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The Museum of Science and Industry will thrum with the sounds of lightsabers, X-wings and the Millennium Falcon when Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination opens October 5. You'll see more than 80 props, models and costumes from the Star Wars movies, along with video interviews with filmmakers, scientists and engineers. And fans will love the full-size replica of the Millennium Falcon's cockpit. Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended.
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, opening Oct. 5
Museum of Science and Industry
57th Street and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago | 773-684-1414
Chicago, the band, will be at the Chicago (the city) History Museum this Wednesday, Sept. 19, talking with veteran newsman Bob Sirott about their long career. Started in 1967, they're the first American band to have Top 40 hits in five decades — you just know they've got some great stories to tell. Tickets are just $12, which is the cheapest you'll ever see Chicago tickets going for. Get'em while they're hot.
Chicago Treasures: Chicago, Sept. 19
Chicago (the city) History Museum
1601 N. Clark St., Chicago | 312-642-4600
Chicago has one of the most vibrant music scenes in the world, encompassing every genre imaginable, from hip hop to house to jazz to post-rock. Here are some of the best places in the city to catch a live act.
• With its perfect acoustics and lavish décor, the Auditorium Theatre is a dream venue for musicians and audiences alike.
• Symphony Hall isn't just for classical; you'll also find top-notch jazz echoing across its balconies.
• The Metro turned 25 this year, and it's still going strong as the city's premier rock club.
• Catch up-and-coming indie, punk and even experimental jazz groups at the Empty Bottle.
• For electronica and other bit-based beats, head to Sonotheque.
Chicago Gateway Green's annual Green Tie Ball is the must-do charity event of the year — not only for appearances' sake, but also because it's so much fun! Between the full schedule of bands, the dozens of food and drink vendors, the live auction and the World Series of Poker poker tournament, there's almost no way not to have fun. And on top of all that, there's even a fireworks display at 10pm! This is one of the hot tickets of the season, so get yours now.
Green Tie Ball, Sept. 15
Charter one Pavilion at Northerly Island
1400 S. Lynn White Dr., Chicago
It can be hard to meet people in the city — everyone is rushing around, busy living their own lives and not much interested in finding out what others are up to. But the MCA does its best to break down those barriers and get people talking to each other with programs like Tuesdays on the Terrace, weekly summer parties that take full advantage of the museum's gorgeous downtown setting. There you'll listen to live jazz (this week it's Corey Wilkes Trio, serving as an excellent prelude to the Jazz Festival later in the week) while enjoying cocktails and dinner from Puck's Cafe. Strike up a conversation with a fellow jazz and art lover out on the lawn; who knows where friendship might lead?
Tuesdays on the Terrace, through Sept. 25
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago | 312-280-2660
Labor Day Weekend in Chicago means Jazz Fest. Native Chicagoan and jazz legend Herbie Hancock kicks things off with a ticketed concert at the Symphony Center on Thursday, Aug. 30, then it's over to Grant Park for three days for free jazz — as well as other styles, naturally — by musicians ranging from Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood to Charlie Haden, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra to the Mingus Big Band. And it's all gratis; just roll out your blanket to stake your claim on the city's front lawn and enjoy a long weekend of joyous music.
Chicago Jazz Festival, Aug. 30-Sept. 2
Chicago Symphony Center (8/30) and Grant Park, Chicago
If you've ever been to summer camp, you can probably still sing a couple of the songs you learned there. And whether you had a great time or an awful one, those memories have lasted a lifetime, which will make the new documentary Summercamp! all the more entertaining, cringeworthy and poignant. The film captures the ins and outs of 90 kids and their counselors at a northern Wisconsin summer camp for three weeks, showing that not much has changed about the experience since however many years it's been since it was us in those musty cabins and tents. Showing through Wednesday at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
Summercamp!, through Aug. 29
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St., Chicago | 312-846-2600
Comedian Kumail Nanjiani lived in Pakistan until he was 18, then moved to Iowa. If that's not a goldmine for fish-out-of-water laughs we don't know what is, but Nanjiani skewers many other topics in his one-man show, Unpronounceable, including giant squid, chocolate, space travel and religion. The show sold out completely in July and got rave reviews, so get your tickets for this Friday's performance now.
Unpronounceable, Aug. 24
Lakeshore Theater
3175 N. Broadway, Chicago | 773-472-3492
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