This Week's Upcoming Chicago Area Events

Chicago IL

28 February, 2022

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CHICAGO, IL — Looking to spend a night out with friends? See what's new on your Chicago Patch community calendar. Here are some events taking place in town this week. Want to see your event in the next roundup? You can add it to the calendar using this form. As always, it's free to post an event in your community. To reach more people, you can promote your event and share it nearby for $1 per day per community. Here are all of this week's events throughout Chicago: Featured Event: Spanish Classes FREE Spanish Demo & Assessment When: Tuesday, March 1st at 7:00 p.m. Where: World Wide Online What: CLICK LINK BELOW to schedule your FREE demo and/ or assessment! Talk to our professional language instructor and enjoy our live demo before signing up! The 15-30 minute assessment is your time to get all of the information, answers and advice you need. Make an educated decisi... Learn MoreFeatured Event: Spanish Classes FREE Spanish Demo & Assessment (Delilah Ortiz) Featured Event: Music with the Rabbi When: Tuesday, March 1st at 7:00 p.m. Where: Congregation Kol Emeth What: Join Rabbi Barry Schechter and he explores music of many genres to cheer the spirit.  To get on the email list to get the link to this wonderful weekly FREE Zoom event email [email protected].  Music with the Rabbi takes place most Tuesdays at 7:00 pm.  We look forward... Learn More Featured Event: Music with the Rabbi (Congregation Kol Emeth) Experience a Taste of New Orleans at The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant in Celebration of Fat Tuesday When: Tuesday, March 1st at 4:00 p.m. Where: The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant What: The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant, located at 1401 South Michigan Avenue in the South Loop, is celebrating Mardi Gras on Tuesday, and March 1 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. with an evening of Louisiana-style eats and beats. Guests may indulge in a special Fat Tuesday menu that brings to lif... Learn More Featured Event: LSG SKy Chefs March Hiring Event 2022 When: Wednesday, March 2nd at 10:00 a.m. Where: LSG Sky Chefs What: No appointment necessary!  Walk in to get interviewed on the spot! Learn More Featured Event: Divorce Boot Camp – Vesta Chicago, IL Hub When: Wednesday, March 2nd at 12:00 p.m. What: At our CONFIDENTIAL event, you'll learn how to manage the legal, financial, real estate, mortgage, and emotional issues related to divorce.About this event: Join the Vesta Chicago, IL Hub for their core divorce event – Divorce Boot Camp. Our vetted professionals will help you ... Learn More Featured Event: Divorce Boot Camp – Vesta Chicago, IL Hub (Deanna Coyle) Sawyer & Friends Celebrity Chef Dinner When: Wednesday, March 2nd at 6:00 p.m. Where: Adorn Bar & RestaurantWhat: James Beard Award-winning Chef Jonathon Sawyer welcomes his celebrity chef pals into his home at Adorn Bar & Restaurant on Wednesday, March 2 for an exclusive evening of food, fun, and friends. The 19-dish event will conclude with treats from Four Seasons Chicago Pastry Ch... Learn More Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Presents Spring Series: RE/CONNECT When: Wednesday, March 2nd at 7:30 p.m. Where: Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago What: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago presents Spring Series: RE/CONNECT at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The company will premiere two mixed-repertory programs. Program A brings together works by some of the most prolific established and emerging choreographers in contemporary danc... Learn More Raising the Stakes for Vision: Poker & Casino Night When: Thursday, March 3rd at 5:30 p.m. Where: Gibsons Steakhouse/Hugo's Frog Bar 1024 North Rush Street | Chicago What: Enjoy a night out at Chicago's iconic Gibsons Steakhouse while benefitting life-changing programs for the blind, visually impaired, disabled and Veteran communities. Highlights of the evening include: • Texas Hold 'Em Tournament with a grand prize of a $10,000 seat at the ... Learn More The Mild West feat. Marina City, benefiting Special Olympics Chicago Polar Plunge @ Joe's on Weed When: Thursday, March 3rd at 7:00 p.m. Where: Joe's on Weed St. What: What's better than a concert for a cause? Get ready to rock out with The Mild West feat. Marina City at Joe's on Weed St. on Thursday, March 3 for a concert benefiting Special Olympics Chicago/Special Children's Charities and the Chicago Polar Plunge! Both bands will be play... Learn More Info Session For Potential Foster Parents When: Thursday, March 3rd at 7:00 p.m. Where: Virtual by Let It Be Us What: - Let It Be Us, (LIBU) the not-for-profit organization dedicated to the care of youth in the Illinois foster care system today announced dates for its Foster