This weekend
Summer treats
Things to do
Green Kids' Area
An earth party for the kiddos.
Featured
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Chicago’s Maker movement
Faires, new spaces and workshops abound.
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Mrs. Judd’s Games | Educational apps
A Chicago teacher talks about her educational iPad apps.
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Julia Sweeney’s mommy diaries
The former Saturday Night Live comedian reinvents herself as a thoughtful (and still hilarious) memoirist.
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Director Chris Wedge makes an Epic movie
The Blue Sky studios cofounder talks about Leaf Men, Ice Ages and Oscars.
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Joe Reilly connects kids to nature through song
The Michigan singer-songwriter plays his third annual Earth Day concert at Chicago’s Nature Museum.
Can't-miss stories
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Authentic city restaurants versus suburban chain dining
Do chains deserve their bad rap? To find out, we pitted them against their “authentic” city counterparts in a blind taste of kid-friendly faves.
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Science parties
Everyone knows the labratory is where the fun happens.
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Paranorman
Champions of painstaking stop-motion movie-making, Laika follows up its 2009 hit Coraline with another comedy-thriller for kids.


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