Spend the long holiday weekend at one of Chicago’s goings-on about town. Here’s some of what we recommend:

Sun 12/24: It’s Christmas Eve—time to get a jump on eating Chinese food and watching a movie (unless Christmas mass is your number-one plan). Our film department humbly suggests indie darling Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The Reader‘s Leah Pickett writes that this, the franchise’s eighth installment, ” . . . proves its worth with exhilarating action, well-developed characters, and moments of humor and emotion that director Rian Johnson balances better than any of his predecessors.” Various times, various prices