Best Bets: Sugary fun with the Hershey Super Sweet Adventure

Posted March 18, 2025 1:47 pm

By Scott C. Morgan

Kids explore the Twizzler “Twistology Hub” in the Hershey Super Sweet Adventure, which returns Friday, March 21, to Chicago's Water Tower Place. Courtesy of Original X Productions

Sugary fun

The Hershey Super Sweet Adventure returns for another run of family-friendly fun starting Friday, March 21, at Water Tower Place, 835 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, featuring interactive activities inspired by different kinds of Hershey-branded candies. Tickets start at $24.99. hersheysupersweetadventure.com/. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays

Hibernian hoedown

Nashville and native Irish performers combine to celebrate the Emerald Isle and its American diaspora with the touring show “Dancing With the Celts” at the Woodstock Opera House, 121 E. Van Buren St., Woodstock. $45-$55. (815) 338-5300 or woodstockoperahouse.com/257/Opera-House. 7 p.m. Friday, March 21

Intense illusions

See one of social media’s most-followed illusionists when “Xavier Mortimer: Master of Magic” plays at the CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St., Chicago. $41.50-$146.50. (312) 977-1710 or broadwayinchicago.com/shows/xavier-mortimer-master-of-magic/. 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 21; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 22; and 1 p.m. Sunday, March 23

Rockin’ magic

Catch up with a contestant of “America’s Got Talent” and “Penn & Teller: Fool Us!” when “Magic Rocks! Illusionist Leon Etienne” comes to the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. $35-$59. (847) 931-5900 or hemmens.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 21

Tired dancer

Westmont-based Salt Creek Ballet tackles the timeless Tchaikovsky ballet “The Sleeping Beauty.” Performances feature choreography by company artistic directors Erica De La O and Kristopher Wojtera, plus professional guest artists in the principal roles at College of DuPage’s McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. $42; $37 kids and seniors. The post-show interactive “Aurora’s Birthday Party” for kids is included with the matinee ticket price. (630) 769-1199 or saltcreekballet.org/. 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday, March 22

Navy Pier's 2025 Global Connection Series celebrates Holi, a Hindu “Festival of Colors,” Saturday, March 22. Courtesy of Navy Pier

Colorful confab

Navy Pier’s 2025 Global Connection Series continues with the celebration of Holi, the ancient Hindu “Festival of Colors.” There’s a DJ and colored powder tossing in the outdoor Beer Garden, plus plenty of indoor dance and music performances in the AON Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. Free (colored powder available for purchase). (800) 595-7437 or navypier.org/. 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 22

Vocal battles

The Midwest’s best all-vocal ensembles compete to be the 2025 Chicago Regional Champion as part of the Chicago Harmony Sweepstakes. North Central College’s Sonata Problem performs alongside guest host David Wilner at Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. $35. (630) 637-7469 or chicagoharmonysweepstakes.com/. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 22

Crescent City standards

Hear the music of jazz greats such as Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong and more when Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents the “New Orleans Songbook.” The concert features pianist Luther S. Allison with vocalists Quiana Lynell and Milton Suggs at College of Lake County’s Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. $15-$35. (847) 543-2300 or jlcenter.clcillinois.edu/. 7 p.m. Sunday, March 23

Former “Saturday Night Live” star Katie Rich hosts “Stand Up Together,” a fundraiser to benefit those impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires, Thursday, March 27, at Chicago's Laugh Factory.

Funny fundraiser

Comedians gather for a good cause with “Stand Up Together,” a benefit for the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Wildfire Relief Fund. “Saturday Night Live” alum and The Second City veteran Katie Rich hosts, while comedians Pat McGann, Megan Gailey, Marcella Arguello, Kristen Toomey, Calvin Evans, Matty Ryan, Chris Bader and more are slated to perform at the Laugh Factory, 3175 N. Broadway St., Chicago. $35. For 18 and over. (773) 327-3175 or laughfactory.com/chicago. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27

Comedian Pat McGann brings the laughs to “Stand Up Together,” a fundraiser to benefit those impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires, at Chicago’s Laugh Factory Thursday, March 27.

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