Best bets this week: Jeff Dunham returns to Rosemont's Allstate Arena

Posted December 30, 2018 6:00 am

By Scott C. Morgan

Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham brings his "Passively Aggressive Tour" to the Allstate Arena in Rosemont on Monday, Dec. 31. Associated Press, 2017

Vast ventriloquism

See what characters Walter, Peanut and Bubba J have to say when comic ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's "Passively Aggressive Tour" plays the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont. $51-$145; $15-$25 parking. (800) 745-3000 or allstatearena.com. 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31

Rock tributes

Take a trip through pop music history with "A Rock 'n' Roll Tribute from Elvis to The Beatles featuring The Neverly Brothers" at Pheasant Run Resort's Mainstage Theatre, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. $30-$35. (630) 584-6300 or pheasantrun.com. 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31

Plungers dive into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan in a previous Polar Bear Plunge benefiting Special Recreation Services of Northern Lake County at Waukegan Municipal Beach. Daily Herald File Photo, 2017

Cold! Wet!

See brave souls weather the 20th annual Polar Bear Plunge to help raise funds for the Special Recreation Services of Northern Lake County at Waukegan Beach, 201 Seahorse Drive, Waukegan. $20 registration (aqua shoes or other fitted footwear required). Free for spectators. (847) 360-4760 or waukeganparks.org. 9 a.m. day-of-event registration; 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1

Musician and storyteller David Gonzalez performs "La Rosa Blanca" at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights on Thursday, Jan. 3.

Story and song

David Gonzalez mixes storytelling with songs as he recounts the tale of "La Rosa Blanca" at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. $30. (847) 577-2121 or metropolisarts.com. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3

Comedian and writer Laurie Kilmartin performs at Zanies at Parkway Bank Park in Rosemont.

Laughs with Laurie

Comedian and writer Laurie Kilmartin ("Last Comic Standing," "Conan") performs a series of standup shows starting Thursday at Zanies at Parkway Bank Park, 5437 Park Place, Rosemont. $25 plus a two-item purchase. (847) 813-0484 or rosemont.zanies.com. 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3; 8 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4; and 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5

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