Here are 3 things to do for the weekend of April 26-28, 2024, curated by WGLT's Lauren Warnecke. You can find more coverage on our Datebook - Arts & Music page or by subscribing to WGLT's Weekend Scoop email newsletter, which goes out every Friday.
Bring tissues: Illinois Wesleyan University’s elite student actors present a public workshop titled Refuge. Director Chris Connelly blends selections from Alice Birch’s 2019 play [BLANK]—all stemming with Birch’s work with women affected by incarceration—with monologues taken from interviews with domestic abuse survivors, police officers and social workers from the community. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the E. Melba Johnson Kirkpatrick Lab Threatre at IWU; free.
Cloudy with a chance of bluebells: Scout out spring blooms with naturalists from the ParkLands Foundation on a guided walk through the Merwin Nature Preserve. First tour at 10 a.m. Saturday; free with registration at parklandsfoundation.org.
Be where the people are: Disney hits provide the framework for Sound of Illinois’ 82 annual spring concert, putting an a cappella, barbershop spin on music from Toy Story, The Lion King, Moana and more. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday at Second Presbyterian Church; tickets $20 at the door.
