Best Bets: Cleve Carney, Elmhurst Art museums debut new exhibitions
Celebrating the ‘Floating World’
The Cleve Carney Museum of Art at the College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, presents “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World.” The exhibition marks the first time this collection of works by masters of the ukiyo-e has been seen in the U.S. It features 53 woodblock prints and original paintings, including works by Hokusai, Hiroshige and their contemporaries. Tickets start at $12. (630) 942-4000 or theccma.org. Saturday, May 31, through Sept. 21
Elmhurst Art Museum showcases its collection
The Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 S. Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst, features works by Salvador Dalí, Mies van der Rohe, Kay Rosen and Michiko Itatani as part of “Legacies: Selections From the Elmhurst Art Museum Permanent Collection.” “Museum art collections like ours would not happen without a community of collectors gifting their treasured artworks to us,” said executive director and chief curator Allison Peters Quinn in a prepared statement. “With ‘Legacies,’ we are telling the story of the Elmhurst Art Museum by way of the individuals such as Cleve Carney, The Broidy Family, Carol and Dick Cline, and artists including Suellen Roca and Phyllis Bramson, for example, who chose to put their artwork in our care so that it could bring joy to others for decades to come.” $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, $10 for students, $5 for kids. (630) 834-0202 or elmhurstartmuseum.org. Saturday, May 31, through Aug. 17
SNL vet headlines The Den
Actor and “Saturday Night Live” veteran Tim Meadows (“Poker Face,” “The Mandalorian,” “Mean Girls,” “The Goldbergs”) headlines The Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. $23-$42, plus a two-item food or beverage minimum. (773) 697-3830 or thedentheatre.com. 7:15 p.m. Friday, May 30, and 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31
Four queens in concert
Talk about star power. R&B and pop legends Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Patti Labelle and Stephanie Mills unite for the concert “The Queens: 4 Legends, 1 Stage” at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., Chicago. $96-$466.85. unitedcenter.com. 8 p.m. Friday, May 30
Interactive fairytale camp
A new pop-up experience titled Fairytale CAMP opens next week at 647 W. North Ave., Chicago. An interactive storytelling adventure for kids 2-7 and their families, the camp involves participants helping characters including Cinderella, Peter Pan and Little Red Riding Hood to bring magic back to the kingdoms. Tickets start at $24. camp.com/fairytale. Time slots from 10 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. Friday, May 30, through Sept. 29
Free classical concert
The Music Institute of Chicago Chorale, conducted by Daniel Wallenberg and featuring organist Dr. Brian Schoettler, concludes its season with performances of Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem and Josef Rheinberger’s Mass in F Minor. The free performance takes place at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston. musicinst.org/chorale. 3 p.m. Sunday, June 1
Rockin' at the Raue Center
Jennifer Lynn & The Groove Revival bring their show “Retrograde: The Spirit of 70s Rock Returns” to the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. The band pairs originals with covers of some of the era’s biggest hits by The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin and Heart. Tickets start at $44, with a discount for RaueNOW members. (815) 356-9212 or rauecenter.org. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 3
Chicago Opera Theater premiere
An all-Black female cast stars in Chicago Opera Theater’s premiere of “She Who Dared,” about the women who challenged segregation before and alongside Rosa Parks. Former Remy Bumppo Theatre Company artistic director Timothy Douglas directs the opera by composer/librettist Jasmine Arielle Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, in cooperation with the Black chamber music collective D-Composed. Performances take place at the Studebaker Theater, Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Tickets start at $50. chicagooperatheater.org. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, and Friday, June 6, and 3 p.m. June 8
Classical premiere
Contemporary classical chamber music ensemble Nova Linea Musica concludes its inaugural season with a concert showcasing Chicago-based performers and composers that include In Triplicate, a local string trio who compose, arrange and perform their own music; pianist Chelsea Wang; and artist-in-residence violinist Rabia Brooke. The program includes the world premiere of NLM-commissioned “Smooth Pluck Whirl” by Shawn Okpebholo, the premiere of In Triplicate violinist and composer Jasmine Lin’s “Sumpin’ About Chicago,” and a work by Chicago-based composer Clarice Assad. Performances take place at Guarneri Hall, 11 E. Adams St., Chicago. $40. novalineamusica.org. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4
For dance fans
• The Joffrey Ballet concludes its 69th season with Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s family-friendly “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Set to a score by Joby Talbot and incorporating puppetry by Tony-winning designer Bob Crowley, the ballet chronicles Alice’s encounters with the high-strung Queen of Hearts, the entrancing Caterpillar and the tap-dancing Mad Hatter. Performances take place at the Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Upper Wacker Drive, Chicago. $47-$237. (312) 386-8905 or joffrey.org. Thursday, June 5, through June 22
• Chicago Tap Theatre concludes its season with the premiere of “For All We Know,” an investigation of the true meaning of love, choreographed by artistic associate Sterling Harris and performed at The Edge Theater, 5451 N. Broadway Ave., Chicago. The program also includes works by Mark Yonally, Molly Smith and Sara Anderson. $35-$65. chicagotaptheatre.com. 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 5-6, and 2 p.m. June 7-8