Oaklee's Family Guide September/October 2017

October Events & Activities Oct. 20, 10:30am - 11am Story Time at Creek Bend Nature Center St. Charles: 630-444-3190 http://www.kaneforest.com Oct. 20, 6:30pm - 9:30pm Tween Night Glen Ellyn: https://apm.activecommunities.com/gepark/Activity_ Search/tween-nights-at-asfc/9972 Creek Bend Nature Center, 37W700 Dean St.: Program series is for children (infants through 5-year-olds) and their caregivers. St. Charles Public Library staff will read books, perform finger plays, songs and more. Registration is required. Ackerman Sports & Fitness Center, 800 St. Charles Road: Bas- ketball, volleyball, soccer, dodge ball and more await kids ages 8 to 12 at this event. Parents must accompany kids for check-in and check-out. Oct. 20, 11:30am - 5pm Create-a-Craft: Happy Halloween Mount Prospect: 847-253-5675 http://www.mppl.org Oct. 21, 9:30am - 10:30am “Oak”tober Tree Trot Glenview: http://www.glenviewparks.org/event/free-oaktober- tree-trot Mount Prospect Public Library, 10 S. Emerson St.: For all ages. Make spook-tacular works of art!Children younger than age 9 must be accompanied by an adult. No registration is necessary. The Grove, 1421 Milwaukee Ave.: Walk on trails to see The Grove’s trees and learn about some of the trees that are native to Illinois from the Village of Glenview’s Robyn Flakne. Registra- tion required. Free. Oct. 20, 4pm - 7pm Monster’s Bash Mount Prospect: 847-463-3712 https://www.rtpd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Autumn- Brochure-2017.pdf Oct. 21, 10am - 5pm Trains, Tricks & Treats Glencoe: https://www.chicagobotanic.org/calendar/event/ trains_tricks_treats Weiss Community Center, 1500 E. Euclid Ave.: Wear a costume to the annual Halloween event; decorate pumpkins, trick or treat through our homemade town and play carnival games. Take photos in photo booth. Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road: Families are invited to come in costume and trick-or-treat throughout the Model Railroad Garden to celebrate Halloween and the end of the railroad’s season at Trains, Tricks & Treats. Oct. 20, 5:30pm - 7:30pm Family Night: Pumpkins & Treats Wheaton: 630-260-8266 http://cantigny.org Oct. 21-22, 10am - 4pm Corn Harvest West Chicago: 630-876-5900 Cantigny Park, 1s151 Winfield Road: The park’s monthly Fam- ily Night series continues with a Halloween theme. Costumes welcome. Also includes crafts, pumpkin decorating, trick-or- treating and more. Kline Creek Farm, 1N600 County Farm Road: Take a horse- drawn wagon ride out to the fie lds and help shuck and store the corn that will feed the farm’s cows and sheep over winter. Then, stop by the farmhouse to make a corn-husk figure for home. All ages. Free. Registration not required. Oct. 20, 6pm - 7:30pm Ghosts in the Graveyard Aurora: 630-892-1550 http://www.foxvalleyparkdistrict.org Oct. 21, 1pm - 2pm Spooky Saturday Niles: 847-663-6407 http://nileslibrary.org Blackberry Farm, 100 S. Barnes Rd.: Tweens - grab your flash- light and party. Event features bonfire with s’mores and spooky stories, followed by a flashlight skeleton hunt. Niles-Maine District Library, 6960 W. Oakton St. Niles: Children in grades 1-4 are invited to register for spooky stories, sweet treats, showing off costumes, and trick-or-treating in the library. Parents are welcome to attend. Caregivers should stay in the room with children through grade 2. Oct. 20-21, 6:30pm - 10pm All Hallows Eve Naperville: 630-420-6010 http://napersettlement.org Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St.: Experience two of the darkest nights of the year with haunting creatures, eerie enter- tainment and must-see horrors. Not recommended for children under 8 years old. Oct. 21, 2pm - 2:30pm Skeleton Egg Hunt Park Ridge: 847-692-5127 http://www.prparks.org Oct. 20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm Monster Bash Niles: 847-967-6633 http://www.niles-parks.org Centennial Fitness Center, 1515 W. Touhy Ave.: “Goblins” have laid eggs in the pool — help to get them out. Eggs filled with candy are placed in and around the Leisure Pool. Howard Leisure Center, 6676 Howard St.: Buffet dinner, games, pumpkin decorating and more. Each child will receive a goodie bag. Wear a costume and move to the music. Oct. 21, 3pm - 6pm Boo Bash West Chicago: http://www.we-goparks.org ARC Center, 201 W. National St.: From 3 to 6 p.m. Carnival games, crafts, jumpy castles, costume contests, treats, and Mary Macaroni music and magic show. New this year: glow-in- the-dark mini golf, glow-in-the-dark ghost blasters and spooky story/sing-along hayrides. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 26 Oaklee’s Family Guide TM for Chicagoland

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