January 7, 2008

Color Your World

Artimus Art

Your kiddo is obsessed with stick figures. (Those drawn with crayons — not the Olsen twins.)

Fuel their passion with Artimus Art, a Web-based service that catalogs your kid’s artwork online and lets you share it with friends and relatives.

Designers color-enhance your favorite creations and turn them into custom hardcover books. They’ll even turn scribbles into original oil paintings.

Just send the postage-paid box back to Artimus full of artwork. Everything’s archived in climate-controlled vaults, so you know your little Picasso’s masterpieces are in good hands.

And that’s the skinny.

Available online at artimusart.com.

SEE
The 22nd Annual Young Playwrights Festival
What: Professional production of four one-act plays written by Chicago teenagers.
Why: Give them their props.
When: Thru Jan. 27. Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m.
Where: O’Rourke Center, Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave., at Broadway St. (773-878-9761).

WEAR
Threadless Kids Hoodsie
What: New hooded onesie has designs from winners of the ongoing competition.
Why: Rock the vote.
When: Anytime you’re in the hood.
Where: Threadless Chicago, 3011 N. Broadway St., at Wellington Ave. (773-525-8640).

DRIBBLE
Harlem Globetrotters’ Magic As Ever Tour
What: The famed basketball players do tricks, dunks, and stunts.
Why: Shoot to thrill.
When: Fri., 7 p.m.; Sat., 1 p.m.
Where: Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Rd., at Lunt Ave., Rosemont. Tickets at 312-559-1212 or online at ticketmaster.com.