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Updated: March 5, 2012 8:00AM



ART

THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: 111 S. Michigan Ave. (312) 443-3600. The Three Graces runs through Feb. 5. Contemporary Drawings from the Irving Stenn Jr. Collection through Feb. 26. Rough, Blurred, and Out of Focus: Provoke Magazine and Postwar Japanese Photography through Feb. 27. Not open for viewing Saturdays and Sundays. Exposure: Matt Keegan, Katie Paterson, Heather Rasmussen through March 4.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART: 1852 W. 19th St. (312) 738-1503. The exhibit of Mexican sculptor Yvonne Domenge titled Interconnected: The Sculptures of Yvonne Domenge will be on display through October.

COMEDY

LAUGHING CHAMELEON: The Glen Tower Center, 1830 Tower Drive, Glenview. (888) 685-2844.

SECOND CITY: Piper’s Alley, 1608 N. Wells. (312) 337-3992. “Sky’s the Limit,” and “The Second City’s History of Chicago” and “Sex, Love & The Second City: A Romantic Dot” will be performed through February. Tickets are $22-27 for each.

MEDLEY

GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY: 300 N. Central Park Ave. (773) 761-4477. “Sugar from the Sun,” a permanent exhibit, shares the basic story of how plants make sugar, the energy source for all life on Earth.

MCCORMICK PLACE: 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive. DriveChicago.com. The Chicago Auto show will be held Feb. 10-18 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Feb. 19 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is $11, $7 for seniors age 62 and older and for children ages 7 to 12. Free admission for children 6 and younger when they accompany a paying adult. The First Look for Charity will be held Feb. 9 prom 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. The tuxedo-mandatory gala affords participants the chance to stroll the show floor amid opulence not present during the public portion of the Chicago Auto Show. Tickets are $250.

NAVY PIER: 600 E. Grand Ave. (800) 595-7437 or www.navypier.com. Royal White Tigers through Feb. 12, Sunday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p .m. and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Discover Live Royal White Tigers. See Gita, a Bengal white tiger, and her two cubs, Kozmo and Kumal, as they make their first-ever Navy Pier appearance. Watch specially-trained handlers feed the tigers and learn about these rare animals through 90-minute “Tiger Talks.” Admission is $5.

MUSEUMS

CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM: 1601 N. Clark St. (312) 642-4600. My Chinatown multimedia theater experience is driven by the personal experiences of the people who made Chinatown their home and keep its traditions alive. The exhibition provides visitors an insider’s look at this unique and vibrant Chicago neighborhood. Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln’s Chicago exhibit has portraits and personal stories of Chicagoans paired with richly detailed views of the city as it appeared in the 1860s when Lincoln would have traveled here.

FIELD MUSEUM: 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive; www.fieldmuseum.org. Permanent exhibits include The Crown Family PlayLab, Evolving Planet, The Ancient Americas, Sue, Daniel F. and Ada L., Grainger Hall of Gems and more. New permanent exhibit, Restoring Earth. Lod Mosaic will be on display through April 22.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive, (773) 684-1414; www.msichicago.org. Permanent exhibits include: “Science Storm”; You! The Experience; U-505 submarine and more. Free days for Illinois residents Feb. 8, 15, 22 and 29.

THE SHEDD AQUARIUM: 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive. (312) 559-0200, www.sheddaquarium.org. Dolphins soar, belugas dance, and penguins parade in Fantasea, the ongoing aquatic show. The exhibit titled Jellies will be on display through May 28. Guests “dive” into the deep and complicated world of sea jellies, learning how their simple bodies have allowed them to survive for millions of years.

MUSIC

MCANINCH ARTS CENTER: 425 Farwell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. (847) 942-3097. The Music of ABBA: Featuring Arrival will be performed Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $32-67.

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