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	Highland Park: $17.00 for Iron and Wine With Special Guest Dr. John ($55.00 value) Full price: ($55.00 value) Our price: $17.00 for Ravinia Festival welcomes singer-songwriter Samuel Beam, better known to fans around the world as Iron & Wine, with special guest Dr. John, for a night of music under the stars. Considered a master musical storyteller, Iron & Wine crafts meticulous tales filled with forlorn love, religious imagery and wistful dreams. Beam's music has appeared on Grey's Anatomy, The L Word and House, M.D., and actress Kristen Stewart personally chose his song "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" for use in Twilight's prom scene. He'll be joined by five-time Grammy-winner Dr. John (also Dr. John Creaux, or Dr. John the Night Tripper), a singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist whose music encompasses blues, pop, jazz as well as zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.
	Anytown: $30.00 for Cinemark Platinum Supersaver Movie Ticket Package ($50.00 value) Full price: ($50.00 value) Our price: $30.00 for Stock up now so you have plenty of movie tickets on hand when the Summer heats up and you're in search of the perfect air conditioned retreat. With the Cinemark Platinum Supersaver Movie Ticket Package, you can enjoy new releases, independent films, family flicks or whatever strikes your fancy -- at any Cinemark Theatre location, including Cinemark, Century Theatres, Tinseltown and CinéArts. Plus, with the money you save on movie tickets, you'll have extra cash for the snack bar!
	Chicago: $19.50 for "Immediate Family" ($39.00 value) Full price: ($39.00 value) Our price: $19.50 for Goodman Theatre presents the new American play Immediate Family, directed by two-time Emmy nominee and Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad. In their Hyde Park home, the Bryant family comes together for the first time in five years, and hilarious drama ensues. Evy can't understand why her younger brothers are so mysterious and distant; Jesse is afraid to be true to himself and honest with his family; and no one can understand why Tony is so eager to get married. But the family's emotional upheaval gives way to mended fences, with a little help from God, card games and their loved ones. Written by Paul Oakley Stovall, Immediate Family stars an all-Chicago cast.
	Chicago: FREE for "Incendiary" ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: FREE for Love and arson collide in this noir-style comedy from Wishbone Theatre Collective. Penned by noted playwright Adam Szymkowicz (Nerve, Food for Fish), Incendiary finds young fire chief Elise falling for Jake, a detective investigating an ongoing string of mysterious arson incidents. Problem is, Elise just happens to be the one who has been setting those fires. As the couple's lives further intertwine -- and the fires don't stop -- things really start to heat up. Wishbone ensemble member Katie Jones directs.
	Chicago: $20.00 for "Rent" ($40.00 value) Full price: ($40.00 value) Our price: $20.00 for Celebrated Broadway director David Cromer returns to Chicago to take the helm of American Theater Company and About Face Theatre's Rent. This Pulitzer and Tony-winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson is based on Puccini's opera, La Boheme. The musical follows the lives of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive, love and create under the shadow of AIDS. The colorful cast of characters live in New York's Lower East Side in the golden days of bohemian Alphabet City, a vibrant mecca of youth and creativity. The timeless story comes to vivid life through the modern rock score, including such favorites as "La Vie Boheme," "What You Own," and "Seasons of Love."
	Highland Park: $27.50 for Esperanza Spalding ($55.00 value) Full price: ($55.00 value) Our price: $27.50 for One of jazz's most talked about artists, vocalist, bassist and composer Esperanza Spalding captivates audiences with her compelling vocals, unmatched instrumental ability and charismatic stage presence. The 2011 Best New Artist Grammy-winner performs jazz, but liberally mixes in other genres including blues, funk, hip-hop, pop, and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles. Spalding's latest album Radio Music Society is the scorching follow-up to her 2010 album Chamber Music Society and includes the most diverse, ambitious and masterful music she has yet composed.
	Highland Park: $30.00 for Jimmy Cliff ($60.00 value) Full price: ($60.00 value) Our price: $30.00 for Still going strong after 50 years of making music, the indomitable Jimmy Cliff puts on a show like no other. From the success of his early single "Hurricane Hattie" to his starring role in The Harder They Come to recent duet collaborations with Sting, Annie Lennox, Joe Strummer and Wyclef Jean, Cliff has remained a potent musical force. His upcoming album produced by Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong will feature new songs as well as covers of the Clash's "The Guns of Brixton" and Rancid's "Ruby Soho." Witness a legend in action when Cliff performs at the Ravinia Pavilion.
	Highland Park: $22.50 for Jake Shimabukuro ($45.00 value) Full price: ($45.00 value) Our price: $22.50 for Jake Shimabukuro, whose staggering skills have redefined the ukulele and led critics to compare him to Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, plays the open-air venue of Ravinia Pavilion at this year's Ravinia Festival. His music ranges from traditional Hawaiian tunes to jazz, blues, folk and rock covers like the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." Shimabukuro has received millions of YouTube views, played with musicians ranging from Yo-Yo Ma to Jack Johnson to Bette Midler, performed for the Queen of England and recently appeared in the Adam Sandler movie Just Go With It, set in his native Hawaii. His latest CD, Peace Love Ukulele, debuted at the top of the Billboard World Music chart.
	Chicago: $12.50 for "The Whole World is Watching" ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for "The whole world is watching" is what antiwar demonstrators chanted outside of the Chicago Hilton Hotel on August 28, 1968 during the Democratic National Convention. This prescient chant became famous after the protest turned violent when police began beating a young protester and the crowd responded. This historic event comes to life at The Victory Gardens Theater in a unique, promenade-style performance where the audience encounters the event through the viewpoint of police officers, journalists, clergy, and demonstrators. This engaging theatrical experience uses live music, projections, and a standing-room performance to create a fast-paced, immersive experience.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "Crow" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Writer/performer Jeremy Sher stars in Crow, based on the true story of adventurer Donald Crowhurst, who disappeared during a much-publicized round-the-world boat race in 1969. While most of the world was following the adventures of the Soyuz and Apollo astronauts, a different group of brave explorers set out to be the first to circumnavigate the globe alone without stopping. British businessman and amateur sailor Crowhurst entered in the hopes of promoting his marine-related inventions and winning a cash prize, but months later his ship was found floating empty, revealing logbooks full of strange ramblings. Sher's piece combines movement and text to tell the heartbreaking story of a man driven to the edge by ambition. This Walkabout Theater production is directed by Scott Bradley.
	Chicago: $22.50 for "Freud's Last Session" ($45.00 value) Full price: ($45.00 value) Our price: $22.50 for This well-reviewed off-Broadway play by Mark St. Germain (The God Committee) imagines a late-in-life meeting between Dr. Sigmund Freud, the devoutly atheist father of psychoanalysis, and the philosophical Christian writer-professor C.S. Lewis. Directed by Tyler Marchant, Freud's Last Session finds the two intellectual giants arguing about love, sex, death and the existence of God just weeks before the end of Freud's life in World War II-era London.
	Chicago: $22.50 for Music of the Baroque: "Mozart and Friends" ($45.00 value) Full price: ($45.00 value) Our price: $22.50 for Music of the Baroque, the Midwest's leading orchestra for the performance of 18th century music, presents an evening of works by composers who often performed together in their day, including Mozart and Haydn. With a program that highlights the orchestra's principal string players, conductor Jane Glover leads these consummate musicians through such masterpieces of the baroque era as Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat Major.
	Chicago: $8.00 for "In The Continuum" ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $8.00 for Heralded by The New York Times as one of the top 10 plays of 2005, Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter's In The Continuum is a starkly funny, moving piece that tackles a heavy subject head on. The play revolves around Abigail and Nia, two women from South Central Los Angeles and Zimbabwe, respectively, who learn they have contracted HIV. As the story unfolds, these two women take parallel and darkly comic journeys of discovery and growth as they confront their family and friends with their shocking news. As the women learn to navigate the new course placed in front of them, they both must persevere and adapt to their reality.
	Arlington Heights: $11.00 for "LawLawPalooza" ($22.00 value) Full price: ($22.00 value) Our price: $11.00 for LawLawPalooza, the Chicago Bar Association's 88th annual holiday show is making an appearance in June. With new writers and new music, this is a musical revue and parody show local and national political, sports, and showbiz figures -- any public figure is fair game. The cast is made up of lawyers, judges and law students showing off their hidden entertainment talents. The large cast will sing, dance and poke fun at current events, skewering everyone from presidential candidates and politicians to British royals and Z-list celebs. The music includes original pop/rock music and show tune parodies. If the heated election antics are getting you down, come to Lawlawpalooza and laugh it off.
	Arlington Heights: $7.50 for Chunky Monkey ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $7.50 for Chunky Monkey are stuck in the 1960s for life. The group began as a group of friends jamming together, after they realized that they shared the same favorite songs, all from the 1960s. They meshed so well together, they decided to make a show of their music, called "Stuck in the '60s for Life." Not only does that describe their music perfectly, but it's also the name of one of bandleader Tom Malouf's original songs. A Chunky Monkey show is a giant party featuring all the hits of the 1960s, and the audience is welcome to sing and dance along.
