Geneva celebrates its Swedish heritage with a festival featuring American and Swedish food, a carnival, Kids' day, "Geneva's Got Talent" and Sweden Väst, musical entertainment, zipline and the Grand Parade.

See gardens, woodlands, wetlands and prairies in a tram tour. 60-minute and 30-minute tours explain the rich Arboretum history, and describe the trees and plants you'll see. There's also an opportunity to see lovely wildlife in a native habitat.

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.

Participate in crafts, demonstrations and farm-related activities. Activities change daily. Meet at the Heritage Center front desk. Monday-Friday, June 4-Aug. 17.

Games, activities, and crafts based around the theme of the day. A snack is provided. Dress appropriately for the weather and wear good walking shoes, as we will be spending much of the time outdoors.

Walk along a winding trail and view gigantic animatronic bugs, plus more than 150 stationary insects, which will be part of six themed scenes. Guests can also see live creepy crawlies in Harry's Big Adventure: My Bug World! The interactive habitats feature several ecosystems to show how insects impact their surroundings, the environment, and human lives. Activities, including bug cooking demonstrations, cockroach races, a spider web climber, and other bug-themed entertainment is planned for guests throughout the summer.

An afterhours evening at the zoo. Take an opportunity to talk with the staff and enjoy behind the scenes opportunities, live animal visits, and more.

Children can immerse themselves in backstage preparation, perform routines in center ring or manage the behind-the-scenes action of lights and sound. Plus, try making a circus balance toy or dress up like a clown.

Explore how stone copies of prehistoric animals and plants are formed. Cast a fossil-like form to create an own image of prehistoric times. Pre-registration and pre-payment required.

Kids build foundations for future learning as they discover what currents, loads and power sources are and what they do, while beginning to understand the basics of electricity, how it is generated and how it moves.

The exhibition features selected "doodles" created by students from across the state.

Showcases 14 multi-sensory exploration stations, each incorporating a high-quality reproduction of one of Marc Chagall's works. Interactive components offer hands-on activities and an audio description of each work specifically geared to children. An extensive selection of books about Marc Chagall is provided to encourage further exploration and to stimulate literacy learning.

Kids learn about a different war each week, starting with the American Revolution. Dress in the uniform of a soldier, and interact with artifacts, games and crafts from the time period.

Take a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the world of magic and its historic roots in Chicago. Features a multimedia object theater experience, artifact display and live performances. Discover the tricks of the trade and witness Chicago's magical past reappear before your very eyes.

A private collection of late 17th and early 18th century French clothing and accessories. This display presents historical information on apparel, as well as the process and passion of building a collection.

From Fannie May to Brach's Candies, Tootsie Rolls, Frango Mints, Lemonheads and more, Chicago has a tasty history of making candy loved the world over. Learn about Chicago's sweet history and how candy and the City of Chicago grew up together. May 11-Sept. 18.

A special exhibit on the history of Girl Scouting, with special focus on Oak Park, River Forest, and Forest Park. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts of the USA.

Exhibit tells the story of Girl Scouting and Boy Scouting in America.

Visitors become space adventurers and set off on a journey to discover the Universe in a way never done before. Travel a billion light-years and back, fly through space, orbit the Moon, zoom into a canyon on Mars, and soar through the cosmic web where a million galaxies shower down. The experience was created utilizing real telescopic data and the best scientific imagery.

Exhibit examines the ancestry and evolution of numerous species, ranging from huge to tiny, from speedy to sloth-like, and displays animals with oversized claws, fangs, snouts, and horns. Highlights include taxidermy specimens, an entire skeleton of a giant hoofed plant-eater, a life-size model of the largest land mammal that ever lived, one of the oldest fossilized bats ever found, and an impressive diorama featuring the swamps and forests of an island in the Arctic. Runs May 26, 2012-Jan. 6, 2013.

Guests experience an evening of live music, refreshing treats and Museum experts help prep bicycles for those long-awaited summer rides.