Care 101 series, designed to walk prospective foster and adoptive parents through the licensing process for 2022. Each... Learn More Upon This Shore: A Tale of Pericles and the Daughters of Tyre When: Thursday, March 3rd at 8:00 p.m. Where: The Edge Off Broadway What: Idle Muse Theatre Company is proud to announce the cast for its world premiere production of Upon This Shore: A Tale of Pericles and the Daughters of Tyre, adapted and directed by Artistic Director Evan Jackson, March 3 - April 3 at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater, 1133 W Catalp... Learn More 'The Untouchables' and Chicago's Essential Presence When: Friday, March 4th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Free on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter What: The Untouchables (1987) frequently gets top billing as a movie that "best showcases the city of Chicago as an essential presence on the silver screen." Let's determine if this compliment is accurate on a short virtual tour of two of the film's locations: the Chicago Board of T... Learn More Chicago Lights' 29th Annual Gala of Hope, March 4, 2022 When: Friday, March 4th at 5:30 p.m. Where: The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago What: Chicago Lights, a leading youth development and social services organization, invites Chicagoans to the Gala of Hope celebration. This year's event supports programs benefiting youth and adults throughout Chicagoland who continue to face many hardships during the ongoing pande... Learn More The opening reception of "Family Resemblance: The Evolution of Chicago Style Graffiti" When: Friday, March 4th at 6:00 p.m. Where: Epiphany Center for the Arts What: Attend the opening reception of Family Resemblance: The Evolution of Chicago Style Graffiti in The Catacombs. Family Resemblance is a group exhibition that explores the history of the Chicago graffiti style, brought to you by the writers who defined the movement. This free eve... Learn More Featured Event: The Facility in Mokena Hosting FREE Use of Force Law classes in March & April When: Saturday, March 5th at 9:00 a.m. Where: 8519 West 191st Street, Mokena, Illinois, USA What: The Facility (thefacilityil.com) located at 8519 w 191st street in Mokena Illinois is hosting FREE USE OF FORCE LAW CLASSES for civilians who own handguns / rifles for home protection and for any concealed carry license holder. This class has been received very well by civilia... Learn More Featured Event: The Facility in Mokena Hosting FREE Use of Force Law classes in March & April (Tony Wasco) Featured Event: First Saturday Evanston Art Events When: Saturday, March 5th at 9:00 a.m. Where: 927 Noyes St What: First Saturday Evanston Art Events, March 5, invite the community to explore Evanston's Creative Community. Use this handy Google Map to plan your art-filled day! Host an Art Party! Fill out this form and we'll add your event to the promotions! Art Swap! The Noyes Gallery in... Learn More Featured Event: First Saturday Evanston Art Events (Lisa Degliantoni) Annual Roaring 2020's Jazzed Up Dining and Classical Cocktails When: Saturday, March 5th at 7:00 a.m. Where: 28 Mile Distilling Company What: In its ongoing effort to give back and build strong community, Celebrate Highwood is proud to kick off the 2022 fundraising season with its annual Roaring 2020's Jazzed Up Dining & Classical Cocktails on Saturday, February 5th from 7-11 p.m., at Highwood's 28 Mile Distill... Learn More The 2022 Camera Operator of the Year Awards and Celebration! When: Saturday, March 5th at 9:00 a.m. Where: Virtual What: Bringing together the community to honor and celebrate the industry's triumphs, masterful storytelling, and stand-out creativity over the past year, the annual Society of Camera Operators Award show and virtual gala celebration will take place on Saturday, March 5, 5:00 pm PST... Learn More Show Some Love: A Big Delicious Planet Wedding Show When: Saturday, March 5th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Big Delicious Planet What: Engaged and planning your wedding? Come visit our mini wedding show, Show Some Love! We're inviting couples to come learn about BDP's catering services, taste our delicious food, meet our team, and hear about some of Chicago's best wedding vendors, such as venues, planners, ph... Learn More Ana And Edinho When: Saturday, March 5th at 7:30 p.m. Where: Epiphany Center for the Arts, 201 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60607, United States What: Ana Everling is a musician from the Republic of Moldova, known for her multilingual and stylistic versatility. She became part of the Chicago music scene in 2015, and added more novelty into the city's cultural life with her dramatic Eastern European expression style. Ana's di... Learn More To Touch The Sky - a combined concert with Constellation Men's Ensemble & La Caccina When: Saturday, March 5th at 7:30 p.m. Where: Wicker Park Lutheran Church What: Award-winning Chicago vocal groups Constellation Men's Ensemble and La Caccina are reuniting for their first combined concert series in two years! Their concert series "To Touch The Sky" will celebrate the resilience of the human spirit, our connection to the divine, and the w... Learn More Featured Event: Jews in Denmark Over 400 years When: Sunday, March 6th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Congregation Kol Emeth What: The Men's Club of Congregation Kol Emeth is proud to present Professor Hanne Trautner-Kormann speaking on Jews in Denmark Over 400 years.  