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Egg Drop Challenge

Central Park (Bolingbrook) 201 Recreation Drive, Bolingbrook

Bring your engineering creativity and build a structure that will protect a raw egg from a 15-foot drop! We’ll provide the eggs, supplies, guidance, height and clean up!

$9 – $12
Event Series In the Grove

In the Grove

Eggers Grove Forest Preserve E 112th St & S Ave E, Chicago

Welcome to the Grove, where plants and creatures and children all grow together. Through songs, play, and stories, little ones and their grown-ups will discover the forest around them and...

Free

Plant-stravaganza

Sherman Park 1301 West 52nd Street, Chicago

Plant-stravaganza: pollinator nest building, seed sculptures, and native seed give away. In collaboration with the Sherman Park Library and the Keller Science Action Center of the Field Museum, the Pollinator...

Free

Summer Reading Kick-Off Party

Woodridge Public Library 3 Plaza Dr, Woodridge

All aboard! It's time to kick-off the summer reading program with a big summer party! Get your hand or face painted, watch a movie, craft, play outside with bubbles and...

Free

Kick-off Party

Palatine Public Library 700 N North Court, Palatine

Celebrate our Summer Reading Program with family bingo, face painting, and crafts. Activities are available for kids and adults on the first and second floor.

Free

Unity Day Festival of Cultures

Hoffman Estates Village Hall 1900 Hassell Road, Hoffman Estates

Hoffman Estates Cultural Awareness Commission presents Unity Day Festival of Cultures! Come celebrate your culture and learn about someone else’s! RSVP by May 26.

Summer Reading Launch Party

Maywood Public Library 121 S 5th Avenue, Maywood

Drop by our summer reading launch party! Tie Dye with us. Get your summer apparel ready to go by tie dying a shirt. The first 100 people get one of...

Free

House of Kapwa Opening Ceremony E(ART)H CHICAGO

Oakwood Beach 4100 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

Let us Rest together, breathe together, grieve together, and weave together at the unveiling of the House of Kapwa public sculpture. How will we move mountains to protect our Earth...

Free

Redemptive Plastics Progressive Opening Event

Austin Branch of Chicago Public Library 5615 W Race Avenue, Chicago

Experience a progressive event where you’ll visit 3 different locations highlighting Redemptive Plastics functional artworks and their ecological benefits. Bringing together art and community to transform plastic from a waste...

Free

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