Flying on a tail wind
The expression "Go fly a kite" takes on a positive connotation at the Kids and Kites Fest. Youngsters will be able to turn ordinary paper bags into kites with the...
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Library’s a circus
It's a three-ring circus at the Evanston Public Library. On Friday as part of its Friendraiser event (an effort to encourage library membership), the Bumblinni Brothers, two wannabe acrobats with...
RECOUNTING ELOISE’S EXPLOITS
Six-year-old Eloise doesn't live in an ordinary house or apartment. She calls the Plaza Hotel in New York her home. So what better place to listen to her adventures, described...
KIDS CAN ENTER A UNIVERSE OF SILLY SONGS
Chicago rocker Ralph Covert, who teaches Wiggleworms classes at the OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC, is giving a concert to celebrate the release of his CD "Ralph's World." It's...
NUTS ABOUT NIGERIA
Passport to the World, a series of programs about Nigerian culture, will open with the Breaking of the Kola Nut because, traditionally, it is the only way to begin important...
AN IMPERFECT CINDERELLA
In the Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptation of "CINDERELLA" that Emerald City is presenting, the protagonist has a personality that is appropriate for modern times. "In this production Cinderella seems so...
SNOW MOBILES A BALANCING ACT
Families can learn the basics of making mobiles during a workshop at the MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART this Sunday. Premade mobiles will be on display to give students a general...
NATURE DIRECTS THE LESSONS
The subject of the NATURALIST'S CHOICE program at River Trail Nature Center depends on what nature has to offer that day. If there is snow on the ground visitors might...
LIBRARIES TELLING HOLIDAY STORIES
The Sulzer Library has everything it takes for kids to create a menorah for HANUKKAH. They will use some spools for the base, plain pipe cleaners to make the candles...
CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE
During the WINTER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL at the North Park Village Nature Center, families can gather around a fire outside where chestnuts are roasting and then eat the tasty morsels once...