OCT 8

Performing Arts West Lawn

Nahui Ollin Aztec Dance at West Lawn

6:15 PM – 7:15 PM · West Lawn Park

OCT 8

Arts & Culture Gold Coast

Japanese Bookbinding Workshop: Goshuinchō & Yotsume Toji

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · International Museum of Surgical Science

OCT 8

Arts & Culture Loop

Film Screening & Community Conversation: Operation Space Station

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM · Harold Washington Library Center

OCT 8

Writing and Poetry West Town

Youth Poetry Workshop

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM · West Town

OCT 10

Celebrations Jackson Park

Penguin Random House’s Banned Wagon Visit

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Obama Presidential Center

OCT 11 $75

Arts & Culture Gold Coast

Kintsugi Workshop: Repair and Reconnect

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM · International Museum of Surgical Science

OCT 11

Film Morgan Park

Film Screening: Project Hail Mary (2026)

1:15 PM – 3:45 PM · Walker Library

OCT 14

Celebrations Avalon Park

Monster Mash Fall Festival

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM · Avalon

OCT 14

Story Time Belmont Cragin

One Story Time, One Chicago

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM · West Belmont

OCT 14

Crafts, Games and Play Sauganash / Forest Glen

The Great Pumpkin Jar Paint-Off

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM · Edgebrook

OCT 14

Writing and Poetry Austin

Write at CPL: Non-Chronological Structures in Memoir

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM · Austin

OCT 15

Athletic Bridgeport

RiverLab: Sunset Paddle at Park No. 571

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Park No. 571

OCT 15

Health and Science Museum Campus

Chicago Astronomer at Northerly Island

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Northerly Island Park

OCT 20

Arts & Culture Ashburn

Stamp the Solar System

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Scottsdale

OCT 21

Crafts, Games and Play Avalon Park

Sculpt Like Hunt and Perkins: A Creative Sculpting Workshop

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM · Avalon

OCT 21 See pricing

Arts & Culture Museum Campus

Observational Drawing Using Unusual Specimens

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Field Museum

OCT 21

Book Clubs West Lawn

Armchair Tour of the Solar System

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM · West Lawn

OCT 23

Performing Arts North Park

Monster Bash at Eugene Field

5:30 PM – 8:00 PM · Field (Eugene) Park

OCT 23 See pricing

Arts & Culture Museum Campus

Meet Jeanerpeton: The Amphibian Ancestor from Illinois

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Field Museum

OCT 24 $55

Nightlife Lincoln Park

Zoo Brews: Howls and Growls

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Lincoln Park Zoo