2 Days and Counting

This Friday starts the Opening Weekend Events for Millennium Park's Grand Opening. Even though all parts of the park won't be complete, the line-up of events is impressive. Here's some highlights (full schedule here):

Fri, 10pm - Redmoon Theater illuminates the park with a dramatic installation of lanterns, fire and film.

Sat, 3:30pm - Over 40 musical performances over four hours at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion and throughout the park.

Sat, 10:45pm - Ira Glass of "This American Life" with the visuals of Chris Ware.

Sun, 10am - "Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me", Test your news savvy during a live taping of NPR and Chicago Public Radio’s oddly informative news quiz.

Update: This image gallery at Archinect has a good selection of Millennium Park images to get your juices going.