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Streamwood Fire Department Open House

Fire Station 31 (Streamwood) 1204 S. Park Avenue, Streamwood, United States

Join us for a fun day of information and activities: station tours, check out fire trucks, ambulances, special rescue vehicles, equipment displays, a high-angle technical rescue demonstration, an auto extraction,...

Free

Fall Family Festival

Burlington Park (Hinsdale) 30 E Chicago Avenue, Hinsdale, IL, United States

Dress in your best Halloween costume and join us for a FREE day of FUN for all ages. Enjoy inflatables, food, entertaind, and crafts. Trick-or-Treating will be available in the...

Free

Hinsdale Fire and Police Open House

Hinsdale Fire Department 121 Symonds Drive, Hinsdale, IL, United States

Join us for the Hinsdale Fire & Police Open House! 🚒👮‍♂️ Enjoy family-friendly activities, live demonstrations, free food, and much more. Don’t miss it on October 12th from 11 AM...

Free

Touch-a-Truck​

Downtown Wheaton South Main Street & West Liberty Drive, Wheaton, IL, United States

Honk, Honk! Beep, Beep! Our community-favorite returns this October! Liberty Drive will be closed, between Wheaton Avenue and Hale Street, to make way for trucks, municipal vehicles, emergency vehicles, and...

Free

Hillside Fire Department Open House

Hillside Fire Department 523 N Wolf Road, Hillside, United States

K-9 Demonstration Extrication Demo Firefighter Aerial Ladder Climb Sprinkler Burn Show Appearance by "Pluggy" & "Sparky" the fire dog   For information on more events like this, check out our...

Free

Family Day: Patterns and Portals

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

Explore patterns and portals—and possibilities! To kick off the 2025 Family Day season, take inspiration from Virginia Jaramillo: Principle of Equivalence to play with the magic of color and line....

Free
Event Series Budding Botanists

Budding Botanists

Garfield Park Conservatory 300 N Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

Watch out as you explore the Conservatory – you may run into a Budding Botanists! on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00am to 3:00pm, Nature Educators will provide activities for kids...

Free
Event Series Pop, Pop, Pop, Popcorn

Pop, Pop, Pop, Popcorn

Kline Creek Farm 1N600 County Farm Road, West Chicago, IL, United States

Learn all about popcorn on an 1890s Midwest farm! You’ll hear the history of popcorn, see how to cook it on a wood-burning stove, and get to sample an array...

$5

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