Join the always-captivating Connor Shaw, Owner of Possibility Place Nursery, for a hands-on discussion highlighting the best performers of the season, including live plant specimens from his nursery.

All lectures take place at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago 60602, 5th Floor Millennium Park Room and are free and open to the public.

Local landscape architect Terry Guen was responsible for installing the Lurie Garden’s plantings, based on Piet Oudolf’s designs. In this lecture she will illustrate the process and share her insights.

All lectures take place at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago 60602, 5th Floor Millennium Park Room and are free and open to the public.

Hosted by Sheryl DeVore, Environmental journalist and author of Birds of Illinois, you will learn how to turn your garden into a healthy, vibrant haven for a wide variety of birds and insects by planting natives.

All lectures take place at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago 60602, 5th Floor Millennium Park Room and are free and open to the public.

Rain barrels are a great way to capture water that might otherwise be lost. Lyndon Valicenti with City of Chicago - Department of Environment will cover everything you need to know about rain barrels: why they are important and how to obtain, install and maintain one.

All lectures take place at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago 60602, 5th Floor Millennium Park Room and are free and open to the public.

Doug Taron, Curator of Biology, Vice President of Conservation and Research at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum will highlight Chicago's butterflies and some of the challenges they face.

All lectures take place at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago 60602, 5th Floor Millennium Park Room and are free and open to the public.

Discover the nurturing qualities and therapeutic properties of caring for native plants. Led by Sally Wagoner, RN, American Indian Center.

Advance registration required. Please call 312-742-TIXS (8497) or order online here.

Tour the Garden with Roy Diblik, owner of Northwind Perennial Farm and the official plant grower for the Lurie Garden.

Advance registration required. Please call 312-742-TIXS (8497) or order online here.

Learn about the bees that frequent the Garden, as well as stories about honey bees, Cicada Killer Wasps and more. Led by Alan Molumby, Professor of Biology, UIC.

Advance registration required. Please call 312-742-TIXS (8497) or order online here.

Create a dish garden, combining a magic mix of soil with colorful desert plants. Led by Jackie Riffice of Prairie Godmothers.

Advance registration required. Please call 312-742-TIXS (8497) or order online here.

Make some kid-friendly, garden-inspired snacks for a picnic in the Garden, led by Purple Asparagus, an organization that educates families on eating fun, healthy foods.

Please meet at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street (across the street from Millennium Park). Children must be 6 and up and accompanied by an adult. As part of each workshop, we will take a walk to the Lurie Garden.

Pre-registration is required, call 312-742-TIXS (8497) or order online here.

Get to know the flying creatures in the Garden and create a few craft-based projects to take home, inspired by the bees, butterflies and birds that spend their days in the Lurie.

Please meet at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street (across the street from Millennium Park). Children must be 6 and up and accompanied by an adult. As part of each workshop, we will take a walk to the Lurie Garden.

Pre-registration is required, call 312-742-TIXS (8497) or order online here.

Wander the Garden in the early days of summer and learn about seeds and how they grow; then plant a few seeds of your own. Led by Kirsten Akre of Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse.

Please meet at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street (across the street from Millennium Park). Children must be 6 and up and accompanied by an adult. As part of each workshop, we will take a walk to the Lurie Garden.

Pre-registration is required, call 312-742-TIXS (8497) or order on-line here.

Discover the healing power of herbs in the Garden, then make some plant-based surprises to take home. Led by Teri "Cricket" Owens, registered nurse and expert herbalist.

Please meet at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street (across the street from Millennium Park). Children must be 6 and up and accompanied by an adult. As part of each workshop, we will take a walk to the Lurie Garden.

Pre-registration is required, call 312-742-TIXS (8497) or order online here.

Millennium Park kicks off the New Year with Moby Dick, the second offering in its new theater lab series, In the Works, coming to the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion from January 28—30, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Presented by Millennium Park and Blair Thomas & Company, Moby Dick tells the story of Captain Ahab and the White Whale through puppetry and music.

This all-new production of Melville’s classic novel comes to life, featuring the solo voice of singer/songwriter Michael Smith, with puppeteer Blair Thomas as Ishmael, and three drowned shipmates who double as puppeteers performing with masks, shadow puppets and totem/dolls. It is set just after the time of Ishmael’s rescue from the floating debris of the destroyed Pequod, before Ishmael can find peace with himself and pen the famous words "Call me Ishmael."

With the In The Works series, audiences have a chance to sit on the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, experiencing works in development by local theater artists or companies. The series is supported by a grant from The Boeing Company Charitable Trust. Blair Thomas & Company’s production of Moby Dick will be readied for a full presentation in the fall of 2010.

To order tickets by phone, please call 312.742.TIXS (8497).

Ticket cost: $10

Order tickets for January 28.
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Advance registration required.  Please call 312.742.TIXS (8497) or register here.

Location: Chicago Cultural Center

Make a multi-media piece of art, using cuttings from plants and natural materials.

Meet at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, 1st floor Garland Room, (across the street from Millennium Park) for a garden-related art project before taking a walk through the Garden. Children must be 6 and up and accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is required, call 312-742-TIXS (8497) or register on-line here.

Victor Cassidy discusses his book Henry Chandler Cowles: Chicago's Pioneer Ecologist and Henry Chandler Cowles' path-breaking studies at the Univeristy of Chicago in the science of ecology in North America.

All lectures take place at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago 60602, 5th Floor Millennium Park Room and are free and open to the public.

Ed Uhlir, Director of Design, Architecture and Landscape for Millennium Park, shares the process of creating the park, its art and architecture.

All lectures take place at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago 60602, 5th Floor Millennium Park Room and are free and open to the public.