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Children's and Family Programs
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 Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Morning Glory Mondays
Pre-K Activity and Story time
Weekly throughout October
300 N. Central Park Dr.
(773) 638-1766 x23
www.garfield-conservatory.org
Plant the seeds for reading with this engaging weekly activity and story-time at the Garfield Park Conservatory.
Monday, October 6, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Prehistoric Plant Bookmarks
Come learn aboutwhat dinosaurs ate then assemble a prehistoricplant bookmark. Afterwards, listen to How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen.
Monday, October 13, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Scratch-n-Sniff Booklets
Test your sniffer andcreate a sensory book filled with great-smelling herbs and plants, such as chocolate, cinnamon,and oranges. Afterwards, listen to Whose Nose Is This? by Peggy Hall
Monday, October 20, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Alphabet Gardens
Hunt for the letters of thealphabet in our soil pit, then plant a grass seedletter. Afterwards, listen to Dr. Seuss’s ABC.
Monday, October 27, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Musical Plant Parts
Come make a maracausing seeds and create some great-sounding music. Afterwards, listen to Cha Cha Chimps by Julie Durango.
 Lifeline Theatre
Duck for President
October 11 – November 30;
Sat. 1:00 p.m., Sun. 11:00 a.m.& 1:00 p.m.
Tickets $12
6912 N. Glenwood Ave.(773) 761-4477
www.lifelinetheatre.com
A world premiere family musicalshowing both the heady and headacheysides of politics just in time for theelection, by the same team that brought you Click, Clack, Moo. Based on the popular bestseller by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Adapted by Lifeline ensemble member James E.Grote, with music and lyrics by George Howe; directed by Lifeline ensemble member Shole Milos.
 Cavalcade of Authors
Book Fair for Children and Teens Workshop
Saturday, October 18
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
South Shore Cultural Center
7059 S. Shore Dr.
RSVP to bookfair@macrompg.com
Jump at the Sun presents their latestwork for children ages 5-12 and Deborah Gregory, author of Catwalk and The Cheetah Girls series, talks about her wildly successful Disney series and discusses and signs the first book in her new teen series, Catwalk.
Women & Children First Bookstore
Nikki Giovanni: Grasshopper's Song – An Aesop's Fable Revisited; Lincoln & Douglass– An American Friendship; Hip Hop Speaks to Children
Saturday, October 18, 4:30 p.m.
5233 N. Clark St.
(773) 769-9299
www.womenandchildrenfirst.com
Award-winning poet Nikki Giovanni will read from her 3 new children's books: The Grasshopper's Song – An Aesop's Fable Revisited; Lincoln & Douglass – An American Friendship; and Hip Hop Speaks to Children.
Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
David Macauley, The Way We Work
Wednesday, October 22, 6:00 p.m.
400 S. State St.
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium (312) 747-4050
Ages 8 and up. Get up close and personal with the human body as award-winning author and illustrator David Macaulay leads readers through a tour of the major systems inside the human body. Through astounding cross-sections and detailed anatomical drawings, Macaulay builds not only the human structure but our understanding of the complexity instead each of us. Macaulay is the recipient of numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards and he was awarded a 2006 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
Oriental Institute Museum
Mummies Night! A Super Science Adventure for Families
Wednesday, October 22, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
1155 E. 58th St.(773) 702-9507
www.oi.uchicago.edu
We can't keep this event under wraps! Join us to unravel the mysteries of mummies using the secrets of science.Visit our galleries to discover ancient Egyptian mummies from thousands ofyears ago, and test your knowledge with our own laboratory mummy. See "Mummies Made in Egypt," an animated and live-action film from the award winning Reading Rainbow series and browse the latest in children's books on ancient Egypt. Then use computer interactives to see how CT scans reveal what mummies look like without everhaving to open up their coffins. A "Guess the Gummy Mummies" contest adds to the excitement during this special evening of fun and learning for the whole family. FREE! |
