trio of comedic one-act plays — “Mary Just Broke Up With This Guy” by Garth Wingfield, “Soap Opera” by David Ives and “Wanda's Visit” by Christopher Durang — in its “Play On!” program at the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. CLC students take on the entire production, working as actors, directors, stage managers and technicians. $7-$9. (847) 543-2300 or clcillinois.edu. 2 p.m. Sunday, April 12

Here comes the song

Chicago a cappella performs song hits by the Fab Four in the show “Beatlemania” at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 460 Lake St., Oak Park. $30-$38; $25 seniors; $12 students. (773) 281-7820 or chicagoacappella.org. 4 p.m. Sunday, April 12

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