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58 michiganavemag.com which kicks off with a slew of doings in Millennium and Grant parks—from stilt walking to Windy City Soul spinning records for the "All Souls Train"—and finishes with a parade on Columbus Avenue. Dance options this fall are all over the map. The Harris Theater presents Black Diamond (October 21–22; harristheaterchicago .org), a chicly-styled dystopian vision from Danish Dance Theatre, while the Joffrey Ballet performs Krzysztof Pastor's politically charged rendering of Romeo and Juliet (October 13–23; joffrey .org), inspired by a 1993 Sarajevo sniper shooting of two lovers—one Christian, one Muslim. The Elmhurst Art Museum, which celebrated Playboy style this summer, continues to showcase the unexpected with Blow Up: Inflatable Contemporary Art (through November 27; elmhurstartmuseum.org) which explores, says executive director Jenny Gibbs, "serious issues such as masculinity, death, materialism and politics, contrasting the weightiness of the content with the lightness of the medium." For something a little more concrete (pun intended), Chicago Architecture Foundation's Open House Chicago (October 15–16; openhouse chicago.org) offers a city- wide peek behind closed doors at often off-limits spaces like private clubs, residences, and sanctuaries. It wouldn't be fall without the Chicago International Film Festival, now in its 52nd year (October 13–27; chicagofilmfestival.com). And if you're itching to brain up, give Chicago Ideas Week a go (October 17–23; chicago ideas.com). This think-fest brings in speakers from all over the world to ponder a range of topics, from creativity to curing cancer. . PhotograPhy by Keizo KioKu (blow uP); Sheri whitKo, © ChiCago Cultural Mile aSSoCiation (halloween); JaMeS John Jetel for ChiCago looP allianCe (SuS: the long thin wire) clockwise from left: Elmhurst Art Museum goes big with its latest exhibition, BLOW UP: Inflatable Contemporary Art; a reveler in Magritte- themed costume at the 2015 Halloween Gathering Festival; "SUS: the long thin wire" (2015), a sound installation to be mounted at the premiere Ear Taxi Festival. Scene hot test ticket