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Event Series Tiny Great Performances

Tiny Great Performances

DuPage Children's Museum 301 N. Washington St., Naperville, IL, United States

Tiny Great Performances™ bring professional and community performers to the Museum to promote a life-long love of the arts in children and their families. Performances feature a variety of subjects including dance, music, storytelling, theatre, and more. Tiny Great Performances are designed to be an integration of play and performance. Guests are welcome to stop,...

Included in general admission

WinterFest

Springbrook Nature Center 130 Forest Avenue, Itasca, United States

Celebrate Winterfest, there will be snowshoes available to use on our trails, a winter scavenger hunt, crafts, hot cocoa, and s’mores around our firepit to enjoy. Free Spirit Siberian Rescue will demonstrate “mushing” with their dog sled team. JG’s Reptile Road Show will have a booth filled with awesome reptiles! Wings & Talons will be...

Free

Celebration of Lunar New Year

Dan Ryan Woods 83rd and Western Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

Activities to educate and celebrate the impact of Lunar New Year – Year of the Snake.   For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Ways for Families to Celebrate the Chinese New Year

Free

Founders Day Celebration

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago, IL, United States

Did you know the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is the public face of the Chicago Academy of Sciences? We are! The Chicago Academy of Sciences was founded on January 13, 1857 and has been dedicated to studying and sharing knowledge about local nature ever since, including opening the first public museum in Chicago in 1869!...

Included in general admission
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 of all ages at our Budding Botanists station. These programs are drop in and no preregistration is required. You can stop by and interact with...

Free

Family Day: Press Play

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

Perform, watch, and be the director of your own story. Spot videos and films throughout the museum.

Free
Event Series Winter Warmup Movies

Winter Warmup Movies

Cantigny Park 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, IL, United States

Enjoy family-friendly movies in Le Jardin while you warm up after skating at Cantigny’s ice rink, or just stop by for a meal and a movie! The movie will run every two hours, with showings starting at 11 am, 1, 3, 5 pm. Coloring pages will also be available for children while supplies last. Whether...

Included in parking
Event Series Chinese Storytime

Chinese Storytime

95th Street Library 3015 Cedar Glade Dr, Naperville, IL, United States

A special Family Storytime presented in Mandarin with stories, songs, and activities for all ages.

Free
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