Friday 12/27 – Thursday 1/9
28 SATURDAY It’s too late for kids to register to play in this weekend’s Holiday Hoops Basketball Tournament, but between games they can take a shot at winning free-throw contests and giveaways, make a tape of themselves “reporting” the sports news in a simulated TV studio, or participate in a free kids’ clinic, which offers lectures, demonstrations, and drills for children 8 to 12. The event also includes a Media Celebrity Challenge, featuring former NBA and NFL players, media people, and second-string politicos such as state’s attorney-elect Dick Divine and Cook County Recorder of Deeds Jesse White. The games start today and tomorrow at 9–with the clinic today at 3:30 and the celebrity challenge tomorrow at 2–in the new south building at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive. The games are free to watch. Call 312-744-3315.
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JANUARY
The Elvis myth will be foisted onto yet another generation of unsuspecting youngsters at the Elvis Birthday Celebration at Kohl Children’s Museum. Kids (and the kidlike) can transform themselves into the King by making blue suede shoes, sunglasses, and sideburns from fake fur and carpet samples; tie-dyed coffee filters attached to pants will serve as bell-bottoms. But the whole thing wouldn’t be legit without an Elvis impersonator; this one presides over a dance contest. It’s Sunday, January 5, at 2 at the museum, 165 Green Bay Road in Wilmette. It’s $4. Call 847-256-6056.
