City Club of Chicago presents Andrea Zopp, President and CEO of World Business Chicago, where she leads the organization’s mission of inclusive economic growth, supporting businesses, and promoting Chicago as a leading global city. Most recently, she served as Deputy Mayor, Chief Neighborhood Development Officer, for the City of Chicago. 11:30 a.m. reception, 12:00 p.m. luncheon. Maggiano’s Banquets, 111 West Grand Avenue. Cost: $50. Map. More info.

Musicians from the Chicago area’s Bach Week Festival will give a free public performance of music by German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach in the skylit lobby of Chicago’s historic Rookery Building. The pop-up concert is Chicago’s link to the 2019 international Bach in the Subways project. 12:30 to 12:50 p.m., 209 South LaSalle Street. Free to the public. Performers donate their services. Map. More info.

Opening reception for an exhibit of the work of local French-American artist Nathalie Gribinski to promote her recently published book of poetry and illustrations, In the Mist of Fire. Combining elements of abstraction and mystic realism, Gribinski’s art features lilting curves and continuity through a fluid lens of fantasy. Food, music, and a collection of the artist’s pieces. French and English copies of In the Mist of Fire will be available for purchase. 6:00-10:00 p.m., The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, 1012 North Dearborn Street. Map. More info.

Lyric Opera of Chicago’s fever-dream staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s perennially popular La Traviata tells the story of the elegant courtesan Violetta, whose life in Paris is full of fleeting pleasures and who unexpectedly finds true love with Alfredo. Their happiness is imperiled by the meddling of his father Germont, Alfredo’s jealousy, and ultimately her fragile health. This is the opera that inspired Moulin Rouge and is featured in Pretty Woman. Performed in Italian with projected English translations. Lyric Opera House, 20 North Wacker Drive. Performance times vary. Tickets start at $39. Map. More info.

For the world’s most vulnerable, persecuted, and troubled, even in the most sorrowful times of darkness, moments of light are bound to emerge. Chicago Sinfonietta, the nation’s most diverse orchestra, presents a fully-immersive sensory concert experience with In Darkness We Rise, in recognition of the love, loss, and unyielding hope the persecuted communities have experienced throughout history. Performed with evocative theatrical lighting and other interactive elements to deepen the concert experience. 7:30 p.m., Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue. Tickets: $10-$62. Map. More info.