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Culturalupdate March 2016 Volume XXVI—Issue III New/News Did You Know? ♦El Che Bar (845 W CONCIERGE UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL culturalupdate March 2016 Volume XXVI—Issue III New/News Did you know? ♦El Che Bar (845 W. Washington St.) Chicago is home to more than 4,960 restaurants! Arts/Museums Slated to open in March, El Che Bar menu will offer opens wood-fired cuisine from a custom-built hearth inside 5 Van Dyck, Rembrandt Art Institute of an open kitchen. Expect plenty of smoked, seared, 10 Chagall Homecoming Art Institute roasted and grilled meats and veggies as well as 10 Brick by Brick MSI 19 Above, Before, & After Contemporary Art Museum possible musical acts to help transport diners back to a different through place and era. 6 MCA DNA: Rafael Ferrer Contemporary Art Museum 16 Galapagos 3D Field Museum ♦Imperial Lamian (6 W. Hubbard St.) 27 Alfred Stieglitz & the 19th Century Art Institute 27 The City as Image Art Institute Imperial Lamian is a Chinese restaurant that will serve 27 Transitory Beauty Art Institute up Lamian, or hand-pulled noodles from the Shanxi 27 Pop Art Design Contemporary Art Museum province that are portioned, stretched and boiled to ongoing order. The restaurant also plans to serve dumplings, in The Freedom Now Mural The DuSable Museum Science Storms MSI soup and dim sum. Imperial Lamian is slated to open March in the Materials Science MSI River North neighborhood. Chicago: Crossroad of America Chicago History Museum The Secret Lives of Objects Chicago History Museum We Recommend City Windows Field Museum LICHENS Field Museum ♦The Peninsula Chicago (108 E. Superior St.) Underground Adventures Field Museum Wild Reed Shedd Aquarium Designed with the luxury traveler in mind, the Museum Free Dates new guest rooms are the most technologically ad- Museum of Contemporary Art: 2, 9, 16, 23 (Tuesday’s) vanced in the world. Drawing influence from the Art Museum: 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 (Thursday’s 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.) French Deco style of the hotel’s public spaces, the The DuSable Museum: 6, 13, 20, 27 (Sunday’s) Chicago Children’s Museum: 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 (Thursday’s 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.) new room is intentionally suited for both the business and leisure traveler. Designer Bill Rooney approached the Ballet/Dance design taking cues from luxury yachts, with fine wood finishes, lush fabrics, rich leathers, and a sense of purpose where everything has 2 Lord of the Dance Chicago Theatre 3 Trip the Light Fantastic Harris Theatre its place. Renovations are slated to be completed by mid-April 2016! 5 Chicago Revealed Harris Theatre For more information or to secure a reservation, 8-13 Alvin Alley American Dance Theatre Auditorium Theatre 17-20 Spring Series Harris Theatre contact your CUI Concierge! Feature of the Month Classical/Symphony 20 Celebrate The Season Wentz Concert Hall ♦Stone Porch By The Lake (300 Church Street, Evanston) at Symphony Center 1 Salonen and Yo-Yo Ma 10, 12, 15 Denk Bartok’s Piano Collection No. 2 11, 13 Beyond the Score: Fire and Freedom 17-19 Emanuel Ax Piano Concerto No. 4 Stone Porch by the Lake offers you a unique B&B experience. You 18 Trifonov with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra 24-26 Brahms 2 & Rach 3 will enjoy the luxury of a meticulously restored Tudor house updat- 27 Chicago International Festival ed with impressive modern amenities. 31 Sheherazade & Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2 Wine Insight Children/Family Wine Month at Smith & Wollensky (318 N. State St.) 4 Grown Up Play Date: NYC Kohl Children’s Museum ♦ 5 Tiny Great Performances Dupage Children’s Museum Wine Week is now Wine Month at Smith & Wollensky! In March, 12, 26 Meet a Vet Chicago Children’s Museum engulf in elegant “Whites in Flight”, or the sharp “Soaring Red” 18-20 Chicagoland Family Pet Expo Arlington Park 19 Goldilocks and the Three Bears Symphony Center wine series’. Visit during March 28th - April 1st for a Wine Tasting 24-26 Good Food Festival UIC Forum Celebration! Contact your CUI Concierge to learn more about Wine Month For more information about museums or exhibits, or to order the perfect wine for any occasion! contact your CUI Concierge! Concierge Unlimited International Cultural Update • March 2016 • 2 Opera Concert/Rock/Blues/Jazz through 5 The Cadillac Three Joe’s Bar On Weed St. 13 Der Rosenkavalier Lyric Opera House 10 The Who United Center 19 Romeo and Juliet Lyric Opera House 11 Leon Bridges Chicago Theatre 12 Fall Out Boy United Center Backstage Tours at Lyric gives you the opportunity to see vibrant opera 15 Celtic Woman: The Destiny Tour Rosemont Theatre from behind the scenes! Tours are on March 3rd and 7th at Lyric Opera. 