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Featured Event:   Circesteem Shows 2pm Saturday & Sunday!

Join CircEsteem as we celebrate our 10th Annual Winter Circus on December 18th  & 19th at 2:00 p.m. at Alternatives Inc. 4730 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60640. Over 50 kids from our HomeWork & CircusWork, CircusTeam and Saturday Circus programs will take the stage and dazzle audiences with amazing circus acts including: trampoline, trapeze, tight wire, rolling globe, gym wheel and much more.   Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for kids under 13. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. with general admission seating. Self-parking is available on Lawrence Ave. just west of the Red Line stop. Street parking is available on Sheridan.   CircEsteem Inc. 4730 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, Illinois 60640 312 731 HAHA

Come celebrate winter Solstice 6-9pm at Northpark Nature Center--walk luminary lit trails at your own pace, enjoy crafts and live music, visit wild critters from Big Wolf Ranch, enjoy a bon fire and make treats for local birds.

Sunday:

Sunday, December 19th, 10:00am - 11:30am

Our Language Fairs are offered periodically as an opportunity for parents and kids (1-5) to come for a taste of our Spanish, Mandarin, and Italian language classes! Additionally, the Italian sample will focus on the Italian holiday celebration of "Le Befana". Kids rotate through all three language stations with their parents and play games, do crafts and sing songs - all the while laughing and having fun. Click here to see pictures from our spring fair!

Please register at info@mutlilingualchicago.com. This is a free event, but please register in advance! Be sure to include your child's name and age in the e-mail.

The Nutcracker must close December 26th! That's right! You've got less than 2 weeks left to see The House's new holiday hit! DON'T FORGET THAT WE ADDED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MATINEES TO THE SHOW SCHEDULE! Tickets are moving fast, so make sure you don't miss our "warm, kind, moving, inclusive, affordable and wholly original version of The Nutcracker (Chicago Tribune).” THE MAGIC PARLOUR is STILL RUNNING! Every Friday night at 10:30 pm, the downstairs cabaret at The Chopin becomes The Magic Parlour. Join The House for an intimate evening of classic magic with Award-Winning entertainerDennis Watkins. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE! Tickets to ODRADEK go on sale next week! Stay tuned for more information on The House's first collaboration with celebrated playwright Brett Neveu. Part Midwestern Gothic Fairy tale, part Hitchcockian thriller, Odradek is the tale of a troubled young boy and his relationship with the monster under the stairs.