Events for December 10th, 2009
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Thursday - December 10th
Museums / Museum Exhibit
My Chinatown
Chicago History Museum - 1601 N. Clark St. - Chicago (Gold Coast)
See video clips, artifacts and photographs from neighborhood residents
Museums / Zoo Event
Regenstein African Journey
Lincoln Park Zoo - 2200 N. Cannon Drive - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
A lush zoo habitat houses wild dogs, meerkats, aardvarks, giraffes, rhinos, hippos and other African animals.
Museums / Zoo Event
Regenstein Center for African Apes
Lincoln Park Zoo - 2200 N. Cannon Drive - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
See dominant male gorillas JoJo and Kwan, their families and two groups of chimpanzees in an exhibit space that boasts three outdoor habitats for a total of 24 apes.
Theater / Theater Event
A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas
Apollo Theater - 2540 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
10:15 a.m. and 12 p.m.
An adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffman's classic holiday tale by Ralph Covert ("Ralph's World") and Jeff Award-winner G. Riley Mills.
Style / Shopping Event
Holiday Celebration
The Blues Jean Bar - 2210 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sip beer and wine and take 15 percent off everything in the store (except jewelry and sale items). The first 40 shoppers to make a purchase take home a free gift.
Theater / Theater Event
Million Dollar Quartet
Apollo Theater - 2540 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
This musical--which moves to the Apollo directly from a run at Goodman Theatre--recreates a legendary, impromptu 1956 Sun Records recording session featuring Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis and includes the hit songs "Blue Suede Shoes," "My Baby," "16 Tons" and more.
Theater / Theater Event
Late Nite Catechism
Royal George Theatre Center - 1641 N. Halsted St. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
A humorous interactive play about a catechism class and the jovial nun who leads it.
Theater / Theater Event
Democracy
The Greenhouse Theater Center - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
In this dramedy by Obie Award-winner Romulus Linney, set in Washington D.C. during the Ulysses S. Grant political scandals, two beautiful women must decide whether to marry two dashing men, knowing they will also marry what their men believe about America, religion, truth and success.
Theater / Theater Event
Cooperstown
The Greenhouse Theater Center - 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)
A new historical drama by artistic director Brian Golden, set in 1962, tells the fictional story of an African-American diner employee and his sister, whose dreams collide with Civil Rights issues on the eve of Jackie Robinson's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Events / Theater Event
It's a Wonderful Life: Live at the Biograph!
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater - 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)
An adaptation of Frank Capra's holiday film of the same title is performed as a radio show with live music and Foley sound effects.
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