buffet cruises on Spirit of Chicago

50% off buffet cruises on the Spirit of Chicago.  Choose from cruises with fireworks, full moon cruises, etc.  With its updated decor and all-new ambiance, the Spirit of Chicago maintains a state-of-the-art luxury feel while providing a festive experience for all types of guests.  Sounds like a lovely way to celebrate an anniversary, doesn’t it?  Anyone gone on one of these cruises?

1/2 price LEGOLAND – through Sept. 30

Goldstar is offering half-price tickets to LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Schaumburg with your choice of dates going through the end of September!  Lots of time to make plans…if you don’t miss out on the tickets, that is.

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago is like the world’s biggest box of LEGO blocks, with tons of activities for hours of fun. Guests ages 2 to 12 and their families can learn building secrets from the Master Model Builder; be a part of the story in the 4D cinema; ride the all-new Kingdom Quest Laser Ride; see iconic Chicago landmarks in MINILAND; pedal to the skies on the Technicycle; and play in the LEGO City Construction Site, which features a slide, tunnels, a LEGO wrecking ball and more in this 30,000-square-foot indoor theme-park attraction.

Goyte concert – 1/2 price tickets (the Somebody I Used to Know song)

I’ve already admitted to being completely clueless when it comes to new music (shut up rachel), so when I was driving back from NYC, all sorts of radio stations came in periodically – this guy’s song was one of them.  I kept repeating the name GOAT EE A over and over again, ’cause the song Somebody I Used to Know, was incredible.  And here’s a cheap deal on a concert!!!!  life is good…

Free theater – Fall of the House of Usher

And no, this is not the Globe’s version of Usher’s matrimonial woes…

Get Free up to $14 tickets to The Hypocrites presentation of company founder Sean Graney’s world-premiere adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s dark psychological thriller The Fall of the House of Usher at Chopin Theatre Studio.

Goldstar – half-price tickets to sweet and sad

Get half-price tickets to sweet and sad.  Tickets are half-price today only, although you can pick performances going into September.  Over Sunday brunch on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Apple family debates loss, remembrance and the family struggle to maintain a moral compass in a world that doesn’t reflect its values. Named one of the top 10 plays in 2011 by The New York Times, this work is part of Nelson’s planned series of four works charting the changes of a family from the small village of Rhinebeck, New York.

The Wiggles $14.75 – last tour of original cast

The Wiggles turned 21 this year and they are all grown up and ready for their last hurrah before Murray Cook (Red Wiggle), Greg Page (Yellow Wiggle) and Jeff Fatt (Purple Wiggle) hang up their colored jerseys and make way for a new generation. This tour is the final opportunity for families to see the original Fab Four from Down Under perform together. Starting next year, the Wiggles will launch a new lineup that will usher in an exciting new era for future generations of children to continue to delight in the Wiggles’ unique brand of music, fun and learning

Goldstar – Freud’s Last Session tkts up to 74% off

Freud’s Last Session, a well-reviewed off-Broadway play by Mark St. Germain (The God Committee), imagines a late-in-life meeting between Dr. Sigmund Freud, the devoutly atheist father of psychoanalysis, and the philosophical Christian writer-professor C.S. Lewis.

Goldstar freebies

Goldstar usually has a number of FREE ticket deals going on.  Here’s a cute one for families with kids:  Live Comedy, Magic and Variety at the Laughing Chameleon in Glenview.  Just click the link and see all the other free and greatly reduced offers in all areas for those last days of summer vacation.