To see
If ever there was a time to see a ballet, Wednesday night is it. The Joffrey Ballet performs “Cool Vibrations,” a program of three ballets set to pop music — the Beach Boys, Motown, and Prince. The free performance starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.
To reminisce
Miss those Rock ’em, Sock ’em, Robots? Need to replace that Candy Land that’s missing all its pieces? Find everything from Colorforms ($6.79) to Cabbage Patch dolls ($19.99) at playthingspast.com, a Web site that specializes in nostalgic toys.
To listen
Revisit high school’s dark side with the Reconstruction Room reading series “Making the Scene,” a night of readings and performances about cliques and the agony of trying to be cool. The reading series starts at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Black Rock (3614 N. Damen Ave.)
‘Sunny’ side up
The cast of FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” comes to the University of Illinois at Chicago (525 S. Racine Ave.) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday. Stop by the pseudo-Paddy’s Bar, see behind-the-scenes videos, and guest star in a screen test. The resulting video will be edited into the show and posted at sunnyroadtripexperience.com.
