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- Top 10 things to do this weekend
  
  Our picks for family-friendly events and activities this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
  
  Our picks for family-friendly events and activities…
- 10 events + activities for Presidents' Day 2012
  
  You'll have no trouble filling your day off with these fun activities.
  
  You'll have no trouble filling your day off with…
Winter wonderland
- Winter 2012
  
  Your complete guide to a kid-friendly Chicago winter.
  
  Your complete guide to a kid-friendly Chicago winter.
- Spring break getaways in the suburbs
  
  Forget hopping a plane, these vacationy destinations are just a car ride away.
  
  Forget hopping a plane, these vacationy destinations…
Mark your calendar
- After-Brunch Bash at FitzGerald’s
  
  Order up some bluegrass with your brunch this Sunday.
  
  Order up some bluegrass with your brunch this Sunday.
- The Houdini Box
  
  The Chicago Children's Theater's world-premiere musical based on Brian (Hugo) Selznick’s popular novel runs through March 25.
  
  The Chicago Children's Theater's world-premiere…
- Riverdance
  
  Michael Flatley's Irish music and dance extravaganza hits Chicago March 13.
  
  Michael Flatley's Irish music and dance extravaganza…

Top 10 things to do this weekend

Our picks for family-friendly events and activities this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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The Hunger Games marketing machine, a shocking story out of Houston and a young boy’s sassy plea to LeBron James: Find these stories and more in today’s edition of the ’box.

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Legally Blonde: The Musical The song-and-dance stage version of a film that, unbelievably, is now more than a decade old circles back to the area ... 8pm. Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire

Prenatal Yoga 5pm. Tula Yoga

Chicago Shakespeare Theater: A Midsummer Night's Dream 7pm. Chicago Shakespeare Theater

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