Friday 9/1 – Thursday 9/7
2 SATURDAY There are tall ships docked in ports all over the world, but five of the eight on display at Navy Pier this weekend hail from Canada; along with the big boats they’ve brought a bunch of talent from the great white north. Today’s entertainment includes the Kanata Native Dance Theatre, the world music/drumming/improv group Subtonic Monks, the multicultural Quebec group Eval Manigat & Tchaka, and Shakespearean combat demonstrations straight from Ontario’s Stratford Festival. The free performances are from 11 to 8 on the Yellow Stage at the east end of Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand. It’s $5 to board the ships, which are on display from 10 to 10, and there are fireworks at 10:15. Call 312-595-7437 for more.
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5 TUESDAY Mixed-media diary quilts are “not for traditional quilters,” warn Susan Shie and James Acord, who run Turtle Moon Studios in Wooster, Ohio. Instead of planning and sewing squares, they encourage students to be playful and write, paint, draw, airbrush, embroider, glue, and otherwise embellish their nonfunctional quilts with whatever’s on hand. They’ll discuss quilts as outsider art today at 9:30 AM at the Village Presbyterian Church, 1300 Shermer in Northbrook. It’s $3. Tomorrow they’ll begin a two-day workshop on mixed-media diary quilts; it’s $85, $70 for members of the North Suburban NeedleArts Guild, and reservations are required. Call 847-221-5278 for more.
