Best Bets: Chicago Auto Show zooms in to McCormick Place
Latest models
See the latest in vehicle trends and technology at the 2022 Chicago Auto Show starting Saturday at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Chicago. $15; $10 seniors; $10 kids 4-12; free for kids 3 and younger. (312) 791-7000 or chicagoautoshow.com. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday through Sunday, Feb. 12-20, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21
Comic percussion
See lots of comical drumming, funny banter and more when the duo of Buckets N' Boards makes music and lots of mirth at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, 1250 W. Wilson St., Batavia. $20-$38 (dynamic pricing is in effect if demand warrants price increases). (630) 937-8930 or bataviafineartscentre.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11
New vocals
Look ahead to spring when Chicago a cappella performs the concert "Coming Out of the Dark" with newly commissioned pieces and inspiring classics starting this weekend at multiple locations: First at St. Josaphat Church, 2311 N. Southport Ave., Chicago; then at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston; then at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 460 Lake St., Oak Park; and finally at North Central College's Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. $33-$45. chicagoacappella.org. 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, in Chicago; 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, in Evanston; 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, in Oak Park; 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, in Naperville
Gone fishing
The Hard Water Classic ice fishing tournament returns with plenty of prizes and more at Silver Lake in Blackwell Forest Preserve. Enter on Butterfield Road, west of Winfield Road, near Warrenville. Registration is $20-$25. (630) 933-7248 or dupageforest.org. Noon to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12
South of the Border
See a slew of traditional regional Mexican dances when Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández performs at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago. $30-$88. (312) 341-2300 or auditoriumtheatre.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13
Jazz legacy
Swing your partner around the dance floor to big-band jazz classics like "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and more when the Duke Ellington Orchestra performs at the Des Plaines Theatre, 1476 Miner St., Des Plaines. $39. (630) 962-7000 or desplainestheatre.com. 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13
Mixed media
Some of the latest collage paintings by Chicago artist Ayanah Moor are featured in the new exhibit "I Wish I Could Be You More Often" at the Cleve Carney Gallery at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Free. (630) 942-2321 or theccma.org. Artist lecture at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17; ongoing exhibit: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, through April 10
Funny man
Catch the rising comedian Gianmarco Soresi ("Bonding," "The Last OG") when he performs a standup show at the The Lincoln Lodge, 2040 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. $15. (773) 251-1539 or thelincolnlodge.com. 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17