Updated: February 6, 2012 6:50PM
?Clutter: The True Story of the Collyer Brothers Who Never Threw Anything Out,? directed by Deerfield resident Wayne Mell, through March 12 at the Greenhouse Theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. The cast includes Edward Kuffert of Glencoe. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. $40. For tickets, call (773) 404-7336.
?The Foreigner? will be presented by Theater D at 8 p.m. March 9-10 and 16-17 and 3 p.m. March 11 and 18 at the Patty Turner Center, 375 Elm St., Deerfield. $20. For tickets, call (847) 945-0650.
?The Taming of the Shrew? will be presented as a theatrical reading by Equity actors from the Shakespeare Project of Chicago at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Highland Park Library, 494 Laurel Ave., Highland Park. Call (847) 432-1573 or visit www.hplibrary.org.
Cook Memorial Library District?s Aspen Drive Library, 701 N. Aspen Drive, Vernon Hills. (847) 362-2330. www.cooklib.org. Registration required for all events, unless otherwise noted. Feb. 19, 2 p.m.: Bel Sonore Chamber Ensemble will perform a repertoire ranging from Baroque classics to Duke Ellington.
Early Music at the Byron Colby Barn at Prairie Crossing, 1561 Jones Point Road, Grayslake. All concerts are at 4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $15. To order tickets or for more information, call (847) 543-1202. Feb. 26: Amy Conn, soprano, with Trevor Stephenson, fortepiano. March 18: Alison Attar, Stephanie Sheffield and Joel Spears, ?La Harpe de Melodie.? April 15: Ensemble Musical Offering, J.S. Bach: ?Coffee Cantata.?
The Highland Park Strings, conducted by Francesco Milioto, will present its annual benefit concert, ?Distant Borders, Close Connections,? at 3 p.m. Feb. 12 in Bennett-Gordon Hall at Ravinia, Lake-Cook and Green Bay roads, Highland Park. Guest soloists are soprano Michelle Areyzaga and cellist Amit Peled. The program includes works by Villa-Lobos and Victor Herbert, as well as Dvorak?s Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (?New World?). Preconcert lecture by Stephanie Ettelson is at 2 p.m. $40 general admission. For information or tickets, call (847) 831-3622 or visit www.hpstrings.org.
413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. (847) 362-2330. www.cooklib.org. Feb. 18, 10:30 a.m.: Award-winning fingerstyle guitarist Edgar Cruz will perform flamenco, pop and jazz.
Grayslake Area Public Library, 100 Library Lane. (847) 223-5313. www.grayslake.info. Feb. 12, 2 p.m.: Concert for St. Valentine?s Day, presented by musical duo Sherri and Jason DeRoche. March 11, 2 p.m.: Concert for St. Patrick?s Day, presented by students from Chicago?s Academy of Irish Music.
Lake County Folk Club events are held at 7 p.m. Sundays at Aleks? Restaurant, 525 Rockland Road, Lake Bluff. Concert admission is $12; $10 for Lake County Folk Club members, students and senior citizens. No admission charge for Open and Song Circle. Reservations encouraged for all concerts; call (847) 271-1584. For information, visit www.thelakecountyfolkclub.org. Feb. 12: Open , hosted by Scott Engstrom. Feb. 19: Concert features Michael P. Smith; Sue Fink opens. Feb. 26 and March 25: Song Circle, hosted by Marcia Krieger. March 4: Mustard?s Retreat; Cath Kasmer opens. March 11: Open , hosted by Scott Engstrom. April 1: Lee Murdock.
College of Lake County Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. Call (847) 543-2240 or visit http://gallery.clcillinois.edu. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fridays; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturdays; and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Through Feb. 19: Members Exhibition, featuring a diverse collection of 101 works by artist members of the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art.
Undercroft Gallery, located in the lower level of the Christ Episcopal Church, 410 Grand Ave., Waukegan. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, or by appointment at (847) 367-5308. Through Feb. 29: Artist Thom Kapheim will present an interpretive show, ?The Door.? Kapheim will explore his thoughts on a common church door in the first 2012 exhibit at the Undercroft.?The door that is the basis of the show is an outside entry to the hallway that connects the 1880 portion of Christ Episcopal Church to its turn-of-the-century addition. The process will start with a display of sketched ideas and proceed in steps as two- and three-dimensional art grows from the sketches, changing from week to week. ?Wrapping It Up? celebration will be held from 1-4 p.m. Feb. 18.
Midwest Young Artists offers scholarships for pre-college musicians to study with musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra or Northwestern University, or professional instrumentalists. Auditions will be held Feb. 26 at Bennett-Gordon Hall at Ravinia, Highland Park and March 3 at the MYA Center, 878 Lyster Road, Highwood. For information, call (847) 926-9898 or visit www.mya.org.
Midwest Young Artists will host its annual benefit, ?Discover MYA,? at 5 p.m. April 14 at Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park. The evening includes live performances of chamber music and jazz by MYA musicians. Visit www.mya.org or call (847) 926-9898.
