Hot Picks: Free admission to Shedd Aquarium

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Illinois Resident Discounts Days, which take place throughout the year at Shedd Aquarium, offer free general admission to the Chicago attraction. | File photo

Updated: May 9, 2012 10:12AM

Here is a look at top events you won’t want to miss.

Suggestions include free general admission at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

Shedd Aquarium

Free general admission continues to Jan. 28 and on Jan. 30 and 31 at Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. Information: (312) 939-2438, sheddaquarium.org.

Weekend

Jan. 27’s Weekend magazine features Frankfort native Sally Murphy, of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s “Time Stands Still.”

There also are movie reviews of “Albert Nobbs,” “The Artist” and “Haywire”; a preview of Illinois Theatre Center’s “Broke-ology”; and features with Evergreen Park’s Angela Weber Miller, who worked on First Folio Theatre’s “Unnecessary Farce,” and Palos Heights’ Andrea Collier, who stars in Drury Lane Theatre’s “Gypsy.”

Some of these articles are already available in SouthtownStar.com’s Entertainment section.

Also for Jan. 26, 2012

The Entertainment section includes Carpe Weekend’s look at art including exhibits at Governors State University in University Park and Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. The latter site features work from a Chicago Heights artist.

The section also includes movie reviews of “The Grey” and “Red Tails” and a preview of the BACinema screening of “The Way” at the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago.

Jessi Virtusio blogs about music, movies and much more on Elaborating on Entertainment at blogs.southtownstar.com/entertainment.