Community Corner
You're 'Invited' To Enjoy Plays and Musicals This Weekend
There's lots to do this weekend, including several nearby plays and musicals, a trip to see migratory birds, free burgers and chili and a wellness fair for Boomers.
"The Invitation," a play about peace from eight Nobel peace laureates, is being put on to celebrate the anniversary of Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr. and Albert Schweitzer getting the prestigious award. Friday in Oak Park, Saturday at Dominican University in River Forest.
- The Boomers and Beyond wellness fair at Oakton Community Center Friday will provide info and fun for anyone in this age group and older. Organizers promise: info on government benefits, health care services, senior housing, social & leisure activities, volunteer opportunities, lifelong education, wellness screenings, education seminars, giveaways and a Technology Drop-In Center. Starts at 9 a.m. at Oakton Community Center, Skokie.
- Notre Dame College Prep Presents "James and the Giant Peach," at the school, 7655 W. Dempster, Niles, on Nov. 8-10 and 14-17.
- Love nature? The program "In Search of Sandhill Cranes" is a road trip to see hundreds of these large, impressive migratory birds as they fly to their roosting site at night. Departs 8 a.m. Saturday from Emily Oaks Nature Center, 4650 Brummel, Skokie. Learn more and register.
- We hope you don''t need to know this, but just in case, NorthShore University Health System and Mayo Clinic are presenting the latest in research at a panel discussion on"Understanding Brain Tumors." 9:30 a.m. Saturday; register.
- "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" is an 18th century Englishman with a very unconventional way of making meat pies--scandalous, in fact. See the renowned musical of his nefarious adventures Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 8, 9, 16 and 17, when the Devonshire Playhouse, 4400 Greenwood, Skokie, presents it with an orchestra. The plot: Sweeney Todd, returns to London after serving 15 years in prison on trumped-up charges. He soon finds out that his wife poisoned herself after being raped by the judge who sentenced him. Vowing revenge, he teams up with a pie make and then opens a barbershop in which he slits the throats of his customers (including the judge) and has them baked into pies. The 1979 Stephen Sondheim musical won eight Tony Awards, including best musical. www.SkokieParks.org/devonshire-playhouse.
- On Sunday, the Morton Grove American Legion hosts an open house at its new club lounge at 6134 W. Dempster, Morton Grove. They'll be serving free hamburgers and chili, as well as cake for the birthday of the Marine Corps. 3 to 8 p.m.; free.
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