THEATER AND OPERA
■ The Book of Mormon at the Bank of America Theater (Broadway in Chicago)
■ La Bohème at the Lyric Opera
■ Julius Caesar at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST)
■ Sweet Charity at the Writers’ Theatre
■ Measure for Measure at the Goodman Theatre
■ Giulio Cesare — a live broadcast of the Met performance (Fathom Events)
■ “Exploring Henry VIII” — a CST behind-the-scenes event and rehearsal
■ Henry VIII at the CST
■ Othello: The Remix at the CST (yes, *blush* four times)
■ Oklahoma! at the Lyric Opera
■ The Misanthrope at the Court Theatre
■ Wicked at the Uihlein Hall / Marcus Center (Milwaukee)
■ Behind-the-scenes tour at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival
■ Macbeth at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival
■ Cyrano de Bergerac at the CST
■ Evita at the Oriental Theatre (Broadway in Chicago)
■ Madame Butterfly at the Lyric Opera
■ “What’s Behind the Nose?” — a CST behind-the-scenes event
■ Lord of the Flies at the Steppenwolf Theatre
■ Wicked at the Oriental Theatre (Broadway in Chicago)
■ An Iliad at the Court Theatre
■ A Q Brothers’ Christmas Carol at the CST
■ The Merry Wives of Windsor at the CST
■ The Little Prince at the Lookingglass Theatre

MUSIC
■ Frank Vignola (guitar) at SecondSpace Theatre
■ Chris Thile (mandolin) and Brad Mehldau (piano) at Chicago Symphony Center
■ Open rehearsal for donors: Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by Ricardo Muti and featuring Maurizio Pollini (piano)
■ Yo-Yo Ma at Chicago Symphony Center
■ Tommy Emmanuel at ECC’s CenterStage
■ Open rehearsal for donors: Pianist Kirill Gerstein and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center

MUSEUMS AND ZOOS
■ Lincoln Park Zoo
■ Art Institute of Chicago (multiple visits)
■ Milwaukee Art Museum (multiple visits)
■ John G. Shedd Aquarium (“Beluga Encounter” and other visits)
■ Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley
■ Volo Bog State Natural Area (multiple visits)
■ Field Museum
■ Waukesha County Museum
■ McHenry County Conservation District’s Trail of History
■ Milwaukee County Zoo
■ Adler Planetarium
■ Brookfield Zoo
■ Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

OTHER:
■ Chicago Wolves hockey game
■ Architectural tour (from Navy Pier)
■ Behind-the-scenes tour for Chicago Symphony Orchestra donors
■ White Sox v. New York Yankees
■ Bristol Renaissance Faire