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Elgin Public Museum gearing up for holidays with new director
Dec 3, 2021 6:19 AM - The Elgin Public Museum has a new director in Sharry Lynn Blazier, who has been education coordinator at the natural history and anthropology museum for the past two and a half years. She and the museum are gearing for the holidays with their annual Touching on Traditions exhibit and a Winter Solstice program. -
Volo Museum debuts National Lampoon Christmas exhibit
Nov 26, 2021 7:16 PM - Bluto Blutarsky, meet Clark Griswold: The Volo Museum is tipping its Santa hat to a trio of National Lampoon's film faves this holiday season, and you're invited to the festive fun. -
First Division Museum hosts two virtual programs in early December
Nov 24, 2021 12:05 PM - The First Division Museum in Wheaton will host two online programs: Date With History's "Brothers in Valor" on Dec. 2, and "A Day That Will Live in Infamy: The Attack on Pearl Harbor" on Dec. 9. -
Shop Cantigny on Museum Store Sunday Nov. 28
Nov 22, 2021 5:39 PM - Cantigny Park in Wheaton invites everyone to get a jump on holiday gift giving and support local museums and cultural institutions on Museum Store Sunday, Nov. 28. -
Lego Train Show returns Dec. 4-5 to Cantigny
Nov 20, 2021 12:07 AM - The Lego show at Cantigny Park in Wheaton has become a holiday tradition. It will return Dec. 4-5. -
Cantigny visitors choose favorite 'CAREcrow'
Nov 12, 2021 9:55 PM - The "CAREcrow" display by The Gardenworks Project received the most votes in public balloting at Cantigny Park's annual fall event. -
Mount Prospect Historical Society Housewalk returns
Nov 12, 2021 6:00 AM - After a one-year COVID-19 imposed hiatus, the Mount Prospect Historical Society's annual Holiday Housewalk will return Friday, Dec. 3, in the neighborhood immediately north and slightly northwest of St. Raymond Catholic Church -- originally known as "Colonial Manor. -
Learn how to care for bonsai trees at online workshops this winter
Nov 11, 2021 2:53 PM - Too cold outside to do gardening? The Chicago Botanic Garden is offering online webinars on caring for bonsai trees with Chris Baker, the curator of bonsai collection. -
Festivals Nov. 12-18: Let It Shine Lightshows, Chicago Botanic's Lightscape are now open
Nov 14, 2021 8:20 AM - Let there be light: Lightscape at the Chicago Botanic Garden and the new Let It Shine Lightshow drive-through experience at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora and Wintrust Field in Schaumburg are both now open. -
Elgin History Museum offers one-of-a-kind experiences in online auction
Nov 9, 2021 12:31 PM - The Elgin History Museum's online auction offers a chance to bid on one-of-a-kind experiences, such as a private tour of the Wing Mansion or a vintage toy collection.
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