Looking for some cool issues to do and see within the week forward in Chicago?
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On the perimeter
The 31st annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival returns for six weeks of performances that includes new performs, dance, devised works, selection, music, efficiency and new takes on traditional texts. Curated by Curious Theatre Branch and Prop Thtr, the competition is dedicated to discovery and this version’s run of 48 exhibits options many younger and rising corporations and people in addition to returning favorites. Among the exhibits Jan. 17-22: Social Sciences Productions’ “All My Little Words,” Curious Theatre’s “Four Story Animal Plus Dessert,” Kate Black-Spence and Chris Brickhouse’s “Ghosts of Whitechapel,” Sweet Back Productions’ “Deep Fried Refried” and extra. Rhino Fest funs by means of Feb. 23 at Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston. Tickets: $15 or pay-what-you-can. For an entire schedule, go to rhinofest.com.
Celebrating MLK
The MLK Tribute Concert is the Chicago Sinfonietta’s annual tribute to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The live performance options vocalist and semi-finalist on “The Voice” Kymberli Joye performing Patty Griffin’s “Up to the Mountain” and the Chicago premiere of Joel Thompson’s “The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” in addition to the standard non secular “Deep River” and John Legend and Common’s Academy Award-winning “Glory” from the film “Selma.” At three p.m. Jan. 19, Wentz Concert Hall, North Central College, 171 E. Chicago, Naperville ($10-$62) and seven:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan ($10-$99). Visit chicagosinfonietta.org.
Ideas in modernism 
Prabhakar Barwe (Indian), “King and Queen of Spades,” 1967, Oil and paper on canvas is a part of a brand new exhibit on the Block Museum.Grey ArtGallery, New York University Art Collection
The new exhibit “Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection” is a survey of artwork from three nations the place vibrant types of modernism had been created within the 1960s and 1970s. The 114 colourful and intriguing works vary from Iranian and Turkish artists who discover calligraphy and ornamentation by means of avant-garde abstraction to Indian painters whose expressive canvases draw upon Hindu iconography. From Jan. 21-April 5 at Block Museum, Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle, Evanston. Admission is free. Visit blockmuseum.northwestern.edu.
Classic ballet from Ukraine 
The National Ballet Theatre of Odessa presents “Swan Lake.” Andreii Stanko
The National Ballet Theatre of Odessa returns with performances of two traditional ballets. Set to the music of Sergei Prokofiev and choreographed by Michael Lavrovsky, “Romeo and Juliet” is Shakespeare’s timeless story of star-crossed lovers. At 7 p.m. Jan. 18, Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee, Waukegan. Tickets: $29.50-$52.50. Visit geneseetheatre.com. At three p.m. Jan. 19, Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph. Tickets: $55-$85. Visit harristheaterchicago.org. At three p.m. Jan. 26, Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena. Tickets: $35-$65. Visit paramountaurora.com. “Swan Lake,” set to the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, is predicated on a German legend a couple of younger prince who units out to free a swan maiden from an evil spell. At 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. Tickets: $28-$58. Visit northshorecenter.org.
Intimate classical expertise 
Candlelight concert events at Stan Mansion.Chris Monaghan
Fans of classical music or anybody who enjoys a singular musical expertise can take a look at Candlelight, a sequence of candlelit performances of iconic classical music working by means of April 21. The efficiency at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Jan. 16 on the Stan Mansion (2408 N. Kedzie) options…