18 Brit Floyd Chicago Theatre 19 Jerry Seinfeld Live Genesee Theatre Theatre 22 Bonnie Raitt Chicago Theatre opens Sports 3 Cinderella After The Ball Marriott Theatre 5 The Matchmaker Goodman Theatre Bulls Blackhawks Cubs 8-20 42nd Street Cadillac Palace Theatre 1 @ Heat 2 @ Red Wings 3 @ Brewers 2 @ Magic 3 @ Bruins 11 Butler Northlight Theatre 5 @ Reds 5 Rockets 6 Red Wings 12 White Sox 16 West Side Story Paramount Theatre 7 Bucks 9 @ Blues 14 Padres 19 Magic Tree House Broadway Playhouse 10 @ Spurs 11 @ Stars 20 Royals 22 Matilda, The Musical Oriental Theatre 11 Heat 14 Kings 30 @ Mets 28 The Diary of Anne Frank Metropolis Performing Arts 14 @ Raptors 16 Flyers Click here for Cubs through 16 @ Capitals 18 @ Jets spring schedule! 6 If/Then Oriental Theatre 17 Nets 20 Wild White Sox 13 2666 Goodman Theatre 19 Jazz 22 Stars 3 @ Dodgers 27 Marc Salem’s Mind Over Chicago Apollo Theatre 21 Kings 26 @ Flames 23 Knicks 27 @ Canucks 13 D’ Backs Let your CUI Concierge arrange the perfect seat for your favorite 24 @ Knicks 29 @ Wild 18 Cubs performance at CUI preferred pricing. 26 @ Magic 21 @ Indians 28 Hawks 28 @ Rockies Sneak Peak 29 @ Pacers Click here for White 4/1-2 Giordano Dance Chicago Harris Theater 31 @ Rockets Sox spring schedule! 4/4&8 David Gilmour United Center 4/5-6 Dido and Aeneas Harris Theater Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball Northwestern Wildcats Basketball 4/6 Iron Maiden United Center 3 @ Maryland 3 @ Penn State 6 @ Penn State 6 Nebraska 4/15 Rihanna United Center 4/19 Bullets Over Broadway The PrivateBank Theatre 2016 Big Ten Basketball Tournament 4/22-23 Justin Bieber Allstate Arena NCAA Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Conference Tournament will be held 4/22-24 Sesame Street Live Sears Centre Arena at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. March Madness 4/28-30 NFL Draft Auditorium Theatre will be game-on, as the Big Ten Conference Champions will receive an 4/29 The King and I Lyric Opera automatic bid to the “Big Dance!” Capture the heart-wrenching action 4/29-30 Miami City Ballet Harris Theatre that is March Madness and see who will be crowned the 2016 Big Ten 4/30 The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window Goodman Theatre Conference Champion! 5/10-15 Chicago, The Musical Cadillac Palace Theatre Women’s Tournament: Wednesday, March 2nd - Sunday, March 6th 5/17 Carrie Underwood Allstate Arena Men’s Tournament: Wednesday, March 9th - Sunday, March 13th 5/19 -20 Carol Burnett Chicago Theatre 5/24-29 Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Cadillac Palace Theatre WWE Monday Night Raw 5/27 Beyonce Soldier Field Allstate Arena hosts WWE’s Monday Night RAW Live on March 7th at 5/28 Soldier Field 10 Mile Soldier Field 6:30 P.M. featuring: Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Chris Jericho 5/29 The 100th Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway verses Sheamus, Bray Wyatt, and Kevin Owens, among other WWE 6/4 Janet Jackson Allstate Arena Superstars. WrestleMania is fast approaching! Witness the intensity of 6/5 Dixie Chicks Hollywood Casino Amphitheater WWE Monday Night Raw ringside with the help of your CUI concierge! 6/7 The SpongeBob Musical Oriental Theatre NCAA Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional 6/7 The Sound of Music Cadillac Palace Theatre 6/25 Selena Gomez United Center The United Center hosts the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight Midwest Re- 6/28 Wonderful Town Goodman Theatre gional games on March 25th and 27th respectively! The winner of the 6/29 The Book of Mormon The PrivateBank Theatre Midwest Regional Finals earns a coveted spot in the Final Four. The 6/30 James Taylor Wrigley Field road to the Final Four ends in Houston on April 2nd, culminating in the 7/10-13 Adele United Center championship game on April 4th. 7/20&22 Pearl Jam Wrigley Field Special/Seasonal 7/23-24 Coldplay Soldier Field 6 Chicago Polar Plunge North Avenue Beach 7/28 Disney’s Newsies Oriental Theatre 12-20 Chicago Flower and Garden Show Navy Pier , Festival Hall 8/26 Billy Joel Wrigley Field 18-20 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo McCormick Place, South 8/3 Cirque du Soleil United Center 4/9 American Diabetes Association Expo McCormick Place Contact your CUI Concierge for great seats to For more information, or to secure tickets, all upcoming performances! contact your CUI Concierge! We are your time-saving concierge service and resource for local, national and international needs! Concierge Unlimited International Cultural Update • March 2016 • 3 St. Patrick’s Day Spring is in the air! Once considered a religious feast day for the patron saint of Days are getting longer, temperatures are slowly rising, and Ireland, St. Patrick’s day has turned into a national phenom- spring is fast approaching! Spring officially arrives on Monday, enon! Continue the tradition by celebrating St. Patrick’s Day March 21. Chicago-style! ♦Yellowstone National Park ♦Dyeing of the Chicago River (Michigan Avenue and Wacker Dr.) The accommodations in Yellowstone are not just places to stay, Kickoff St.
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