Act Wicked: During the holiday season, Wicked Chicago will be soliciting donations after their shows to help fight AIDS. Wicked is playing at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, and tickets can be ordered through Ticketmaster.
Coffee talk: Rainbow Café, held every third Saturday, is a new opportunity for LGBT’s 18 and over to meet and mingle in the South suburbs. The event takes place 7-9 p.m. at Unitarian-Universalist Community Church, 70 Sycamore, Park Forest. Call 708-481-5339.
Park it: Teatro Vista and Victory Gardens presents award-willing playwright Nilo Cruz’s A Park in Our House, about a family in Castro’s Cuba in the’70s. The performance runs through Dec. 9 at 2257 N. Lincoln. Call 773-871-3000 or see www.victorygardens.org for tickets.
Write on: The late Chicago columnist Jon-Henri Damski is currently being honored at Gerber/Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville, through a small exhibition. Call 773-381-8030 for information and library hours.