A Sports Filled Weekend

Sports fans, this is the weekend you've been waiting for. It is going to be an athletic filled weekend in the Windy City. We can't wait to cheer on the Bears Thursday, the Blackhawks Friday and the Chicago Marathon runners on Sunday. We just hope we have energy left over for work on Monday!

Thursday

Compassion, Fashion and Cocktails (Frontier) 5:30 pm-10 pm

Chicago International Film Festival (AMC River East 21) Visit website for show times

Chicago Bears vs. New York Giants (Soldier Field) 7:30 pm

Franz Ferdinand (The Vic Theatre) 7:30 pm

Trivia Night (Rockit Burger Bar) 8 pm

Friday

Chicago Blackhawks vs. New York Islanders (United Center) 7 pm

John Oliver (Chicago Theatre) 8 pm

Paint Your Face (Chicago Children's Museum) 11:15 am

Chicago Arts District 2nd Fridays (Halsted and 18th Streets) 6 pm-10 pm

Saturday

ACappellaFest (The Reynolds Club) 9 am-10 pm

American Flower Show Series (Chicago Botanic Garden) 10 am-4 pm

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Fall Series (Harris Theater for Music and Dance) 8 pm

Sunday

Bank of America Chicago Marathon (Start and finish in Grant Park) 7:30 am

Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence (The Field Museum) 9 am-5 pm

American Flower Show Series (Chicago Botanic Garden) 10 am-4 pm

Knocking Out Breast Cancer Fashion Show (Venue One) 5 pm-11 pm

Hanson (House of Blues) 8pm

Have any extra special weekend plans we need to know about? Tweet us at @monikadixonpr or comment below!

By Allison Sickert, MDPR Publicist