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Egg Drop Challenge

Central Park (Bolingbrook) 201 Recreation Drive, Bolingbrook, IL, United States

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, IL, United States

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

Clean-Up, Green-Up

Westlake Park 307 Edgewater Drive, Bloomingdale, IL, United States

Celebrate the fifth Annual Clean-Up, Green-Up Day at Westlake Park by helping with park cleanup, invasive species removal, landscaping and more! Organized by Westlake Park Adopt-A-Park sponsor Simmons Knife &Saw,...

Free

Plant-stravaganza

Sherman Park 1301 West 52nd Street, Chicago, IL, United States

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 Party

Elmhurst Public Library 125 S. Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, IL, United States

Celebrate the start of summer and Summer Reading! Pick up summer reading logs for the whole family, check out books, and have fun! Enjoy face painting, hourly Bingo games, crafts,...

Free

Summer Reading Kick-Off Party

Woodridge Public Library 3 Plaza Dr, Woodridge, IL, United States

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, IL, United States

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
Event Series Maifest Chicago

Maifest Chicago

Lincoln Square 4400 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

Food, Dancing, & as Always... German Gemütlichkeit. Live Music & Entertainment All Days of the Event!   For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Summer...

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