Fasten your seatbelts for a musical tour through the birth, near death and resurrection of rock 'n' roll from 1955-65 in A Rock 'n' Roll Tribute-From Elvis to the Beatles! Featuring The Neverly Brothers at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 at the College ...

Art of play Illinois artists get ideas from childhood items for the exhibit "Toy Box - Inspiration Through Play," now on loan from the Illinois State Museum at North Central College's Schoenherr Gallery, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. Free admissi...

Piano player Composer and pianist Jim Brickman and his "Share the Love Tour" arrives on Friday, Feb. 8, at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, 1201 Main St., Batavia. $35-$57. (630) 937-8930 or bataviafineartscentre.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8 ...

Choo! choo! The Great Train Show features hundreds of tables of trains and accessories for sale, operating exhibits and more this weekend at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E. Peterson Road, Grayslake. $10 ($9 Sunday only). (847) 680-7260 or ...

Hard-knock life See comedian and actor Christopher Titus mine his difficult upbringing for humor this weekend in a series of standup shows at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg. Weekend shows $27. New Year's Eve $75 dinner and ...

Rocking carols Christmas carols get the rock arena tour treatment when the Trans-siberian Orchestra returns with "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" today at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont. $47.50-$79.50. (800) 745-3000 or allsta...

Season's symphony The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's “Merry, Merry Chicago!” concerts return with conductor Michael Krajewski at the helm. Also featured are vocalist Storm Large of Pink Martini, narrator David Lively and the Young Naperville Sing...

Hits & holidays Michael McDonald mixes pop songs with carols in the concert “Season of Peace: Holiday & Hits” on Saturday at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $44.50-$102.50. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com. 8 p.m. Saturda...

Tchaikovsky classic Von Heidecke's Chicago Festival Ballet teams up once again with the New Philharmonic to perform "The Nutcracker." Tchaikovsky's classic Christmas ballet plays this weekend at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell B...

Each New Year is a new start, new beginning, new hope, and a new step forward. It is a declaration of life, joy, freedom and happiness, and it is a new chance to make this world a better place. New Philharmonic, the only professional orchestra based...