Events for November 24th, 2009
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Tuesday - November 24th
Leisure / Recreation Event
Millennium Park Ice Skating
McCormick Tribune Ice Rink at Millennium Park - 55 N. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)
Warm up with a few rounds on the outdoor rink.
Events / Literature Event
Al Gore signing
Borders Books & Music - 150 N. State St. - Chicago (Loop)
12 p.m.
The former Vice President and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient introduces his new book "Our Choice."
Museums / Concert
Magical Musical Showcase
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
6 p.m. Empty Bottle presents David Daniell
A different Chicago club or organization presents a concert by one emerging artist each month. Cash bar; food is available for purchase.
Events / Literature Event
The Moth StorySLAM: Blunders
Martyrs' - 3855 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago
8 p.m.
Sign up for a chance to be one of 10 competitors in the third installment of this themed series.
Theater / Theater Event
The Addams Family
Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre - 24 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
Tony Award-winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth star as Gomez and Morticia in the pre-Broadway world premiere of the musical based on the bizarre family of characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams.
Music / Rock
All Time Low
House of Blues - 329 N. Dearborn St. - Chicago (River North)
6 p.m. SOLD OUT
We The Kings, Hey Monday, The Friday Night Boys.
Theater / Theater Event
Young Frankenstein
Cadillac Palace Theatre - 151 W. Randolph St. - Chicago (Loop)
Tony Award-winners Roger Bart and Shuler Hensley recreate their Broadway roles as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and The Monster respectively in Mel Brooks' and Thomas Meehan's adaptation of Brooks' classic film parody of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," in which a New York surgeon must face his family's...
Theater / Comedy
America: All Better!
The Second City - 1616 N. Wells St. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
The 96th sketch comedy revue takes a look at the effects of the international economic crisis, global warming and adjustment to a new President-elect.
Events / Museum Exhibit
Camino a Casa: Coming Home on Day of the Dead
National Museum of Mexican Art - 1852 W. 19th St. - Chicago (Little Tuscany)
Celebrated author Sandra Cisneros (“The House on Mango Street”) created a special ofrenda (altar) for the 23rd annual exhibition, billed the largest of its type in the U.S.
Movies / Movie Event
Doc Films
Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago - 1212 E. 59th St. - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)
7 p.m. "Stop Making Sense" and 9 p.m. "The Navajo Film Themselves"
Founded in 1940, this student-led society is billed as the longest continuously running club of its kind in the nation. The fall season includes Frank Capra classics, contemporary films by director Michael Mann, French New Wave films by Francois Truffaut, a Charles Laughton retrospective,...
