Holiday Flower Show at Wilder Park Conservatory
Wilder Park - 8:00 AM
Wilder Park - 8:00 AM
Museum of Ice Cream's Pinkmas!
Museum of Ice Cream - 10:00 AM
Museum of Ice Cream - 10:00 AM
Frozen Ocean Skate at McKinley Park
McKinley Park Pool - 6:00 PM
McKinley Park Pool - 6:00 PM
Millennium Park McCormick Tribune Ice Rink
Millennium Park McCormick Tribune Ice Rink - various times
Millennium Park McCormick Tribune Ice Rink - various times
Kids Meet the Music 1 with D-Composed String Ensemble + Josh Jones
Harris Theater for Music and Dance - 2:00 PM Pick
Harris Theater for Music and Dance - 2:00 PM Pick
Museum of Ice Cream's Pinkmas!
Museum of Ice Cream - 10:00 AM
Museum of Ice Cream - 10:00 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
Museum of Ice Cream's Pinkmas!
Museum of Ice Cream - 10:00 AM
Museum of Ice Cream - 10:00 AM
I AM WILD: A Charley Harper Exhibit
Chicago Childrens Museum - 10:00 AM
Chicago Childrens Museum - 10:00 AM
MLK 2026: Chaos or Community
Hyde Park Arts Center - 11:00 AM
Hyde Park Arts Center - 11:00 AM
Sensory-Friendly Time at Build-A-Bear Workshop
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
Wayfair Chicago - 11:00 AM
Wayfair Chicago - 11:00 AM
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
Brookfield Zoo - various times
Brookfield Zoo - various times
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
Blast Off to Outer Space Museum Takeover at Wonder Works
Wonder Works Children's Museum - various times
Wonder Works Children's Museum - various times
Vivid Creatures at the Morton Arboretum
Morton Arboretum - various times
Morton Arboretum - 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
Brookfield Zoo Free Days
Brookfield Zoo - various times
Brookfield Zoo - various times
Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile
Studebaker Theater
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The Big Draw at the National Building Museum
Sat Apr 20, 2024
10:00am to 4:00pm ET
Age: All Ages
Price: Free
Caldecott Medal award-winning author and illustrator David Macaulay leads two drawing workshops using the Museum’s historic home to teach visitors how to understand scale and perspective. Throughout this day of drawing visitors of all ages engage in quick drawing prompts, contribute to a community mural, color in chalk, and attend lightning talks with engineering, architecture, and design professionals who share how drawing is used as a tool to create.
Visitors are welcome to bring their own sketchbooks or use materials provided by the Museum.
** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.
