Family Calendar

MUSEUMS

Center for History: Fairways, Green & Clubs golf exhibit features American golf from the 1890s to the 1940s presented in the atmosphere of a vintage clubhouse. The Disaster, Courage & Silence exhibit immortalizes the capsizing of the SS Eastland in 1915. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays; noon to 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission $7.50 for adults, $6.50 for seniors, $5.50 for students. Children 8 and under admitted free. At 315 W. Front St., second floor, Wheaton. Call 630-871-6601 or visit www.wheaton.lib.il.us/whc/.

DuPage County Historical Museum: Exhibits will take you on a journey through 150 years of history, a walk in the woods, an 1890's family sitting room and an activity area all about measurement. The trains run on the third and fifth Saturdays each month. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. At 102 E. Wesley St., Wheaton. Call 630-665-4710.

Fox River Trolley Museum: Open Saturdays and Sundays. Fares are $3.50 for adults, $2 for senior citizens and children ages 3 to 11, $7 for all-day ticket. 361 S. La Fox St., South Elgin. Call 857-697-4676 or visit www.foxtrolley.org.

Kidswork Children's Museum: Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday; (the second and fourth Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. are free to the public, with special programming); 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday. Admission is $5 for adults; $4 for kids and seniors. Memberships are available. In the Trolley Barn, 11 S. White Street, Frankfort. Call 815-464-6882 or visit www.kidsworkchildrensmuseum.org.

SciTech Hands-On Museum: Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission $8 for adults and children and $7 for seniors. Children 3 and under and SciTech members admitted free. At 18 W. Benton St., Aurora. Call 630-859-3434 or visit www.scitechmuseum.org.

OUTDOORS

Cantigny Park: Park hours are 7 a.m. to sunset. The Robert R. McCormick Museum and the First Division Museum are open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Parking fees are $5 per car. At 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton. Call 630-668-5161. Visit www.cantigny.org.

Garfield Farm Museum: Prairie Bandits Lecture, 2 p.m. Nov. 15. $5. Located 5 miles west of Geneva off ILL Route 38 on Garfield Road. Call 630-584-8485 or email info@garfieldfarm.org.

Morton Arboretum: Nature Artist's Guild Exhibit. This collection of 150 works of art inspired by the Arboretum's grounds will be on display for the nature lover's delight. All ages. Thornhill Education Center. noon to 8 p.m. Nov. 8. Gnome Hunt. Bring your best "I Spy" skills to find all 24 gnomes throughout the garden. The Garden provides a checklist so that visitors can keep track of them. All ages, the Children's Garden. To Feb. 28, 2010. (weather permitting) Photos documenting the world's coffee-producing culture in The Birth of Coffee. All ages, Special Events Room. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to Nov. 11. Darwin's Flowers -- Unlocking Natural Selection. Discover how Evolutionist Charles Darwin studied plants to support his theory of natural selection. All ages, Sterling Morton Library, to Jan. 2010. Animal Houses exhibit open through Nov. 15. Open 7 a.m. to sunset daily. Admission is $11 for ages 18 to 64, $10 for seniors, $8 for children ages 2 to 17 and free for children younger than 2 and members. Admission discounted on Wednesdays. Parking is free. At 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Call 630-968-0074 or visit www.mortonarb.org.

Naper Settlement: Naper Settlement will present "Digging Up The Past: Naperville Dig Archaeology" to Dec. 15. See how history was uncovered by archaeologists during a dig at Joseph Naper's homestead. Learn about Naperville's early history and founding family as told through the discovery of exciting and unique artifacts. Included with admission to the museum. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday through March. Admission is $4.25 adults, $3.75 seniors and $3 youth ages 4 to 17 and members are free. At 523 S. Webster St., Naperville. Call 630-420-6010. Visit www.napersettlement.org.

SHOWS

"Alice in Wonderland": Acorn Community Theater presents the Lewis Carroll classic Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 6 to 14, at Warrenville Park District, 3S240 Warren Ave., Warrenville. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids. Call 630-393-2454 or visit www.wmcproductions.org.

"Charlotte's Web": Steel Beam Children's Theatre presents the musical "Charlotte's Web" to Nov. 15. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 10:30 a.m., 1 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $12 for adults, and $10 for 16 and under. Call 630.587.8521 or visit www.SteelBeamTheatre.com.

"Cinderella": AlphaBet Soup Productions presents "Cinderella, or All's Wella That Ends Wella" musical at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 12 and 13 at Pfeiffer Hall at North Central College, 310 E. Benton Ave., Naperville. Tickets are $9. Call 630-932-1555 or visit absproductions.com.

Fred Garbo Inflatable Theatre: This unique show, featuring vaudeville shtick combined with new inventions, will be performed at Fermilab at 7 p.m. Nov. 7. Tickets are $26 for adults, and $13 for children under 18. Workshop with Mr. Freeze at 6 p.m. At Kirk Road at Pine Street, Batavia. Call 630-840-2787 or visit www.fnal.gov/culture.

"High School Musical": CYT presents this Disney smash to Nov. 8 at Huntley High School at 13719 Harmony Road. Tickets are $8 to $12 in advance; $2 more at the door. Call 847-516-2298 or visit www.cytchicago.org.

"Oliver": CYT presents this musical classic based on Dickens story Nov. 12 to 15 at The Arcada at 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. Tickets are $8 to $12 in advance; $2 more at the door. Call 847-516-2298 or visit www.cytchicago.org.

"Willy Wonka Jr.": CYT presents this musical classic based on the Roald Dahl book Nov. 12 to 15 at Oswego East High School Performing Arts Center at 1525 Harvey Road. Tickets are $8 to $12 in advance; $2 more at the door. Call 847-516-2298 or visit www.cytchicago.org.

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