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Event Series Wild Wednesdays

Wild Wednesdays

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

Wild Wednesdays are back for the season at Garfield Park Conservatory! Join Family Programs staff outdoors in Play and Grow Garden for free, drop-in activities, such as fort building, bug hunts, chalk drawing, and more! Find us every Wednesday evening from 4:00-7:30 pm. Just head outside through our Desert House doors and follow the giant...

Free

Adler Planetarium Illinois Resident Free Days

Adler Planetarium 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United States

The Adler is excited to announce that we will be free for Illinois residents (with proof of residency) every Wednesday evening from 4-10 pm (our new Wednesday hours.) Stop by after work or school, or for date night and enjoy everything the Adler has to offer at night, for free as part of our Illinois...

Free

Intergenerational Bunco Buddies

Lemont Public Library 50 E Wend St, Lemont, IL, United States

Sign your child up to play a few rounds of the dice game bunco with a senior buddy during this intergenerational program.

Free
Event Series LEGO Club

LEGO Club

St. Charles Public Library 1 S. 6th Street, St. Charles, IL, United States

Drop by the library and build with LEGO. Each Wednesday we will have a different LEGO challenge you can try, or build whatever you want!

Free
Event Series Milk and Cookie Storytime

Milk and Cookie Storytime

Glen Ellyn Public Library 400 Duane Street, Glen Ellyn

Dynamic session promoting child and grownup bonding through creating, singing, playing, and sharing stories together. After the story session, enjoy milk and cookies followed by open play. Twenty name tags (children only). For kids of all ages and their grownups.

Free
Event Series Wednesday Fun Night

Wednesday Fun Night

Arlington Heights Memorial Library 500 N. Dunton Avenue, Arlington Heights, IL, United States

Come in your pajamas or your play clothes; just be sure to bring the whole family for this evening storytime that features a different activity each week.   For kids up to 6 with caregiver. Siblings welcome.

Free

T-Rexplorers

Wood Dale Public Library 520 N. Wood Dale Road, Wood Dale, IL, United States

Get a glimpse of what it’s like to go on a Paleontological dig and see authentic dinosaur fossils from species like Triceratops and T-Rex. Come 15 minutes early to meet “Ranger” in the parking lot! Stay late to explore the fossils.

Free

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