	Chicago: $7.50 for Laugh Factory ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $7.50 for Named the No. 1 Comedy Club in the Country by USA Today, the Laugh Factory regularly hosts top-notch headliners, including up-and-coming comedians and big-name stars from TV and film. Laugh Factory's list of performers has included Jim Carrey, Dave Chappelle, Ellen DeGeneres, Kathy Griffin, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, and many more -- almost anyone you can think of in the comedy business. With tableside food and drink service and stellar talent on stage, Laugh Factory is a surefire bet for a great night out. See the full listing for details on performers by date.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "Music and Art Meet Culture Fest" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Chicago's largest indoor music and art festival, Music and Art Meet Culture Fest takes over Congress Theater for an exciting event meant to stimulate the five senses. On the visual side of things, more than 100 artists will showcase their work throughout the theater, along with live art stations, body painting and walking art pieces. Live musical entertainment will be provided by the likes of Delamancha, the Second, Jesse "Fuser" Santoyo, Boom Shakalaka, Estrella Negra and more, while DJs set to spin include Soulphonetics, DJ Al-T, DJ Kulprit and DJ WarMachine.
	Chicago: $67.93 for Odyssey Cruises' Luxury Dinner Cruises ($135.86 value) Full price: ($135.86 value) Our price: $67.93 for Enjoy a cruise on the luxurious vessel Odyssey. Departing from Navy Pier, you'll sail along the lakefront, with views of Chicago's mighty skyline, while you enjoy a delicious four-course dinner prepared fresh on board. Later, dance to music provided by a live band. This sophisticated getaway excursion was featured on HGTV as one of the top ten reasons to live in Chicago and offers something for everyone, whether you are looking forward to fresh and creative food prepared by a master chef, music and dancing or simply relaxing and watching the beautiful scenery.
	Evanston: $12.50 for "Twelfth Night" ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Award-winning Northwestern faculty member Mary Poole directs this new production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy Twelfth Night at the Ethel M. Barber Theater. "Twelfth Night" was the name of a festive occasion that closed out the Christmas season in Shakespearian times. Therefore, the title of the play indicates an entertainment appropriate to a night of festivity, song and lots of drinking. Filled with Shakespeare's most indelible comedic characters and side-splitting situations, prepare to laugh out loud at this comic tale of wild infatuation and mistaken identities in the strange land of Illyria.
	Chicago: $8.00 for Improv All-Stars ($16.00 value) Full price: ($16.00 value) Our price: $8.00 for UP Comedy Club welcomes The Second City's Improv All-Stars to the stage. Each Monday night, Chicago's finest improvisers perform under the direction of the legendary Mick Napier for an evening of unscripted and unequaled improvisational comedy. Called "slick and entertaining" by the Chicago Tribune, the show includes plenty of audience interaction, with hilarious and thoroughly original results. The talented cast includes Kellen Alexander, Ryan Archibald, Brooke Breit, Chelsea Devantez, Cody Dove, Hans Holsen, Rachael Mason and Tim Ryder. No matter how many times you go, it's always a one-of-a-kind evening.
	Chicago: $46.17 for "Spirit of Chicago" Buffet Cruise ($92.34 value) Full price: ($92.34 value) Our price: $46.17 for Step aboard the Spirit of Chicago for unparalleled lakefront cruising fun. Dine on a delicious buffet lunch or dinner, dance to top 40 hits from the DJ, enjoy Broadway-quality entertainment from the professional wait staff, who sing while they serve, and catch breathtaking views of the city's historic and spectacular skyline. With its updated decor and all-new ambiance, the Spirit of Chicago maintains a state-of-the-art luxury feel while providing a festive experience for all types of guests.
	Chicago: $14.88 for Lakefront Speedboat Tours ($24.80 value) Full price: ($24.80 value) Our price: $14.88 for If you feel the need -- the need for speed -- then climb aboard the high-powered Seadog for a thrilling boat ride along Chicago's scenic lakefront, while your captain regales you with fun and fascinating facts about the city. Choose from a variety of tours, all departing from Navy Pier, including the 30-minute Lakefront Tour, which jets to the city's Museum Campus, and returns by way of the Magnificent Mile, giving you great views of the Sears Tower, Buckingham Fountain and Grant Park. The 75-minute River and Lake Architectural Tour takes you through the historic locks and up the Chicago River, while a friendly and knowledgeable guide shares stories about some of the Windy City's most famous buildings, including the famed Willis Tower. Then it's a race back to Navy Pier to the thrilling sound of turbo-charged engines, seeing more lakefront landmarks and highlights. And then there's the 60-minute Lakefront Fireworks Cruise, with an extended speedboat ride and narration, along with strategic positioning designed to give Seadog sailors the absolute best spot to see the Navy Pier sky spectacular. For more details on each cruise, please see the full description.
	Chicago: $8.50 for Downtown Deco Walking Tour ($17.00 value) Full price: ($17.00 value) Our price: $8.50 for After World War I, Chicago was at the epicenter of two new trends in architecture: the geometric ornamentation of the style called Art Deco, and the towering feats of engineering that came to be known as skyscrapers. With the experts of the Chicago Architecture Foundation as your guide, you'll learn firsthand about the lavish edifices that came to epitomize the Chicago of the "Roaring '20s": the Chicago Board of Trade Building, the One LaSalle Building, the Carbide & Carbon Building (now home to the Hard Rock Hotel) and many others on this extensive and informative walking tour. Explore the soaring exteriors and lavish interiors of some of the Windy City's greatest contributions to the Art Deco age.
	Chicago: $8.50 for "Chicago Old and New: Intersections" ($17.00 value) Full price: ($17.00 value) Our price: $8.50 for Chicago has a rich architectural history and has been a major influence on the architectural history of the entire United States. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed most of downtown (with the exception of the famous Water Tower), but the city quickly rebuilt and now features a variety of prominent buildings of various styles from great architects. With the experts of the Chicago Architecture Foundation as your guide, you'll learn firsthand about the span of Chicago architecture from the 1870s to the present, while examining the intersections of streets, styles, and cultures that reflect the diverse cultural history of the Windy City. At five major intersections in the Loop, the tour will examine the prominent buildings of the area as elements of Chicago's unique urban fabric. The tour compares the histories, styles, and functions of the notable buildings located within sight of each other, as well as explaining the symbiosis between buildings and public art.
	Chicago: $8.50 for Millennium Park Revealed ($17.00 value) Full price: ($17.00 value) Our price: $8.50 for Did you know that Millennium Park is the world's largest roof garden? It's just one of the many fascinating facts you'll learn on the Chicago Architecture Foundation's illuminating walking tour of the Windy City's most innovative public park. Learn how leading architects and artists like Frank Gehry and Anish Kapoor came together to transform an ugly swath of rail yards and parking lots into a 24-acre urban refuge that's home to some of the city's most iconic structures, including Gehry's soaring Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Kapoor's sleek "Bean," and Jaume Plensa's high-tech Crown Fountain. Even if you've explored Millennium Park on your own, this in-depth tour will enhance your knowledge of and appreciation for this most modern of city parks.
	Skokie: $22.50 for "[title of show]" ($45.00 value) Full price: ($45.00 value) Our price: $22.50 for Northlight Theatre presents [title of show], the musical about writing a musical. This Tony Award-nominated love letter to musical theater, written by two struggling writers, features two struggling writers as the main characters. Jeff and Hunter have three weeks to create a musical to enter into a festival, so they gather up their friends and begin creating. At a loss for what to write about, they decide to just write about their own process as they go. Over the 90 minutes of the performance, the audience sees the creative process at work and comes along for the journey as the group members work together, learn about themselves as people, friends and artists, and finally perform their creation.
	Chicago: $17.50 for "In a Forest, Dark and Deep" ($35.00 value) Full price: ($35.00 value) Our price: $17.50 for The latest production from acclaimed playwright Neil LaBute, In a Forest, Dark and Deep is a dark journey into sibling rivalry that escalates into a psychological thriller bursting with savage conflict and hidden secrets. On a dark and stormy night, Bobby thought he was helping his sister Betty clear out her cottage in the forest. But this cabin of lies holds plenty of conflict, and the truth refuses to be packed away. Does he really want to find out what his sister is hiding? Profiles Theatre presents the U.S. premiere of this taut, riveting work from a master of gender politics and button pushing.
	Chicago: $9.00 for "Peter Pan's Shadow Part Two: Everland" ($18.00 value) Full price: ($18.00 value) Our price: $9.00 for Following his defeat at the hands of Peter Pan, Captain Hook finds himself trapped in the belly of the crocodile along with Peter Pan's Shadow in Everland, a decaying city built from despair where puppets have claws, butterflies have teeth and the air is filled with corrosive gas. Somehow Hook must figure out a way out of Everland and satisfy his lust for revenge against Peter Pan. Everland is part of Jeremy Menekseoglu's trilogy exploring the rise and fall of Peter Pan. Menekseoglu also plays Captain Hook in this world premiere for Dream Theatre Company.
	Chicago: $10.00 for "Bang the Drum Slowly" ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for Raven Theatre closes their 2011-2012 season with Bang the Drum Slowly, adapted for the stage by Eric Simonson. Based on the novel by Mark Harris, it's a baseball story set in the days before free agency brought on enormous contracts and doping scandals. A superstar pitcher from New York develops a friendship with a struggling catcher from the country, and their bond grows more intense as they cope with the pitcher's terminal illness and try to hide his condition from management and the rest of the team in order to get him through one last season. This moving story of loyalty set amidst America's favorite sport was made into a movie in 1973 starring Michael Moriarty and a then-unknown Robert De Niro. Michael Menendian directs.
