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The best family and children's events in Chicago!

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Find things to do with kids in Chicago. Following are highlights of activities going on in the coming days and weeks. Visit our Calendar of Events to see full listings of daily events.

WHAT'S HOT THIS MONTH

7/10/2007 to 7/12/2007
Peek-a-Boo!

Chicago Cultural Center
Giggle with glee as young ones explore the joys of play. In this interactive performance, 11 little moments of life are punctuated by the song of a disobedient cuckoo clock. Reservations required by calling 312.742.8497.

7/23/2007
Super Stolie Performance

Millennium Park
Super Stolie will perform at Millennium Park’s Family Fun Festival Stage this summer on Monday June 25, Monday July 23 and Monday August 27! With two free shows each day at 2pm and 4pm, it’s a perfect reason to head downtown, splash in the fountain, see your reflection in the bean and enjoy some live, ...

7/23/2007
Super Stolie Performance

Millennium Park
Super Stolie will perform at Millennium Park’s Family Fun Festival Stage this summer on Monday June 25, Monday July 23 and Monday August 27! With two free shows each day at 2pm and 4pm, it’s a perfect reason to head downtown, splash in the fountain, see your reflection in the bean and enjoy some live, ...

7/25/2007
Toddlers, Tunes and Turtles

Notebaert Nature Museum
5 - 7pm. An introduction to nature in our parks for the knee-high set! Sing songs with musicians from Old Town School of Folk Music, meet live animals, and enjoy toddler-friendly nature activities and healthy refreshments. No registration required.

7/29/2007
Second City Improv Workshop for Kids

Chicago Cultural Center
3 p.m. Improvise with the experts! Instructors from the world-renowned comedy company The Second City lead interactive games and activities just for kids. While kids dabble in improvisation basics, parents can check out the 3 p.m. performance of The Pajama Men in Stop Not Going at the Storefront Theater ...

7/5/2008 to 7/6/2008
The Good, The Bad, and…The BUG-LY!

Morton Arboretum
Kids learn about the heroes and villains of the bug world and how they interact with trees and other plants. Make a bug-related craft to take home. 1-4pm.

7/10/2008 to 7/14/2008
Australia's Strange Fruit

Millennium Park
Coming to Millennium Park this summer for five days as part of the Family Fun Festival is Australia's Strange Fruit, the Melbourne-based performing arts company that fuses dance, circus and spectacle theater in their work. Perched atop fourteen-foot flexible poles that bend and sway in the air, Australia's ...

7/12/2008 to 7/13/2008
Ralph's World at Morton Arboretum

Morton Arboretum
Families have two chances to "go to the bottom of the sea," or "swing on a jungle vine," all by rocking with one of the most widely-acclaimed stars, Ralph Covert, during his two "Ralph's World" family concerts. Covert, a Disney artist and Grammy-award-winner, has earned the Parent's Choice Approved ...

7/12/2008 to 7/13/2008
Chicago Folk & Roots Festival

Lincoln Square
The Chicago Folk & Roots Festival is a two-day cultural festival held in the heart of Lincoln Square, one of Chicago's most diverse neighborhoods. The artistic vision of the Festival is to showcase local and internationally known artists in various music and dance idioms in celebration of the diversity ...

7/18/2008 to 7/20/2008
Great Performers of Illinois

Millennium Park
JULY 18-20. Great performers of Illinois features family friendly entertainment and kids' activities.

Millennium Park will host a weekend of free entertainment for all ages by more than 50 performers from throughout the state during Great Performers of Illinois, Friday, July 18 through Sunday, ...

7/20/2008
Zoo Tunes - Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers

Brookfield Zoo
5pm - Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
3pm - The Alternate Routes

What could be better than viewing more than 400 species of animals while strolling through 216 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds at Brookfield Zoo? Doing all that plus listening to a FREE* summer concert! This summer, people ...




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