This Zoom event is free to members of the Men's Club and $10 per device for all others.  Click here to RSVP and pay for this event.  If yo... Learn More Featured Event: Jews in Denmark Over 400 years (Congregation Kol Emeth) Featured Event: March & April Illinois 16 / 8-Hour Concealed Carry Classes $145/CCL 3-Hour Renewals $45 When: Sunday, March 6th at 12:00 p.m. Where: 8519 West 191st Street, Mokena, Illinois, USA What: The Facility located at 8519 w 191st street in Mokena is hosting Illinois 16 / 8 Hour Concealed Carry Classes in March and April. These classes are instructed with hands on segments so our students can become confident with safe weapon handling skills and a positive mindset. A... Learn More March & April Illinois 16 / 8-Hour Concealed Carry Classes $145/CCL 3-Hour Renewals $45 (Tony Wasco) Chicago Polar Plunge When: Sunday, March 6th at 10:00 a.m. What: The Chicago Polar Plunge returns in-person to North Avenue Beach on Sunday, March 6th, with a virtual option available, as well. Registration is open by visiting www.chicagopolarplunge.org, and walk up registration is available at North Avenue in the days prior to March 6th. N... Learn More Rosemont Restaurant Week When: Sunday, March 6th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Parkway Bank Park Entertainment District What: Rosemont Restaurant Week is returning to the Village of Rosemont March 6 through March 12, 2022. Visitors are invited to take advantage of special prix fixe, three-course lunch or dinner menus at a wide variety of participating Rosemont restaurants. Participating Rosemont rest... Learn More One Earth Film Festival: THE POLLINATORS (Screening virtually and at Navy Pier) When: Sunday, March 6th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Navy Pier What: Peter Nelson/2019/92 min/Sustainable Food-Agriculture, Conservation, Wildlife FILM DESCRIPTION: Honey bee colonies are dying at extraordinary rates. Close to half of the bee colonies in the United States are collapsing every year. The Pollinators takes us on a cinematic journe... Learn More FAB Women with Jewel-Osco! - Bensenville When: Sunday, March 6th at 12:00 p.m. Where: Jewel-Osco What: Join us for our fourth annual Food and Beverage (FAB) Women event! There'll be amazing activities including product showcases from more than 15 Women-Owned brands, live music, giveaways, same-day savings, prizes and more! Stick around for a guest appearance from Lidia Bastiani... Learn More To Touch The Sky - a combined concert with Constellation Men's Ensemble & La Caccina When: Sunday, March 6th at 4:00 p.m. Where: Alice Millar Chapel What: Award-winning Chicago vocal groups Constellation Men's Ensemble and La Caccina are reuniting for their first combined concert series in two years! Their concert series "To Touch The Sky" will celebrate the resilience of the human spirit, our connection to the divine, and the w... Learn More Moving Forward Together: A Climate Scientist's Vision for Collaboration When: Sunday, March 6th at 5:00 p.m. Where: Weinberg/Newton Gallery What: Join Chief Scientist of The Nature Conservancy Katharine Hayhoe for a dynamic and conversational program at Weinberg/Newton Gallery moderated by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists President and CEO Rachel Bronson. The Gallery is currently featuring Human/Nature, a new exhibit o... Learn More The Loretto Hospital Offering Free Vision Screenings When: Monday, March 7th at 9:00 a.m. Where: The Loretto Hospital What: Beginning this month, in commemoration of Glaucoma Awareness Month, The Loretto Hospital is providing free vision screenings for uninsured and underinsured residents of the Austin community. The free screenings are being offered to qualifying individuals through the end of Mar... Learn More Check out all the local events posted by your neighbors, or add your own, on the Chicago Patch community calendar. Editor's note: This article was automatically generated based on event information mainly provided by community members. Patch has not independently verified most of this information, always check with organizers to confirm posted events are proceeding as planned. Click on any event in the list for more details. You can also reach out to [email protected] with any questions or other feedback about this article.