	Chicago: $10.00 for "White Trash Wedding and a Funeral" ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for Back on a Chicago stage for the third time, Factory Theater's hit comedy White Trash Wedding and a Funeral comes to Prop Thtr. In this blue-collar send-up that the Chicago Tribune has called "perversely hilarious," Earl's hoping to receive his septic tank cleaning company inheritance from his Aunt Shirley, but his fiance Connie -- aided by, of course, Lonnie -- just might mess things up. Scott O'Ken directs the show, which was penned by ensemble member Mike Beyer and Bill Havle.
	Elmhurst: $11.25 for Chicago Gay Men's Chorus: "That '80s Show" ($22.50 value) Full price: ($22.50 value) Our price: $11.25 for The Chicago Gay Men's Chorus presents That '80s Show, featuring classic pop tunes of the 1980s. The 120-member group will sing a variety of popular songs with dance numbers and multimedia images, from The Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited," Sade's "Smooth Operator," and Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" to Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus," Michael Jackson's "Thriller," Devo's "Whip It" and many more. The show pays tribute to the decade in which CGMC was founded, and looks forward to their 30th anniversary season, which begins in December.
	Chicago: $15.00 for "The Second City's History of Chicago" ($30.00 value) Full price: ($30.00 value) Our price: $15.00 for For more than 50 years, The Second City has made a name for itself by making fun of all things Chicago. From Ditka to Daley, Blago to the Bean, the sketch comedy institution has taken liberties with the city's history, civic leaders, landmarks and local personalities. Nothing is sacred. The Second City's History of Chicago takes some of the absolute best material from the history of the comedy empire -- from very first show in 1959 to the current revues on stages now -- to give audiences a hilarious history lesson of the Windy City from a completely different perspective than can be found in any history book.
	Glencoe: $25.00 for "The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead" ($50.00 value) Full price: ($50.00 value) Our price: $25.00 for Writers' Theatre presents Robert Hewett's one person show, the intriguingly titled The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead at Books on Vernon. Featuring actress Deborah Staples portraying all seven characters, the show provides seven profoundly different perspectives on a horrifying crime and its effect on the lives of those closest to the perpetrator. Redhead Rhonda Russell is a middle-aged woman feeling abandoned and unnoticed by her husband and ready for vengeance in a rare moment when she loses control and lashes out violently against a perceived rival. Audiences are in for a captivating and heartfelt tale of loss and ultimate redemption, directed by Joe Hanreddy.
	Chicago: $12.50 for "Sex, Love & the Second City: A Romantic Dot Comedy" ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for From the creators of the touring hit Sex & the Second City comes this fresh look at love, sex, relationships and dating in the modern, digital world. From dating websites to iPhone apps, OnStar to wedding registries, speed dating to social networking, this hilarious show from the legendary comedy theater leaves no web link unvisited, no "Like" button unclicked and no text message unsent in its quest for laughs at the expense of love in the age of Facebook, eHarmony, Plenty of Fish, Match, etc.
	Chicago: $36.00 for Audience Interactive Roaring '20s Musical Comedy Dinner Show ($60.00 value) Full price: ($60.00 value) Our price: $36.00 for Enter the world of a Roaring '20s Chicago speakeasy featuring gangsters, flappers, food, hooch and plenty of fun at Tommy Gun's Garage. Following a delicious sit-down dinner, you'll be treated to a musical comedy revue featuring the songs of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington and more, all with gorgeous flappers performing the Charleston. Be ready to get in on the act, as Officer Murphy could pull you up on stage at any time to administer a sobriety test.
	Chicago: $40.00 for Massages, Facials and More From Amber Spa ($80.00 value) Full price: ($80.00 value) Our price: $40.00 for Amber Spa combines a peaceful and beautifully modern environment with a highly trained, friendly staff to offer the most advanced spa services available. Whether you need pampering or want to offer the gift of pampering to someone special, Amber Spa offers facials, massages, manicures, pedicures, waxing and body treatments and more. Enjoy these services in a tranquil atmosphere complemented by beautiful paintings by local artist Rich Greene and stained glass works by Marianna Grzegorczyk on display. You'll walk out feeling and looking renewed and refreshed.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "Nature on Tap" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum -- including the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven -- goes adults-only for this fun evening event entitled Nature on Tap. It's a unique chance to stroll around the museum with no kids in sight and a cash bar serving beer and wine. You can check out the current and ongoing exhibits, marvel at the wonders inside the Istock Butterfly Haven, or test your science and nature knowledge in a trivia game. The winning trivia team will even be awarded some fun prizes.
	Chicago: $34.00 for "Timon of Athens" ($68.00 value) Full price: ($68.00 value) Our price: $34.00 for Chicago Shakespeare Theatre presents the finale of its 25th anniversary season, Shakespeare's rarely produced Timon of Athens. Directed by CST Artistic Director, Barbara Gaines, this production is set in the world of high-risk futures trading, where Timon is king of the hill, until a reversal of fortune sends him into financial free fall and his formers friends become ruthless creditors. Timon is played by internationally-acclaimed actor Ian McDiarmid, who won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Teddy in Brian Friel's Faith Healer. He is perhaps most famous for his chilling performance as the Emperor in George Lucas's 1983 film Return of the Jedi, and later as Senator Palpatine in the Star Wars prequels.
	Chicago: $17.50 for "Jamaica, Farewell" ($35.00 value) Full price: ($35.00 value) Our price: $17.50 for Debra Ehrhardt's acclaimed solo show Jamaica, Farewell is based on a mostly true story about the playwright's journey to the USA from Jamaica in the turbulent 1970s of the Manley Era. As an 18-year-old secretary in Kingston, Jamaica, Ehrhardt and her passion for America bump into a handsome CIA agent over a bowl of oxtail soup. She decides to squeeze through the pinhole of opportunity with the help of this love-struck American. Her way out of Jamaica is blocked by many obstacles: an alcoholic father, a Bible-spouting mother, the price of an air ticket and U.S. government suspicions. The boundary between bravery and foolishness becomes blurred as she becomes more desperate. When she agrees to smuggle a million dollars in cash to a mysterious contact somewhere in Miami, the agent becomes her unwitting accomplice. NAACP Award-winner Ehrhardt plays every part. Jamaica, Farewell is directed by Joel Zwick (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and has been optioned for film by a major Hollywood producer.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "Quarks: A 24 Hour Play Festival" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Most theater takes weeks of planning and rehearsal. But what if you could condense that whole process down to just 24 hours? The madcap writers, directors and performers at Chemically Imbalanced Comedy are doing just that with Quarks: A 24 Hour Play Festival. After being assigned a theme at 8:00pm on Friday, five playwrights will have just 12 hours to deliver a 10-minute to play to their directors and casts the following morning. Then, everyone will have just another 12 hours of rehearsal and preparation before the curtain rises. Can CIC achieve comic brilliance in just one day? If you want to find out, don't miss the results of this unique theatrical experiment.
	Chicago: $10.00 for Live Comedy at Jokes & Notes ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for Ready for a night of laughs? Unwind at Chicago's Jokes & Notes Comedy Club, in the heart of the Bronzeville District, with an evening of hilarious stand-up comedy. A great roster of comics is always on the schedule, including headliners from across the Midwest and beyond who come here to showcase their talents. Comedians such as Mo'Nique, Adele Givens, Michael Colyar and Bill Bellamy have honed their craft at Jokes & Notes. Those wishing for libations can head for the lounge area to purchase a drink, and the 24" monitors will ensure that you won't miss a moment of what's happening on stage. Check out the full event listing for the upcoming lineup of performers.
	Chicago: $16.00 for "Pride and Prejudice" ($32.00 value) Full price: ($32.00 value) Our price: $16.00 for Lifeline Theatre presents a stage adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, by company ensemble member Christina Calvit. First published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice is both a love story and a biting social satire that remains popular today for its wit and emotional resonance. In the town of Meryton, marriage is vital to a young woman's happiness and future. Faced with the loss of land and income, Elizabeth Bennet's mother is desperate to secure husbands for her five daughters at any cost. When the strong-willed and intelligent Lizzy is introduced to Mr. Darcy at a local dance, tempers flare as her independent spirit clashes with his ingrained arrogance. The Bennet household is turned upside down as a world of memorable characters comes to life in this sparkling comedy of manners.
	Chicago: $17.50 for "Bachelorette" ($35.00 value) Full price: ($35.00 value) Our price: $17.50 for Bachelorette, set at a party on the eve of a wedding, isn't your typical look inside a bride's last hurrah as a single woman. In fact, it isn't really a look at the bride at all. Bachelorette shows the effect of this milestone on the bride's three high school friends who have made a life of partying, with no real sense of how to cross the bridge into adulthood. The women crash the bride's hotel room, crack open a truckload of champagne and begin to unravel. Cocaine, marijuana and pills give way to raunchy sex talk and scandalous gossip that's both devastatingly funny and heartbreakingly sad. The former prom queen has a meltdown, the nice-girl-turned-cokehead struggles to mend the mauled wedding dress, and the maid of honor finds her picture-perfect life less stable than it seemed. A smash hit off-Broadway, Leslye Headland's shrewd and biting play captures the anxiety and self-loathing of a generation.
