Upcoming Events

Dec 5, 2020 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Acting Ensemble: Comedy & Creative Drama (Grades 6-12)

Virtual

Young actors in grades 6-12 will focus on comedic scenes and skills in this virtual class. Read more

Arts/Enrichment, High school, Middle School, Teens, Theater, Tweens, Virtual Class

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Dec 5, 2020 1:00 PM

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

Virtual

This new stage adaptation of the classic children's holiday book can be seen in virtual live performances. Read more

Family, Hanukkah, Holiday, Moderate, Theater, Virtual

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Dec 5, 2020 1:00 PM

Virtual Penguin Encounters

Zoom Meeting

During this 45-minute experience, guests will meet a penguin up close and discover what makes these birds so amazing. Read more

Family, ocean, Penguins, Shedd Aquarium, Virtual Class

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Dec 5, 2020 2:00 PM

U-505 Submarine Live Tours

Virtual

Experience the U-505 submarine that lives at the Museum of Science & Industry virtually. Read more

Chicago, Family, Museum of Science and Industry, Teens, Tours, Tweens, Virtual

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Dec 5, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Online Family Art Workshop: Seasonal Nature Card Making

Virtual

Join scientific illustrator Alex Boersma for a seasonal card making workshop for the whole family. Read more

Crafts, Family, Holiday, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

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Dec 5, 2020 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM

Luft Balloons' Santa Wonderland Outpost

Luft Balloons

Guests can walk through a wonderland of more than 2,500 balloons to take photos and experience the magic of the holidays. Read more

Balloons, Chicago, Early Elementary, Family, Holiday, Late Elementary, Preschool

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Dec 5, 2020 3:00 PM

Virtual Sea Lion Encounter

Zoom Meeting

During this encounter you will meet one of the four rescued sea lions at Shedd—Biff, Cruz, Laguna, or Tanner—and learn how their rescue and rehabilitation gave them second chance at life. Read more

Animals, Family, ocean, Shedd Aquarium, Virtual

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Dec 5, 2020 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Brookfield Zoo Annual Holiday Magic

Brookfield Zoo

Guests carol to the animals, snap selfies with a Santa cut-out and embark on a scavenger hunt to find gnomes throughout the park. Read more

Fairs & fests, Family, Holidays, Santa, Western Suburbs, Zoos

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Dec 5, 2020 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Festival of Lights

Cosley Zoo

20,000 twinkling lights and hand-decorated trees transform Cosley Zoo into a fairy tale winter wonderland. Read more

Fairs & fests, Family/All Ages, Outdoor & nature, Western Suburbs

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Dec 5, 2020 4:00 PM

Watson Adventures’ Wizard School Virtual Scavenger Hunt

Virtual

Grab your magic wands for a wizarding adventure that takes you virtually to museums across America in search of art that echoes characters, places, and magical objects in the famed Harry Potter books and movies. Read more

Family, Harry Potter, Late Elementary, Teens, Tweens, Virtual Class

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Dec 5, 2020 4:00 PM

ZooLights

Lincoln Park Zoo

More than two million lights illuminate the zoo. Read more

Chicago, Fairs & fests, Family, Holidays, Lincoln Park, Santa, Zoos

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Dec 5, 2020 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Six Flags Holiday in the Park Lights

Six Flags Great America and Hurricane Harbor

Walk through more than 2 1/2 million dazzling holiday lights that are spread throughout the 300 acres of Six Flags Great America. Read more

Family, Gurnee, Holiday, Holiday Lights, North/Northwest Suburbs, Six Flags, Social Distancing

Mike Danenberg

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Dec 5, 2020 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Jack Frost Winter Walk

Jacks Pumpkin Pop-Up

Pick a perfect Christmas Tree, grab a memorable Instagrammable moment, or just get out of the house and get some fresh air on a perfect midwinter evening. Read more

Chicago, Christmas Trees, Family, Holiday, Instagram

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Dec 5, 2020 4:30 PM

Holly Jolly Drive-In

Replay - Lincoln Park

Guests will experience a holiday-style movie experience, enhanced with twinkling decor and appearances by The Grinch, Santa, Mrs. Claus, reindeer and many other favorite characters. Read more

Chicago, Drive-In, Family, Grinch, Holiday, Movies, Santa

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Dec 5, 2020 4:30 PM

Lightscape

Chicago Botanic Garden

Along an outdoor path, the night comes alive with color, imagination, and sound, from a playful choir of singing trees to a spectacular waterfall of light. Read more

Chicago Botanic Garden, Holiday, lights, Moderate, Nature, North/Northwest Suburbs, Outdoors

