Ice Skating in Millennium and Maggie Daley Parks: Grab your skates and head downtown as the Maggie Daley Ice Skating Ribbon and the Millennium Park Ice Rink open for the season (weather permitting). Loop around on the Maggie Daley Ribbon or skate in the shadow of the Chicago Skyline and “Cloud Gate” in Millennium Park. Not a skater? Learn how at the Millennium Park rink. Millennium Park Ice Rink through Feb. 2 at 11 N. Michigan Ave; free reservations and details about lessons at chicago.gov. Maggie Daley Ice Skating Ribbon through March 9 at 337 E. Randolph St.; tickets free-$23 at maggiedaleypark.com  Lincoln Park ZooLights: It’s that time of year again — for the 30th year. Get to the Lincoln Park Zoo while the weather is mild to bask in the glow of more than 3 million holiday lights. The Ferris wheel is back, along with hot chocolate, s’mores and more. Through Jan. 5 at the Lincoln Park Zoo, 2001 N. Clark St.; tickets $7-$10 (free admission select Mondays) at lpzoo.org Brookfield Zoo Reindeer Run: For a more active holiday zoo experience, go to Brookfield for a two-mile fun run under the Holiday Magic lights. Glow sticks and running shoes encouraged. Participants get a commemorative gift. 7-10 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Brookfield Zoo, 8400 31st St., Brookfield; registration $35 at runsignup.com “Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer”: Get into the holiday spirit as the 25th anniversary production of this Hell in a Handbag Productions show opens this weekend. Expect a campy, send-up of beloved holiday TV specials. But save the TV shows for the kids; this is an adult night out. Through Jan. 5 in the Hoover Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St.; tickets $29-$125 at handbagproductions.org Chicago Puppet Festival Fall Living Room Tour: Want an up-close sneak peek of the annual Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival? Gildwen Peronno, co-director of the French RoiZIZO théâtre, will perform his solo show, “I Killed the Monster,” in living rooms around Chicago before returning to the city in January to perform as part of the full puppet festival lineup. These fundraiser performances include food and drink. 6:30 p.m. through Nov. 16 at locations across the city; tickets $101-$501 at chicagopuppetfest.org Las Migas: The Latin Grammy Award-winning flamenco-fusion quartet — all women — return to Chicago to perform their latest album, “Rumberas,” a tribute to rumba. 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph St.; tickets $36-$45 at latinoculturalcenter.org Deeply Rooted Dance Theater: The contemporary dance company, centered on American and African American traditions, opens its new season with a program featuring five works. They include a world premiere by Deeply Rooted Artistic Director Nicole Clarke-Springer set to the music of Mahalia Jackson and Bobby McFerrin as well as a work-in-progress by guest choreographer Jeffrey L. Page. 7:30-9 p..m. Nov. 16 at Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive; tickets $35 at deeplyrooteddancetheater.org Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras: Its fall season kicks off this weekend with the flagship Orchestra’s Fall Concert featuring middle- and high-school students playing Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 and more. The Jazz and Steel Orchestras will perform their fall concerts on Nov. 19 and Dec. 7, respectively. Symphony Orchestra Fall Concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave.; tickets $15 at cyso.org  Have something to do around Chicago? Email events to [email protected].