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Previous Datebook Months: November 2011 • December 2011 January 2012 1-30, Skating in the Sky at John Hancock Observatory, 875 N. Michigan, Chicago, 888-875-VIEW. 1-31, Eagle Days in Madison. 314-416-9930. 5-16, Team of Rivals Exhibit, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, Springfield, Lincoln’s Cabinet at the Crossroads of War - A Civil War Sesquicentennial Exhibition, www.alplm.org 6-8, Let’s Go Fishing, Gateway Convention Center, Collinsville, Steve Lengyel, www.letsgoshows.com 6-8, Bald Eagle Days Environmental Fair and Wildlife Art Show in Rock Island. 309-788-5912 or www.qccaexpocenter.com. 7, Alton Eagle Festival in Alton. 618-465-6676 or www.visitalton.com. 7-8, Gotcha Outdoor Adventure Sports Show in Kankakee. 815-935-7390 or www.visitkankakeecounty.com. 8, Chicago Blackhawks vs. Red Wings, United Center, 1901 W. Madison, Chicago, |312-455-7000 8, Bald Eagle Festival at Pere Marquette Lodge in Grafton. 628-786-2331, ext. 0. 10-23, Come Fly Away Broadway Musical in Chicago. 312-977-1702 or www.broadwayinchicago.com. 11-12, Northern Illinois Farm Show, Northern Illinois University, Convocation Center, Dekalb, 11-13, Illinois Speciality Crops, Agritourism and Organic Conference Crowne Plaza Hotel and Convention Center, 3000 South Dirksen Parkway, Springfield. Contact Diane Handley 309-557-3662. 12-16, Chicago Boat Show, McCormick Place, North Chicago, www.chicagoboatshow.com. 13, Friday the 13th Night at the Museum Tour, 7:30 p.m., Mineral Springs Haunted Tours, 301 E. Broadway St., Alton. www.MineralSpringsHauntedTours.com or call 1-866-465-3205. 13-15, The Lake County Home Building and Remodeling Expo, Grayslake, www.HomeShowEvent.com 14, Handmade Market, Chicago, Noon – 4 p.m., Empty Bottle, 1035 N Western Ave Chicago, www.handmadechicago.com. 14-15, Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah, Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Parkway, 14, 21, 28, Eagle Meet and Greet at the Alton Visitors Center in Alton. 618-465-6676 or 22, 29, Eagle Meet and Greet at the National Great Rivers Museum in East Alton. 877-462-6979 or www.greatriverroad.com/Cities/EAlton/riverMuseum.htm. 15, Sled Dog Demos in Utica. 800-868-7625 or www.starvedrocklodge.com. 18, 50 States in 60 Minutes in University Park. 708-235-2222 or www.centertickets.net. 20, The 29th Annual Rod and Custom Bike Show, QCCA Expo Center, 2621 4th Ave, Rock Island, Illinois, 309-799-7469. 21, The State Ballet Theatre of Russia’s Swan Lake in Waukegan. 847-782-2366 or www.geneseetheatre.com. 22, 29, Eagle Meet and Greet at the National Great Rivers Museum in East Alton. 877-462-6979 or www.greatriverroad.com/Cities/EAlton/riverMuseum.htm. 27, Jeff Foxworthy at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington. www.uscellularcoliseum.com. 27-29, Illinois Fish & Feather Expo, Interstate Center, 2301 W. Market St., Bloomington, Larry Andris, 309-452-9646, www.illinoisfishandfeather.com 27-31, Alton Little Theater: The Last Mass at St. Casmir’s, Evening Shows Tues. - Sat. at 7:30 p.m. Sun. Matinee at 2 p.m., 2450 N. Henry St., Alton. For tickets, call 618-462-6562. For more information, go to www.AltonLittleTheater.org. 28, Mike Super Magic and Illusion in Grayslake. 847-543-2300 or www.clcillinois.edu/tickets. 29, Quincy Eagle Days, Lock and Dam No. 21, W. Lock and Dam Road, Quincy. For information call 217-228-0890.
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