Glad you clicked on our new Grab & Go Kids Planner!
We've assembled a weekly calendar of kid-friendly activities and new places to try out with children. Each week, we'll give you the info on the five best family activities or events for the week.
You're time-pressed enough, so we're happy to do the research and find the best things to do and places to go, both locally and within reasonable striking distance.
Look for the kids’ planner each Wednesday, and help us build the planner with your own suggestions and tips — just add them to the comment box. Even if you disagree with our picks, let us know. We want to hear from you!
• SAFARI CLUB
Where/When: 6:30-9 p.m. Friday at Lake View Nature Center, 17S063 Hodges Road, Oakbrook Terrace.
Why Go: Investigate the world of nature. Activities, crafts and stories to learn about the plants and animals children aged 4-10. Dress appropriately to be outside and bring an extra pair of shoes and socks for indoor exploration. See http://www.obtpd.org/content/catalog/all.pdf (page 14).
Pricing: $18 for residents; $23 for non-residents.
• DAVID PARKER ART EXHIBIT
Where/When: Noon-4 p.m. at Barbara A. Kieft Accelerator ArtSpace, 200 E. Park Ave.
Why Go: “,” an exhibition by Chicago-based artist David Parker, will be presented by Elmhurst College through March 19. The featured piece titled “Heartbeat Carillon” is an interactive sound installation designed to allow participants to reconsider their lives and relations with others. It is activated by touch and receive instantaneous heartbeat readings that send energy pulses into bells, which chime until a participant releases her grip. As more people touch the sensors, the resulting sound is a “concert of hearts.”
Pricing: Free.
• KIDJAZZ!
Where/When: 10 a.m. Saturday at McAninch Arts Center Mainstage, , 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn.
Why Go: It's the kids show at the college's annual Winter Jazz Fest.
Pricing: $12
• CIVIL WAR GHOSTS AND LEGENDS
Where/When: 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday at the , 125 S Prospect Ave.
Why Go: Join performer as he takes you back in time to the bloody battlefields, gruesome field hospitals and haunted graveyards of America’s deadliest war. After the presentation, the award winning short film, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," based on a Civil War story by Ambrose Bierce, will be shown. This program is for middle-schoolers and teens only. Registration required.
Pricing: Free.
• "JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER SAY NEVER"
Where/When: Seven screen times at the , 150 N. York St.
Why Go: It's Rated G and available in 3D
Pricing: $6 for kids, $2 more for 3D.
