Events Calendar
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Picnic in the Park
Spring Rock Park 4400 Central Avenue, Western Springs, IL, United StatesUPDATED START TIME: 11:00am Bring your lunch. Inflatables, games, music, splash pad.
Casting on the Pier
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago, IL, United StatesCasting On The Pier is back! Join us starting June 5 from 11am until 1pm, weather permitting. The team of skilled and friendly volunteers will be outside on the pier...
Meet a Scientist Cicada Series: Diego Souza & Tatiana Sepulveda
Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesGet the buzz on the broods this summer with our Meet a Scientist Cicada series! This May and June, Illinois will experience a rare, double-emergence of cicada broods XIX and...
SRC Kickoff Party
Des Plaines Public Library 1501 Ellinwood Street, Des Plaines, IL, United StatesFor families with children of all ages! Join us at Central Park, 1555 E. Thacker St., to kick off the Summer Reading Challenge! Events Schedule: 1-3pm: Bubble Stations 1:30-3:30pm: Face...
Riverside Farmers Market
Historic Water Tower 10 Pine Ave, Riverside, IL, United StatesThe Farmers Market will return June 5 - October 9, Wednesdays from 2:30 - 7 p.m. at Centennial Plaza near the Historic Water Tower, located at 10 Pine Avenue. ...
Andertoons Cartooning Workshop
Prospect Heights Public Library 12 N. Elm Street, Prospect Heights, IL, United StatesLearn to draw all sorts of amazing cartoon animals in action! Kangaroo rats jumping! Flic-Flac spiders cartwheeling! Mantis shrimp punching! Flying squirrels knitting! (Just kidding, they fly!) It’s pure zoological...
Western Springs French Market
Old Water Tower 914 Hillgrove Ave, Western Springs, IL, United StatesLocal farmers market with a variety of stands. For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Farmer’s Markets.
We do our best to provide comprehensive, accurate and useful information about events and activities. This information (such as times and locations) is gathered from press releases, websites, signs around town and word of mouth. However, details change and people make mistakes, so please confirm the details before you go. Kidlist is not responsible for any problems that occur while participating in activities listed on this site.
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