New edition coming back

With exuberant rhythms and lush harmonies, all six members of ’80s and ’90s R&B boy band precursor New Edition (“If It Isn’t Love,” “Can You Stand the Rain”) reunite for the “Legacy Tour,” ” with Keith Sweat, the original members of GUY and special guest Tank at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., Chicago. Tickets start at $98 at unitedcenter.com. 8pm Thursday, March 23

‘Carmina burana’

Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus in performances of Carl Orff’s exciting “Carmina burana,” a cantata inspired by 24 medieval poems. The program at the Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, also includes Rautavaara’s “Cantus Arcticus” and Jessie Montgomery’s “Banner,” a rhapsody on “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and the composer-in-residence. $75-$375. cso.org. 7.30pm Thursday 16 March; 1:30 p.m. Friday 17 March; and 8pm on Saturday 18 March

Chicago Sinfonietta salutes women

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine joins the Chicago Sinfonietta at North Central College’s Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville, for a program titled “Unapologetic,” a celebration of women’s power. It includes Tania Leon’s “Stride” commissioned as part of a project to commemorate the 19th Amendment giving American women the right to vote and inspired by pioneering feminist Susan B. Anthony; and Florence Price rarely performed “Violin Concerto No. 2,” which was discovered in an abandoned home in Illinois. The second half of the concert features Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s masterpiece “Scheherazade”. Tickets are $54-$67, $17 for students. (630) 637-7469 or northcentralcollege.edu/show. 20.00 Saturday 18 March

An afternoon of inspiration

Spend an afternoon with Dr. Jane Goodall as the world-renowned ethologist and animal welfare activist presents her lecture “Inspiring Hope Through Action” at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., Chicago. Goodall will also participate in a moderated Q&A session. Tickets start at $65 at jamusa.com. 14.00 Sunday 19 March

Chicago artists contributed to the outdoor installation, which showcased kaleidoscopic sculptures representing tuk-tuks, three-wheeled electric vehicles popular in Thailand.
– Courtesy of the Rogers Park Business Alliance

Outdoor sculpture exhibition

Ten Chicago artists contributed to a new outdoor sculpture exhibit that showcases tuk-tuks, three-wheeled electric vehicles that originated in Thailand and have become a popular mode of short-distance transportation around the world. Featuring motifs such as rainbows, outer space and ancient scenes, the kaleidoscopic sculptures line Chicago’s Devon Avenue from Bell to Sacramento avenues. Free. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 4 p.m., Sunday, March 19, at Sukhadia Corner, 2559 W. Devon Ave., Chicago. ondevon.org. Runs through autumn 2023

The Indigo Girls bring their folk hits to Waukegan’s Genesee Theater on Thursday, March 23rd.
– Courtesy of Propeller Publicity

Indigo Girls at Genesee

Indigo Girls, the Grammy-winning duo inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame last year, heads to the suburbs next week for a night of rock-influenced modern folk, old favorites (“Closer to Fine,” “Galileo,” “Hammer ” and Nail,” among many others) and some new tunes (from last year’s “Look Long” album) at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. Tickets are $29-$89 at geneseetheatre.com. 7:30 p.m. Thursday 23 March

Three nights with Wilco

Wilco, a favorite Chicago-area alt-country band, kicks off a three-night residency at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre, 4746 N. Racine Ave., next Thursday, promising three nights without a rehearsal set. The rock band Horsegirl joins them. Tickets are $65 for main floor general admission, $65-$80 for balcony seats at jamusa.com. 19.30 on Thursday 23 March and Saturday and Sunday 25-26 March

Baritone Jonathan Michie stars in the Chicago Opera Theatre’s premiere of “The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing.”
– Courtesy of the Chicago Opera Theatre

COT premiere

Chicago Opera Theater premieres the semi-biographical opera “The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing,” by composer Justine F. Chen and librettist David Simpatico, at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St., Chicago. The opera tells the story of the life and death of British computer scientist Alan Turing, who, after helping break enemy codes during World War II, was persecuted for being gay. Tickets start at $50. chicagooperatheater.org. 19.30 on Thursday 23 March and 15.00 on Saturday 25 March