Best Bets: Stroll Morton Arboretum during the Wine and Art Walk

Posted August 19, 2020 6:00 am

By Scott C. Morgan

A reconfigured Wine and Art Walk comes to the Morton Arboretum in Lisle Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22-23. Daily Herald File Photo

Go shopping for artwork while sipping libations at the Wine and Art Walk. The reconstituted event is this weekend at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle. $15; $13 seniors; $10 kids; timed-entry tickets must be purchased online in advance. (630) 968-0074 or mortonarb.org. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22-23

Sci-fi centennial

Commemorate the centennial of famed Illinois writer Ray Bradbury with the virtual event Live Forever in Green Town as hosted by the Ray Bradbury Experience Museum, 13 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. Free, but advance registration is required for timed virtual reality tour. (847) 372-6183 or raybradburyexperiencemuseum.org. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22

'Annie' alumni

The young stars of Citadel Theatre's 2019 holiday production of “Annie” perform as part of a special Outdoor Cabaret at the Gorton Community Center parking lot, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest. $10-$50. Bring your own chairs; socially distancing is expected. (847) 735-8554 or citadeltheatre.org. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23

Family finders

Families can help raise funds for the Exchange Club of Naperville by competing in its Around Naperville Car Scavenger Hunt. Collect tokens and take selfies along the way on Saturday with the competition start and finish at Up North Ale House, 1595 N. Aurora Road, Naperville. $30 per car (prizes for first place and Best Decorated Car). (630) 259-1129 or exchangeclub.org. 1:30-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22

Fareed Haque & The Secret Tango Society perform outdoors at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie on Saturday, Aug. 22. Courtesy of Fareed Haque

Distanced dancing

Hear Latin American pop hits jazzed up when Fareed Haque & The Secret Tango Society perform in concert outdoors in the parking lot of the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. $22.50. (847) 673-6300 or northshorecenter.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22

Tobias James performs classical and Spanish guitar music as part of Arts in Bartlett's Global Arts Sundays series.

Spanish guitar

Tobias James performs classical Spanish acoustic guitar as part of the Global Arts Sundays series at the Town Center, near 241 Main St., Bartlett. Free. (630) 372-4152 or artsinbartlett.org. 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23; other outdoor concerts on Sundays through Sept. 20

Alex Koffman is a violinist and band leader of the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, which performs outdoors at the Sheridan Music Studio in Highland Park on Sunday, Aug. 23.

Klezmer time

The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band performs an outdoor concert on the grounds of the Sheridan Music Studio, 1532 Sheridan Road, Highland Park. $15 livestream concert; $25 in-person outdoor concert (includes livestream access; outdoor seating limited to 50). klezmerband.com. 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23

The Academy Award-winning 2003 animated film "Finding Nemo" will be screened as a drive-in movie at Loft 21 in Lincolnshire on Friday, Aug. 21. Courtesy of Disney/Pixar

Pixar pals

The acclaimed 2003 Pixar animated feature “Finding Nemo” will be shown as part of a weekly drive-in movie event at Loft 21, 1501 N. Milwaukee Ave., Lincolnshire. $30-$50 per car. Snacks available for purchase on-site. (847) 868-5638 or loft21events.com or eventbrite.com. 7-8:15 p.m. live DJ set, movie starts at 8:15 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21

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