A Little Time and a Keyboard: Weekend Windup {Family Fun in the Chicago Suburbs November 9-11}

Weekend Windup {Family Fun in the Chicago Suburbs November 9-11}

Friday, November 8, 2024

Family Fun in the Chicago Suburbs November 9-11


It's our favorite time of the week -- the weekend!!! Here are my picks for events in the Chicago suburbs this weekend:

Ongoing

February 10 - December 21 Saving the Fabyan's Legacy: The Darlene Larson Story, Geneva History Museum, learn how the Fabyan estate and Japanese garden were saved, see website for admission information and times.

September 6 - January 5, 2025 Chicagoland Movie Palaces: A Century of Follies & Film, Elmhurst History Museum, see website for dates and times

Saturday, November 9

November 9 Brew It Forward, Cantigny Park, 11AM-3PM, spend time talking to local heroes for Veterans Day, thank Vets, enjoy beer tasting, proceeds benefit Midwest Shelter for Homeless Vets, buy beer tastings for attending Vets

November 9-10  Creating Glass Pumpkins: At Mundelein's Patterson Glassworks, fall is the time to craft glass pumpkins! Open Houses for creating glass pumpkins are October 12 & 13, 19 & 20 and November 2 & 3, 9 & 10. The experience is $55-$95 depending on size and type of pumpkin. The Open House runs 11AM-4PM each day. Call 847-949-0013 to book your time. 

November 9-10 Tractor-Drawn Wagon Rides, Danada Equestrian Center, Wheaton, 1PM-3PM, $5 pp

November 9 Fall Color Walk at Moraine Hills, 1PM, McHenry

November 9 Walk and Talk: History of the Preserves: Deer Grove East, Palatine, 1:30PM, Meet at Grove 4.

Sunday, November 10

November 10 Fossil Quarry Tour, Sagawau Environmental Learning Center, Lemont, 1PM, inside presentations followed by a tour of the quarry

November 10 Prescribed Fire, Crabtree Nature Center, Barrington, 1PM, learn about the importance of prescribed fires

Monday, November 11

November 11 Aurora Veterans Day Parade, 10:15AM

November 11 Veterans Day Celebration, Discovery Center, Brookfield Zoo, 11AM-3PM, music, performances, military memorabilia, and more, free admission for active duty, reservists, retired military every day, see admission rates for others

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