Need some destination ideas? Here are some of the events happening this week in Chicagoland. (Please send your festival listings three weeks in advance to Friday Festivals, c/o Jodie Jacobs, 590 Longwood Dr., Lake Forest, IL 60045.)
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SOR JUANA FESTIVAL 7 p.m. Friday. $15 general, $12 students and seniors, $10 members includes museum admission and festival concert. The Field Museum (in collaboration with the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum), 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive. 312-665-7400 and www.fieldmuseum.org
THE HAUNTINGS AT NAVY PIER Continues 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, noon-7 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday. Free: Kid’s Craft Corner, hayrides, Pirate Pavilion Stage and Scarecrow Hollow. Admission $6 general, $4 ages 5-12 to Captain Nightmare’s Manor on the Skyline Stage. Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave. 312-595-5225 and www.navypier.com
HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Commemorative Shrine-Making Workshop (participants may bring photos, notes, trinkets) throughout the day. Shrines will be displayed during Redmoon Theater’s All Hallows’ Eve Celebration, Oct. 31. Free with museum admission $8 adults, $4 age 3-11, seniors over 65 and students with ID. Free age 2 and under. Also “Music is Language” children’s concert at 1 p.m. $12 general, $10 students-educators, $8 members. The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive. 312-665-7400 and www.fieldmuseum.org
HALLOWEEN DANCE FEST 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Free program of modern dance both days. Sidney Yates Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. 312-744-6630
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TRICK OR TREAT ON MADISON STREET Noon-3 p.m. Saturday. Free treats at participating stores, face painting, Disney characters (magic show 2-3 p.m.) and petting zoo. Madison Street from Harlem Avenue to just west of Des Plaines Avenue, downtown Forest Park. 708-771-4777
SCARECROW FESTIVAL 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Sunday. Free admission and family activities. Parking $7.75 per car. Final weekend to see scarecrows scattered throughout Chicago Botanic Garden, Lake-Cook Road a half-mile east of the Edens Expressway, Glencoe. 847-835-5440
FAMILY FROLIC-HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Free. Isle a la Cache Museum, 501 E. 135th St., a half-mile east of Illinois Highway 53, Romeoville. 815-727-8700
NON-SPOOK WALK 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Donation minimum $1, ages 2-7 with an adult, take guided walk to meet talking creatures, Spring Brook Nature Center, 130 Forest Ave., Itasca, 630-773-5572
“FROM THE TOP” LIVE TAPING 3 p.m. Saturday. Taping of WFMT radio program, $10 adults, $5 seniors and students. Music Institute of Chicago at Evanston Cultural Center, 600 Grove St. Tickets and information 847-446-3822 and www.musicinst.com
BOO! AT THE ZOO 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Free spooky fun with admission, $7 ages 12-64, $3.50 ages 3-11 and 65 or older, free to ages 2 and under. Scarecrow building requires reservation, 708-485-0263, ext. 358. Brookfield Zoo , 1st Avenue between Ogden Avenue and 31st Street, Brookfield
ANTIQUE-COLLECTIBLE TOY AND DOLL WORLD SHOW 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Admission $6 adults, free to children 11 and under. Kane County Fairgrounds, Randall Road just south of Illinois Highway 64, St. Charles. 773-725-3449
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BEADFEST 10-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission $2. Booths of beads and beaded objects. Suburban Fine Arts Center, 1913 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park. 847-432-1888
HALLOWEEN SKATE 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday. Free ice skating, costume contest, treats. Centennial Ice Arena, 3100 Trailway (take road from Illinois Highway 22 just east of U.S. Highway 41), Highland Park. 847-432-4790.
HALLOWEEN PARADE AND PHANTOM FUN WALK Batavia Mother’s Club Halloween Parade, 3-3:15 p.m. Monday. Free. Starts near 327 W. Wilson St., Batavia, ends where the Batavia Park District and Fox Valley Special Recreation Association is holding Phantom Fun Walk, 3-4:30 p.m. Tickets $4 per person, adults free with paying child (limit 500 children, advance tickets available); includes 14 Trick-or-Treat stations, pumpkin patch, entertainment, costume judging. Batavia Riverwalk, Houston Street and Island Avenue. 630-406-5282, ext. 17
HAUNTED GALLERIES 6-8 p.m. Monday-Friday. Admission $6 adults. $3 youth age 4-17 covers children’s crafts, activities and 30-minute tour to hear oddities from Lake County’s past. Lake County Discovery Museum, Lakewood Forest Preserve, at the southwest corner of Illinois Highway 176 (entrance) and Fairfield Road, near Wauconda. Registration, prepayment required. 847-968-3400
HALLOWEEN HAPPENING 4-7 p.m. Wednesday. Free admission, fun and games at Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St., Naperville. 630-420-6010
HALLOWEEN BOO-NANZA 6-9 p.m. Wednesday. $5 covers goblin games, candy, hayrides, entertainment, crafts, Mad Science Lab, Pumpkin Moonwalk, costume contests, haunted house. Community Recreation Center and Safety Park, 505 N. Springinsguth Rd., Schaumburg. 847-985-2115 and 847-490-7015