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Thursday - November 20th

Events / Fair/Festival

26th Annual Tree of Lights Ceremony

John Hancock Building and Observatory - 875 N. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Magnificent Mile)

4:45 p.m. - 6 p.m.

WMAQ-Ch. 5 newsman Art Norman hosts as the Salvation Army illuminates the enormous Michigan Avenue tannenbaum. Also features live entertainment and guest speakers.

Theater / Theater Event

The Ox-Herder's Tale

Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (Gold Coast)

7:30 p.m.

Blair Thomas & Company blend Japanese bunraku puppetry, stilt dancing, contemporary clowning and live percussion accompaniment in a modern epic retelling of a Zen-Buddhist tale about a man who searches for a bull to capture, tame, and ride home on a journey of enlightenment.

Museums / Museum Exhibit

USA Today

Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (Gold Coast)

Browse works created primarily during the 1980s and '90s.

Theater / Theater Event

The Brothers Karamazov

Lookingglass Theatre in the Water Tower Water Works - 821 N. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Magnificent Mile)

A world premiere adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about concealed tensions which erupt into a storm of passion, deceit and betrayal when a father and son discover they are competing for the affections of the same woman.

Theater / Theater Event

Meet Me in St. Louis

Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place - 175 E. Chestnut St. - Chicago (Gold Coast)

An adaptation of the 1944 Vicente Minelli romantic musical film about the dynamics between four sisters who live in St. Louis at the time of the 1904 World's Fair.