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Get Out: 'The Comic Book Rabbi' and 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'

It's been a long week. Patch has just the thing-- Get up and get out in Northbrook (and some spots nearby) this weekend with Patch's handy-dandy weekend planner. Thank us later.


Where/When:
8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 26; Why Go: "The Comic Book Rabbi," Rabbi Simcha Weinstein, author of Up Up And Oy Vey: How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero$36. Reserve tickets at 847-564-8770 or on the Lubavitch Chabad website.


Where/When:
2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 27;
Why Go: What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than listening to live music? Soprano Bridgette Becker and pianist Marianna Shteingold will perform works by Schubert, Rachmaninoff and Liszt.


Where/When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26; , Niles
Why Go: Sample wines from around the world with WineStyles of Glenview. The event includes cheese, live piano music, a raffle and a silent auction.
Pricing: $15-$25

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Where/When: Friday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.; Seven Ten Lounge, 2747 N Lincoln Ave., Chicago
Why Go: Knock down pins to rack up money for the health system’s infant special care unit.
Pricing: $25 for members, $35 for non-members


Where/When: 10 p.m. - 12:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 26; Flatlanders Restaurant and Brewery, Lincolnshire
Why Go: Want to go back to the '70s? Love the band Chicago? This is your tribute band, then.
Pricing: Free 

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The Merry Wives of Windsor
Where/When: 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 26, and 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 27;
Why Go: Equity actors from the Shakespeare Project of Chicago perform a theatrical reading of this Shakespeare comedy about an overweight knight suffering a middle-class crisis.
Pricing: Free


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