	Chicago: FREE for Spider Saloff's "The Roar of the Butterfly" ($32.00 value) Full price: ($32.00 value) Our price: FREE for Fresh from successful runs in Australia and Los Angeles, acclaimed cabaret artist Spider Saloff stars in her own one-woman musical, at the Richard Christiansen Theater at Victory Gardens. Based on a true story, Saloff also penned this play, a tour de force performance in which she portrays eight different male and female characters. With both funny and touching moments, the story revolves around a memorial service for Butterfly, a Asian drag queen who's been an inspirational character to the attendees, including a South Philly hairdresser, a Scottish waitress, and a bearded poet.
	Chicago: FREE for Live Blues Music ($5.00 value) Full price: ($5.00 value) Our price: FREE for If you want to hear authentic, down-home blues, you know you've got to go to "Sweet Home Chicago," and once you're there, look no further than the legendary North Side club known as B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted. This very intimate, friendly Lincoln Park bar hosts some of the best musicians in the business, including local legends, up-and-comers and nationally-touring acts. The cozy setting allows you to get up-close-and-personal with the performers, too. See the event description for the current lineup.
	Chicago: $17.50 for "Kin" ($35.00 value) Full price: ($35.00 value) Our price: $17.50 for Griffin Theatre Company presents the Midwest premiere of Bathsheba Doran's Kin. When Kin debuted in 2011 in New York, The New York Times called it "the finest new play of the season." This sweeping story of the gradual forming of a new family spans two continents and seven years, blending comedy and drama to tell a joyful and poignant story about ten people who must come together. A native of England, Doran has won numerous playwriting awards, and worked as a writer on the second season of HBO's Boardwalk Empire.
	Chicago: $12.00 for Chicago's Finest River Walk Tours ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.00 for Chicago has numerous tours by bus and tours by boat. The River Walk Tours are a two-and-a-half-hour walking loop along both sides of the Chicago River that, because of the small group size, allow for a more relaxed pace and easier two-way interaction between the tour guide and guests. Designed to complement the city's many bus and boat tours with lots of new information, this tour takes you along the River Walk for unparalleled views of the city's many architectural wonders. You'll learn about Chicago's millionaires, its "royalty," its architects, and its famous (or infamous) figures.
	Lake Forest: $17.50 for "Lend Me A Tenor" ($35.00 value) Full price: ($35.00 value) Our price: $17.50 for Ken Ludwig's riotous farce takes place before a 1934 gala opera fundraiser in Cleveland, which suddenly loses its star tenor just minutes prior to curtain. This dire situation sets off a chain of disasters resulting in mistaken identities and double entendres galore, as a local impresario fumbles his way through a comedy of errors to ensure that the show does indeed go on. A smash hit on Broadway, this broad comedy, always an audience favorite, was also nominated for seven Tony and six Drama Desk Awards.
	Chicago: $7.50 for Mayne Stage ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $7.50 for Check out a diverse lineup of live entertainers ranging from performance artists to jazz musicians, as well as world music concerts and CD release parties. The intimate 230-seat Mayne Stage recently underwent a major restoration and renovation, and has long been a jewel of Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. Since opening as the Morse Theater in 1912, the venerable building has served as a synagogue and a shoe repair store. See the full event description for more information on great upcoming events at Mayne Stage.
	Schaumburg: $9.50 for Weekend Improv at Laugh Out Loud ($19.00 value) Full price: ($19.00 value) Our price: $9.50 for The show is guaranteed to be hilarious and new every time Laugh Out Loud Theater performs Weekend Improv. Done in the same fully improvised style as hit shows like Whose Line Is it Anyway?, Weekend Improv combines live action, video and audience participation into a truly unique, laugh-filled evening -- all in an intimate, cabaret setting. From scenes and songs to crazy games -- it's all made up on the spot and based on audience suggestions. You never know what might happen next, but it's sure to leave you in stitches.
	Chicago: FREE for "Crooked" ($28.50 value) Full price: ($28.50 value) Our price: FREE for In this sensitive tale of sexual and spiritual awakening, 14 year old Laney - with a deformed back, a mother in crisis and a collection of vividly violent short stories - befriends the open-hearted daughter of an evangelical preacher. Through this friendship, Laney reinvents herself through a series of rebellious acts that are also cries for acceptance. Written by the award-winning playwright Catherine Trieschmann, Crooked will be directed in its Midwest premiere by Sandy Shinner and will feature Rivendell Theatre Ensemble's Artistic Director Tara Mallen in the cast along with the company's youngest ensemble member, Rae Gray.
	Schaumburg: $7.88 for LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago ($15.75 value) Full price: ($15.75 value) Our price: $7.88 for LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago is like the world's biggest box of LEGO blocks, with tons of activities for hours of fun. Guests ages 2 to 12 and their families can learn building secrets from the Master Model Builder; feel a part of the story in the 4D cinema; ride the all new Kingdom Quest Laser Ride; see iconic Chicago landmarks in MINILAND; pedal to the skies on the Technicycle and play in the LEGO City Construction Site which features a slide, tunnels, a LEGO wrecking ball and more in this 30,000-square-foot indoor theme-park attraction.
	Chicago: $7.50 for Chicago Outfit Roller Derby ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $7.50 for Catch intense roller derby action live at Windy City Fieldhouse as the women of the Chicago Outfit, known as "Chicago's dirty little secret," take on all comers in Women's Flat Track Derby Association competition. Please see the full event description for information on upcoming matches.
	Chicago: $7.50 for "Pimprov" ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $7.50 for It's not hard out here for a Pimprov at Chicago's Chemically Imbalanced Theater. The show has been hailed by critics and audiences alike as one of the most original and hilarious unscripted comedy events in town. Performers include Mark Bratton as "Ho'Lease," Jonathan Keaton as tap-dance happy "Daddy Jenkins," creator Marz Timms as the enterprising "Grand Finale," and Keith Smitherman as the enforcer "Poochie." With plenty of opportunity for audience involvement, Pimprov provides a dangerously funny and unpredictable evening of laugh-filled entertainment.
	Schaumburg: $9.50 for Comedian Loni Love ($19.00 value) Full price: ($19.00 value) Our price: $9.50 for Loni Love headlines the Improv. A native of Detroit who attended college in Texas, Love's outspoken brand of comedy has landed her a recurring spot on E!'s Chelsea Lately. She's performed stand-up on The Tonight Show, was a finalist on Star Search, and is known for her sharp-witted commentary on shows like Comics Unleashed, and VH1's I Love the '80s, among numerous others. Her first hour-long special, Loni Love: America's Sister, premiered on Comedy Central in 2010 and has been a hit on DVD.
	Chicago: $12.50 for Graceland Cemetery Tour ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Established in 1860, Graceland Cemetery is the final resting place for some of Chicago's most famous politicians, architects, business leaders, philanthropists and artists. This tour will acquaint you with some of the area's most storied citizens and take you on a dramatic ride back through history. As you stroll through the cemetery, you will see tombs of architectural or artistic interest including the Getty Tomb, the Martin Ryerson Mausoleum and the Schoenhofen Pyramid Mausoleum, while visiting the gravesites of Marshall Field, Daniel Burnham, Carter Harrison, Potter and Bertha Honore Palmer, Cyrus McCormick, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Ruth Page and architect Louis Sullivan.
	Chicago: $12.50 for Comedian David Koechner ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Missouri native David Koechner got his start as a professional funnyman in Chicago, studying at ImprovOlympic and the Second City before joining the cast of Saturday Night Live. He's gone on to have scene-stealing roles in such mega-hit movies as Anchorman, Austin Powers, Talladega Nights and Get Smart, and a recurring role as Todd Packer on NBC's The Office. A father of five who's hilarious in any setting and on virtually any topic, Koechner will perform stand-up for this engagement at Laugh Factory Chicago.
	Chicago: $27.50 for "The March" ($55.00 value) Full price: ($55.00 value) Our price: $27.50 for Steppenwolf's own Tony Award-winning Frank Galati (The Grapes of Wrath) wrote and directs this debut adaptation of Doctorow's award-winning 2005 Civil War novel, which follows the exploits of General William Tecumseh Sherman as he leads 62,000 Union soldiers on their destructive march through Georgia. Weaving together historical figures with fictional characters, this world-premiere drama brings to vivid life the epic stories of soldiers and sheltered Southerners, liberated slaves and Confederate deserters -- and even that of the Union leader himself -- to create a powerful portrait of the upheaval of war. Harry Groener (The Madness of King George, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) co-stars as Sherman in a cast of 26. Galati also directed the acclaimed hit version of Doctorow's Ragtime, which won four Tonys in its original Broadway run.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "The ComedySportz Crew Meets Alice in Wonderland" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Ever wondered what it might be like in Wonderland? Or what Alice was experiencing down the rabbit hole? Now you can find out, thanks to the antics of ComedySportz. In the zany company's latest adventure, young audiences can follow Alice into Wonderland and take part in her adventures, meeting such wondrous characters as the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Caterpillar and the Red King and Red Queen. Featuring colorful costumes, puppets and animation, The ComedySportz Crew Meets Alice in Wonderland will have plenty of laughs as well as the opportunity for children to get on stage.
