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3 Things We Love About ... Saturday

By Sun-Times Wire

Theres still plenty of summer left and plenty of activies to enjoy this weekend:

The Lookingglass Theatre, 821 N. Michigan, condenses things down into 2-1/2 hours in its 3 p.m. performance of The Arabian Nights. Tickets: $52-$56. Info: (312) 337-0665 or www.lookingglasstheatre.org.

Blues musician Taj Mahal opens for Bonnie Raitt at Ravinia, Lake Cook and Green Bay roads, Highland Park. Tickets: $32-$80. Info: (847) 266-5100 or www.ravinia.org.

The Fighting Temptations screens at 8:30 tonight at the DuSable Museum in Washington Park, 740 E. 56th Pl. Its free.

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