Here are our top five favorite events for you and your family to enjoy this weekend! Get out there and make some memories!
For more great family events, see Oaklee’s March/April Digital Edition, or search our calendar of events!
Earth Day Festival 2016
April 22 in Glen Ellyn
Join the Glen Ellyn Park District, Sustainability Group, and Environmental Commission for a free, fun and educational event. Several local, earth-friendly groups and businesses will be on-hand to share ideas, inspiration and ways to get involved with green and sustainable efforts.
Earth Day: Meet Nature Cat
April 22 in Glenview at Kohl Children’s Museum
Celebrate the beauty of nature at the Kohl Children’s Museum. With fun activities including making seed balls in our Adventures in Art studio, and take your picture with PBS Kids’ Nature Cat, star of his own new adventure series!
6th Annual Multi-Chamber Extreme Block Party Family EXPO & Taste
April 23 in Libertyville
Held every spring, the Extreme Block Party EXPO & Taste showcases 100+ local vendors with displays appealing to home owners, families, health and wellness, financial, community, and businesses.
Party for the Planet
April 23 in Wheaton
Let’s celebrate the wonders of the natural world and learn how we can help to keep it safe. Environmentally friendly organizations and business will be onsite to educate us about how little actions on our part can make a big difference in our community.
Kids Club: Earth Day
April 23 in Niles
Participating children will learn about recycling and composting while creating Earth Day crafts and planting a keepsake herb garden with local landscaper, Rosborough Partners.
This week’s Friday Fun Five is sponsored by Lyric Opera “The King and I”.
See the Tony-Award Winning Broadway Hit!
