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Gnome Hunt| Lisle |
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Search for gnomes in the Children's Garden using your best "I Spy" skills. Checklist provided.
Where: Morton Arboretum
When: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Ages: Preschool, Elementary
Cost: Free with admission
Spectacular Snowflakes| Crystal Lake |
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What is a stellar dendrite? Why is snow white? Are there really no two snowflakes that are exactly alike? Learn the answers to all of these questions and more, while investigating the snow.
Where: Prairieview Education Center
When: 1-2:30 p.m.
Ages: Elementary
Cost: $5, free resident
Dissection Workshop: Have a Heart| Sycamore |
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Pig hearts are very similar to the human heart in structure, size, and function. Kids under 12 must have adult present. July 15 and Aug. 10.
Where: Midwest Museum of Natural History
When: 1:30-3 p.m.
Ages: Elementary, Tweens, Teens
Cost: $16, $14 members; $5 adults
Bud, Not Buddy| Chicago |
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Bud, Not Buddy follows the journey of a young African-American orphan as he searches for his father. Clues kept in a suitcase lead him to adventures in Depression-era Michigan, where he finds community among a group of jazz musicians and, ultimately, an unexpected sense of home. Performances are Jan. 12-Feb. 24, 2013.
Where: Chicago Children’s Theatre
Ages: Elementary, Tweens
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy| Chicago |
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Based on the book by Gary D. Schmidt, performances are 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays from Jan. 19-March 2 (no performances Jan. 26-Feb. 2). Recommended for children 9 and older.
Where: Chicago Playworks at DePaul University
Ages: Elementary, Tweens
Cost: $10
Have You Seen My Daddy?| Chicago |
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Musical that chronicles the sociological effects upon youth from
fatherless homes and how they manage to uplift themselves in spite
of it. Kwanzaa week holiday performances are Dec. 26, 27, 28.
Regular run is Jan. 12-June 1, 2013.
Where: eta Creative Arts Foundation
When: 2 p.m.
Ages: Elementary, Tweens
Cost: $6
Storytown| Chicago |
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From superheroes to undersea adventures, princesses to dinosaurs, Storytown takes children on an interactive, improvised adventure. The actors use kids' suggestions and ideas to create a different story each week. Kids design the setting and help shapes the story. Runs through the end of February 2013, then moves to Stage 773 in Chicago.
Where: iO Theater
When: 10:30 a.m.
Ages: Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary
Cost: $10
Air Raid| Evanston |
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Wind-generated sounds are the focus as Bienen School musicians demonstrate the sometimes unexpected possibilities of applying air to a blade of grass, kazoo, harmonica, slide whistle, trombone, garden hose, flute, seashell, oboe reed, pan pipe and other objects. The program will be held at Pick-Staiger.
Where: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
When: 10:30 a.m.
Ages: Preschool, Elementary
Cost: $6, $4 kids
Chicago Jazz Phiharmonic Chamber Ensemble| Chicago |
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Composer and trumpeter Orbert Davis and his CJP Chamber Ensemble present a family-friendly concert of the Emmy-winning music from the television documentary "DuSable to Obama", complete with video highlights and audience participation.
Where: Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
When: 2-3 p.m.
Ages: Elementary, Tweens, Teens
Cost: $10, $5 kids under 17
Story-Telling| Chicago |
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Kids will enjoy stories staged with puppets and drawings, while being exposed to the French language. Side activities facilitate comprehension. Today's story is Le petit ogre veut aller à l'école, a story of an ogre who's learning to read.
Where: Alliance Francaise de Chicago
When: 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Ages: Preschool, Elementary
Cost: Free
