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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, spray a real fire hose, fire safety information, and hands-on fire extinguisher training!   For information on more events like this, check out our roundup...

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 downtown business district from 11:00A - 2:00P. Free pumpkins will be available to the first 500 participants.   For information on more events like this,...

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 - 2 PM! 🌭🎈   For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Fire Prevention Week.

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 more! Join us for this FREE, family-friendly event. Get up close, climb, honk, and touch these cool vehicles from right behind the wheel! ​ Please...

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 roundup of Fire Prevention Week.

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. Participating artists include Keny De La Peña and Sishi Wang. ASL interpretation is provided at this event.

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 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
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 of heirloom varieties. Demonstrations begin at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. in the summer kitchen. Suggested admission donation of $5 per person ages...

$5

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