Teach your toddler about the baby animals living at the Arboretum. Connect babies with their parents, see how they grow while playing games, singing songs, and looking for different animal homes. April 25 and May 5.

The new Railway Garden, a G-gauge model railway running through a 2.5 acre site, opens April 30. Visitors enter through a 1920s-era railway depot to see trains running through a garden of miniature plants, water features and a variety of landscapes. May 1 through October.

Velo Theatre presents this performance from May 2-9. Laden with letters and packages to deliver, a postman sets out on his bicycle. Opening one of the packages, he discovers a fantastic and magical world inside. Purchase tickets at (312) 494-9509 or chicagohumanities.org.

A visually explosive journey of discovery that weighs the solutions aimed at restoring our planet's orbits. Visitors experience mind-boggling collisions in time lapse sequences captured with the magical imagery of 3D.

Seven actors share one tiny platform, just 3-by-7 feet of space, and create an original Superman tale. Set in a fictional 2050 Metropolis, the show's cast members use only their bodies and voices to create every prop, scene, sound effect, and character in a battle between Superman and Lex Luther. Performances are 10;30 a.m. May 2, 7 p.m. May 3, 12:30 p.m. May 4, 1:30 p.m. May 5 and 5 p.m. May 6. Purchase tickets at (312) 494-9509 or chicagohumanities.org.

Performances run most Tuesdays through Saturdays at 10 a.m., and added performances March 27, 29 and 30 at 12:30 p.m. 

A night of Spanish cooking with a native-speaking teacher. Cook up a feast of delicious Spanish food and learn useful food vocabulary. RSVP to (847) 256-8000.