	Chicago: $26.00 for "Summer Series" ($52.00 value) Full price: ($52.00 value) Our price: $26.00 for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, the world-renowned contemporary company, closes out its 34th season with the American premiere of choreographer William Forsythe's Quintett. Created in the aftermath of his wife's passing, this emotional piece features five dancers, and is set to Gavin Bryar's haunting original composition, "Jesus´ Blood Never Failed Me Yet." The performance also includes Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin's THREE TO MAX, a compilation of his influential work, and Alejandro Cerrudo's Malditos, designed for eight dancers, with Alexandre Desplat's score from the film "The Beat My Heart Skipped."
	Chicago: $10.00 for "Oprah! The Last Show! A Comedy!" ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for This hilarious new comedy at Annoyance Theatre satirizes Oprah Winfrey and her 25 years in Chicago. In it, Oprah's final TV show is set to go off without a hitch when the ghost of Mayor Daley appears to teach her that it isn't easy getting out of his Chicago machine. More than 70 characters from Oprah's world and Chicago culture -- including Steadman, Gayle King, Dr. Phil, Rahm Emanuel, Suze Orman, Mike Ditka, President Obama, Rachael Ray, Dr. Oz and more -- appear in this fast-paced, hilarious farce.
	Chicago: $12.50 for "Sixty Miles to Silver Lake" ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Collaboraction performs Sixty Miles to Silver Lake by Dan LeFranc, writer of the critically acclaimed play The Big Meal and winner of the 2010 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award. What starts as a simple drive home from soccer practice becomes something much more as a father and son begin to talk. Sixty Miles to Silver Lake explores the drama inherent in family relationships, exploring the changes that life brings as families come apart and people grow older. This production is directed by Sarah Moeller.
	Chicago: $22.50 for "Angels In America: Millennium Approaches" ($45.00 value) Full price: ($45.00 value) Our price: $22.50 for Tony Kushner's acclaimed two-part play Angels in America examines questions of politics, morality, community and forgiveness at the height of the AIDS epidemic. In part 1, Milennium Approaches, the year is 1985 and Ronald Reagan has just been elected to his second term as President. In New York City, the HIV-positive Prior has just been left by his lover Louis. Joe Pitt, a closeted gay Mormon is drawing away from his Valium-addicted wife, Harper. There's also Roy Cohn, a notorious lawyer from the McCarthy hearings who is dying of AIDS; his African-American nurse Belize; Joe's mother from Utah and the Angel, herald of the apocalypse. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, Millennium Approaches will be presented in repertory with Angels in America: Perestroika by the Court Theatre. The production will be the first Chicago area presentation of Kushner's two-part epic in more than 15 years.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "Corleone: The Shakespearean Godfather" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for This mashup of classic Mafioso characters and Shakespearean prose is the answer to the question you always wanted to ask, "What if Shakespeare had written The Godfather?" The classic tale of power, love, intrigue and betrayal certainly contains the elements of a Shakespeare play and David Mann's clever script sets Mario Puzo's characters to iambic pentameter with terrifically comic results. With swordfights, conspirators and Fredo the fool, expect a poetic bloodbath of Shakespearean proportions. This production stars Nathan Pease and Jerome Marzullo and is directed by Christopher Kidder.
	Evanston: $15.00 for "After the Revolution" ($30.00 value) Full price: ($30.00 value) Our price: $15.00 for As we learn during history teacher Ben Joseph's opening speech commemorating his daughter Emma's graduation from law school, the Josephs' political views lean to the far left. Emma is proud of the Marxist tradition her grandfather Joe started, starting a legal fund to fight social injustice and naming it after him. But when evidence of Joe's spying comes to light, the family is forced to confront questions of honesty and allegiances. This smart and funny portrait is a bold story of a family that must reconcile a thorny and delicate legacy.
	Chicago: $11.00 for "The Best of the Second City" ($22.00 value) Full price: ($22.00 value) Our price: $11.00 for UP Comedy Club hosts the Second City Touring Company in their show The Best of the Second City. These talented up-and-coming comedians draw on over half a century of comedy history to present classic sketches and songs from all eras of the Second City, plus new material and improvised scenes. The legendary Chicago comedy company, founded in 1959, has produced comedy stars ranging from John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Gilda Radner to Mike Myers, Tina Fey and Steve Carell.
	Chicago: $7.50 for "Kiss Kiss Cabaret" ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $7.50 for The Kiss Kiss Cabaret comes to Greenhouse Theater Center to tease audiences with an eye-popping display of the striptease arts. Part comedy, part burlesque, the Kiss Kiss Coquettes have performed with some of Chicago's best-known burlesque troupes. Performances feature comedic musical accompaniment, audience sing-alongs, acrobatics and magic.
	Chicago: $12.50 for The Mansions of Kenwood ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Explore the historic mansions of one of Chicago's most charming and exclusive neighborhoods with Joyce Walks Chicago. On this guided walking tour, you'll learn about the generations of politicians (including Barack Obama), criminals, industrialists and philanthropists who have occupied the stately homes of Kenwood, where many of the 19th- and early 20th-century mansions are on the National Register of Historic Places. Whether you're a native Chicagoan or just here for a visit, Joyce Walks Chicago will help you discover Kenwood's rich history, culture and architecture from a unique perspective.
	Chicago: $5.50 for "Improv Extravaganza Explosion!" ($11.00 value) Full price: ($11.00 value) Our price: $5.50 for With a show geared towards the younger set, Second City performers lace up their sneakers and reach deep into their imaginations to present Improv Extravaganza Explosion!, a full hour of interactive, family-friendly improvisation and sketch comedy where ideas are taken straight from the audience. The show is all made up on the spot, so you never know what might happen. This show is a perfect introduction to the legendary Second City comedy troupe for ages 5 and up.
	Chicago: $11.00 for "ComedySportz" ($22.00 value) Full price: ($22.00 value) Our price: $11.00 for Fans of comedy and improv shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway? will love ComedySportz, a fun, fast-paced comedy show that's great for the whole family. Two teams battle for laughs and points as they create scenes, games and songs on the spot with audience participation and suggestions incorporated into the act.
	Chicago: $7.50 for "EL Stories" ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $7.50 for The performance group known as the Waltzing Mechanics creates original theatrical works out of conversations with real Chicago commuters. For EL Stories, they've taken mass-transit stories from a variety of Windy City citizens from various backgrounds and neighborhoods and turned them into a fun and creative EL ride that explores how Chicagoans interact as a community. In performing the words of actual riders' transit adventures, the Waltzing Mechanics seek to reflect how we move as a community through this dynamic city.
	Skokie: $7.50 for "The Music Man" ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $7.50 for The rising stars of the Young Actors Ensemble, aged 8-18, star in the heartwarming family favorite The Music Man. The lovable swindler "Professor" Harold Hill, attempts to pull a con on the citizens of River City, Iowa. In order to part the hard-working citizens with their money, he pretends that he will save the town's youth from the sin and corruption of the pool hall by selling them instruments and helping to organize a boys' band -- despite the fact that he secretly knows nothing about music. The "Music Man" manages to turn the bickering school board into a barbershop quartet, win the heart of Marian the Librarian, and somehow transform himself into an honest man in the process. This beloved musical contains several show tune favorites, including "Seventy-Six Trombones," "Ya Got Trouble," "Till There Was You" and "Goodnight, My Someone."
	Chicago: $12.50 for "Chicago's Chinatown" Tour ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Joyce Walks Chicago offers this 2 to 2.5-hour trek through the Armour Square community, home to the city's Chinatown. Along with learning the background of the area from a friendly, knowledgeable guide, you'll visit Chinatown Square and its famed zodiac statues, the Nine Dragon Wall, Ping Tom Memorial Park, St. Therese Church and other important cultural sites. The company specializes in tours of Chicago's individual neighborhoods, where residents and tourists alike can delve into the area's specific history, art and architecture.
	Chicago: FREE for "pHlip Cup" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: FREE for Based on the popular drinking game Flip Cup, pH Company's show pHlip Cup pits a group of ensemble members (the nerd team, the horny cougar team or the old people team) against a team made up of members of the audience in a real Flip Cup match with prizes at stake.
	Chicago: $50.93 for "Mystic Blue" Buffet Cruises ($101.86 value) Full price: ($101.86 value) Our price: $50.93 for Depart from Navy Pier aboard the contemporary and stylish Mystic Blue for unparalleled cruising fun along Chicago's legendary lakefront. Enjoy views of the carnival-like atmosphere of Navy Pier, with the Ferris wheel extending skyward, and fabulous scenes of the Chicago skyline -- voted the No. 1 skyline in America in 2010 by Travel & Leisure magazine. Dine on a delicious buffet that Chicago Tribune food critic Janet Franz called "remarkably good," and then stroll among the three decks, each with its own DJ and dance floor.
	Chicago: $12.50 for "Elephants Graveyard" ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Set in 1916, Elephants Graveyard is based on the true story of the only known lynching of an elephant. When the Sparks World Famous Shows Circus pulls into a quiet Tennessee town, the inhabitants celebrate for finally having something to do, but when a member of the circus commits a murder, the town quickly turns against the struggling troupe. This play by George Brant mixes historical fact and legend while exploring Americans' craving for spectacle, violence and revenge. Red Tape Theatre's production includes an original score by Jonathan Gullien and features live music from The New Switcheroo.
