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Chicago Childrens Museum - 10:00 AM
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Free Neighborhood Tour
Various Locations - various times Pick
Various Locations - various times Pick
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Free Neighborhood Tour
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Various Locations - various times Pick
$5.29 Family Day with the Bright Start 529 College Savings Plan
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Chicago Children's Museum - 10:00 AM
I AM WILD: A Charley Harper Exhibit
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Garfield Park Conservatory - 11:00 AM
I AM WILD: A Charley Harper Exhibit
Chicago Childrens Museum - 10:00 AM
Chicago Childrens Museum - 10:00 AM
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Wonder Works Children's Museum - various times
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Morton Arboretum - various times
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Build a Bear Workshops Chicago area locations - 10:00 AM
Build a Bear Workshops Chicago area locations - 10:00 AM
Mini Music at Wayfair with Miss Jamie's Farm
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Millennium Park McCormick Tribune Ice Rink
Millennium Park McCormick Tribune Ice Rink - various times
Millennium Park McCormick Tribune Ice Rink - various times
Brookfield Zoo Free Days
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Brookfield Zoo - various times
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Free Neighborhood Tour
Various Locations - various times Pick
Various Locations - various times Pick
The Three Little Pigs at Beverly Arts Center
Beverly Arts Center - 10:30 AM
Beverly Arts Center - 10:30 AM
I AM WILD: A Charley Harper Exhibit
Chicago Childrens Museum - 10:00 AM
Chicago Childrens Museum - 10:00 AM
Millennium Park McCormick Tribune Ice Rink
Millennium Park McCormick Tribune Ice Rink - various times
Millennium Park McCormick Tribune Ice Rink - various times
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Free Neighborhood Tour
Various Locations - various times Pick
Various Locations - various times Pick
Peter Pan at Chicago Kids Company
Stahl Family Theatre - 10:30 AM
Stahl Family Theatre - 10:30 AM
The Three Little Pigs at Beverly Arts Center
Beverly Arts Center - 10:30 AM
Beverly Arts Center - 10:30 AM
Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile
Studebaker Theater
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6th Annual Reading of the Declaration of Independence on the Steps of Hoyt-Barnum Home
Fri Jul 4, 2025
10:00am ET
Age: All Ages
Price: Free
4th of July is back on the Steps of Hoyt-Barnum, Stamford’s oldest dwelling and Rick Petersen will be your guide as General Putnam. He will be traveling through time to invite some notable figures throughout history including Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady-Stanton who will be giving their famous speeches.
Our cast is outfitted by Sophia’s Costumes and Gifts in Cos Cob. Mel McGuire returns to sing the National Anthem with Cabaret flair. Please bring chairs and additional parking is available in the Scofield School parking lot.
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