Learn about the American bicycle and Chicago's bike culture. The exhibition details the roots of America's most democratic and sustainable form of transportation and considers why human-powered locomotion could be the way of the future for our rapidly evolving urban environment.

Salute the beginning of summer with a celebration of cycles. Participate in a bike parade around North Pond and a bike rodeo. Garnish your gears with bicycle decorations made from recycled materials. Learn all about how to choose your bike, repair your bike and where to ride your bike.

Visitors go on an interactive journey through the world of ancient Greece, where they can meet the gods, experience ancient Greek daily life and interact with the epic poem The Odyssey through more than 25 engaging interactive components, including climbing into a 13-foot tall Trojan Horse. Kids play and learn as they navigate rocky caves and open seas on "The Odyssey: A Hero's Journey" and e-mail home their Hero Record, belt tunes in the Sirens Karaoke Cave, discover which Greek god they are most like, match wits with Aristotle in a game of 20 questions, test their arm wrestling prowess in the Gymnasium and marvel at a working replica of the Antikythera Mechanism, believed to be the world's oldest computer.

Each program begins with a short, guided tour through a gallery to teach kids about an aspect of Greek history or culture. After the tour, children participate in an art project related to the tour that reinforces the ideas explored in the exhibit.

Little learners explore cooking using their senses as they mix and measure their way to create delicious real food. Each month features a different topic and menu.

Watch men painted blue do unusual performance art and original slapstick comedy. It's fun to sit in the front, but remember to wear a plastic poncho to avoid the flying food and liquids. Buy tickets at the box office, online, via Ticketmaster or by calling (773) 348-4000.

Told through a musical narrative, this play seeks to revive the ghosts of those who drowned in the Chicago disaster of 1915, when families were torn apart and unexpected heroes emerged to rescue dozens of Chicagoans from a watery end. Runs from June 6-July 29.

Enjoy displays of exotic foliage and flowering tropical plants in the Wilder Park Conservatory during the summer months.

Includes live bands, local food, vendors, carnival rides, wine tasting, bags and Texas Hold'em tournaments, Wauconda Fest Has Talent, Car Show, 5K/10K run, and  more. Visit website for full line-up and more information.

Kids Triathlon, plus Adult Sprint and Olympic Triathlon. Beginners and seasoned athletes can compete. Swim portion taked place in Bangs Lake, and the bike and run portion goes through the Wauconda countryside. Awards and times are given out at the end. Visit website for registration forms and race information.

Exhibit includes bats, uniforms, contracts, team traveling suitcases and much more from Reggie Jackson. Items in the exhibit are presented in collaboration with the Mr. October Foundation for Kids, a non-profit organization to benefit at-risk children.

Multicultural exhibit offers children a chance to become acquainted with other children from around the world. Features children from 11 countries such as Russia, India, Tanzania and Egypt and showcases how they learn, work and play through interactive activities such as playing games, making crafts, learning words in another language and even putting on a puppet show.

Bring the whole family to play both classic and new board games. Try your hand at special food-related games. Free parking in designated locations. KIds under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Families can enjoy activities and learn about outdoor activities. Fishing, camping, hiking, bird watching and other workshops will be offered from 1-5 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Kids' crafts available 2-4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, such as decorating a seedling pot, painting a wiggle snake, creating their own Catch-a-Fish game, painting a bear track, stamping a leather wristband and painting a birdhouse.

Families can enjoy activities and learn about outdoor activities. Fishing, camping, hiking, bird watching and other workshops will be offered from 1-5 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Kids' crafts available 2-4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, such as decorating a seedling pot, painting a wiggle snake, creating their own Catch-a-Fish game, painting a bear track, stamping a leather wristband and painting a birdhouse.

Eight-week program for children who are ready to learn to ride a two-wheel bike, taught by an occupational therapist. Children must have their own bike without training wheels and a helmet.

A six-week group for kids, led by a board-certified music therapist. Sessions will help children increase communication with peers, practice turn-taking in conversation, and practice expressing short phrases and individual sounds. Register by June 14.