	Chicago: $8.00 for "Take Her to See the Maco Lights" ($16.00 value) Full price: ($16.00 value) Our price: $8.00 for Prologue Theatre Co. presents the Chicago premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's ghostly love story Take Her to See the Maco Lights. The play, which draws from folk history, pop culture and America's checkered past, follows a pair of young lovers along a dark railroad track in North Carolina where the past and present converge. Playwright Brunstetter is a two-time winner of the Samuel French Short Play Festival and a two-time winner of the New York Innovative Theater Award for Best New Play.
	Chicago: $10.00 for "Jersey Shore: The Musical" ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for Whether you love it or hate it, you can't stop watching. Jersey Shore: The Musical, by Chicago-favorite sketch comedy group 4 Days Late, re-imagines the pop culture phenomenon with original songs and a wicked tone. Drunk and desperate for fame, the roommates hit the clubs and dodge grenades, until an unexpected turn destroys their fame. See how Ronnie, Sammi, Jwoww, Vinny, Pauly D, Snooki and The Situation survive without their G.T.L lifestyle. Even if you've never seen the television show, the humor will still hit home. Chicago Theater Beat praised 4 Days Late for their ability make satire look easy in this clever satire of modern pop culture.
	Glen Ellyn: $12.50 for "Tuesdays With Morrie" ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Based on journalist Mitch Albom's real-life friendship with his favorite college professor, Tuesdays With Morrie chronicles the lessons Albom learns during visits while his mentor and friend is dying from Lou Gehrig's Disease, or ALS. The two delve into the themes of life, love, wealth, aging, dependence, peace and death. It is through these weekly visits that Albom realizes just how much he still has to learn about values and priorities. Albom's 1997 book by the same name has sold more than 14 million copies worldwide to date, was adapted into a successful film in 1999, and premiered as an off-Broadway play, written by Albom himself, in 2001. Amelia Barrett directs this Buffalo Theatre Ensemble production.
	Arlington Heights: $19.50 for "Married Alive!" ($39.00 value) Full price: ($39.00 value) Our price: $19.50 for The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre presents Married Alive!, a hilariously touching musical that follows two couples on their respective journeys. There's newlyweds Erin and Paul, still in the throes of hot, passionate love; and middle-aged Ron and Kathy, who get to share such hotness as bailing their teenager out of jail. The couples' experiences show that marriage, while great, is hard work and fraught with frustrations -- but worth it in the end for those who stick it out and remember why they married in the first place. Written by Sean Grennan with music by Leah Okimoto, Married Alive! travels from Niagara to Viagra with warmth, humor and heart -- as all married couples should.
	Chicago: $11.00 for "Sexy Baby" ($22.00 value) Full price: ($22.00 value) Our price: $11.00 for Hell in a Handbag Productions kicks off their 2012 season with the premiere of Sexy Baby. This loving yet delightfully warped "docu-musical" by company artistic director and resident playwright David Cerda takes audiences behind the scenes of the fascinating world of child beauty pageants popularized by such reality shows as Toddlers and Tiaras. With looks, talent and a very pushy mother, Swann Black is the current pint-sized superstar in the child pageant circuit. Swann's mother is determined to see her daughter rise to the top, no matter what it takes to get her there. Follow them and the other colorful contestants -- and their equally colorful parents -- as they navigate the fiercely competitive and surreal world of child pageants. Rest assured that no actual children are used in this production.
	Chicago: $9.00 for "Rhinoceros" ($18.00 value) Full price: ($18.00 value) Our price: $9.00 for Greenhouse Theater Center presents Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, master of the Theater of the Absurd, where the world is incomprehensible and anything can happen. Rhinoceros takes place in a small village, where the inhabitants are transforming, one by one, into rhinoceroses. Only Bérenger, the central character, seems immune to the metamorphosis. Written in the aftermath of World War II, the play served as a harsh criticism of the circumstances that led to widespread acceptance of fascism and Nazism and still serves as a pointed critique of conformity and mass culture.
	Chicago: $10.00 for "Henry V" ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for The Promethean Theatre Ensemble and director Brian Pastor give one of the Bard's most rousing plays an update, exploring our country's own struggle to reconcile a fervor for war at home with the horrors on a faraway battlefield. In Shakespeare's classic, the French have seized English lands in Normandy, and it falls to the young King Henry V, formerly the decadent Prince Hal, to rally his out-manned forces. He also attempts to woo the beautiful Princess Katherine of France, and win the day for England, against considerable odds at Agincourt.
	Chicago: $12.50 for Magnificent Mile and Gold Coast Walking Tour ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Find out how Chicago's famed Magnificent Mile got its name and see the aptly named Gold Coast neighborhood on this guided two-hour walking tour. You'll start at the 28-foot Marilyn Monroe public sculpture currently on display in Pioneer Court, and see such iconic landmarks as the Tribune Tower, the Wrigley Building, the Water Tower, the John Hancock Building, the Drake Hotel and more. Then it's on to one of the city's most affluent neighborhoods, where new mansions continue to spring up alongside the grand residences built by Chicago's 19th century elite. From hotel-magnate Potter Palmer's castle-like mansion to the Astor Street Historical District's beautiful brownstones, the architectural riches are boundless along the Gold Coast. The Rush & Division intersection a few blocks away is a vibrant hotspot of trendy bars, nightclubs - the perfect place for people-watching and celebrity-spotting.
	Lincolnshire: $10.00 for Vanilla Ice ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for One of the highest-selling rappers in history, Vanilla Ice exploded on the mainstream music scene with 1990's To The Extreme, featuring monster hits "Ice Ice Baby" and "Play That Funky Music." That album would go on to sell 15 million copies, making Ice a huge star. Over the years, Ice has reinvented himself, and now brings a harder-edged rock sound to his music to satisfy his loyal underground fans. He also became a reality staple, with his latest show, The Vanilla Ice Project, earning acclaim for its gonzo approach to home redecoration. But Vanilla Ice is still a musician at heart, and his latest record, WTF - Wisdom, Tenacity & Focus, reflects his love for rap, rock and good music. And if the mood is right, he might just play "Ice Ice Baby."
	Chicago: $10.00 for "California Suite" ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for Black Elephant Theatre presents Neil Simon's California Suite. This comedy is really four separate playlets, in which four different parties from various cities travel to California during different time periods and stay in the same Beverly Hills Hotel suite, bringing their problems, anxieties and comic marital dilemmas. In "The Visitor From New York," Hannah loves living in New York, while her ex-husband, Billy, loves L.A. Can two happily divorced parents raise their only daughter while living 3,000 miles apart? In "The Visitor From Philadelphia," Marvin awakens with a horrible hangover and a young woman he doesn't know beside him in bed. Moments later, Marvin's wife arrives. Can this fifteen-year marriage survive whatever it was Marvin did? In "The Visitors From London," When Diana loses the Oscar to another woman and her husband to another man in the same night, some inconvenient truths intrude on their marriage of convenience. And in "The Visitors From Chicago," four best friends are enjoying a dream vacation together -- until an ultra-competitive tennis match turns them into enemies.
	Chicago: $12.50 for Maxwell Street Walking Tour ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Maxwell Street has long played an important role in Chicago's history, from serving as the gateway for immigrant workers in the 1880s to the new home of African-Americans during the Great Migration of the 1920s. This informative walking tour will showcase some of the important landmarks both past and present, from the open-air pushcart markets of Eastern European Jews to the streets where blues legends Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf plied their trade. You'll see where the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 began, swing by the world-famous Jim's Red Hots, visit the Hull House Museum and more in this educational, entertaining stroll.
	Chicago: $10.00 for "Wiggerlover" ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for Actor/author James Anthony Zoccoli [JAZ] recounts his interracial growing pains, as well as that of the country's, in this one-man play based on his background as a half-Italian, half-Polish kid who wants to go all black when his mother gets remarried to an African-American man. This barrier-breaking show, which enjoyed a hit run at the Raven in the summer of 2011, is accompanied by a live DJ and includes family pictures and other visual aids to create a complete comic portrait of Zoccoli's life and times. Audiences are encouraged to stick around after the show for a post-performance discussion and share their own stories.
	Chicago: $10.00 for "Hostage Song" ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for A completely unconventional romantic comedy with a ripped-from-the-headlines setup, this indie-rock musical debuted Off-Off-Broadway in 2008 and now makes its Chicago debut with Signal Ensemble Theatre. Hostage Song tells the tense, absorbing and amusing story of Jim and Jennifer, two terrified American hostages, kept blindfolded and bound in an unnamed hostile country. Faced with uncertainty and death, they find a way to connect with their memories and each other through song. The book is by playwright and novelist Clay McLeod Chapman, with music and lyrics by Kyle Jarrow.
	Chicago: FREE for Chemically Imbalanced Comedy ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: FREE for Chemically Imbalanced Comedy presents its Comedy Showcase, featuring local improvisational and sketch comedy groups performing live on stage. Each show features three different talented troupes drawn from Chicago's legendary improv scene. Chemically Imbalanced Comedy is sure to provide an entertaining night of off-the-cuff and sketch comic mayhem.
