61 THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH

JASON FOUMBERG, JOHN HARDBERGER, BRITT JULIOUS, GRAHAM MEYER, CATEY SULLIVAN, AND LAUREN WARNECKE

July 1– FESTIVAL Eyes to the Skies Lisle It may be 25 miles from the Loop, but watching dozens of hot air balloons launch from Lisle Community Park is a thing of beauty. Particularly neat is the “balloon glow,” when the skies fill with balloons lit up like massive, magic lanterns. Go up in one yourself for an extra $20. Details Lisle Community Park. $8. eyestotheskies.org July 1– CLASSICAL Golden Spinning Wheel, The Epic of Gilgamesh Loop Rather than trot out the same few masses and requiems as predictable as death and taxes, Grant Park Music Festival finds little-known jewels for its annual choral-orchestral collaborations. This year’s chief entry, Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů’s The Epic of Gilgamesh, paints as an oratorio the ancient story of the titular tyrant from the oldest known work of literature. Details Jay Pritzker Pavilion,…

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