THEATER
■ The Feast: an intimate Tempest at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater
■ A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater
■ South Pacific at the Cadillac Palace Theatre
■ Short Shakespeare! The Taming of the Shrew at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater
■ Being Shakespeare from the Chicago Shakespeare Theater at the Broadway Playhouse
■ Timon of Athens at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater
■ The Iceman Cometh at the Goodman Theatre
■ Crowns at the Goodman Theatre
■ Three Sisters at the Steppenwolf Theatre
■ Sunday in the Park with George at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater
■ Hamlet at the Writers’ Theatre
■ Equivocation at the Victory Gardens Theater
■ Black Watch from the Chicago Shakespeare Theater at the Broadway Armory
■ Metamorphoses at the Lookingglass Theatre
■ Les Miserables at the Cadillac Palace Theatre
■ A Christmas Carol at the Goodman Theatre
■ The School for Lies at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater
CHICAGO SYMPHONY CENTER
■ Joshua Bell
■ Leif Ove Andsnes
■ Yo-Yo Ma
■ Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
LYRIC OPERA
■ The Magic Flute
■ Elektra
MUSEUMS, ZOOS, AND THE LIKE
■ The Field Museum (multiple visits)
■ The Art Institute of Chicago (multiple visits)
■ Morton Aboretum
■ Brookfield Zoo (multiple visits)
■ Lincoln Park Conservatory
■ Lincoln Park Zoo
■ Volkening Heritage Farm
■ The Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley
■ Milwaukee County Zoo
■ Museum of Science and Industry
■ Volo Auto Museum
■ Cantigny: The First Division Museum and the Robert R. McCormick Museum