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September 2019
Cantigny Park Free Parking Day
2019 Cantigny Park Free Days Parking is free the first Wednesday of each month, March through December. Special Free Days May 19 – Armed Forces Day July 11 July 26 – McCormick Day November 11 – Veteran’s Day
Find out more »Mindfulness and More
Guided activities designed to help children develop focusing skills and strengthen self regulation. This is done through oral storytelling, read alouds and mindful awareness games. Recurring Event
Find out more »The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Illinois Resident Donation Day
Thursdays are suggested donation days for Illinois residents.
Find out more »Writing Club for Kids
Create a different story each month based on a fun writing prompt in this low stress club that stresses creativity. Club meets on the last Thursday of each month. Registration not required. Grades 4 through 6.
Find out more »Wonderful Weekends by Google
Join Google on September 27-29 at Maggie Daley Park for a weekend festival of helpfulness filled with live entertainment, free food and fun for the whole family. Everyone’s invited! Wonderful Weekends will feature a gigantic ‘Weekend Helper’ gumball machine with demos that help you find things to do in town, and best of all, filled with prizes from our wonderful local partners including Heritage Bicycles, Second City, Portillo’s, The Art Institute of Chicago, Revival Food Hall, Adler Planetarium, The Chopping…
Find out more »Aurora GreenFest
Come to the Aurora GreenFest on September 28th and learn how to take care of the environment and have fun at the same time. Be ready for a day filled with fun activities to live more sustainably and help save our planet.
Find out more »Wonderful Weekends by Google
Join Google on September 27-29 at Maggie Daley Park for a weekend festival of helpfulness filled with live entertainment, free food and fun for the whole family. Everyone’s invited! Wonderful Weekends will feature a gigantic ‘Weekend Helper’ gumball machine with demos that help you find things to do in town, and best of all, filled with prizes from our wonderful local partners including Heritage Bicycles, Second City, Portillo’s, The Art Institute of Chicago, Revival Food Hall, Adler Planetarium, The Chopping…
Find out more »Wonderful Weekends by Google
Join Google on September 27-29 at Maggie Daley Park for a weekend festival of helpfulness filled with live entertainment, free food and fun for the whole family. Everyone’s invited! Wonderful Weekends will feature a gigantic ‘Weekend Helper’ gumball machine with demos that help you find things to do in town, and best of all, filled with prizes from our wonderful local partners including Heritage Bicycles, Second City, Portillo’s, The Art Institute of Chicago, Revival Food Hall, Adler Planetarium, The Chopping…
Find out more »All events will be reviewed before publishing to the calendar. Event approval usually occurs on Wednesdays; if you need your event to be reviewed before then, please email Annie at annie@mykidlist.com.
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