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Best bets: Salt Creek's 'Don Quixote' dances into COD

Posted April 05, 2011 11:00 pm

By Scott C. Morgan

Taylor Nash of Burr Ridge appears as a street dancer in Salt Creek Ballet's “Don Quixote.” Courtesy of Keith Gerling

Tutus at windmills

See a cast of more than 45 dancers from Salt Creek Ballet perform Spanish dances and more in the romantic ballet “Don Quixote” this weekend at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. $29; $25 seniors; $19 kids. (630) 942-4000 or saltcreekballet.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8; 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9

Antiques aplenty

Get your hands on some heavy-duty and ornate period machinery this weekend at the Chicagoland Antique Advertising, Slot-Machine & Jukebox Show at the Pheasant Run Resort Mega Center, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. $50 early-bird preview and weekend admission. $7 daily admission. (630) 584-6300 or chicagolandshow.com. 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 8 (early bird preview); 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 9; 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 10

Band in Berlin

German and American jazz song standards of the 1920s and '30s gleam anew when Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester journey from Germany to Chicago to perform the big band concert “Berlin Nocturne” tonight at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. $30-$70. (312) 294-3000 or cso.org. 8 p.m. Friday, April 8

Awww ... DAD!

If you aren't afraid of fathers attempting to be funny, then don't miss Dan St. Paul, Tim Bedore, Milt Able and Kelly McDonald who perform tonight as the Stand Up Dads at the Paramount Theatre, 8 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. These dads pride themselves on their clean delivery, though some topics may be more for mature audiences. $25.50. (630) 896-6666 or paramountaurora.com. 8 p.m. Friday, April 8

Reptiles-a-rama

The Chicago Herpetological Society hosts its 18th annual ReptileFest this weekend at the University of Illinois Chicago's Physical Education Building, 901 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago. See turtles, crocodiles and other coldblooded creatures for $10; $7 for kids ages 3 to 11. (312) 409-4456 or chicagoherp.org. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 9 and 10

Fashion fling

Get a glimpse of the latest spring fashions while competing in special raffle drawings at the Stepping Out in Style Fashion Show fundraiser for Provena Saint Joseph Hospital at the Stonegate Banquet Center, 2401 Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates. $50. (847) 888-3165 or provena.org/saintjoseph/fashionshow2011. 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 9

Nun finer

Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez stars as an amorous count who cooks up numerous schemes to get access to the castle of a chaste countess in Rossini's “Le Comte Ory.” The 1828 comic opera screens at select local movie theaters as part of the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series of worldwide simulcasts. Prices vary by theater, but usually run $24 to $18 for students/seniors. fathomevents.com. Noon Saturday, April 9

Exposed vocals

Liberty Town Productions celebrates the sound of unaccompanied voices with “A Night of A Cappella Music.” Ensembles like Northwestern University's Undertones and Libertyville High School's Master Singers are featured in the Saturday concert at St. Lawrence Church, 121 W. Church St., Libertyville. $14; $12 students. libertytownproductions.com. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9

Davis honors Davis

Jazz trumpeter Orbert Davis and the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble celebrate the art and life of the late jazz great Miles Davis (no relation) in the tribute concert “Sketches of Blue: An Orbert Davis Tribute to Miles” on Thursday at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, Chicago. $39-$69. (800) 982-2787 or MilesDavisFest.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14

German baritone Max Raabe croons transcontinental song standards of the 1920s and 30s with the Palast Orchester at Symphony Center in Chicago.

"The Stand-Up Dads" perform comedy at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.

See turtles and other coldblooded creatures at the ReptileFest at University of Illinois Chicago.

Juan Diego Flórez as Count Ory (disguised as the Nun) in Rossini´s Le Comte Ory. The comic Rossini opera is screened worldwide in movie theaters as part of the Metropolitan Operas Live in HD series. Courtesy of Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

Sketches of Blue: An Orbert Davis Tribute to Miles celebrates the music and art of the late jazz legend Miles Davis at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago.

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