Things To Do This Week
Monday (3/7): Flower & Garden Show
Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave # 113
Chicago, IL 60611
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Time: 10:00AM-8:00PM
Head to Navy Pier and enjoy the 2011 Chicago Flower & Garden Show, the Midwest's iconic annual horticulture and landscape extravaganza, with an exciting theme this year, "The Sport of Gardening". Taking place Saturday, March 5th through Sunday, March 13th, the 2011 Chicago Flower & Garden Show offers visitors unique, non-stop learning opportunities at more than 100 workshops and free educational seminars. This year a major attraction will be the 30-plus gardens spotlighting top Midwest landscapers, growers and garden designers.
Also, the Chicago Flower & Garden Show will feature the return of the popular Horticulture Competition. Individuals, garden clubs and businesses passionate about houseplants, window boxes, photography, miniature landscapes, container gardens and all things green are encouraged to enter the Horticulture Competition.
Tickets: Adult tickets are $15 on weekdays and $17 on weekends. Tickets for children ages 4-12 are $5 every day. Monday- Thursday from 4-8pm there is the "After Work Special", with tickets available for $13.
Tuesday (3/8): Celebrate Fat Tuesday At Schubas
Schubas
3159 N Southport Ave
Chicago, IL 60657
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Time: 6:00PM
Ring in Fat Tuesday with Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound! Tickets are $10 and include a crawfish boil while supplies last. Drink specials include; $3 Bud Light drafts and $5 hurricanes. Must be 21 or over to attend.
Tickets: $10
Wednesday (3/9): Chicago Irish Film Festival's Closing Night Gala
The Beverly Arts Center of Chicago
2407 West 111th Street
Chicago, IL
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Time: 7:30PM
Head to the Beverly Arts Center's for it's closing of the 12th Annual Irish Film Festival. Eleven shorts will be screened on closing night: Joe Drummer; Noreen; Cold Turkey; Guns, Bees and Tadpoles; Separation Agency; Ticket To Ride; Bleeding Love; Getting Air; Blue Rinse; Mister Heaney: A Wee Portrait; and Shoe. Tickets to the closing reception include a post film reception with complimentary appetizers and beverage.
Tickets: $20, $15 for BAC Members.
Thursday (3/10): Hair
Oriental Theatre
24 W Randolph St
Chicago, IL 60601
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Time: 7:30PM
Kick start your Thursday with Broadway In Chicago. The Public Theater's new Tony-winning production of HAIR is an electric celebration on stage! This exuberant musical about a group of young Americans searching for peace and love in a turbulent time has struck a resonant chord with audiences young and old.
Tickets: $27 to $90, groups of 15 or more contact the box office.
Friday (3/11): Dancing With Chicago Celebrities Fundraising Gala
Hyatt Regency Chicago Crystal Ballroom
151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
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Time: 6:00PM
Chicago's hottest celebrities dance to benefit The Chicagoland Area Affiliate of Susan G. Komen For the Cure. Presented by Arthur Murray Dance Studios. This dazzling event boasts six of Chicago's hottest celebrities who show off their newly-learned talent of ballroom dancing in a celebrity dance-off by performing a choreographed routine with an Arthur Murray professional.
Tickets: $175 per person.
Weekend (3/12-3/13): St. Patrick's Day Parades
Parade Route
Columbus Dr. & Balbo Dr.
Chicago, IL
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Time: Noon
One of the largest St. Patrick's Day Parades in the country, the annual downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade celebrates the patron saint of Ireland and Irish heritage.
St. Patrick's Day Parade River Dyeing Ceremony
Chicago River
Wacker Dr & Columbus Dr
Chicago, IL 60601
Time: 10:00AM
See the annual dyeing of the Chicago River before the parade at 10AM.
More Parade Action:
Also check out St. Patrick's Day parades in Naperville and Tinley Park with 670 The Score.
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--Lauren Wulf, CBS Local Chicago
