Sign up for our eblast to be one of the first to get tickets to Liza Minnelli in a glamorous and intimate concert, Sunday, June 6 at 7:30PM at The Chicago Theatre. Presale tickets go on sale this Friday. After signing up, watch your email early Friday for the special presale code!

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Dora the Explorer and her friend Kai-lan will appear in person at the Whole Foods Market, 1550 N. Kingsbury St., Lincoln Park, where they will teach children how to make their favorite healthy treat on Friday, March 12 from 11 to 11:30 a.m. This FREE event includes taste samples and some extra surprises. For more information visit www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/lincolnpark/

Storytime Live! also features The Backyardigans and The Wonder Pets and will run March 12-14 at the Rosemont Theatre. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling 800.745.3000.

Learn how to 'throw a bowl' for FREE during Lillstreet Art Center's Open House event

Looking for a creative & affordable way to spend your Saturday….look no further than Lillstreet Art Center!

Stop by the art center Saturday, March 13 between 12noon – 5 p.m. to try FREE hour-long art classes, enjoy live music and complimentary snacks provided by First Slice Cafe.

Here’s the free workshop run-down:

Drawing: 12-1pm

Screenprinting on paper and clay: 1-2pm

Band rings: 2-3pm

Wheelthrowing demo: 2 – 4 pm

Embroidery: 3-4pm

Metal bracelets: 4-5pm

Kids art-making activities: 12-5pm

Plus guests are also invited to tour the 3-floor facility, visit the artist studios on the 2^nd and 3^rd floors, meet the artists and browse their original work. On display throughout the building will be examples of student-made artwork from each of Lillstreet’s six departments.

For details, visit lillstreet.com or call 773-769-4226.

Free art activites for kids offered 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Dora the Explorer made a handful of appearances around Chicagoland last week to promote her live show, Storytime Live! Her first stop was the jam-packed Skokie Public Library on Tuesday, February 23. That appearance set the bar astoundingly high as far as overall enthusiasm goes. Both parents and children were delighted to hear Dora tell her tale of all the fun things to do on a chilly day.

Thursday, February 25 was a triple bill for Dora, who had to wake up extra early to hit three different, kid-crazy locations. First up was the DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville, where Dora read her story to two massive audiences. The crowds at these particular shows were so large, people had to be turned away at the doors! Later in the day, Dora visited Yorktown Shopping Center in Lombard, and Kohl Children’s Museum in Glenview. A busy but ultimately rewarding day.

Storytime Live! features favorites from several Nickelodeon series including the Wonder Pets, the Backyardigans and Kai-lan. Join Dora and friends at the Rosemont Theatre next weekend, from March 12-14, 2010. Tickets available by calling 800-745-3000 or online at ticketmaster.com.

Hi Fans,

If you haven’t noticed, we’ve been making great strides in updating GetOutChicago to be one of the top sites in the Chicago area to find free and discount tickets. When we first started this site, it was a launchpad for free tickets and deals for arts and entertainment events with a smattering of announcements about our parent company, Carol Fox & Associates clients in between deals.

Recently, we spent a lot of time updating the site: refreshing the layout, adding new content, getting  some new great deals and in the process we decided to go back to our roots. We understand that you are interested in premium value for your entertainment dollars and that’s what we want to give you first and foremost. On our homepage, we’ve launched a new “deals” section where you we’ve posted some of the best arts, entertainment and culture deals we’ve been able to find. This blog will function as an outlet for announcements about Carol Fox & Associates  clients and company news.

With the new focus for our website, there are some site updates that we need to tell you about. Those of you who subscribe to this blog via RSS (hello!) looking for great deals, please subscribe to our new deals-only RSS feed here. This blog’s feed will remain in place for those interested news about some of Chicago area’s top arts & entertainment companies.

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We’re very excited about our redesigned site and hope you are, too. Keep checking in, we have some neat deals planned for the future.

Get in by getting out,

Joe and the GetOutChicago team

Check out this clip from the Oscar® Nominations Panel featuring a lively discussion of the hit movie “Precious”.

The panelists at this event, held at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Tuesday February 2, 2010, were: Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune film critic and co-host of “At the Movies”), A.O. Scott (The New York Times film critic and co-host of “At the Movies”), Janet Davies (ABC-7 Chicago entertainment reporter and host of “190 North”) and Hank Sartin (Time Out Chicago film editor).

The panel discussion was a special event to kick-off the film center’s Oscar Night® America party --Chicago’s only Academy-sanctioned Oscar Night celebration on Sunday, March 7^th. Read the rest of this entry »

Friday, February 12 and Saturday, February 13

Use code GETOUT to receive 20% off tickets $55 and under to River North Chicago Dance Company’s annual Valentine’s Weekend Engagement at the Harris Theater. The program features three knock-out premieres by in-demand choreographers Robert Battle and Lauri Stallings, plus the return of audience and critic favorites from sold-out fall engagement by Artistic Director Frank Chaves and Sherry Zunker. Battle’s Chicago premiere, “Ella,” which celebrates the scat vocals of Ella Fitzgerald, sets the perfect Valentine’s mood for this not-to-be-missed engagement. Friday, February 12 & Saturday, February 13 at 8 p.m. at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph Dr. To purchase tickets, call 312.334.7777 or visit harristheaterchicago.org. Offer not valid on previously purchased tickets and not to be used with any other offer.

A not-to-be-missed FREE and open to the public Oscar Award® Nominations Panel will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 12 – 1 p.m. at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St.  The panel will feature Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune film critic and co-host of “At the Movies”), A.O. Scott (The New York Times film critic and co-host of “At the Movies”), Janet Davies (ABC-7 Chicago entertainment reporter and host of “190 North”), Hank Sartin (Time Out Chicago film editor) and Chaz Ebert (honorary Oscar Night® America co-chair), in a special discussion of the newly announced Academy Award nominees.

The first 25 attendees will receive a free Chipotle burrito, and all attendees will be eligible for raffled door prizes including a pair of tickets to the Oscar Night America party on March 7 and individual memberships to the Gene Siskel Film Center.

The panel kicks off the Gene Siskel Film Center’s highly anticipated Oscar Night America celebration this March.  For more information, visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org.