Catherine Trezek, an oil painter from Mokena, is among the nearly 60 artists participating in Tall Grass Arts Association’s 67th Park Forest Art Fair. New this year is a chalk art sidewalk drawing contest next to and around the village’s new sculpture park, just west of Village Hall. (Tall Grass Arts Association/HANDOUT)
Here are some other events happening from Sept. 15 to 21 in the Southland.
Feelin’ Groovy, starring Jim Witter
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This season-opening show is at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at Moraine Valley Community College’s Fine & Performing Arts Center’s Dorothy Menker Theater in Palos Hills. Tickets are $28-$35. At 9000 W. College Parkway. 708-974-5500; morainevalley.edu/fpac.
Monarch Butterfly Celebration
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This is from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 16 and 17 at Lake Katherine Nature Center & Botanic Gardens in Palos Heights. Tickets are $10 ($5 more for ages 5 and older to release a butterfly); free ages younger than 3. At 7402 W. Lake Katherine Drive. 708-361-1873; lakekatherine.org.
Park Forest Art Fair
Tall Grass Arts Association presents this from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 16 and 17 in the village’s downtown. Admission is free. On Main Street between Western Avenue and Orchard Drive. 708-748-3377; tallgrassarts.org.
‘Turn Off the Lights’
John Ruffin’s Theater 47 presents this Teddy Pendergrass musical from Sept. 16 to Oct. 29 in Park Forest. Showtimes are 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, and 4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $50. At 371 Artists Walk. 708-898-7730; theater47.com.
Blue Island Historical Society House Walk
This 35th event featuring seven sites from 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 17 begins at Albee House. Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 on event day. The event begins at 13018 Maple Ave. 708-371-8546; bihistoricalsociety.org.
Jessi Virtusio is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.