Best Bets: TikTok sensation Drew Wiegman brings improvisational cello home to Lake County

TikTok performer in concert

Self-taught cellist and TikTok content creator Drew Wiegman performs at the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. The Lake County native will perform pop hits, film score selections and original compositions. $20-$40. (847) 543-2300 or jlcenter.clcillinois.edu. 7 p.m. Saturday, March 29, and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 30

DuPage farming on display

The Elmhurst History Museum, 120 E. Park Ave., Elmhurst, recently opened “Acre By Acre: Our Farming Heritage.” An examination of DuPage County’s rich farming history, the new exhibit traces the evolution from subsistence to commercial farming that makes up Illinois’ agricultural legacy. Free. (630) 833-1457 or elmhursthistory.org. 1-5 p.m. Sundays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays through Aug. 10

Hemmens celebrates Motown

The Miracles, the legendary Motown group founded by Smokey Robinson, perform such hits as “Shop Around,” “The Tracks of My Tears,” “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” and “Love Machine” at the Hemmens, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. $35-$54. (847) 931-5900 or elginil.gov/2538/hemmens-cultural-center. 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 28

Art of the small

“El Arte de lo Pequeño” is a new exhibition showcasing pieces from the National Museum of Mexican Art’s collection, each of them works of art in a small format, in the Rubin & Paula Torres Gallery, 1852 W. 19th St., Chicago. Free. nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, from Saturday, March 29, through Sept. 28

Chicago a cappella celebrates jazz

Chicago a cappella continues its season with a series of jazz a cappella that includes vocal adaptations of instrumental masterpieces by Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, along with classics like “My Funny Valentine,” “Birdland” and “Satin Doll.” $38, $48. chicagoacappella.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at the Gannon Concert Hall, Holtschneider Performance Center, 2330 N. Halsted St., Chicago; 3 p.m. Sunday, March 30, at the Nineteenth Century Club, 178 Forest Ave., Oak Park; 7:30 p.m. April 5 at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston; 4 p.m. April 6 at Wentz Concert Hall, North Central College, 171 E Chicago Ave., Naperville

Lyric Opera premiere

“The Listeners,” a new adults-only work by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek that pairs traditional opera with videography and projections, makes its Chicago premiere at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. A co-commission by Lyric and Philadelphia operas and the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, “The Listeners” is about a schoolteacher “whose idyllic suburban life is shattered by the arrival of a persistent hum, an unplaceable droning sound that only certain people can hear,” which leads to the establishment of a cult that a so-called prophet attempts to control. Lyric music director Enrique Mazzola conducts. Tickets start at $59. lyricopera.org. 2 p.m. Sunday, March 30, and various times and dates through April 11

Violin master in concert

Acclaimed violinist Midori joins the Chicago Youth Symphony for a concert featuring Derek Bermel’s “Spring Cadenzas,” Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, Jules Massenet’s “Meditation” from “Thaïs,” Alan Lee Silva’s “Luminescence,” Max Richter’s “Vivaldi Recomposed (Winter)” and Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Romance From The Gadfly.” The performance at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 East 60th St., Chicago, is part of Midori's orchestra residencies program established to educate the next generation of musicians and music fans. $25. cyso.org. 3 p.m. Sunday, March 30

Ancient politician on trial

The National Hellenic Museum presents the next installment of its trial series with “The Trial of Themistocles,” a fundraiser during which attorneys will argue a case regarding ancient Athens’ celebrated and controversial populist whose support of lower-class Athenians put him at odds with the aristocracy. The event takes place at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph St., Chicago. $100, $40 for students. nationalhellenicmuseum.org/trial2025. 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1

Former teachers crack wise in Rosemont

Former elementary school physical education teacher turned comedian Tom Filline and former Chicago public schoolteacher Jeanie Doogan team up for a “Chicago's Funniest Teachers” show at Zanies, 5437 Park Place, Rosemont. $20, plus a two-item minimum. (847) 813-0484 or rosemont.zanies.com. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3