	Chicago: $27.50 for "Angels In America: Perestroika" ($55.00 value) Full price: ($55.00 value) Our price: $27.50 for Court Theatre presents the second of Tony Kushner's two-part Angels in America epic, Angels in America: Perestroika. In Reagan-Era New York City, a colorful array of characters confront the AIDS crisis and questions of morality, community, guilt and forgiveness. This acclaimed play won Tony and Drama Desk Awards, as well as a Pulitzer Prize. Performed in repertory with the first part of the play, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, this version of Perestroika was revised by Kushner in 2010 and represents the first performance of the playwright's magnum opus in Chicago in over 15 years.
	Chicago: FREE for "pHamily The Musical!" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: FREE for pH Production's long-running pHamily The Musical! is a one-act play built with audience suggestions. You create an entire family and influence the events during a year in their lives. The players will ask you questions, show you flashbacks, and burst into song.
	Evanston: $12.50 for "Encores: After the Theatre and Other Stories" ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Piven Theatre Workshop presents Encores: After the Theatre and Other Stories. Using the words of master storyteller Anton Chekhov, the production artfully explores the complexities of love with the help of a multigenerational cast, from members of Piven's advanced youth ensemble (featured in After the Theatre) to artists mentored by Artistic Director Emeritus Joyce Piven over the last several decades. The collection of stories also includes Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Lady With a Pet Dog and The Trick.
	Chicago: FREE for "pHrenzy pHucked" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: FREE for pH Productions presents pHrenzy pHucked, a completely uncensored version of its popular pHrenzy show. It's a chaotic spectacle as the audience votes on eight improvisers, until only one remains to win the title.
	Chicago: $7.50 for "Strange Tales" ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $7.50 for Weirdos Presents: Strange Tales brings puppets to the stage of The Annoyance for an offbeat and original family-friendly show. This sketch comedy show stars an eclectic cast of humans and puppets. Nursing home resident Mr. Weathersby is having a grand old time, and isn't ready for his nurse to help him get ready for bed just yet. They strike a deal: He gets to tell her one story, and then he'll turn in for the night. His tale begins with Red Riding Hood, and -- to draw the story out as long as possible -- eventually pulls in characters and story lines from every fairy tale ever told.
	Chicago: $9.00 for "Bartleby the Scrivener" ($18.00 value) Full price: ($18.00 value) Our price: $9.00 for What happens when your best worker becomes your worst nightmare? That's the simple yet ultimately ingenious premise behind Herman Melville's celebrated novella, Bartleby the Scrivener, which takes on new life in this original stage adaptation from Organic Theater Company. With five simple words, "I would prefer not to," the mysterious Bartleby wreaks havoc in an orderly New York law office, forcing his weak-willed boss into increasingly futile attempts to make him get back to work -- or get rid of him altogether. Adapted for the stage by Organic Theater's Producing Artistic Director, Alexander Gelman, Bartleby the Scrivener is absurdist theater at its funniest and most poignant.
	Chicago: $10.00 for "Rise of the Numberless" ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for Set in a dystopian future where Americans are allowed only one child per family and everyone must be tattooed with a scannable number, Rise of the Numberless is the latest from Chicago's acclaimed New Colony theater company, in conjunction with Bailiwick Chicago. The glam-rock inspired Rise chronicles the uprising of the so-called "numberless" -- a underground population of non-firstborns who lack numbers. New Colony Founding Artistic Director Andrew Hobgood (Hearts Full of Blood, Tupperware: An American Musical Fable) directs.
	Lincolnshire: $5.00 for Generation "The Sixties Experience" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Travel back in time to the days of peace, love and rock 'n' roll with Generation "The Sixties Experience." This tribute show comes complete with go-go girls and recreates the live pop-rock show sound of The Hollies, Dave Clark 5, the Kinks, the Mamas and Papas and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
	Chicago: $12.50 for "The Improv Play" ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for InFusion Theater Company, in association with DCA Theater, presents the premiere of Randall Colburn's The Improv Play at the Storefront Theater. A scripted play that incorporates improv, sketch comedy and stand-up, the story follows three aspiring comedians as they seek success and validation on Chicago's stages after a fellow troupe member achieves the pinnacle of success -- heading to New York to join the cast of Saturday Night Live. It's a raucous, biting and honest exploration of talent and ambition in the competitive world of comedy, and shines the spotlight on the thousands comedy's fringe performers. InFusion Theater Company Artistic Director Mitch Golob directs.
	Chicago: $12.50 for Old Town Walking Tour ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Originally settled by German-Catholic immigrants in the mid-1800s, Old Town is a triangular area bounded by North Avenue, Clark Street and Ogden Avenue north of Chicago's downtown business district. During the 1960s and '70s it became the center of folk music and comedy in Chicago, and some iconic institutions from that era remain today, including the famous Second City improv comedy club, the Old Town School of Folk Music, the Up Down Tobacco Shop, and the Old Town Aquarium. Today, Old Town is an eclectic and charming neighborhood peppered with comedy clubs, restaurants, and shops. On this two-and-a-half-hour guided tour, see St. Michael's Church -- one of a few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871; historic Well Street; the original Old Town Triangle District; and a vast array of architecture, from stunning Victorians to working-class cottages to modern 21st-century mansions.
	Chicago: $12.50 for Loop Art & Architecture Walking Tour ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Chicago was one of the first municipalities, and the largest, to legislate the incorporation of public art into its building plans. Today more than 200 other cities throughout the United States have similar ordinances, due in large part to the success of the Chicago ordinance. On this two-hour guided walking tour, explore Chicago's Loop, located along the lakefront in the heart of the downtown business district. Within just a few blocks, you'll see and learn about an abundance of art and architecture that makes the city such a fascinating feast for the eyes. You'll start at Daley Plaza, where you'll see the Picasso statue, and end at the Chagall mural in Chase Plaza. In between these two points you'll hear enough interesting art and architecture facts to keep you supplied with cocktail party conversation for the foreseeable future.
	Chicago: $14.00 for "The Jammer" ($28.00 value) Full price: ($28.00 value) Our price: $14.00 for Pine Box Theater gets its 2012 season off to a fast start with Rolin Jones' raucous comedy The Jammer. Winner of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival writing award in 2004, it's a look behind-the-scenes of a roller derby, filled with eccentric characters banging up against each other in search of a connection. A 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his drama The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Jones is also a television writer-producer with credits including the current NBC series Smash.
	Lincolnshire: $5.00 for Heartache Tonight - Eagles Tribute ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Close your eyes and you'll swear that the Eagles are on stage, from the shimmering harmonies of "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to the power guitar duel in "Hotel California." That is a testament to the dedication and detail that Heartache Tonight brings to its performances as the premier Eagles tribute band. Featuring unforgettable songs from all eras and incarnations of the Eagles, plus solo hits from Joe Walsh and Don Henley, this concert has everything classic rock fans have been craving. Join these talented musicians for a rockin' show that is almost as good as the real thing.
	Chicago: $7.50 for "Figments" ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $7.50 for The Saint Sebastian Players bring their 31st season to a close with Figments, a creative and comedic farce by Billy St. John. Rick Jacobs is a playwright with a wild imagination. As he attempts to overcome a frustrating case of writer's block, four characters -- figments of his imagination -- spring to life and play out the opening scene of his next murder mystery. His thought process is interrupted by the arrival of his neighbor, Loni, with whom he is secretly, and hopelessly, in love. Hilarity ensues when Rick can't stop thinking about his play and the characters become involved in his stalled romantic life. When his domineering mother, dead father and former girlfriend arrive on the scene to offer their two cents, it becomes clear that the inside of a writer's head is one interesting -- and crowded -- place.
	Chicago: $12.50 for "Supernatural Chicago," An Interactive Paranormal Journey ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Neil Tobin, Necromancer, stars in Supernatural Chicago at one of Chicago's most haunted locations. This engaging and often funny show, which has run continuously since 2004, blends interactive magic and mind-reading with fascinating stories about Chicago's paranormal history.
	Chicago: $9.00 for "Chicago Live!" ($18.00 value) Full price: ($18.00 value) Our price: $9.00 for The Chicago Tribune and The Second City present a taping of Chicago Live!. Taped for broadcast every week on WGN Radio, Chicago Live! features interviews from the city's top newsmakers, including politicians, sports stars, figures from the Chicago music and theater scenes, and more, plus topical sketch comedy from the Second City. Veteran Chicago reporter, author and radio/TV personality Rick Kogan hosts the show.
	Chicago: $22.50 for "Celebrate 25 Years with CCM" ($45.00 value) Full price: ($45.00 value) Our price: $22.50 for Chicago Chamber Musicians' entire resident ensemble -- made up of 13 renowned wind, brass, string and piano players -- performs at this special 25th-anniversary season finale, which kicks off with an essential piece from their repertoire: the original chamber-music version of Wagner's Siegfried Idyll. The symphonic love poem was an 1870 Christmas gift to the composer's beloved wife Cosima. John Stevens explores the seasons in his 1986 symphony for brass quintet, and the concert concludes with Brahms' lyrical Serenade No. 1.
	Chicago: $10.00 for "Anger/Fly" ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for Trap Door Theatre presents the premiere of the dark absurdist comedy Anger/Fly. Penned by award-winning playwright Ruth Margraff, Anger/Fly is based on a short film scenario written by Roman-French playwright and Theatre of the Absurd innovator Eugene Ionesco. In it, violence erupts in a small town when all of the local husbands simultaneously find flies in their soup. A physical, farcical critique of social and political structures, marriage and more, Anger/Fly combines commentary with comedy, bubblegum pop, silent film expressionism, and ragtime rhythms. Kate Hendrickson directs.
