2025

THEATER and MUSIC
Fat Ham at Goodman Theatre (January)
Betrayal at Goodman Theatre (February)
A Raisin in the Sun at Court Theatre (February)
The Winter’s Tale presented by the Shakespeare Project of Chicago (February)
Circus Quixote at Lookingglass Theatre (March)
The Tempest presented by the Shakespeare Project of Chicago (April)
Henry Johnson at Victory Gardens Theater (April)
Berlin at Court Theatre (May)
A Tale of Two Cities presented by Shattered Globe Theatre at the Wit Theater (May)
King Lear presented by the Shakespeare Project of Chicago (June)
An Iliad featuring Timothy Edward Kane at Court Theatre (June)
An Iliad featuring Jason Huysman at Court Theatre (June)
Big White Fog at Court Theatre (October)
Rome Sweet Rome at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (October)
■ Evanston Symphony Orchestra, featuring Stephen Williamson, at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall (October)
Much Ado about Nothing at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (November)
The Taming of the Shrew at Court Theatre (December)

MUSEUMS, ZOOS, etc.
■ New Bedford Whaling Museum (January)
■ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (January)
■ Harvard Art Museums (January)
■ The Wright (January)
■ Chicago Botanic Garden (February, April, May, June, July)
■ Smart Museum of Art (February, June, November)
■ Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (March)
■ John G. Shedd Aquarium (March)
■ Field Museum (March, June)
■ Art Institute of Chicago (March, April, June, October)
■ Milwaukee Art Museum (April, May, October)
■ Driehaus Museum (April)
■ Milwaukee Public Museum (April)
■ Lincoln Park Conservatory (May)
■ Lincoln Park Zoo (May)
■ Toledo Museum of Art (June)
■ Bristol Renaissance Faire (July)
■ Detroit Institute of Arts (August)
■ Greenfield Village (August)
■ Michigan Renaissance Festival (September)
■ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University (October)
■ The Henry Ford (November)
■ Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (November)
■ Adler Planetarium (November)
■ Milwaukee County Zoo (November)

STREAMING or VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING
■ “An Evening with James McBride” sponsored by Illinois Libraries Present (February)
■ “Slowing Down with Amy Tan” sponsored by Illinois Libraries Present (February)