Chicago Botanic Garden’s Lightscape for the Holiday Season

Rikard Osterlund

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Dec 5, 2020 4:30 PM

Miracle on West Madison

Guests will experience a holiday-style movie experience, enhanced with twinkling decor and appearances by The Grinch, Santa, Mrs. Claus, reindeer and many other favorite characters. Read more

Chicago, Drive-In, Family, Grinch, Holiday, Movies, Santa

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Dec 5, 2020 4:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Illumination: Tree Lights

The Morton Arboretum

Drive a mile-long path to marvel at and interact with lighted trees. Read more

Fairs & fests, Family, Gardens, Holidays, Moderate, Western Suburbs

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Dec 5, 2020 4:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Let It Shine Lightshow

Northbrook Court

Drive past archways, candy canes, snowmen and more as your family experiences a light show unlike any other. Read more

Family, Holiday, Light Installation, North Shore, North/Northwest Suburbs

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Dec 5, 2020

‘A Christmas Story’ Comes Home

Indiana Welcome Center

The "A Christmas Story" Comes Home exhibit centers around 6 animatronic window displays from Macy's Department Store in New York featuring different scenes from "A Christmas Story." Read more

Free, Holiday, Movies, Pets, Santa

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Dec 5, 2020

Eleanor's Very Merry Christmas Wish - The Musical

Virtual

The story of a rag doll who lives at the North Pole and wishes for a best friend. Read more

Arts/Enrichment, Chicago, Early Elementary, Family, Holiday, Preschool, Theater, Virtual

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Dec 5, 2020

Goodman Theatre: A Christmas Carol Virtual Radio Play

Virtual

Listen to a radio play of Goodman Theatre's presentation of A Christmas Carol. Read more

Arts & culture, Chicago, Family, Free, Moderate, Performance, Theater

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Dec 5, 2020

Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol

Virtual

A virtual and live performance as hundreds of paper puppets, miniatures, silhouettes and a live original score come together for an imaginative reincarnation of Dickens’s holiday classic. Read more

Family, Holiday, puppets, Theater, Virtual

Manual-Cinemas-Xmas-Carol-Xmas Present.jpg

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Dec 5, 2020

One of a Kind Holiday Show

Virtual

Shoppers can virtually experience studio tours and demonstrations, shop for unique and thoughtful holiday gifts. Read more

Chicago, Crafts, Family/All Ages, Holiday, Moderate, shopping, Virtual

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Dec 5, 2020

Virtual Christkindlmarket

Virtual

A virtual version of an international holiday market. Read more

Chicago, Family, Free, Holidays, Shop, Virtual

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Dec 5, 2020 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Santa's Rock n Lights

Lake County Fair

Drive through twinkling holiday displays that include dinosaurs, themed worlds, a tunnel of lights and a musical soundtrack. Read more

Family, Holiday, Holiday Lights, North/Northwest Suburbs, Social Distancing

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Dec 5, 2020 5:00 PM - 10:30 PM

December to Remember Drive-In Movies

Mount Prospect Ice Arena

Holiday flicks will play weekends through the month and pizza can be ordered to your car. Read more

Drive-In, Family, Holiday, Movies, North/Northwest Suburbs

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Dec 5, 2020 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Troll Hunt

The Morton Arboretum

A journey to find the larger-than-life guardians of the forest. Read more

Exhibits, Family, Gardens, Moderate, Morton Arboretum, Outdoors, Western Suburbs

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Dec 5, 2020 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Holiday Art on theMART

Chicago Riverwalk

Projections on the side of the Merchandise Mart include Joffrey Ballet's Nutcracker, Art Institute of Chicago's Monet and Chicago and other bold images for holiday fun. Read more

Art, Chicago, Chicago Riverwalk, Family, Free, Riverwalk, Social Distancing

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Dec 6, 2020 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Troll Hunt

The Morton Arboretum

A journey to find the larger-than-life guardians of the forest. Read more

Exhibits, Family, Gardens, Moderate, Morton Arboretum, Outdoors, Western Suburbs

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Dec 6, 2020

‘A Christmas Story’ Comes Home

Indiana Welcome Center

The "A Christmas Story" Comes Home exhibit centers around 6 animatronic window displays from Macy's Department Store in New York featuring different scenes from "A Christmas Story." Read more

Free, Holiday, Movies, Pets, Santa

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Young actors in grades 6-12 will focus on comedic scenes and skills in this virtual class. Read more
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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
This new stage adaptation of the classic children's holiday book can be seen in virtual live performances. Read more
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