ARTS & (HOME) ENTERTAINMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Since being stuck inside, which shows have you been watching? Which movies? Have you read any good books lately? Any new music releases have you dancing in your living room? StreetWise vendors, readers and staff are sharing what is occupying their attention during this unprecedented time. To be featured in a future edition, send your recommendations of things you do at home and why you love them to Creative Director / Publisher Dave Hamilton at dhamilton@streetwise.org
Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light at the Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, is a holiday tradition that started in 1942 with a single tree to remind us that the things that unite us are bigger than the things that separate us. The 50 trees in the museum's rotunda are each decorated by members of different Chicago communities who emigrated from all over the globe. Hours are 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Tickets are $22 at msichicago.org.
Oh, Oh, Oh, It's Magic!
Magic Immersive Experience The Magic Immersive Experience, 360 N. State St., is the world’s first immersive magic show! Created by Jamie Allan, Magic Immersive uses 3D projections, holograms, and live magicians for a one-of-a-kind experience. This show will feature death-defying escapes, vanishing acts, levitation, the famous duo Penn and Teller, as well as Houdini’s famous water chamber. Magic Immersive runs December 3 to Jan. 2, 2022. Tickets start at $45 and time slots vary. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit magicimmersive.com.
Bah, Humbug!
(HOME) ENTERTAINMENT
‘A Christmas Carol’ The Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St., presents “A Christmas Carol” through December 31. This classic holiday story follows the old miser Ebenezer Scrooge as he is visited by the ghosts of past, present and future on a journey toward kindness and redemption. Adapted from Charles Dickens's short novel, "A Christmas Carol," this must-see holiday show features live music, singing and dancing. The Goodman Theatre requires all guests to show proof of vaccination. Tickets start at $25. For tickets and a full schedule of show times, visit goodmantheatre.org.
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Live Chat!
Meet the Author: Louise Erdrich Tune in to Zoom from 5-6 p.m. December 2 for a virtual meet-the-author event with Louise Erdrich. Erdrich will be introduced by poet Mark Turcotte and joined by Native American literature scholar Kelly Wisecup for a conversation about her latest novel, “The Sentence.” “The Sentence” asks what we owe to the living, to the dead, to the reader, and the book. A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora died on All Souls' Day, but she simply won't leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading, must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation, and furious reckoning. For more information about this event and to access the Zoom link please visit newberry.org.
