THEATER and MUSIC
■ The Phantom of the Opera at Cadillac Palace Theatre (January)
■ Hamlet at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (February)
■ Hamnet at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (February)
■ Hedda Gabler by Remy Bumppo at Theatre Wit (February)
■ Miss Julie at Court Theatre (February)
■ Birds of North America at A Red Orchid Theatre (March)
■ Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at Goodman Theatre (April)
■ Out Here at Court Theatre (May)
■ An Enemy of the People at Timeline Theatre (May)
■ Brokeback Mountain at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (June)
■ Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare Project of Chicago (June)
■ Crime and Punishment at TUTA Theater (June)
■ Leopoldstadt at Writers Theatre (July)

MUSEUMS, ZOOS, etc.
■ New Bedford Whaling Museum (January)
■ Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (January)
■ Lincoln Park Conservatory (January, February, June)
■ Art Institute of Chicago (January, February, March, June, July)
■ Chicago Botanic Garden (February, April, May, June)
■ Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (February)
■ Matthaei Botanical Gardens (March)
■ Milwaukee Art Museum (March, April, June)
■ The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village (April)
■ Field Museum (June, July)
■ Lincoln Park Zoo (June)
■ Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art (June)
■ Anderson Japanese Garden (June)
■ John G. Shedd Aquarium (July)
■ Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (July)
■ Kenosha Public Museum (July)