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Metropolitan Greenhouse Tours in Garfield Park.  Nestled just six miles west of the Magnificent Mile in a manufacturing district in Garfield Park, Metropolitan Farms is a thriving agricultural operation, producing locally-sourced tilapia, salad greens and culinary herbs year-round from within its state-of-the-art greenhouse. Learn all about this fast-growing company with a one-hour tour from one of the founders or a greenhouse manager, who’ll fill you in on their fascinating aquaponic system, which combines fish farming and a hydroponic growing system in a closed-loop facility without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.

Travel back in time to “the Golden Age of Circus” in Circus 1903, an innovative spectacular from the producers of the smash-hit magic show The Illusionists and the award-winning puppeteers behind Broadway’s War Horse. Late March performance dates available on Goldstar.  Audiences of all ages will thrill to see innovative puppetry bring to life history’s largest performing African elephant and her baby, while electrifying circus acts from around the world perform dazzling feats. Acrobats soar through the air, contortionists fold their bodies into impossible shapes, strongmen perform Herculean feats and much more. Step right up and marvel at all the vintage charm and excitement at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre.

Stop, collaborate and listen as “Ice Ice Baby” mastermind Vanilla Ice joins fellow ’90s hip-hop megastars Coolio and Tone Loc for a throwback show of epic proportions at Genesee Theatre in Waukega – discount tickets on Goldstar for the February 25th show. Coolio set the pop world on fire with the crossover hit “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which would go on to be listed on Billboard’s Greatest Songs of All-Time. Actor and rapper Tone Loc has brought his deep, gravelly voice to top-selling singles such as “Wild Thing” and “Funky Cold Medina.” Between them, these game-changing artists have sold tens of millions of albums, so put on your overalls, roll up your pant leg, and get ready to party like it’s the 1990s again.

Move over, Hamilton — You won’t know which other historical heroes want to sing their hearts out until Shamilton! shows ya who, improvising an entire musical based off YOUR suggestions. After completing a sold-out run at L.A.’s Upright Citizens Brigade, famed musical improv team Baby Wants Candy brings the historical hilarity to Chicago. The gang has performed more than 3,000 completely improvised musicals to thousands of fans from Chicago to New York to Singapore to Scotland, and even launched the careers of notables like Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock) and Lauren Conlan Adams (The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). Watch history belt a number at the Apollo Theater with $10 discount tickets for February and March performance on Goldstar.

World-famous pop superstar Rachel Marron has hired former Secret Service agent Frank Farmer to protect her from an anonymous stalker. At first, the headstrong and free-spirited Marron finds herself at odds with her disciplined and risk-averse bodyguard — but as her stalker’s threats intensify, she and Farmer begin to fall in love. The Bodyguard is a breathtaking musical adaptation of the 1992 romantic thriller at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre, starring Grammy-nominated R&B star Deborah Cox and featuring irresistible songs including “Queen of the Night,” “So Emotional” and one of the biggest-selling songs of all time: “I Will Always Love You.”  Get discount tickets on Goldstar for this upcoming week’s performance dates.

Adapted from Rick Riordan’s bestselling YA book, this “action-packed musical with heroic battles and mythological beasties” (New York Post) finds Percy Jackson in hot water at school — again. But he’s got bigger fish to fry. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology textbook and into his life, and he seems to have angered a few of them along the way. Now, young Percy and his newfound friends must race against the hourglass to solve the mystery of Zeus’ stolen lightning bolt and set things right on Mount Olympus. Intended for kids ages 8-12, performances of The Lightning Thief at McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn are followed by a meet-and-greet with the cast.  February 24th performance is available on Goldstar for $5-$8 a ticket!

Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth are traveling storytellers whose spellbinding tales are known throughout the land. But when The Big Bad Wolf mysteriously dies before his story is complete, their fairy tales begin to vanish from the pages, and Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth must journey through the stories to reverse the process before they’re lost forever. Influenced by fantasy authors like Neil Gaiman and brought to life with wondrous, specially made puppets, Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth is making its world premiere at the Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago and discount tickets on Goldstar start at $20.

Goldstar has discount tickets to the Love’s Labor’s Lost plus Shakespeare in Love Package at Chicago Shakespeare Theater – Courtyard Theater on Navy Pier for February and April performance dates.  Chicago Shakespeare is kicking off its 30th anniversary season — and they’re celebrating with an exciting two-play package featuring the playful romantic comedy Love’s Labor’s Lost and Shakespeare in Love, one of the most highly anticipated Chicago premieres of the year. Love’s Labor’s Lost is the story of the King of Navarre and his three friends, who take a vow to abstain from wine, women and song for three years in order to pursue scholarly study — only to fall in love with the Princess of France and her three ladies-in-waiting. Gwyneth Paltrow delighted as — and won a Best Actress Oscar for playing — a woman who disguises herself as a man in the charming romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love. Now the inspiration of Will Shakespeare & the Chamberlain’s men, as he writes the greatest love story ever written, comes to Courtyard Theater on Navy Pier. Brighten up your 2017 with the Bard!