Friday
Try the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with Tchaikovsky’s lustrous Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique), and Korngold’s Violin Concerto, performed by soloist Renaud Capucon. 1:30 p.m., Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave. $23-$122; cso.org or 312-294-3000
Saturday
Andre Williams is old-time R&B, performed by a band of surpassing rhythmic flair, fronted by a septuagenarian. His late-career renaissance is simply the world coming back around to him. 9 p.m., Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Ave. $15; ticket
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Sunday
Sunday is about something cool that involves food, like the House of Blues Gospel Brunch. Chicago is a hotbed of mass choirs, vocal combos and people who believe in making glorious noise. 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn St. $16-$47.65; live
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Monday
It’s Mondays With Robbie, as in Robbie Fulks, Chicago’s alt-country hellion who has never put on a bad show. This week features Chicago’s honky-tonkin’ Hoyle Brothers. 7 p.m., The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave. $10 suggested donation; hideout
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Tuesday
It’s “Wicked.” If you haven’t seen this musical stage adaptation of Dorothy’s world of Oz, for shame. It’s back and still a four-star show, says Tribune theater critic Chris Jones. Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St. $45.14-$106.71; ticketmaster.com
Wednesday
Patti Vasquez is really funny. Sometimes it’s subtle hilarity, other times she’s dropping swear words and poking unrelenting fun at the foibles of the world. 8:30 p.m., Zanies, 1548 N. Wells St. $23;
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Thursday
Lauryn Hill hit the scene with the Fugees, had a solo hit, then went away because it was all too much, that fame and stuff. But she’s back. What’s she been doing for the last 12 years? 9:30 p.m., House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn St. $63;
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