Fun and Games – Page 23

Kids get to wear their Halloween costumes early at Trunk-or-Treat in Space, Oct. 10, at the Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College in River Grove. (Triton College)

Cernan Earth and Space Center treating kids to candy, sky show

By Myrna Petlicki

September 28, 2026 at 5:07 p.m.

The third annual Trunk-or-Treat in Space is planned for Oct. 10 at the Cernan Earth...

FILE – A Tickle Me Elmo doll is photographed in New York on Dec. 4, 1996. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Bingo and Tickle Me Elmo nominated for Toy Hall of Fame. Will Care Bears also make it this year?

By Mark Kennedy

September 16, 2026 at 12:02 p.m.

Tickle Me Elmo dolls, the game of chance Bingo and the humble playground slide are...

Lowell's Harvest Tyme is one of 20 farms in North America that joined the corn maze campaign in a fundraising effort to benefit Dolly Parton's nonprofit organization, Imagination Library. (Photo provided by Jason Wisniewski)

Dolly Parton-themed corn maze in Lowell to raise funds for Imagination Library

By Anna Ortiz

September 16, 2026 at 10:58 a.m.

This Saturday, fans will get a chance to get lost in the late country icon’s...

Cubs historian Ed Hartig, a Palos Heights native, shows the vintage style of baseball used in the 1850s before a game July 13, 2024, between Blue Island and Lemont. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

Vintage games bring back 1858 baseball: ‘I love the nostalgia and I love baseball’

By Jeff Vorva

July 21, 2024 at 5:13 a.m.

The Blue Island Brewmasters and the Lemont Quarrymen are among vintage baseball teams playing under...

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, Colorado wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter and Michigan running back Donovan Edwards are on the cover of EA Sports College Football 25. (Courtesy EA Sports/TNS)

EA Sports College Football 25 — among the most anticipated sports video games in history — hits the market

By Ryan Kryska

July 19, 2024 at 7:23 a.m.

EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all...

Three 4-H Club members display their contest entries at the 2023 Kane County Fair, which this year is being held through Sunday at the fairgrounds in St. Charles. (University of Illinois Extension)

New attractions, rides part of this year’s Kane County Fair, running through Sunday

By Mike Danahey

July 18, 2024 at 11:18 a.m.

From 4-H Club events to the carnival midway, there are new attractions at this year's ...

Marshawna Clark, center, serves food to Jenna Piehl during the grand opening of Sheila’s @ Douglass 18 on June 29, 2024, in Douglass Park. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Sheila’s concession stand in North Lawndale serves mini golfers while nurturing the community

By Darcel Rockett

July 9, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

A grant helped the owner open Sheila's, which will used its income to keep the...

Ruckiya Ross, founder of Education Couture, leads a workshop at Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory on May 29, 2024, teaching children to read and pronounce vowels. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Education Couture literacy program brings ‘learning into fashion’ for underserved children

By Darcel Rockett

June 27, 2024 at 7:23 a.m.

Ruckiya Ross' nonprofit helps reinforce kids' literacy chops and gives parents tools to help grow...

Coco Gauff, of the United States, celebrates match point against Karolina Muchova, of the Czech Republic, during the women's singles final of the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament on Aug. 20, 2023, in Mason, Ohio. (Aaron Doster/AP)

Cincinnati Open: Watch top-tier tennis without traveling abroad or breaking the bank

By Steve Chapman

June 26, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

In August, you can see players like Coco Gauff or Novak Djokovic just by driving...

Children's book author Natasha Tarpley takes pictures of pages from one of her books displayed as an art installation at the Lawndale Pop-Up Spot's community museum in the Love Blooms Here Plaza, 3601 W. Douglas Blvd., on June 1, 2024, in Chicago. Tarpley later read one of her books in a space across the street. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

A real-world ‘Sesame Street’: Lawndale Pop-Up Spot puts art, storytelling in the hands of the public

By Darcel Rockett

June 21, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

With rotating exhibits, the museum housed in a shipping container lets community members dictate what...

Tabrea Ramos, left, cuts fabric with help from Kaelin Cameron while working on an art project using children’s book covers on May 1, 2024, at Nichols Tower in Chicago. The pair, who are members of the center's youth advisory council, are part of a group creating an exhibit for the Lawndale Pop-Up Spot. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

North, South Lawndale come together to lay the groundwork for West Side children’s museum

By Darcel Rockett

May 31, 2024 at 10:56 a.m.

The One North Lawndale Discovery Center would serve children and caregivers with 15,000 square feet...

Lane Tech High School baseball player Ethan Borggren, left, celebrates after scoring a run at the Chicago Public League's city championship baseball game at Wrigley Field on May 20, 2024. (Zara Linneman)

Heidi Stevens: What a night of watching kids’ dreams come true at Wrigley Field reminds me about humanity

By Heidi Stevens

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

As a bunch of families watched their children's dreams come true, it reminds us that,...

Bronson Welch, 12, looks into a bottle he found prior to a monthly meeting of the 1st Chicago Bottle Club at Hinsdale Covenant Church on April 19, 2024. (Trent Sprague/for the baiduhai)

Age-old bottles collected by older folks keep fading pastime alive: ‘I just love old stuff’

By Kate Armanini

May 5, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The group assembled in the church basement on a recent Friday night was awash with...