Cook Memorial Library District?s Aspen Drive Library, 701 N. Aspen Drive, Vernon Hills. (847) 362-2330. www.cooklib.org. Registration required for all events, unless otherwise noted. Feb. 12: ?Tea With Charles Dickens,? a celebration of Dickens? 200th birthday, featuring a traditional Victorian tea complemented with live harp music and dramatic readings. Seatings are at 2:15 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Cook Park Library, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. (847) 362-2330. www.cooklib.org. Feb. 23, 12:30-2 p.m.: Appearance by best-selling authors Lauren Willig and Tasha Alexander. Willig will discuss The Garden Intrigue, the ninth instalment in her Pink Carnation series. Alexander will discuss A Crimson Warning, the sixth instalment in her Lady Emily series. Books will be available for buy and signing. Feb. 27, noon: Jennifer Chiaverini, quilter and author of the New York Times bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series and five collections of quilt patterns inspired by her novels, will discuss her books during a luncheon at the library. Registration is required. An optional box lunch from Caf? Pyrenees will be provided for $8, which must be paid in advance. Lunches may be ordered through Feb. 22. Books for signing will be available for buy by the Lake Forest Book Store. Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave. (847) 432-1573. www.hplibrary.org. Feb. 15, noon-1:30 p.m.: Dan Chaon discusses and signs Stay Awake. Feb. 29, 7 p.m.: Peter Orner discusses and signs Love and Shame and Love: A Novel.
?The Little Mermaid? will be presented by Christian Youth Theater Feb. 10-12 at the College of Lake County?s James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, 19351 W. Washington, Grayslake. Performances are at 9:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday; and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $9-$12 in advance; $11-$14 at the door. Call (847) 516-2298 or visit www.cytchicago.org.
Adlai Stevenson High School Performing Arts Center, 1 Stevenson Drive, Lincolnshire. Call (847) 415-4121 or visit www.d125.org. Feb. 19, 2 p.m.: ?Ralph?s World,? featuring children?s musician Ralph Covert. $15; $10 for children.
Valentine?s Day celebration featuring ?Shakespeare?s in Love? improv comedy, 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Feb. 11 at Improv Playhouse Theater, 735 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. $25 for dinner at Trattoria Pomigliano, 602 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, followed by the show. $10 for show tickets only. Cash bar, tax and tip not included. Reservations required; call (847) 968-4529.
German-American Club of Antioch presents its annual Faschings (masquerade dance) at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at the V.F.W. Hall, 130 E. Grand Ave. (Route 132), Lake Villa. Costumes welcome. Admission $10. Call (847) 356-5484.
Shoreline Club plays recorded music for simple ballroom dancing in the Stuart Community Room of the Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest. Lessons are given by professional teachers Bob and Penny Urbon at 7:30 p.m., followed by an evening of social dancing. Adults of all ages and dancing capabilities welcome. Attire is dressy/casual. Admission per couple is $20 for members; $25 for guests. Membership is $20 per year per couple. Call (847) 816-7602 or visit www.ballroomchicago.com/shoreline.htm. Feb. 18: Waltz. March 17: Cha-cha. April 21: Fox trot. May 19: Rumba.
College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. International Series ? There is no charge to attend the films, which will be screened at 7 p.m. in Room A162 (Anderson lecture hall), unless noted otherwise. s are subtitled when necessary, have adult content and are not suitable for children. For information, contact Christopher Cooling at (847) 543-2623 or ccooling@clcillinois.edu. Feb. 24: ?Police, Adjective? (Romania, 2009). A small-time cop begins to tire of minor pot busts and dares to question his social function in a tale of Kafkaesque bureaucracies. March 16: ?No One Knows About Persian Cats? (Iran, 2009). The pseudo-documentary puts real Iranian musicians in a quest to secure exit visas for a London music festival. April 20: ?Cave of Forgotten Dreams? (France/Germany, 2011). maker Werner Herzog explores 30,000-year-old paintings recently discovered on a cave wall in southern France.
Cook Park Library, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. (847) 362-2330. www.cooklib.org. Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m.: Talking Pictures film and discussion series features ?The Tempest,? a 2010 American comedy/drama based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. No registration required.
Highland Park Public Library, 494 Laurel Ave. (847) 432-1573. www.hplibrary.org. Feb. 22, 7 p.m.: ?A Night At The Oscars,? presented by film critics Michael Phillips and Nina Metz.
Combo, open to singles 21-plus. For information about the group and upcoming events, call (847) 757-1299 or (847) 331-1066, or visit www.combosingles.org. Bowling league at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 12, March 4, April 1 and May 6 at Brunswick Zone, 10 S. Waukegan Road, Deerfield. Fee is $25 per week, which covers pizza, drink, bowling and shoes.
Lake County Discovery Museum, located in the Lakewood Forest Preserve, Route 176, west of Fairfield Road, near Wauconda. (847) 968-3400. www.LCFPD.org. Hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday; and 1-4:30 p.m. Sundays. Admission: $6; $2.50 for kids ages 4-17; free for kids 3 and younger. Feb. 18-Aug. 19: ?The Blues: From the Heart and Soul,? featuring playbills and autographs, as well as the original musical instruments that created some of the most influential music in American history.
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