	Chicago: $12.50 for The Murals of Pilsen Walking Tour ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood on the lower west side was originally settled by German and Irish immigrants who came to the city to work in the factories and stockyards. Immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Bohemia followed and had a strong influence on the architecture. These groups also influenced the neighborhood's moniker -- Pilsen was named after a city in Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. The 1950s saw the neighborhood attract Mexican immigrants, and today Pilsen and Little Village to its west are the center of Chicago's Mexican community. On this two-and-a-half-hour guided walking tour, you'll discover the exterior wall murals that adorn numerous buildings; visit St. Pius V Catholic Church; explore the National Museum of Mexican Fine Arts; view the vast array of interesting architecture that's reminiscent of the old Eastern European country yet infused with a Mexican flare; visit local shops; and pop into a Mexican panaderia, where you'll have the opportunity to purchase the delicious baked goods.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "A Woman's Path" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for If you've ever sung "Kumbaya" while burning sage and aligning your chakra by performing yoga on the red rocks of Sedona, you'll see the humor in this playful lampooning of for-profit, soul-bearing, women's retreats. A Woman's Path is more than a retreat for middle-aged women in clownishly tacky home-quilted blazers, it's the last chance at happiness for six disturbed, lost souls. Between arts and crafts, nature walks, horrific bear attacks, accidental lesbianism, fist fights and gallons upon gallons of cheap chardonnay, this weekend retreat turns into a healing journey that's seared into these ladies' memories for eternity.
	Schaumburg: $11.00 for Comedian Harland Williams ($22.00 value) Full price: ($22.00 value) Our price: $11.00 for Quirky Canadian Harland Williams left behind a career as a forest ranger to try stand-up comedy, and soon found himself acting as well, landing parts in comedies like There's Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber, The Whole Nine Yards, and Sorority Boys.
	Lincolnshire: $5.00 for Elvis Impersonator Rick Saucedo ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Rick Saucedo has been shaking, rattling and rolling for almost 40 years, as one of the top Elvis Presley impersonators in the business. A recent Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from the Las Vegas Elvis Fest convention, Saucedo continues to bring the King back to life for thousands of fans each year, as he tours the country in concert. He'll headline shows at the "King of the World" Tribute Artist World Championships in Memphis during this year's Elvis week, and at the Elvis Explosion in Wisconsin. Saucedo also recently released a CD, entitled The Wonder of You, with live and recorded cuts.
	Chicago: FREE for "pHrenzy" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: FREE for pH Productions presents pHrenzy, their long-running original improv show. The premise is simple and fun: eight players start the show and one by one they will be voted out by a series of arbitrary rules and audience votes. At the end of the show, only one player will be left standing as the champion.
	Chicago: $11.00 for "Electra" ($22.00 value) Full price: ($22.00 value) Our price: $11.00 for This ain't your grandpa's Greek tragedy. The Trojan War may be over, but things are still plenty messy in the House of Atreus as Electra and her brother Orestes plot to avenge the death of their father Agamemnon at the hands of their own mother Clytemnestra and her lover. The Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. teams up with the school of theatre at Illinois State University to present this new adaptation of Euripides' tragedy, Electra. Director Sonja Moser sets the action in John Deere country, infusing the timeless tale with live rock music, humor, teen angst and plenty of dirty revenge.
	Schaumburg: $6.00 for "Improvised Road Trip" ($12.00 value) Full price: ($12.00 value) Our price: $6.00 for The Shelter Comedy returns to Laugh Out Loud Theater after their hit A Holiday Special with a summery improv-show tribute to the best and worst in family vacations. Each week the gang will perform a new narrative one-act play, inspired by memorable road-trip stories from audience members and turned into comedy right on the spot. The ensemble boasts some of the Windy City's top improv talent, who've performed at iO, Second City, the Annoyance and others, including Peter Athans, Harz Sondricker, Demian Krentz and Megan Farris.
	Chicago: $12.50 for Lincoln Park Walking Tour ($25.00 value) Full price: ($25.00 value) Our price: $12.50 for Once you've seen all the great architecture along Chicago's Magnificent Mile and Gold Coast, head to the city's north side for a relaxing two-hour tour of Lincoln Park. With the city's impressive skyline in the background, this picturesque and treed area along Lake Michigan is bordered by Lakeview to the north, North Center to the northwest, Logan Square to the west, West Town to the southwest, and Near North to the south. Your guide will show you the lakefront, the Lincoln Park Zoo (ranked the 3rd best place to visit in Chicago by U.S. News & World Report), the shopping districts, the Lincoln Park Conservatory, the walking and bicycle paths, eclectic restaurants, and the vast array of architecture. You'll get a great overview of the area's diverse offerings so you can come back on your own and spend more time in this great, historical neighborhood.
	Lincolnshire: $5.00 for Mr. Blotto: Recreating the Altamont Speedway Festival ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Now nearly 20 years into their run as one of Chicago's top jam and tribute bands, Mr. Blotto will take the stage at Viper Alley Live for this tribute to the infamous Altamont Speedway Free Festival of Dec. 6, 1969. The show finds Mr. Blotto -- who have previously performed tributes to the likes of the Doors, Phish, Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Aerosmith -- recreating the sounds and spirit the Altamont Fest, which featured legendary performances from the likes of Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Flying Burrito Brothers and a notorious headlining set from the Rolling Stones.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "Barack All Night" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Veteran actor-improviser Patrick Rowland imagines President Barack Obama as a late night TV talk show host for Barack All Night at the Chemically Imbalanced Theater. An artistic associate of Chemically Imbalanced Comedy and a member of its sponsored troupe A Dozen Red Roses, Rowland has also trained and performed with iO Improv and Second City. Building on the Obama-based comedy he delivers in the hit web series Obama Gets Real, Rowland here has the president interacting with musical guests and comedians, and performing original sketches -- all to hilarious effect.
	Lincolnshire: $10.00 for "Bruce In The USA:" A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen ($20.00 value) Full price: ($20.00 value) Our price: $10.00 for This high-energy show is a note-perfect, visually accurate recreation of an actual Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band concert. Matt Ryan played Springsteen for eight years in the famous Legends In Concert Las Vegas tribute show before giving "The Boss" his own dedicated show. Bruce in the USA debuted in Vegas in 2004, and has been a hit ever since across America, including hit shows in Springsteen's home town of Asbury Park, New Jersey, and in New York, where they were joined on stage by Clarence Clemons himself.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "Live Bex Show" & "Sad F*cks" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Two new hilarious solo shows tackle the seamy side of relationships using ribald humor as the driving force. In Live Bex Show, improv maven Rebecca Sohn creates an array of vivid characters and navigates them through increasingly ridiculous situations with laugh-out-loud results. In Sad Fucks, Chicago comedy veteran Conner O'Malley explores the darker side of people we see every day, including an unhinged weather man, a single loner pretending to have a large, loving family and a wannabe Internet expert leading a seminar.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "A Delightful Evening for Fancy People" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Now in its 11th season, Chicago's Chemically Imbalanced Comedy presents A Delightful Evening for Fancy People at its own Chemically Imbalanced Theater. Described as "a variety show that takes itself too seriously," and "a show with passed apps and swear words," A Delightful Evening for Fancy People combines fancy dress (which is even encouraged for audience members) and uproarious comedy. With a mix of sketches, solo performances, banjo music and more, this variety show with a twist looks great while delivering big laughs.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "Handshake" ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for Prepare yourself for two pairs of sketch comics and a collection of scenes and characters that experiment with the ideas of loneliness, kinship and the fact that finding your place in the world can start with a gesture as universally simple as a handshake. The Era (Sarah Ashley and Dara Katz) inhabit Hooligan's, a fictional bar that hosts an open mic night that also serves as a secret cult whose members sing, dance and sacrifice anything to find a sense of belonging. Then, the Be Good Boys (Mike Brunlieb and Andrew Tisher) weave a spell of dread after a shaman opens a black portal, releasing the nightmares of two desperate men.
	Chicago: $5.00 for "Twitvid " ($10.00 value) Full price: ($10.00 value) Our price: $5.00 for The fearless improvisers of Chemically Imbalanced Comedy are taking on Twitter -- one user-uploaded video at a time. Yes, Twitvid is exactly what it sounds like: an evening of improv comedy inspired by videos posted to the popular Twitter-based video-sharing site. Will the highly trained comics of CIC be reduced to imitating sleepy kittens and lip-syncing to Justin Bieber songs? Or will they plumb the depths of social media to unearth side-splitting comic gold? Come see this original improv show and find out.
	Arlington Heights: $7.50 for Secondhand Smoke ($15.00 value) Full price: ($15.00 value) Our price: $7.50 for It's been almost 15 years since Sublime frontman Bradley Nowell passed away, cutting short his alt-rock/ska-punk band's burgeoning career. But Sublime fans old and new can enjoy live renditions of the trio's many hits (including "What I Got," "Doin' Time," "Santeria" and "Wrong Way") thanks to tribute band Secondhand Smoke. These three local musicians have been doing their part to keep the music of Sublime alive in Chicagoland since 2005. And at Metropolis, you're welcome to bring your drink from the lobby bar into the theater for a night of great live music and dancing.